Corrosive Armor vs. Onslaught

Centurionax

Corrosive: Cost: 200
Duration: 10sec
Cast time: none
Gain full penetration to direkt damage attaks
Great defense (Damage reduced to 3% of ur max health)
Aoe dot
Allways full penetration no mather what
The aktivation cant be doged

Onslaught: Cost: 150
Duration: 12sec
Cast time: 0,4sec
Gain penetration for your Direct Damage attacks equal to the amount ignored from the initial target
No defense
No aoe dot but aoe damage on the initial hit (More burst)
Not allways full penetration on every target (if you hit a target with 20kres get 20k penetration)
The initial hit can be doged wich makes the ultiamte complete useless


What is better?

juhislihis19

Corrosive is 12 seconds with the passives, correct?

Anyways, I'd say Onslaught because it's a weapon ulti and therefore available to all classes. Corrosive would require you to stick to DK, which will get nerfed next patch.


Hence, therefore, furthermore, pick Onslaught.

Weisstag

depends on what you are looking for,raw burst - onslaught, pressure - corrosive
That's how I see it

Mayrael

Should I start to compare those ults with things like DBoS or Meteor?

The thing with onslaught is it hits like a Mac truck so it can be used in combo without losing pressure. E.g. D-Swing, Onslaught, D-Swing/Executioner depending on targets hp. This combo can kill most of the players out there and you use each GCD to deal massive amounts of damage while Corrosive costs more, lasts shorter and doesn't deal direct damage, it is powerful and that's fine, nobody ever complained about Corrosive.

Vapirko

I think corrosive is stronger in theory but it’s balanced because DK needs to go to direct damage weapon skills (although could be real strong if stone fist is made better). Onslaught has more burst potential which is its draw even for DKs over corrosive.

ebix_

Corrosive is not accessible for all classes to compare it with a weapon ability but if you are just talking about dks there are situations that one is preferred .
if you play in +3-4 group Onslaught is better cuz your team can throw some heals and you have more burst for group combos .
if you play solo or in small group corrosives defensive side gives you an opportunity to hit back in 1vx situations ..
in 1v1 ,overall Onslaught is harder to land but more rewarding if you could land it in a combo ..

Maulkin

Weisstag wrote: »

depends on what you are looking for,raw burst - onslaught, pressure - corrosive
That's how I see it

Basically this.

On my StamDK this is how I view the Ults:
- Onslaught/Take Flight = burst
- Corrosive = increased pressure and defence
- Spell Wall = pure defence

I often pick Corrosive backbar with Onslaught/Take Flight front bar. While sometimes I pick Corrosive front-bar and Spell Wall backbar. Depending on what I'm doing.

DoonerSeraph

I wish corrosive worked on DOTs too, would sync better with Stam DKs venomous claw and noxious breath, and their affinity for attrition.

Xvorg

DoonerSeraph wrote: »

I wish corrosive worked on DOTs too, would sync better with Stam DKs venomous claw and noxious breath, and their affinity for attrition.

it used to work with DoTs, but it was nerfed a couple patches ago.

DoonerSeraph

Xvorg wrote: »

DoonerSeraph wrote: »

I wish corrosive worked on DOTs too, would sync better with Stam DKs venomous claw and noxious breath, and their affinity for attrition.

it used to work with DoTs, but it was nerfed a couple patches ago.

Yup. It was nerfed on the same patch Onslaught became a better copy of it.