Claws: Achilles heel & Gaussian proc?


Bill Z Bubba

 

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Worth it?

AH:- res for Slash and G:BU for Follow-up.

And by worth it I don't mean INF cost, I mean cost of a slot.

Thanks!

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I would slot the AH proc, but not the Guassian's.


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Yes to both and add the decimation buildup to focus for extra awesome.

Unedit: heh.


 

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Originally Posted by Chaos Creator View Post
Yes to both and add the decimation buildup to focus for extra awesome.

Edit: actually I guess that's only for claws scrappers.
Why would that only be for claws scrappers?

I agree and currently run with that setup.

Gaussian CFBU in Followup
Decimation CFBU in Focus
Achilles' Heel CFDRD in Slash

Sure, those CFBU's only have a 5% chance to fire off, but you get two chances every chain of FU, Focus, Slash, Strike, repeat (this chain only needs 184% total recharge in followup to work) and they do stack with each other.

In actual DPS terms, I found that they add about the same amount of damage in the long term as the damage procs that do 71.8 damage 20% of the time like the Mako's damage proc.


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If you're looking for procs, you also have the Perfect Zinger Psi damage proc that fits in nicely into Swipe. That's assuming that you're using Swipe as a fury builder, though (and why shouldn't you be?), and that maybe you want a power that does something other than lethal damage on occasion.


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/facepalm

I completely forgot about taunt procs on brutes....


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Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba View Post
Why would that only be for claws scrappers?

I agree and currently run with that setup.

Gaussian CFBU in Followup
Decimation CFBU in Focus
Achilles' Heel CFDRD in Slash

Sure, those CFBU's only have a 5% chance to fire off, but you get two chances every chain of FU, Focus, Slash, Strike, repeat (this chain only needs 184% total recharge in followup to work) and they do stack with each other.

In actual DPS terms, I found that they add about the same amount of damage in the long term as the damage procs that do 71.8 damage 20% of the time like the Mako's damage proc.
Thanks!


 

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I have the AH proc in my claws/ele brute...and you'll appreciate it in some of the EB fights..nothing quite like seeing it proc, hitting spin...and the EB is hit for more than his minions are


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Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba View Post
/facepalm

I completely forgot about taunt procs on brutes....
No way!! My SS/WP has those in 3 attacks. Luv them.

Anyway, yes. I have the BU and the -res proc slotted in my claws/sr and luvin it. I would have the BU proc in focus too but its 6 slotted with thunder strike. Gonna see about another way of soft capping range when i19 go live.


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Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba View Post
Why would that only be for claws scrappers?

I agree and currently run with that setup.

Gaussian CFBU in Followup
Decimation CFBU in Focus
Achilles' Heel CFDRD in Slash

Sure, those CFBU's only have a 5% chance to fire off, but you get two chances every chain of FU, Focus, Slash, Strike, repeat (this chain only needs 184% total recharge in followup to work) and they do stack with each other.

In actual DPS terms, I found that they add about the same amount of damage in the long term as the damage procs that do 71.8 damage 20% of the time like the Mako's damage proc.
I dunno I figured that fury would dilute the buildup damage bonus.


 

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Maybe he's referring to the fact that, theoretically, you might not get the full benefit of the procs if your fury has your damage too close to the cap with other factors? Other than that, can't think of a single way it could dilute the damage.

And even if somehow it'd put you over the cap at full fury, that won't happen often, and you won't always have full fury anyway.


 

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Originally Posted by Chaos Creator View Post
I dunno I figured that fury would dilute the buildup damage bonus.
I think I see where you're coming from on that. Luckily for brutes, even after the nerf, it takes a lot to get up to the cap. Even if you get the joyous double stack on top of 75% fury and nearly 100% from enhancements, you're still at about 60% of the cap.

Will a brute notice that extra 100% as much as a scrapper will? Nahh, but it'll still be nice.

Actually... you make me wonder something that I'll need to check later. Due to the brute's much lower damage mod, it is possible that they would benefit more from a normal damage proc instead of the CFBU. Hmmm, I'll need to plug some numbers later to check that.

However, the AH-CFDRD is always a good move in Slash.


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