3 short questions from a seasoned player

eMKa8

Hello all 👋

I was wondering about the following.
- minion : in the past it was possible to uninstall addons via the minion software however now not anymore. Did that change ? Or is there another reason for it ?
- if you have maelstrom staff and you heavy attack with lightning staff… do you then add the extra 1,5K damage to all your apponents that are hit by the shock heavy attack? Or is it only the initial enemy that is hit ?
- if i am on my backbar and do 3 skills which are AoE then normally the values are higher because of the passives of a lightning staff. However do the dots of “wall of elements” or “mystic orb” or … stay the same when switching back to frontbar inferno staff? Or does the value change again the moment you switch to different kind of staff?

Thanks !

CP5

For minion, I still have the option to right-click installed addons and uninstall them that way.

For shock staves, the tri focus passive simply looks at the initial target's damage taken and shares a part of it with nearby enemies, so whatever would cause that target to take more damage or for that attack to deal more damage would raise it.

And your last question is why people tend to run back bar fire staves as well, since the single target vs aoe bonus from fire and shock does change when you swap bars. Your aoes will be stronger while you're using your shock staff, but when you switch to the fire staff, they lose that bonus.

Kwoung

1. You can uninstall via Minion still, you right click the addon in the list.
2. I think all the opponents, as long as they are all in your Wall.
3. I believe all the damage is based off when you cast it, but generally your spell damage should be much higher on your front bar, so if it does change it would be higher, not lower.

eMKa8

Ok thanks both of you!

With question you both answered something differently…
What is the right answer ?
I usually have shock on the backbar for my aoe (aoe combined with dot). Is that not the best call then?

Kwoung

eMKa8 wrote: »

Ok thanks both of you!

With question you both answered something differently…
What is the right answer ?
I usually have shock on the backbar for my aoe (aoe combined with dot). Is that not the best call then?

If you mean question 3, I wasn't positive, so if what CP5 says is how it works, you will need to test it on a combat dummy, as it will depend upon your build. While you lose the AE bonus, you "should" be gaining a lot of Spell Damage. For me, my front bar is max penetration and a ton more spell damage, so losing a AE bonus would be no big deal. Also, if you have a spell damage glyph on your back bar and proc it, that buff stays when you swap to your front bar.

CP5

Yeah, the only thing lost when bar swapping is the unique shock staff 'aoe damage done' passive. That updates dynamically based on which bar you're on, but like Kwoung clarified, normally your 'front bar' is going to have better stats and will help compensate for that, but you would need a shock staff on your front bar to keep that particular passive active at all times.

alberichtano

CP5 wrote: »

Yeah, the only thing lost when bar swapping is the unique shock staff 'aoe damage done' passive. That updates dynamically based on which bar you're on, but like Kwoung clarified, normally your 'front bar' is going to have better stats and will help compensate for that, but you would need a shock staff on your front bar to keep that particular passive active at all times.

Explain to an idiot please, why would front bar automagically have better stats than a backbar?

Kwoung

alberichtano wrote: »

CP5 wrote: »

Yeah, the only thing lost when bar swapping is the unique shock staff 'aoe damage done' passive. That updates dynamically based on which bar you're on, but like Kwoung clarified, normally your 'front bar' is going to have better stats and will help compensate for that, but you would need a shock staff on your front bar to keep that particular passive active at all times.

Explain to an idiot please, why would front bar automagically have better stats than a backbar?

Well 90% of all builds are focused on your front bar doing the maximum amount of damage as that is where your spammable is. Your back bar is for laying down dots for additional "passive" damage while you are blasting away on your front bar. In general your spell/weapon damage and penetration will be much higher on your front bar. The reason you have a maelstrom staff on your back bar, is to lay down wall of elements to buff your front bar attacks as well.

CP5

That, and normally you have an ability altering weapon on the back bar while having a finished 5 piece set on the front bar in your front bar weapons. That, plus having skills that provide passive buffs for being slotted there tends to make one's front bar more stat heavy than the back bar that normally has buffs and dots slotted as well as missing gear pieces.