Kinetic Melee Question


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How exactly does Power Siphon work?

Do you always get the ~6% damage debuff from your attacks, or only when using PS?
Do you always get the 25% damage bonus on your attacks, or only when you use PS?

I assume the debuff is always there, and the damage bonus only when you use PS, but I was hoping someone would know for sure?


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the debuff is always there, and the damage bonus only when you use PS

The damage bonus is a stacking bonus when you click PS it activates the damage buffing portion of the KM attacks, but they can only stack up to 5 times and (I am pretty sure) each activation of PS only allows 5 buffs. Each buff lasts 10 seconds and you have a 20 second window to activate the buffs.


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You can start a fight with PS to get some quick buffs while your Fury builds. By the time it wears off your Fury bar should be at a nice level.


 

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Originally Posted by StratoNexus View Post
the debuff is always there, and the damage bonus only when you use PS

The damage bonus is a stacking bonus when you click PS it activates the damage buffing portion of the KM attacks, but they can only stack up to 5 times and (I am pretty sure) each activation of PS only allows 5 buffs. Each buff lasts 10 seconds and you have a 20 second window to activate the buffs.
What he said.


The only other thing is that the "to-hit-buff" from Power Siphon IS indeed activated when you first click Power Siphon, and you are not required to actually "hit" a target for the first to-hit buff. After that, additional "hit's" stack more.