Elf Bane what is good for post update 26?

NeoXanthus

I have been keeping an unbound Elf Bane gold jewelry set with weapons sitting in a chest waiting for when I ever got Zaans. I just got Zaan last night 45 minutes before the servers went offline for updates to 26. I watched videos on the previous nerf to Zaans it did not allow the tick damage to increase with Elf bane however the duration of the proc was allowed. I was planning to combine Elf Bane with Zaans like many others have done before and use it on a CC DK build. Although I was very aware Zaans was getting nerfed/buff the change seemed ok. However, somehow I missed the fact that Elf Bane was also getting a bad nerf.

“ Elf Bane: This set no longer works with channeled effects or beams. “

I believe Zaan is a stream of fire it might be called a beam? Also, what exactly is a channeled effect? I have read in the past that was any ability that has a duration effect. If that is the case what exactly is Elf Bane good for if it extends the duration of fire attacks? Does that mean it is only good up to a 4 piece now? What skill should it be used with post update 26?

Elf Bane
LEVEL 50 - CP 160
Type PvP
Set bonus
(2 items) Adds 1096 Maximum Magicka
(3 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage
(4 items) Adds 129 Spell Damage
(5 items) Increases the duration of your Flame Damage over Time abilities by 5 seconds. This effect does not work with beam or channeled effects.

John_Falstaff

Yes, it doesn't work with Zaan anymore, but otherwise you won't have other channeled effects. Everything else on a mag DK will be amplified, and instead of Zaan you can use Grothdarr, it is affected by Elf Bane so you can have almost 100% uptime.

NeoXanthus

John_Falstaff wrote: »

Yes, it doesn't work with Zaan anymore, but otherwise you won't have other channeled effects. Everything else on a mag DK will be amplified, and instead of Zaan you can use Grothdarr, it is affected by Elf Bane so you can have almost 100% uptime.

Thank you for the information. It felt so great last night to have completed Zaans, and now it seems a little like a gut punch.

So it will work even with the DKs fire breathing ability?

John_Falstaff

NeoXanthus wrote: »

John_Falstaff wrote: »

Yes, it doesn't work with Zaan anymore, but otherwise you won't have other channeled effects. Everything else on a mag DK will be amplified, and instead of Zaan you can use Grothdarr, it is affected by Elf Bane so you can have almost 100% uptime.

Thank you for the information. It felt so great last night to have completed Zaans, and now it seems a little like a gut punch.

So it will work even with the DKs fire breathing ability?

Yes, it should work; it's an instant cast, not a channel. If you don't see anything with cast time on the tooltip, then it's an instant and should be affected by Elf Bane. Basically, Zaan not working (and, of course Asylum staff turning into garbage) is the only change to Elf Bane build that happened during this PTS. Granted, Asylum nerf is a heavy hit.

rumple9

Use soulshine instead

Ratzkifal

Domihaus was buffed to grant you 300 spell damage while standing in the ring. The proc chance has been removed and with Elfbane the duration is as long as the cooldown, so 100% uptime as well.

In Sunspire Domihaus is probably the best set there is for magDKs because you can actually take advantage of the damaging ring too.

GrumpyDuckling

Wll Elf Bane extend the duration of the Embershield set?

Embershield
(2 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health
(3 items) Adds 1206 Maximum Health
(4 items) Adds 1487 Armor
(5 items) When you deal damage with a fully-charged Heavy Attack, you increase your Physical Resistance and Spell Resistance by 3300 and deal 860 Flame Damage to all enemies within 5 meters of you every 1 second for 6 seconds.

Austinseph1

You wil want Zaan for close single target, Grothdarr for aoe, and Ilambris for enemies that zaan wont work well with. Domihaus may even be bis for enemies/bosses you can hit with the ring damage, like dragons or some enemies you can position correctly. Elf Bane is still by far my favorite MagDK set, I cured my MagDk because of how butchered vamp is so working around burning with elf bane makes it a strong choice.