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MagBlade DPS Skill Questions
pewbis
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1. Is summon shades a good skill in PvE?
2. Which is the better morph?
3. Do the shades proc siphoning attacks?
4. Do shades crit? And if so, do they benefit from increased crit% and crit damage?
5. do the shades' attacks scale off of max magicka?
6. How do you get force pulse to cost less than funnel health?
7. Is rearming trap viable for a magicka NB? My crit chance is about 72% rn
8. Is magicka detonation a better skill for trash mobs than sap essence?
That's all =D Thanks for any answers you can give.
Edited by pewbis on December 18, 2016 3:19AM 2. Which is the better morph?
3. Do the shades proc siphoning attacks?
4. Do shades crit? And if so, do they benefit from increased crit% and crit damage?
5. do the shades' attacks scale off of max magicka?
6. How do you get force pulse to cost less than funnel health?
7. Is rearming trap viable for a magicka NB? My crit chance is about 72% rn
8. Is magicka detonation a better skill for trash mobs than sap essence?
That's all =D Thanks for any answers you can give.
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Gilliamtherogue✭✭✭✭✭
✭1. Is summon shades a good skill in PvE?
2. Which is the better morph?
3. Do the shades proc siphoning attacks?
4. Do shades crit? And if so, do they benefit from increased crit% and crit damage?
5. do the shades' attacks scale off of max magicka?
6. How do you get force pulse to cost less than funnel health?
7. Is rearming trap viable for a magicka NB? My crit chance is about 72% rn
8. Is magicka detonation a better skill for trash mobs than sap essence?
That's all =D Thanks for any answers you can give.
1. Summon shades is nice for tanking in PvE as it applies Minor Maim longer than Heroic Slash and costs Magicka instead of precious Stamina (4s every time the shade hits, they last 17s, and attack in 1s intervals).
However it does abysmal damage and isn't used as a DPS skill.
2. Contextual. PvE you'll like want Shades instead of Image since it offers more steady application of Maim and does more damage than Image. Plus moving around too much as a tank is a really bad idea since many DPS use ground based AoE's that are stationary.
3. No, not since update 1.6 sadly.
4. Yes they can crit but they do not inherit your Critical Hit Damage, only Chance.
5. Max Magicka and Spell Critical Strike Chance are the only two stats it scales off of.
7. Force Pulse will never cost less per cast, but with Elemental Drain on a target it will operate less since it will proc the Magicka return. It also has 3 chances to proc Siphoning Attacks per cast instead of 1 chance from Funnel/Swallow.
7. Yes, Rearming Trap is vital to competitive DPS on all builds in PvE.
8. No, it'd only beat Sap Essence in pure burst situations, which is not relevant to PvE encounters.
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LegacyDM✭✭✭✭✭
✭1. Is summon shades a good skill in PvE?
2. Which is the better morph?
3. Do the shades proc siphoning attacks?
4. Do shades crit? And if so, do they benefit from increased crit% and crit damage?
5. do the shades' attacks scale off of max magicka?
6. How do you get force pulse to cost less than funnel health?
7. Is rearming trap viable for a magicka NB? My crit chance is about 72% rn
8. Is magicka detonation a better skill for trash mobs than sap essence?
That's all =D Thanks for any answers you can give.
1. I'll add that shades either morph works with the necropetence set. So if you plan on running shades, then necropetence is a must.Legacy of Kain
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pewbis✭✭Gilliamtherogue wrote: »1. Is summon shades a good skill in PvE?
2. Which is the better morph?
3. Do the shades proc siphoning attacks?
4. Do shades crit? And if so, do they benefit from increased crit% and crit damage?
5. do the shades' attacks scale off of max magicka?
6. How do you get force pulse to cost less than funnel health?
7. Is rearming trap viable for a magicka NB? My crit chance is about 72% rn
8. Is magicka detonation a better skill for trash mobs than sap essence?
That's all =D Thanks for any answers you can give.
1. Summon shades is nice for tanking in PvE as it applies Minor Maim longer than Heroic Slash and costs Magicka instead of precious Stamina (4s every time the shade hits, they last 17s, and attack in 1s intervals).
However it does abysmal damage and isn't used as a DPS skill.
2. Contextual. PvE you'll like want Shades instead of Image since it offers more steady application of Maim and does more damage than Image. Plus moving around too much as a tank is a really bad idea since many DPS use ground based AoE's that are stationary.
3. No, not since update 1.6 sadly.
4. Yes they can crit but they do not inherit your Critical Hit Damage, only Chance.
5. Max Magicka and Spell Critical Strike Chance are the only two stats it scales off of.
7. Force Pulse will never cost less per cast, but with Elemental Drain on a target it will operate less since it will proc the Magicka return. It also has 3 chances to proc Siphoning Attacks per cast instead of 1 chance from Funnel/Swallow.
7. Yes, Rearming Trap is vital to competitive DPS on all builds in PvE.
8. No, it'd only beat Sap Essence in pure burst situations, which is not relevant to PvE encounters.
Thank you so much, that's really helpful0