It depends solely on what you wish to accomplish with the new mastery pool. For farming? Not so sure.
Hibernate is a blessed power, and is always useful to have for those "Uh oh" situations. Or, if you frequently find yourself low on hp or end (although for /kin I don't see that being much of a problem) Hibernate is a one-click quick fix.
Water spout is a power I have come to love. In my opnion, its like an alternate version of Tornado from the Storm set, except the KB isn't over excessive, and should only cause a low magnitude knockup, which can be very useful. Damage wise, a fire/kin has many other means of popping the orange numbers, but I suppose a little extra damage wont hurt. One thing I'm not certain of is whether or not Water Spout has a stun effect or not? A big difference however, is the recharge time. Tornado recharges in 1 minute, with a duration of 30secs. Water Spout is on a 4 min timer with (I believe) a duration of also 30secs.
Another pet is always a bonus, or totally unecessary, depending on your viewpoint. Not much else to say here, since I personally have very little experience with the Coralax. Very long recharge (15mins unenhanced)
Shark skin gives you resistance to smash, lethal, and cold. Straightforward.
Bile Spray just another cone attack (It is toxic dmg though).
So, in my humble opnion, if you like the looks of either Hibernate or Water Spout (the best 2 powers in the set) then sure, go for it, if you don't like it, then 'spec out. Have fun!
What were your friends reasons for the switch?
@Mental Maden @Maden Mental
"....you are now tackle free for life."-ShoNuff
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He had said that it is a bit tougher and would make farming more efficient.
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Originally Posted by MentalMaden
What were your friends reasons for the switch?
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thats simply wrong
stone makes you tough as hell with his powers:
1) fissure is a brilliant damage power with good stackebale disorient:20 sec rech for 14,6 sec duration (unenhanced)
2) rock amor is good for sm/l def which you want to have as much as possible on a /kin for not be hitten by any enemy
3) earth embrance is a +HP power which can be used a a panic button
clue: stay with stone mastery for a farming fire/kin and cap your sm/l def for best surviving
Helge corr lvl 50 rad/cold
Helge2 corr lvl 50 ice/rad
Techbothelge MM lvl 50 robo/dark
Helge Mauz def lvl 50 emp/ele
illuhelge troller lvl 50 illu/rad
Wiederbelebter helge nk lvl 50 bs/reg
Maennerschreack nightwidow lvl 44
Quantenjaeger ws lvl 3
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No mention of Seismic Smash, the best single target damage power going for controllers?
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Originally Posted by vernichterhelge
thats simply wrong
stone makes you tough as hell with his powers: 1) fissure is a brilliant damage power with good stackebale disorient:20 sec rech for 14,6 sec duration (unenhanced) 2) rock amor is good for sm/l def which you want to have as much as possible on a /kin for not be hitten by any enemy 3) earth embrance is a +HP power which can be used a a panic button clue: stay with stone mastery for a farming fire/kin and cap your sm/l def for best surviving |
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many farming builds i saw in my life have skipped seismic smash as they had aoecentric builds|
Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
No mention of Seismic Smash, the best single target damage power going for controllers?
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on the other hand you can disable bosses in farmmishes with the new mishsystem what means you have no need for hard hitting STattacks
Helge corr lvl 50 rad/cold
Helge2 corr lvl 50 ice/rad
Techbothelge MM lvl 50 robo/dark
Helge Mauz def lvl 50 emp/ele
illuhelge troller lvl 50 illu/rad
Wiederbelebter helge nk lvl 50 bs/reg
Maennerschreack nightwidow lvl 44
Quantenjaeger ws lvl 3
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Yeah, I can't really agree with that either. While I think you could build a good farming build with it, I'm not so sure I'd say it's "tougher" than /stone. If you are farming s/l heavy enemies then I'd have to agree with the above posters.|
Originally Posted by Supernaut
He had said that it is a bit tougher and would make farming more efficient.
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*Note- That said, my farming build is fire/kin/fire as stuff dies fast enough not to worry about softcapping. Then again I rarely farm, so YMMV and I'd defer to those that do it regularly.
@Mental Maden @Maden Mental
"....you are now tackle free for life."-ShoNuff
Hey folks,
Need to pick some of your brains out there. I have a fire/kin/earth that I use for farming currently. No purples in there, maybe one day I'll get those. Anyway, a friend of mine suggested I drop Earth for Leviathan Mastery. Is this a good idea? Or am I better off sticking with Earth?