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Swallow Soul
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So people are complaining about BE being OP when nightblades have a skill that completely ignores block? I have my block up and this guy spams Swallow Soul on me (he's also wearing light armor so it's costing him like nothing) and he's hitting me for 400 on non-crits, and oh yeh, it's also healing him. BE can be blocked and countered, how do you counter a skill that ignores block? Dodging it works but that's like 400 stamina a dodge.
Edited by ishilb14_ESO on June 8, 2014 12:24AM Original DC #Bloodthorn2014
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✭✭✭And you can block all high damage projectile spells do you?ESO forums achievementsProud fanboiElitist jerkTrollHaterFan of icontested(rainbow colors granted)1 -
Blackwidow✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭Finally a thread about a person needing to be nerfed.
No, but seriously, do you really think that one power completely encompases a NB or your class or any of the other hundred things that you could have done in that fight?
I would love for this information to just be on the table in spreadsheets so everyone can say, "look, if this does that to you, use this and that will counter it, so nothing needs to be nerfed."
However, ZOS does not want us to know about our characters. We don't have dueling, so players can't even practice one on one fights, like this OP was complaining about.
Edited by Blackwidow on June 8, 2014 12:46AM0 -
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✭The heal is trivial. It gives the ability it's utility, but has a difficult time making it worth it.
Unless your a templar, you should have more outright damage output than his mitigation could resolve.Ruze Aulus. Mayor of Dhalmora. Archer, hunter, assassin. Nightblade.
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✭LOL, swallow soul is OP? Now I've seen everything.☠ Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured? ☠
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dragnier✭✭✭Swallow Soul only heals the NB and the extra 10% heal bonus doesn't even affect itself, it only affects heals from other skills or players. Funnel Health is much better group Utility unless you are a tank because it heals two other players for just as much as it heals the NB for each cast.1 -
Eivar✭✭✭✭LOL the heal on swallow soul is a HoT, so it just refeshes the timer after every cast, and it only heals for like 25% every 2 seconds, for 10.....so a total of 125%, at 400 dmg that's healing him for 100 every 2s...50 every second.......if you can't outdeeps 50hps you got serious issues.6 -
dragnier✭✭✭LOL the heal on swallow soul is a HoT, so it just refeshes the timer after every cast, and it only heals for like 25% every 2 seconds, for 10.....so a total of 125%, at 400 dmg that's healing him for 100 every 2s...50 every second.......if you can't outdeeps 50hps you got serious issues.
Of course, if it crits that makes the heal what... 25% of 600dmg is 150 or 75 HPS... that's outrageous, right?3 -
ishilb14_ESO✭✭✭✭You guys have all missed my point, the heal isn't the issue, the issue is that the skill can't be blocked, so it can be set up for massive damage and theres nothing the other person can do about it unless they can dps the nightblade down first, which can be difficult because of the high damage swallow soul does and the little bit of healing it does which is like frosting.Original DC #Bloodthorn2014
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dragnier✭✭✭ishilpatelb14_ESO wrote: »You guys have all missed my point, the heal isn't the issue, the issue is that the skill can't be blocked, so it can be set up for massive damage and theres nothing the other person can do about it unless they can dps the nightblade down first, which can be difficult because of the high damage swallow soul does and the little bit of healing it does which is like frosting.
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Just to name a few options.
They are called Mitigation abilities because they reduce, or mitigate, the damage you take from things.3 -
xylus289_ESO✭✭✭If you spam a HoT ability like Swallow Soul it will clip.. meaning it cuts the timer of off the current HoT by that ability and resets it. He would have to wait two seconds before casting again to get one healing tick.
Spamming that ability has practically no downtime so he wouldn't be getting healed if he spammed it back to back every second he could.
But I do see how annoying it could be..are you using any skill that can negate spell effects? The light armor skill line has one.Edited by xylus289_ESO on June 8, 2014 5:48AM0 -
ishilpatelb14_ESO wrote: »You guys have all missed my point, the heal isn't the issue, the issue is that the skill can't be blocked, so it can be set up for massive damage and theres nothing the other person can do about it unless they can dps the nightblade down first, which can be difficult because of the high damage swallow soul does and the little bit of healing it does which is like frosting.
Annulment (Dampen Magic/Harness Magicka)
Immovable (Immovable Brute/Unstoppable)
Evasion (Elude/Shuffle)
Circle of Protection (Ring of Preservation/Turn Undead)
Just to name a few options.
