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you new this was coming

Ok I am making a fire/dev. damage on rain of fire? how is it? i have heard that it is less than 1 per tick but just shows up as 1. will slotting it make any difference damage wise, and is it powerful at higher lvls (20 up).im sorry for brining it up, but you all new it was coming.

08/07/07 11:53

Aurrius

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RE: you new this was coming

Every tick may be just one damage, but it has a lot of ticks.

I'd go for 3xDamage, 2xRecharge, 1xEndurance Reduction. As far as I know it's auto-hit, so you don't need Accuracies on it.

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08/07/07 12:02

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RE: you new this was coming

RoF is a very damaging attack, coming in at almost (but not quite) as damaging as 2 Fireballs. The trouble is that it is DoT, and the mobs try like heck to get away from it. It is likely that many of the mobs will not take the full damage because they will be able to get away from the effect before it has timed out.

Personally, I like RoF. I know some folks do not. I use Caltrops, slotted for slowness, to keep the mobs in the rain as long as possible. Of course, if you team with a controller it is wonderful. Definitely slot for damage because all of those little ticks do add up.

08/07/07 12:10

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RE: you new this was coming

Yeah, you can up the damage. This initial stats will be below 1 point, but that will increase. The displays are just designed to round the values to whole numbers. You can get accurate damage results from the chat window display "Combat".

Don't consider Rain of Fire as one of your DPS tools. This is a crowd control power. What it does is scatter the mob. Scattering mobs breaks/reduces DPS output. So if you have pulled more than you can handle, Hit RoF and either work the mob with the reduced DPS effect of the scatter, or take this opportunity to run or hit Phase Shift before you get plastered!

I do use this in teams when I have a good Troller to keep the mobs locked down.

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08/07/07 12:12

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RE: you new this was coming

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Every tick may be just one damage, but it has a lot of ticks.

I'd go for 3xDamage, 2xRecharge, 1xEndurance Reduction. As far as I know it's auto-hit, so you don't need Accuracies on it.

Not always auto hit im afraid, but mostly so near enough i spose. Works better if you have a slow/hold

My fire/dark cor love it, tar patch stops them leaving, lowers there defence and adds +1 damage onto every tick of damage. Witrh 1 damage SO on it at the moment it does 3/4 per hit

With 3 i hazard 6 per hit

My plan is for 3 X damage, 1 x acc (for those purples) 1 x end red 1 x recharge

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08/27/07 17:56

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RE: you new this was coming

If you're Fire/Dev, get those Caltrops slotted with a few Slows.

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08/27/07 18:22

Hellmeister

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RE: you new this was coming

Caltrops + Rain of fire, there will be more little numbers appearing then you can take :)

08/29/07 06:53

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RE: you new this was coming

I have used RoF before to devastating effect, but only in certain circumstances. Me and another blaster double teamed them, he with ice storm and me with rain. In Frostfire when you get to the rooms where you open the doors of the little rooms full of baddies, we could do those two shots and the whole team could literally just stand around. Ice storm slowed them and both attacks killed everything in there. It was very nice.

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08/29/07 07:00

Hellmeister

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RE: you new this was coming

Ah but my combo is just as nice, Tar patch for slow and -def combind with a now more damaging RoF means i can solo and kill pretty much any minion who stands in my path. Heck its my favourite 4 hit combo:

Tar patch, RoF, Fireball (straight down the middle) then Fire breath (again straight down the middle)

No Lt normally survives that combo, let alone minions. It Puts bosses on there last legs too (with a blazing bolt follow up its normally game over for them)

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Its unfortunate for any foe of mine that you cant dodge tar patch :)

08/29/07 08:59

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RE: you new this was coming

Find me a blaster that has tar patch and I'll e-mail you a cookie. :)

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