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Was Siphon Life changed?

Dragonhide

By Dragonhide,
Posted on: 2011-01-04 24:17 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion

 

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I tried searching this and didn't find anything. I have been away from any of my toons that have DM...did they increase the damage Siphon Life does? I remember it as a "meh" power both for the damage and the heal (I recall reading that it doesn't really do good damage and doesn't really heal well). Now I see it does pretty significant damage. I haven't played my DM toons in several issues. Am I remembering incorrectly or is it better?

Global Name: Denver Nugget
Playing since i3 on 8 servers

 

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Yes, its damage and recharge were buffed, and the heal was left as it was. It is now an excellent power.

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Sorry for unresearched reply - but yes, several issues ago Siphon Life was made a much better attack power. Might have been i13/i14, something like that. Damage from Midnight grasp was also 'frontloaded,' so most of it happens as soon as you click the attack.

Have fun with your Dark melee character.

 

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Awesome! I was hoping that I wasn't wrong because I always felt like DM needed more "umph"!

Global Name: Denver Nugget
Playing since i3 on 8 servers

 

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I would rank Siphon Life as one of the Top 3 best ST melee attacks in the game for everything is does. All negative damage, tohit debuff, healing and only 10s recharge.

What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.

 

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Originally Posted by Dragonhide View Post
Sorry for unresearched reply - but yes, several issues ago Siphon Life was made a much better attack power. Might have been i13/i14, something like that. Damage from Midnight grasp was also 'frontloaded,' so most of it happens as soon as you click the attack.

Have fun with your Dark melee character.
Soul Drain was also front loaded by giving it a first target bonus. It's +10% dmg per target plus 50% for the first. So its buff ranges from 60% to 150% (for Scrappers, 8% / 40% / 48% - 120% for Brutes/Tanks).