Storm Elemental Lore support pet question.


Kosmos

 

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Just a quick question before I drop a whole bunch of threads on crafting the incarnate power, does the intangible version of the support ally's hurricane still work? also if it does, does it have a tendency to push foes around as much as any other hurricane would?

Thanks


 

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Originally Posted by The_Static_Man View Post
Just a quick question before I drop a whole bunch of threads on crafting the incarnate power, does the intangible version of the support ally's hurricane still work? also if it does, does it have a tendency to push foes around as much as any other hurricane would?
The hurricane does indeed still work on the untouchable pet. Their version of the cane has lost the repel, but still has the chance to occasionally do some KB. I recommend making a bind to control this pets movement, as the hurricane is a massive debuff and well worth using as much as possible.

/bind button4 "petcom_name "Monsoon" goto"


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To expand on Strato's reply: It doesn't push stuff as much as Storm Summoning's Hurricane as it lacks the Repel. However, while the KB is only a 5% chance, it ticks every 0.25s. So it's a pretty common occurrence. Half of all foes will be KBed at least once after 3.4s on average (That is, there's a 50-50 chance of getting 13.5 ticks at 5% without a single success). It KBs foes more often than regular Hurricane, as the latter often pushes foes out of its effect with Repel (the Repel lasts 1s and so foes will often continue to be Repelled beyond the 25' radius) and so reduces the number of KB checks a bit.

I find it's not that hard to utilize, but then I have them on a Fire/Storm Controller that spams Fire Cages anyway.


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Thanks for the info guys, just one last thing, does the KB tend to actually knock back or just knockdown? I was planning to put it on my trapper MM who doesn't have any AoE immobs unless i switched side and respeced into my patron pool so I'm wondering, will hurricane toss the mobs out of the AoEs or have people not found that much of a problem?


 

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It's KB, and well over the cutoff.

The Monsoon seems to stick by my side for the most part, and only enters melee if I do. However, since you're talking about a Tier 4 I suggest you get the components and copy to the Training Room and test it out to make sure it works with your play style before crafting in on Live.


Kosmos

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MA Arcs in 4-star purgatory: Four in a Row (#2198) - Hostile Takeover (#69714) - Red Harvest (#268305)