How does new DK inferno work?

fatemoe · April 2016

I managed to level up and get the morph into damage one.

However it seems very awkward to use as my stamina 2H bow DK.
The description says toggle, but it vanishes after a very short time outside battle.
I have to cast it before every battle and recast in prolonged battle.
That magicka cost if a pain for stamina character.

The damage is not outstanding, either.
Every 5 seconds a fireball that deals half of wrecking blow damage..........
I don't think it a very efficient damage skill besides the critical buff

How do I use it right or just ignore this skill?

Lynx7386 · April 2016

It shouldnt say toggle anymore, might be a tooltip bug or you're reading it wrong.

As long as it's on your ability bar (slotted), you get the passive critical rating bonus. When you activate it, it will shoot off fireballs for 15 seconds (one every 5 seconds) at nearby enemies.

ArgoCye · April 2016

This was an attempt to make a useless skill less so. Unfortunately, it is still useless and, imo, you are better off slotting Como/Evil Hunter if you want the extra weapon crit. The irony is if it remained a toggle, the shooting fireball would make it worth slotting. But they removed the toggle because players hate toggles - and the damage it does is not worth the effort of selecting every 15 seconds.

For magicka builds pvp-wise, you are better off with magelight. Though I guess if you are going down an innovative DK healer route, then the cauterize morph might be useful - but I doubt it.

Stannum · April 2016

On my magika DK it hits three times for 15k, so i count it as 45k DoT in 15sec. + Crit bonus for slotting. So for magika with lots CP in taumaturge it may have sense, but for stamina builds it might be useless.