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Deflated Ego Proc and Dark Servant (Fluffy)

beyeajus

By beyeajus,
Posted on: 2010-02-27 10:56 in The Market and Inventions

 

Posted

I'm pretty sure that it'll give him a 20% chance to debuff recov. everytime he uses a move that has -tohit (3 of his moves). Just keep an eye on your combat chat window.

 

Posted

The proc will have a chance to go off:

1) Every time he uses twilight grasp or tenebrous tentacles
2) Every 10 seconds on targets within the range of his chill of the night aura
3) Every 10 seconds on whatever target he has darkest night toggled on

That said, I don't think this particular proc is worth slotting. The effect is a 20% chance for a 25% recovery debuff, which is effectively nothing. Lower grade mobs have attacks which use very little endurance, and seldom have very many attacks. This means that they're not going to run out of endurance even if the proc affects them. Some bosses have more end-hungry attacks, but they also have larger endurance bars, and without another way to drain their endurance or debuff their recovery, they're not likely to run out either. And AVs and EBs which are downgraded AVs (although not regular EBs) have strong resistance to endurance drain and recovery debuffs, which means that the proc won't be doing anything to them either.

In other words, it's one of the more useless procs in the invention system. Unless you're a defender or corruptor with electric blast, you aren't going to be draining anything of endurance with this proc. And if you do have electric blast, you've already got better tools for doing that (like short circuit's -end and -recovery, and tesla cage's -recovery).

In my opinion, you're much better off simply slotting fluffy for maximum tohit debuff enhancement along with a touch of accuracy so that he can hit stuff.

@MuonNeutrino
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Yeah. This isn't going to be very noticeable, IMO. Even on non-AV mobs, being low on (but not fully drained of) endurance does little to their ability to fight. AVs have like 800 end. He's not going to be draining that on his own.

About the only proc that's of even mild interest to me in Dark Servant is the Cloud Senses chance for negative energy damage. This will go off with all the same conditions that Muon listed above, but actually do damage. It's not a lot of damage, but it takes nicks and bites off of baddies now and then that can shave off the need to make one last attack on them to finish them off.

It should probably be noted that I don't actually have this slotted in my Servant on any of several Dark Miasma characters on live. But at least I thought about it.

Blue
American Steele: 50 BS/Inv
Nightfall: 50 DDD
Sable Slayer: 50 DM/Rgn
Fortune's Shadow: 50 Dark/Psi
WinterStrike: 47 Ice/Dev
Quantum Well: 43 Inv/EM
Twilit Destiny: 43 MA/DA
Red
Shadowslip: 50 DDC
Final Rest: 50 MA/Rgn
Abyssal Frost: 50 Ice/Dark
Golden Ember: 50 SM/FA