If you must pick one the Build Up is the better power hands down.
However if you can fit both that is what really makes Fire shine.
According to City of Data:
Fiery Embrace:
- DMG(Fire) +100% for 20s [Ignores Enhancements & Buffs]
- DMG(Smashing, Lethal, Cold, Energy, Negative, Psionic) +80% for 10s [Ignores Enhancements & Buffs]
Build up:
- ToHit +20% for 10s
- DMG(All Types) +80% for 10s [Ignores Enhancements & Buffs]
Mind you on my fire/fire tank I fit both in so I didn't have to make that choice.
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Originally Posted by PapaSlade
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Taking both powers -- well, using them -- is one of the benefits of Fiery Aura that (supposedly) offsets its weaknesses. I think it makes a character stronger if you can fit both in.
That said, Build Up is better. They both last the same duration for your non-fire powers, but BU has to-hit buff that FE does not, and it recharges much faster.
If we are to die, let us die like men. -- Patrick Cleburne
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The rule is that they must be loved. --Jayne Fynes-Clinton, Death of an Abandoned Dog
Thanks, folks. I will see if I can fit both powers into her build. I haven't played for awhile but I intend on speccing out of Acrobatics once I get my hands on a Knockback Protection IO, so that may free up some space for me.
I do use Burn on my Fire/Stone tanker, and I plan on taking Fire Blast and Fireball from the Pyre APP. That said, the majority of my damage is still from my Stone Melee attacks. Would I be better served with Fiery Embrace or Build Up? I'd rather not take both powers.
Thanks in advance.