Does Eclipse Need Accuracy?

Hey, just wondering if I should slot accuracy into eclipse or not because I don't think I've ever seen anyone mention it in their slotting for the power. Thanks!

It does indeed require a hit check on each mob in the PBAOE.

I would mainly concern myself with accuracy, recharge and some ressistance when slotting that.

Common Io's I might use 1-2 accuracys, 2-3 recharges, and 2-3 ressists or some similar configuration

Using sets I like Efficacy Adapter acc/recharge and acc/recharge/end mod along with any 2 or 3 recharge/ressists from the various ressist sets.

My two cents..

Eclipse requires a tohit check and in my opinion should always be slotted for accuracy. Some people don't and they've argued that it's not necessary if one always uses Mire first to buff their tohit. However, since these powers have different base recharge (Mire 120 secs, Eclipse 300 secs) coordinating them to have consistent simul-recharge will be pretty near impossible. Waiting to fire off a vital power because it's dependant on another power to hit anything seems rather a waste.

Suggested slotting - two acc, three rech. Or two acc, two rech, two res. For sets, try a pair of any endmod set with rech/acc and frankenslot as many resistance set res/rech as you can spare the slots for.

Yes it is definately in need of accuracy, even with my build having 90%+ global accuracy I have a single accuracy IO in Eclipse.

The rest of the power I slot with res/rech IO's out of the various sets, with my emphasis on maxing recharge, then getting as much resistance and accuracy as possible.

I don't like the idea of using Sunless Mire before Eclipse, but not for timing reasons like Rainbow Avenger, more because Sunless Mire can get you killed!

Disclaimer: I used to run without accuracy in Eclipse and it worked fine, when surrounded by enough mobs you will still hit the 5 required to cap a well slotted Eclipse, but it is when you are not totally surrounded that the accuracy becomes an issue. If you have just turned 38 and picked Eclipse I would slot recharge into the first 3 slots, then work on accuracy and resistance based on how many targets you find yourself hitting. If you are hitting 6 targets regularly you can probably get away without accuracy if you are tight on slots.

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Eclipse requires Accuracy for sure, however, on my TriFormShade™, I had dedicated my Eclipse to DmgResist and EndMod (using frankenslotting) and initiated most attacks with Black Dwarf Mire followed by Eclipse, then Sunless Mire then everything else. This essentially allowed me to worry about accuracy only in Black Dwarf Mire and other slotting factors in my other PBAoE powers.

I employed some search-fu and found one of my old posts with my keybind layout, and added some explanations to it about self-teleport in Human/Dwarf forms and how I perform the Mire/Eclipse/Mire/Nova maneuver with my keybind layout. I'll try to concentrate on Ascendantia's (PB) tactics next.