Magcro mains. Specifically solo players; How's things looking on PTS?

LukosCreyden · July 2022

Magcro has always been a bit of a fiddly class, with some rather niche skills and a not-very-good spammable. One of it's saving graces was Spirit Guardian. With the new changes, it sounds like Spirit Guardian has become RP only. Combined with the DoT nerf, the decreased corpse generation and many other already lacklustre skills, its not looking good for Magcro.
So, Magcro folk, is it as bad as it sounds? Is Magcro solo dead?

W0lf_z13 · July 2022

my Magcro
update 33.....
130k dps
..............
update 34.....
123k dps
...............
current pts.....
109k (so far)

not sure how much higher ill be able to bring it

Also to add... a spammable is a MUST now .... I tested 3 spammables out... skulls, Silver shards (FG skill) and Elemental Weapon (Psijic Skill) ... so far Ele Weapon performed better than all 3 ... skulls was 2nd and Silver shards was the least dmg

Everest_Lionheart · July 2022

W0lf_z13 wrote: »

my Magcro
update 33.....
130k dps
..............
update 34.....
123k dps
...............
current pts.....
109k (so far) not sure how much higher ill be able to bring it

Also to add... a spammable is a MUST now .... I tested 3 spammables out... skulls, Silver shards (FG skill) and Elemental Weapon (Psijic Skill) ... so far Ele Weapon performed better than all 3 ... skulls was 2nd and Silver shards was the least dmg

So even with the nerf to LA, the one spamable that is dependant on LA weaving somehow still outperforms all the other spamabale Including the class spamable?

Seems to me that is more immersion breaking and would do 100% more to improve accessibility as ele weapon is about the most clunky spamable in the game and too easy to miss.

W0lf_z13 · July 2022

yeah, so far (granted it was just the first day of my tests) this patch is gaaaaaaaarbage......
from what I saw on the CmX report skulls and silver shards was toward the bottom dmg wise on the fight window.... but ele weapon was toward the top.... somewhere within to the top 10 dmg skills .... for S&G's tonight though im gonna test out scythe as the "spammable" to see where that lines up.... i think thats the only other possibility of a "spammable" option though

Styxius · July 2022

W0lf_z13 wrote: »

my Magcro
update 33.....
130k dps
..............
update 34.....
123k dps
...............
current pts.....
109k (so far) not sure how much higher ill be able to bring it

Also to add... a spammable is a MUST now .... I tested 3 spammables out... skulls, Silver shards (FG skill) and Elemental Weapon (Psijic Skill) ... so far Ele Weapon performed better than all 3 ... skulls was 2nd and Silver shards was the least dmg

Don't forget they added major slayer to the dummy meaning you're getting RO at 100% inflating the numbers by 10%+ due to minor courage and the pen being increased as well.

W0lf_z13 · July 2022

Styxius wrote: »

W0lf_z13 wrote: »

my Magcro
update 33.....
130k dps
..............
update 34.....
123k dps
...............
current pts.....
109k (so far) not sure how much higher ill be able to bring it

Also to add... a spammable is a MUST now .... I tested 3 spammables out... skulls, Silver shards (FG skill) and Elemental Weapon (Psijic Skill) ... so far Ele Weapon performed better than all 3 ... skulls was 2nd and Silver shards was the least dmg

Don't forget they added major slayer to the dummy meaning you're getting RO at 100% inflating the numbers by 10%+ due to minor courage and the pen being increased as well.

yeah

Snow_White · July 2022

Technically I’m a Stamcro since the last update, but I consider it pretty much the same thing anymore since the only difference is one skill.

I went from 120 down to 103 with the same basic setup (Rele/Kinras) and venom skulls inserted for a filler. I think there’s room to find more damage in there with rotation optimization, and I’ll wait for those who’re better at math to figure out if there’s a better CP setup. I think I could get back up to 110.

I didn’t think to look at major slayer uptime. Is it up 100%? Or is similar to what we’d get from Ro/Jo? I’d look forward to someone calculating net gain.

I don’t know if it’s the same for mag, but on stam I can now parse on single stat food (Hearty Garlic Corn Chowder).

W0lf_z13 · July 2022

Snow_White wrote: »

Technically I’m a Stamcro since the last update, but I consider it pretty much the same thing anymore since the only difference is one skill.

I went from 120 down to 103 with the same basic setup (Rele/Kinras) and venom skulls inserted for a filler. I think there’s room to find more damage in there with rotation optimization, and I’ll wait for those who’re better at math to figure out if there’s a better CP setup. I think I could get back up to 110.

I didn’t think to look at major slayer uptime. Is it up 100%? Or is similar to what we’d get from Ro/Jo? I’d look forward to someone calculating net gain.

I don’t know if it’s the same for mag, but on stam I can now parse on single stat food (Hearty Garlic Corn Chowder).

yeah, currently i think tops for cros will be roughly 110-116 at MAX with perfect rotation

FantasticFreddie · July 2022

I am not an excellent player. My parse is roughly 90-95k current patch, parsed on pts and it was 60k. Idk what exactly I should drop to add a spammable, but I'll try again with one