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1) Burn has a Target Cap nowadays of 5 targets. Well it always did do that but the nature of the DoT ticks ensured that it spread around. Nowadays because Burn does a lot of it's damage in an initial blast the 5 target limit is much more noticeable. |
Originally Posted by Hoshi_Pallatzo
I have a Brute I have been filling out with IO sets and I was curious, why place Armageddon in Footstomp over Burn. I have 3 buff powers, Justice, FE and Rage and to my knowledge, all 3 buff Burn while only 2 buff FS. I run the Axis America map alot at +3/8 and from what I can tell, Burn takes out the majority of the mobs I hit, with FS mopping up a few stragglers. Is it to leverage more DPS and the Fire Damage Proc in FS due to its better recharge and bigger radius? Would there ever be a reason to use it in Burn instead?
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2) Fiery Embrace has been substantially changed now. It is no longer a flat +Fire damage power, instead it adds (well switches on) an additional Fire damage component to all attacks for 20 seconds. The damage the Fire attacks do is 45% of the attack which generates it (which makes it very good indeed for a Brute with high Fury and Rage as it's 45% of the final damage figure of any attack, not counting PROCs). So if you have Footstomp @ 50 slotted with 3 damage SOs you'd do 115 damage. With FE active you'd do an additional 51 damage for a total of 166. But if you've got a damage bonus of 100% from Fury and Rage also running Footstomps damage goes up to 221, plus if FE is active it will do an additional 100 damage for a total of 321.
I can't see any reason you'd stick the PROC in Burn compared to Footstomp. I suppose if you managed to keep something in the Burn Patch for 10 seconds it might have another chance of PROCcing but it still wouldn't be worth it.
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I would go with the power with the 15' radius and larger target cap personally. (Foot Stomp)
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Originally Posted by Hoshi_Pallatzo
I have a Brute I have been filling out with IO sets and I was curious, why place Armageddon in Footstomp over Burn. I have 3 buff powers, Justice, FE and Rage and to my knowledge, all 3 buff Burn while only 2 buff FS. I run the Axis America map alot at +3/8 and from what I can tell, Burn takes out the majority of the mobs I hit, with FS mopping up a few stragglers. Is it to leverage more DPS and the Fire Damage Proc in FS due to its better recharge and bigger radius? Would there ever be a reason to use it in Burn instead?
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This. Footstomp hits 2x as many dudes and has a larger radius to make the most of the proc. These factors also play into FS being a better PBAoE attack in general and thus better to put the Geddon set in.
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Originally Posted by Rad_Avenger
I would go with the power with the 15' radius and larger target cap personally. (Foot Stomp)
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I have a Brute I have been filling out with IO sets and I was curious, why place Armageddon in Footstomp over Burn. I have 3 buff powers, Justice, FE and Rage and to my knowledge, all 3 buff Burn while only 2 buff FS. I run the Axis America map alot at +3/8 and from what I can tell, Burn takes out the majority of the mobs I hit, with FS mopping up a few stragglers. Is it to leverage more DPS and the Fire Damage Proc in FS due to its better recharge and bigger radius? Would there ever be a reason to use it in Burn instead?