They are called Mitigation abilities because they reduce, or mitigate, the damage you take from things.
Immovable, Circle of Protection, Evasion
Haha yes bro they are so great at mitigating damage! You have changed everything for me now, thanks.
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Mondo✭✭✭✭I allready throw all skills out of my line and replaced them with 5 swallow souls!
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Ragefist✭✭✭✭Arsenic_Touch wrote: »LOL, swallow soul is OP? Now I've seen everything.
QFT, never expected to see that mwahahahhaa1 -
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✭✭Swallow Soul can be blocked.
Press right mouse button and wow it reduce the dmg!
It can be blocked like every other skill.
PS: also the heal is rly low if u block btwR.I.P Dawnbreaker / Auriel´s Bow
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✭✭Not sure where this is coming from... Swallow Soul can be blocked like any other damage ability.
Off topic: As a Nightblade, I am very jealous of Funnel Health users... I really want the utility and ultimate generation in groups, but I tank a lot, so it is hard for me to let go of that +10% healing received =(1 -
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✭✭✭But the main question is... What is a BE?٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶
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ThisOnePosts✭✭✭✭✭BE = Bolt Escape
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✭So I'm guessing you just stood there and blocked and didn't actually try to attack your opponent? Yea I guess it eventually would kill you.
If you had said funnel health I would have suspected I had done this. When I run heals it's the only attack I put on my bar.
I have yet to be able to cancel out all incoming damage with it, but if someone sucks enough I can just spam it and take them down.Dear Sister, I do not spread rumors, I create them.0 -
Drazhar14✭✭✭✭✭He probably had lots of spell penetration. Anyways, you could have stopped standing there using block, and tried using an interrupt or offensive skill. Oh wait, you probably couldn't have interrupted him, because block can be held down while spamming instant cast abilities like swallow soul. Yeah, combat in this game is broken.0 -
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✭He probably had lots of spell penetration. Anyways, you could have stopped standing there using block, and tried using an interrupt or offensive skill. Oh wait, you probably couldn't have interrupted him, because block can be held down while spamming instant cast abilities like swallow soul. Yeah, combat in this game is broken.
I do that constantly, it is not an undefeatable combo, and certainly fair play when the OP himself was blocking (surely he was casting something)Dear Sister, I do not spread rumors, I create them.0 -
Drazhar14✭✭✭✭✭smeeprocketnub19_ESO wrote: »He probably had lots of spell penetration. Anyways, you could have stopped standing there using block, and tried using an interrupt or offensive skill. Oh wait, you probably couldn't have interrupted him, because block can be held down while spamming instant cast abilities like swallow soul. Yeah, combat in this game is broken.
I do that constantly, it is not an undefeatable combo, and certainly fair play when the OP himself was blocking (surely he was casting something)
Sure, both players can do it. It's still a broken game mechanic though.0 -
Jennifur_Vultee✭✭✭✭✭Knootewoot wrote: »But the main question is... What is a BE?
BE is also Breast Expansion...a fetish in which people get excited by the idea of breasts expanding/growing, sometimes to enormous sizes. So yes lets nerf breast expansion in ESO now before people figure out that breasts large enough to topple keep walls can replace siege weapons. BE is usually accomplished through magic or drugs and ESO has lots of magic.
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✭Jennifur_Vultee wrote: »Knootewoot wrote: »But the main question is... What is a BE?
BE is also Breast Expansion...a fetish in which people get excited by the idea of breasts expanding/growing, sometimes to enormous sizes. So yes lets nerf breast expansion in ESO now before people figure out that breasts large enough to topple keep walls can replace siege weapons. BE is usually accomplished through magic or drugs and ESO has lots of magic.
or being a cyborg, like in terminator 2.Dear Sister, I do not spread rumors, I create them.0 -
morvegil✭✭✭✭Yah nerf that skill that hardly anyone uses...LOLLo'ke
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Dekkameron✭✭✭✭✭Jennifur_Vultee wrote: »Knootewoot wrote: »But the main question is... What is a BE?
BE is also Breast Expansion...a fetish in which people get excited by the idea of breasts expanding/growing, sometimes to enormous sizes. So yes lets nerf breast expansion in ESO now before people figure out that breasts large enough to topple keep walls can replace siege weapons. BE is usually accomplished through magic or drugs and ESO has lots of magic.
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