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Avoiding bombblades full damage potential, a bare bones guide - from a bombblade (I may regret this)

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So after reading multiple threads, its made me aware that people just either don't understand or just dont want to understand that their own actions can keep them alive and not die to the bomber so heres some tips for you to stay alive;

Flag stacking: DO NOT stack on flags. Blocking this patch will not save you nearly as much either but provided you are blocking and not stacked (keep moving) you should be fine.

DOOR REPAIR:Fear totems, Fear runes, Daedric rune (mages guild skill line) all very helpful for you to stop me from bombing you fully on top of that, layered heals + Large damaging AoEs will help as well. Note: Your mitigation, matters. So if your low resistance just don't be anywhere near other people when flag capping.

Open combat spacing: Spread out, dont think for one moment that safety in numbers will save you, it will in fact be your death. Vicious Death is a chain reaction, it will only stop when you stop dying.

ESSENCE OF DETECTION POTIONS ARE YOUR FRIEND

Why is not stacking is so important:
You may not think you're the weak link in the stack but you could be or it could be the guy next to you or half the stack. The reality of stacking vs a bombblade is...it just takes 1 person not being aware of their surroundings to kill the whole group and it could be you. So do your part to keep others alive. It only takes one of you to die for the entire chain reaction to start.

We take advantage of your laziness and your unwillingness to not afk on a flag or just not move around. That is our one strength that when you give us an opening we take it and you all die.

The point of this very cheap and bare bones "guide" is to first ensure that people understand, how you die to us is the only thing magblade has going for it right now besides one shot elemental builds (which are incredibly boring and frankly a bit of a cheap way to play in my opinion) - We are not overpowered nor are we over the top, we are the only true counter to zergs in this game and no "another zerg" is not the counter we should want. The final point of course being, that we are not unstoppable and if you bother, you can stop us.

We shut down hard pushes so you can have time to react, we sacrifice ourselves over and over so that you might push them back. We are literally the only thing standing between you and a zerg bigger than your own. We are necessary and needed. If you want to avoid being on the receiving end as much then start thinking while playing, no more standing on flags alt tabbed or in your inventory. Will it stop us completely? No. But it will help you realise that it is not as unstoppable as you think.

I've bombed since VD released (years now), the amount of times people have wised up and used the correct counters its ruined virtually any and all approaches for me. This is alls you need to do. Counter us. That's it.

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Edited by xeNNNNN on June 26, 2021 10:36PM
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  • BoraxFlux
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    Nice :)

    Also check for hidden bombers inside after capturing a keep, when everyone wants to transitus-teleport away to another keep, that is when some remaining bombers have a nice window of opportunity.

    When rezzing bombed comrades, don't clutter around your fallen comrades, as some bombers come with bomber friends for a second serving.
  • xeNNNNN
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    BoraxFlux wrote: »
    Nice :)

    Also check for hidden bombers inside after capturing a keep, when everyone wants to transitus-teleport away to another keep, that is when some remaining bombers have a nice window of opportunity.

    When rezzing bombed comrades, don't clutter around your fallen comrades, as some bombers come with bomber friends for a second serving.

    Yup, the funny thing about dealing with bombers is - its just common sense. Once you've been the bomber and have been bombed you usually pick up on these things. But a lot of people are also stubborn as well, dislike having to Do X to stop Y and so forth.

    I am just so frustrated seeing all these threads about how bombers are OP or are the problem when players can do the easiest things to ruin an entire bomb run. *sigh*

    besides with mayhem going, those of us bombing are lucky Soul Tether will even activate hahaha Then the more unique bombers, the bombers who aren't nightblades. Necro bombers are hilarious and really strong, provided they can even use their skills lmao, though granted its much harder bombing with just 1 invis pot vs endless shadowy disguise of nightblades.

    its been a while since i've seen a templar bomber or a magDK bomber though, ahhh the good ole days.
    Edited by xeNNNNN on June 26, 2021 10:42PM
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  • Jaraal
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    Stay away from <20k HP allies! They are the bomb fuse.
  • xeNNNNN
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    Jaraal wrote: »
    Stay away from <20k HP allies! They are the bomb fuse.

    Bingo! the weak link.

    Funnily enough most bombers end up with 20k too haha

    Also, 20k-25k usually isn't enough even then but thats less to do with the bombers thanselves and more to do with the fact that damage is generally so high at the moment. More penetration, less mitigation.

    I genuinely believe ( though some would disagree) that removing the 5k health bonus from battlespirit was a huge mistake honestly. Like; old spec was two nirnhoned swords, now its just honestly better to run 2x maces in sharpened.
    Edited by xeNNNNN on June 26, 2021 11:01PM
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  • FrancisCrawford
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    Vicious Death still procs itself? I didn't realize that. I guess that's because technically it isn't proccing off its own damage, but rather off the resulting death(s).
  • xeNNNNN
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    Vicious Death still procs itself? I didn't realize that. I guess that's because technically it isn't proccing off its own damage, but rather off the resulting death(s).

    Correct, its an endless proc. Provided you've done enough damage for whomever you've attacked for it to count as your kill, thats how the chain reaction works and has always worked :)

    Ex: If 1 person kills, chains the the rest of the group but another in the group survives then the vicious death will not proc anymore.

    Its actually one of the most fluid sets in the game and its functionality is great because its fair. The lack of a CD may irk some, but if a CD was put on the set it would destroy it. It would cut bomblade effectiveness in half maybe more and zergs would have free rein again which would NOT be a good thing at all. It would be utterly brutal if that happened.
    Edited by xeNNNNN on June 26, 2021 11:12PM
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  • Jaraal
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    Vicious Death still procs itself? I didn't realize that. I guess that's because technically it isn't proccing off its own damage, but rather off the resulting death(s).

    Yes, it's always been a chain reaction effect. Also, people are forgetting that ZOS increased the radius of Vicious Death with Update 30, and they also added a bombing CP (Occult Overload) that does an additional 4k aoe damage when an enemy player dies.
  • xeNNNNN
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    Jaraal wrote: »
    Vicious Death still procs itself? I didn't realize that. I guess that's because technically it isn't proccing off its own damage, but rather off the resulting death(s).

    Yes, it's always been a chain reaction effect. Also, people are forgetting that ZOS increased the radius of Vicious Death with Update 30, and they also added a bombing CP (Occult Overload) that does an additional 4k aoe damage when an enemy player dies.

    I am going to be testing that soon.

    Currently I am running biting aura, fighting finesse, MaT & Backstabber. The reason Im running backstabber is because half of the stack your in will have their backs to you so thats 15% bonus to half the group you're bombing. Occult would probably replace backstabber though.

    Ironically when I tried deadly to test tether, it noticed little difference so I think tethers "tethers" are working as single target per target isn't of counting as an AoE. I am not sure that is intended.
    Edited by xeNNNNN on June 26, 2021 11:19PM
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  • kmcaj
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    I can honestly say I'm past the point of caring if I get blown up fixing an inner door. Just fix, blow up, respawn, bomber dead, fix door and sometimes repeat. Enjoy your AP.
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