Solar Flare morph question

BillK · February 2017

For those that play a magicka Templar - what morph do you prefer for Solar Flare?

I like the idea of insta-cast on Solar Barrage but not the reduced damage - while Dark Flare is nice but having the longer cast time makes me wonder if I'd use it all that much. I could see me using Barrage a lot more with no cast time - but using Dark Flare as an opener would be nice too.

Jonno · February 2017

Dark flare is the most commonly taken morph as it can be used if you need to go ranged. i personally dont know anyone that uses Barrage as puncturing sweeps is just way to good in comparison. maybe if Barrage had a DoT element to it it would be a lot more viable

Danksta · February 2017

Dark Flare is very good for PvP with the major defile debuff, it also hits very hard, but it doesn't have much use for PvE because of the cast time. The cast time can also hurt in PvP, specifically against Sorcs using crushing shock, because they will interrupt it every time. I can't say anything about the other morphs usefulness in any situation because I've never used it.

tplink3r1 · February 2017

The Solar Barrage morph is useless, ignore it.

Nestor · February 2017

In a one two combo with Impluse or Jabs for that matter, Solar Barrage can be a quite powerful combo with the buff on the second attack. Although I am not sure if all the Jabs get the 20% buff.

So, it really comes down to what other skills you use and if your the type wade into the mobs and fire off attacks or your a more ranged deliberate approach to the mobs.

But, remember, its not just a 20% buff, its a 25% buff with the Passives from the Class, and, throw in Entropy into the Rotation, you have a 45% buff. So, even if you have to use Impluse, your doing so at 145% damage. Ouch. Can't think of a better Public or Group Dungeon Trash Mob combo.

tplink3r1 · February 2017

Nestor wrote: »

In a one two combo with Impluse or Jabs for that matter, Solar Barrage can be a quite powerful combo with the buff on the second attack. Although I am not sure if all the Jabs get the 20% buff.

So, it really comes down to what other skills you use and if your the type wade into the mobs and fire off attacks or your a more ranged deliberate approach to the mobs.

But, remember, its not just a 20% buff, its a 25% buff with the Passives from the Class, and, throw in Entropy into the Rotation, you have a 45% buff. So, even if you have to use Impluse, your doing so at 145% damage. Ouch. Can't think of a better Public or Group Dungeon Trash Mob combo.

None of the jabs get the 20% buff.

Lightspeedflashb14_ESO · February 2017

Nestor wrote: »

In a one two combo with Impluse or Jabs for that matter, Solar Barrage can be a quite powerful combo with the buff on the second attack. Although I am not sure if all the Jabs get the 20% buff.

So, it really comes down to what other skills you use and if your the type wade into the mobs and fire off attacks or your a more ranged deliberate approach to the mobs.

But, remember, its not just a 20% buff, its a 25% buff with the Passives from the Class, and, throw in Entropy into the Rotation, you have a 45% buff. So, even if you have to use Impluse, your doing so at 145% damage. Ouch. Can't think of a better Public or Group Dungeon Trash Mob combo.

The empower from barrage is a stright 20% damage increase and the minor(5%) and major(20%) sorcery you are talking about are spell damage increase. They are different buffs

Also the empower only works one of the targets if you have multiple in the area of your barrage.