Damage procs are useful for two reasons:
1. Damage procs add extra damage to your attacks, and they're especially useful in attacks with a fast recharge because they'll fire more often over time that way, simply because you're using fast-recharge attacks more often (for example, two damage procs in Flares would be better than two damage procs in Blaze). Simply put, it means you're dealing more damage which means you'll be getting kills faster.
2. The damage dealt by the procs is, for the most part, unresisted. There are a few exceptions to this rule (the non-smashing damage purple procs, the Touch of Lady Grey proc, and I think the Touch of Death proc) but in a world where most squishies are sporting 40% or more resistance to all types of damage, the damage from procs can really add up.
For example, my Rad/Therm Corruptor has 4 procs in Neutrino Bolt (2 Nucleolus Hami-O's, Apocalypse damage proc, Shield Breaker proc, Touch of Lady Grey proc, and Achilles Heel -res proc, with plans to put a Gladiator's Javelin proc in at some point). This means almost every time I fire that attack, which is quite often, at least one of the procs will fire off, and once I get a target into Scourge range, Scourge combined with the proc damage can really make a target hurt.
In the case of a Fire/MM Blaster I'd probably stick the Apocalypse proc and the Gladiator's Javelin proc into Flares (the other 4 slots would be Devastations, try and get the hold proc from that set in there as well since that's just nasty), another Gladiator's Javelin into Fire Blast if you have the slots or inf, and leave Blaze as-is. Could try a Trap of the Hunter proc in Subdual as well.
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Given a choice between a damage proc vs. a -res proc, which one would be more beneficial for a BS Scrapper?
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After building my Fire/MM i've hit RV a hella lot and had a fair share of duels. What i've noticed is that she don't do that well usually against /EM because of boost range I instantly become the chaser in a way. So I asked a few how to improve my build and they said "DMG procs all the way, purple/pvp set procs"
I have 1 bill left over... should I go for it? Just how important are these dmg procs, I never found them THAT usefull on my kat/regen.
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