At this point, with the damage reduction that the Degenerative has, no. Only under Venom Grenade does it pull even, and it never eclipses Reactive.
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Remember that Degenerative is also up to a -14% Max HP debuff against anything weaker than an Arch-villain, and up to -600 HP for AV or tougher. Combined with the resistance debuffs in Venom Grenade, Degenerative can get quite potent in the upper tiers.
I happened to make a Toxic Bane this last week, and it turned out much better than anticipated, complete with full-spawn AoE melty goodness:
Give me your secrets to melting spawns like that T_T
I play a crab spider, the supposed AoEy one but I don't think I could melt a spawn that well.
Degenerative is -2% per stack last I heard, up to 4 stacks, how do you get 14%?
I'd be happier with Degenerative if the -hp wasn't arbitrarily gutted against hard targets, but it's still decent. Not as good as Reactive, but decent, and it does stack better than another Reactive.
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Originally Posted by Trilby
Give me your secrets to melting spawns like that T_T
I play a crab spider, the supposed AoEy one but I don't think I could melt a spawn that well. |
... Actually, it's just the powers I used. Don't Banes have access to the same number of AoEs as Crabs?
Just how prolific is the sentiment that Crabs > Banes due to AoE? I'd love to be the one to... correct people's opinions. (-:
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Originally Posted by Hopeling
Degenerative is -2% per stack last I heard, up to 4 stacks, how do you get 14%?
I'd be happier with Degenerative if the -hp wasn't arbitrarily gutted against hard targets, but it's still decent. Not as good as Reactive, but decent, and it does stack better than another Reactive. |
For what it's worth, I feel that a -14% Hit Point debuff is reasonable for Interface, which is designed to assist in combat without being outright damage or debuff in and of itself. The 600 HP limit on tougher targets is still laughable, though.
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Hello Soldiers. I have an idea, but don't have the number-crunchy skills to determine how good it is. The question is: while using Venom Grenade, will I get more mileage out of the toxic damage Interface (Degenerative, I think?) or Reactive Interface?
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