Necro Flame/Venom Skull needs buffed bad

NuarBlack

The skill hits like a wet noodle on both stam and mag even on builds designed specifically for it. It barely hits like a regular spamable on the third cast.

It's sad as it's one of the cooler skills ZoS has managed to create recently but it's so atrocious it's not even worth slotting. Warden Cliff racer is better even. Why even give a class spamable if you are not going to make it competitive and viable?

nsmurfer

NuarBlack wrote: »

The skill hits like a wet noodle on both stam and mag even on builds designed specifically for it. It barely hits like a regular spamable on the third cast.

It's sad as it's one of the cooler skills ZoS has managed to create recently but it's so atrocious it's not even worth slotting. Warden Cliff racer is better even. Why even give a class spamable if you are not going to make it competitive and viable?

it has the same tooltip as elemental weapon.

NuarBlack

nsmurfer wrote: »

NuarBlack wrote: »

The skill hits like a wet noodle on both stam and mag even on builds designed specifically for it. It barely hits like a regular spamable on the third cast.

It's sad as it's one of the cooler skills ZoS has managed to create recently but it's so atrocious it's not even worth slotting. Warden Cliff racer is better even. Why even give a class spamable if you are not going to make it competitive and viable?

it has the same tooltip as elemental weapon.

Not sure I believe that I'll have to check. Plus test to see if tool tips are accurate as skull already seems to be under performing compared to tool tip. Also then elemental weapon probably needs buffed. As not many are using it either. Especially considering both don't offer much outside of just damage. And you have to compare the third cast at least partially to abilities like crystal frags proc and assassins wills for what it takes to get there. Now it shouldn't hit as hard as those abilities but the fact that my magden's cliff racer hits harder on every cast than skull does on the third probably indicates a problem. Especially since shalks also hit harder than blast bones and are more reliable.

BahometZ

Just slotting it gives you 10% more crit chance in execution. Take that into account.

Czekoludek

If I understand it correctly you want to buff the most op class in game because it's spammable have the same tooltip as main spammable for most magicka classes and only gives you 10% crit on execute? Mind that even magcro will be good, on PTS they already got serious buff

NuarBlack

Czekoludek wrote: »

If I understand it correctly you want to buff the most op class in game because it's spammable have the same tooltip as main spammable for most magicka classes and only gives you 10% crit on execute? Mind that even magcro will be good, on PTS they already got serious buff

Necro most OP class in the game? That is rich 🤣

Stamcro is being carried by weapon skills and doesn't slot venom skull. Cause why when Rapids hits harder and gives you all the awesome DW passives. Or you run Dizzy in pvp for the CC and it hits harder. But it's still middle of the pack pvp wise and I'm not sure where it is dps parse pve wise but again it's cause it can crutch on weapon skills I'm sure.

Magcro is the absolute worst pvp class hands down. If ricochet skull doesn't look bad compared to other mag spammables it's cause mag is underpowered in general. The only decent one of spamming reach with master staff just got nerfed. All their buffs on the pts had to do with sustain which will still be clunky and underperform in pvp and high movement fights. If they were parsing well in pve it was because bone yard was over tuned and that is getting nerfed according to patch notes. They may still parse alright because of changes to soul trap and mages guild skills but again not because of flame skull.