kylewwefan wrote: »Sure. I tried Mother Sorrow and Spell Strat and BSW and Julianos. I don’t knkw what it is about Scathing, but it seems to work very good with my warden and necromancer.
kylewwefan wrote: »Scathing Mage
This is a grind few are willing to contend with. But it is so good. Ok you caught me. I probably wouldn’t grind this out either, but I so happened to have a, Ice Staff and a couple lightning staves of it lying around. Sure an inferno would be better, but it’s still good and I Love it I’m sure you will too.
So the bad news is You’re gonna need That Scathing Destro Staff to really make it Pop. But it’s game changing. Just like A BSW Inferno.
I actually like that Mother's Sorrow doesn't have some gimicky stupid proc condition. I hope it and the Shadow Mundus stay BiS forever.
I actually like that Mother's Sorrow doesn't have some gimicky stupid proc condition. I hope it and the Shadow Mundus stay BiS forever.
I doubt MS is still BiS because so much time gets split between front bar and back bar. It’s going to be more like BSW front bar when cleave is needed, Spell Strat otherwise.
I actually like that Mother's Sorrow doesn't have some gimicky stupid proc condition. I hope it and the Shadow Mundus stay BiS forever.
I doubt MS is still BiS because so much time gets split between front bar and back bar. It’s going to be more like BSW front bar when cleave is needed, Spell Strat otherwise.
Nah. MS is still fine to front bar. On all my builds i have worked a way so that aside buffing i'm only casting 1 more skill on my back bar than before. casting 1 extra skill and LA isn't going to account for MS going from BiS to trash to front bar.
That being said, Scathing Mage is actually a really cool niche set and i'm glad OP stumbled across it. Pain in the extreme ass to farm though, otherwise i'd actually use it.
I actually like that Mother's Sorrow doesn't have some gimicky stupid proc condition. I hope it and the Shadow Mundus stay BiS forever.
I doubt MS is still BiS because so much time gets split between front bar and back bar. It’s going to be more like BSW front bar when cleave is needed, Spell Strat otherwise.
Nah. MS is still fine to front bar. On all my builds i have worked a way so that aside buffing i'm only casting 1 more skill on my back bar than before. casting 1 extra skill and LA isn't going to account for MS going from BiS to trash to front bar.
That being said, Scathing Mage is actually a really cool niche set and i'm glad OP stumbled across it. Pain in the extreme ass to farm though, otherwise i'd actually use it.
I'll try it out tonight, you might be right but I know in my rotation I spent 40% of the time on my back bar which is 15% more than pre-Scalebreaker. It seems like a proc based front bar should be better now given that difference.
I actually like that Mother's Sorrow doesn't have some gimicky stupid proc condition. I hope it and the Shadow Mundus stay BiS forever.
I doubt MS is still BiS because so much time gets split between front bar and back bar. It’s going to be more like BSW front bar when cleave is needed, Spell Strat otherwise.
Nah. MS is still fine to front bar. On all my builds i have worked a way so that aside buffing i'm only casting 1 more skill on my back bar than before. casting 1 extra skill and LA isn't going to account for MS going from BiS to trash to front bar.
That being said, Scathing Mage is actually a really cool niche set and i'm glad OP stumbled across it. Pain in the extreme ass to farm though, otherwise i'd actually use it.
I always find it amusing the gushing love over Briarheart but how Scathing Mage is ignored.
I actually like that Mother's Sorrow doesn't have some gimicky stupid proc condition. I hope it and the Shadow Mundus stay BiS forever.
I doubt MS is still BiS because so much time gets split between front bar and back bar. It’s going to be more like BSW front bar when cleave is needed, Spell Strat otherwise.
Nah. MS is still fine to front bar. On all my builds i have worked a way so that aside buffing i'm only casting 1 more skill on my back bar than before. casting 1 extra skill and LA isn't going to account for MS going from BiS to trash to front bar.
That being said, Scathing Mage is actually a really cool niche set and i'm glad OP stumbled across it. Pain in the extreme ass to farm though, otherwise i'd actually use it.
You could also try to get the destro staff from chests, the ones you can open with ... was it 150 tokens?
Probably expensive, but possible.
If people are looking for a cheap proc-set for front bar, there's still Mechanical Acuity. I haven't seen anyone talk about it, but it performed quite nicely for me since the Shadow mundus buff. Not for Necros, obviously.
kylewwefan wrote: »If I could get my hands on a Perfected Asylum Inferno, sure. Yes. I’d Love to have one. Or 6. But that hasn’t happened since Clockwork came out or the years since.
Same thing with the Perfected False God. Don’t have but one piece of that yet. And Perfected Siroria Or Relequen they’re way far off the list of anything I’ll be getting my hands on anytime soon.
You might find this hard to believe, but not many people can do those trials even now. (Without paying) They’ll probably have to nerf them into irrelevance before I get a shot at it.
Oreyn_Bearclaw, do you have an abundance of Mother’s Sorrow to sell? Just kidding! I get the feeling like you kind of know your stuff. But I don’t know what it is with that set. It gets no Love from me.
Everyone and their brother promotes “Mother Sorrow” like it is so good. I don’t get it? I have a set. A couple of overpriced inferno staves. Sigh, gold jewelry. It doesn’t pop. I don’t get it. Not that great to me.
Feels like I’d be better off with Julianos, or BSW or something else. Spell strat pops. Kind of. Against one mob. Every six seconds. That mob is gonna be dead in 2 seconds. Similar reasons why I rarely ever use Zaans that I had to get cause it’s so great. I find Iceheart far better in every situation.
BSW is good. Not so great with lightning staves or ice staves. That’s probably why I’m digging Scathing. That Ice Staff, that does nothing for DPS; is very easy to weave with. Because remember, I’m kind of bad. I pick up on these minor details.
I use Mother's Sorrow and Scathing Mage on my magnecro.
It's really good.
I'm sitting on around 70% crit. With the necro passives, anything below 25% basically blows up.
(Of course, I don't have Scalebreaker yet, being on PS4, so take that with a grain of salt...)
kringled_1 wrote: »I use Mother's Sorrow and Scathing Mage on my magnecro.
It's really good.
I'm sitting on around 70% crit. With the necro passives, anything below 25% basically blows up.
(Of course, I don't have Scalebreaker yet, being on PS4, so take that with a grain of salt...)
This is the combination I'm curious about, since I have a scathing mage inferno staff (byproduct of getting some leeching plate pieces). But I'm not sure post Scalebreaker what builds if any have enough front bar direct damage to be worth using.
Not a PvE related response but I farmed Scathing mage recently to try on a Magplar in PVP, need one more piece still and got tired of the grind as you suggested haha - I will finish it.
I seen so many people running strategist and thought, on paper, scathing mage looked better for an aggressive type and especially in vX situations.
I didn't know if there was an ICD on the proc so was under the impression it would be 100% uptime - Do you know, having tested it?
kylewwefan wrote: »I don’t know how %10 extra Crit chance on one bar can be worth so much more than 500 Spell damage. Can’t really argue with ya; you guys got math we can’t even dream of on console.
Yes, I use force pulse/ crushing shock. It might not be the best, but I like it.
Again with the console, there’s not really a good way to test uptime with accuracy. It procs a lot but I don’t think it’s %100 up time. I dont know?