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Burning Spellweave Lightning Staff: An mDK's new best friend?
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With the change to Destro Staff's passives, Lightning staves get an increase in AOE damage. Magicka-based DKs use skills like Volatile Armor (recently buffed), Engulfing Flames, Eruption, and now Ferocious Leap (recently buffed to a flame AOE). I usually only use Force Pulse in PVP (it happens to do all three damages- therefore proccing BSW)... so, technically, wouldn't a BSW Lightning Staff now be better than a BSW Inferno Staff?
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Savos Saren
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✭✭✭✭✭If your mDK is a dunmer, then lightning staff AOE(8% lightning bonus) only has a 3% damage advantage over fire staff AOE, thanks to the dunmer racial (7% fire bonus, 2% lightning bonus).
Also, the world in flames ruin passive increases fire AOE(not sure which abilities it applies to tho).Edited by Sharee on January 16, 2017 6:51AM1 -
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So, it's still better? Fire Staff gets a bonus to single target attacks- Burning Embers, Flame Lash, Chains, etc...
Hmmmm... So maybe it'd be wise to have an AOE bar with a lightning staff and a single target bar with a fire staff...
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✭✭✭✭✭If world in ruin(6% fire AOE bonus) applies to all fire AOE, then i'd say fire staff is still superior for a dunmer mDK, both for AOE and single-target damage.0 -
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And don't forget the Engulfing Flames ability--10% extra damage to fire-based attacks against affected enemies.If your mDK is a dunmer, then lightning staff AOE(8% lightning bonus) only has a 3% damage advantage over fire staff AOE, thanks to the dunmer racial (7% fire bonus, 2% lightning bonus).
Also, the world in flames ruin passive increases fire AOE(not sure which abilities it applies to tho).
With that ability in the mix, pure fire absolutely outweighs the bonus to AoE from a lightning staff.Lilelle Adlis - Dark Elf Dragonknight
Vaynothah Sailenar - Dark Elf Templar
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Savos_Saren✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Awesome. And with Inferno Staff coming out on top... keeping in mind that our "execute" will pretty much be Ferocious Leap (when it's up)-which would be more effective?:
Decisive Inferno staff: Keeps utli regen faster for more Ferocious Leap "executes"
Sharpened Infero staff: More penetration on single targets
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Tempah✭✭✭I have a sharp bsw lightning staff would It be good to use it as my back bar for aoe next patch?Dro'mathra Destroyer, Gryphon Heart, Immortal Redemeer, Tick Tock Tormentor, The Unchained, Exstinguisher of Flames, Flawless Conqueror0 -
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I'd say use it on the front bar, if anything. The bonus from the lightning staff will carry over to all of your currently active AoE DoTs, and you'll still get to use Blockade of Fire, which, between the boost to fire from Engulfing Flames and the bonus damage to Burning targets, is vastly superior to Blockade of Lightning for a Dragonknight.I have a sharp bsw lightning staff would It be good to use it as my back bar for aoe next patch?Lilelle Adlis - Dark Elf Dragonknight
Vaynothah Sailenar - Dark Elf Templar
Sherivah Telvanni - Dark Elf Sorcerer
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✭Why use staff to proc aoe when you can run ash cloud with lightning staff? Thats what I did to proc illambris.0 -
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✭Unless you also wearing IA lightening will be best thanks to it also imparting minor vulnerability.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭Pair it with Illambris and get both dmg procs.Edited by Mojmir on January 18, 2017 2:34AM0 -
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The Dragonknight's boosts to fire damage are stronger than Minor Vulnerability alone, especially if you're a Dark Elf. You're better off having the other DD in your group run a lighting staff.Unless you also wearing IA lightening will be best thanks to it also imparting minor vulnerability.Lilelle Adlis - Dark Elf Dragonknight
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✭✭✭✭After some tests on the PTS I found that the lit destro was the only way I could get ranged damage consistently. Fire and force shock will be great until you run into a perma roller that just rolls through all of your damage, pops their combo's then rolls through again to build ultimate.
I'm still trying to make a workable LA build with lit. Talons, lit wall and powerlash are pretty strong. When concussion gets triggered from lit wall it latches powerlash to the on state and you get like 3-4 powerlashes back to back. It's also great because the lit channel is both the damage and the sustain.Edited by Armitas on January 18, 2017 4:17PMRetired.
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