Soul Lock and Sorcerers

Kyosji · November 2014

I've got to ask, is this passive basically useless for staff sorcs? From what I can gather, it only works with weapon kills. Hard enough for a sorc to do, especially one with my particular stormcalling/summoning build, but I took the time yesterday to kill over 100 humanoid VR1 and 2 mobs with JUST my staff, and had absolutely no Grand Soul Gems filled in that entire time. Is it bugged? Or does staff kills just not actually work for this passive?

The whole description makes it sound like I should be beating the mobs to death with the blunt force of my staff, other than the projectiles it shoots out of it, so I don't know.

Any help with this question would be appreciated.

Jagath · November 2014

In order for the soul lock passive to proc you have get the kiling blow and it must be with the staff light/heavy attack or a staff ability. This will not proc with any class skills.

zaria · November 2014

Good, question I have it as an sorcerer with staff and wonder if it might be broken.
It worked earlier even if not using light or heavy attacks so often it turned empty gems into filled over time.
However later it don't happens so often.

It might have to do with using far more gems because dungeons are harder and no forward camps.
However just adding soul trap on bar and kill mobs don't take much time.

ThatHappyCat · November 2014

I wouldn't bother with any of the Soul passives. They're a waste of skill points.

Kyosji · November 2014

I've got more skill points than I need, but it was a bit annoying to actually spend the time to actually kill 100 humanoid mobs with just a staff, and STILL not get a proc. Just wasn't sure if it was bugged, or didn't count the flames I was shooting out of my staff as a staff kill.

Merlin13KAGL · November 2014

Just as quick to periodically fill the empties you have and use the two skillpoints for something else.

The free rez/hour is questionably expensive, at two skillpoints, also. You can certainly farm enough drops in an hour to pay for a single soul gem.

Death strike doing some damage on exiting this plane, possibly helping your teammates...but honestly, I like the idea of just not dying a whole lot better, and it costs me no skillpoints.

Periodically just equip Soul Trap, go on a crab killing spree, and resume normal operation.

The Ult is about the only thing really worth sinking a couple points into.