a) Blizzard is fun.
b) It does a ton of damage. Even you said, "they almost always [die], except maybe Freakshow who revive themselves."
c) Positron's Blast provides you with more recharge at 5 slots.
d) You can refill your endurance while the mobs flop around with a small blue inspiration and Power Sink.
e) See point a.
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It's all about the set bonuses for the build vs straight up effect on Blizzard. |
Originally Posted by Cyberium_neo
My Stamina slotting must've been a mistake, since I would put in another +end enhancement. I should proof read next time.
I confess that I am rather clueless about Doomguide's Blizzard slotting there. I use Ice Storm more often and despite it has less damage it doesn't drain me like Blizzard would. I use Blizz only when I know the enemies would die; they almost always do, except maybe Freakshow who revive themselves. What is the reason behind Blizzard slotting Positron? |
If I was really really tightly squeezed for slots for something I might in fact drop 3 common damage IO's in Blizzard or even 4 Dam/Rech set IO's (frankenslotted IO's) to save 1 or 2 slots for use elsewhere. In all 3 cases Blizzard itself is going to do roughly the same thing its all about what the set bonuses will do for everything in the build. So in your case in comes down to does where you used those 2 "saved" slots get you more bang for your buck than slotting them in Blizzard gets you in terms of set bonuses. And that is likely a very personal preference and play style thing.
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Originally Posted by Siolfir
a) Blizzard is fun.
b) It does a ton of damage. Even you said, "they almost always [die], except maybe Freakshow who revive themselves." c) Positron's Blast provides you with more recharge at 5 slots. d) You can refill your endurance while the mobs flop around with a small blue inspiration and Power Sink. e) See point a. |
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Originally Posted by Siolfir
a) Blizzard is fun.
b) It does a ton of damage. Even you said, "they almost always [die], except maybe Freakshow who revive themselves." c) Positron's Blast provides you with more recharge at 5 slots. d) You can refill your endurance while the mobs flop around with a small blue inspiration and Power Sink. e) See point a. |
Might as well have Ice Storm and Blizzard both slotted with Positron. I usually go with Freezing Rain -> Ice Storm -> Blizzard.
You'd still be nailed by the -1000% recovery debuff, but since it's DoT damage typically all ones foes are still upright immediately afterward making it much easier to use something like Power Sink to refill your bar (rather than say hunt around to find the one foe that was missed post Inferno or other Nuke). You'll burn up that end relatively quickly but it'll be from a full bar's worth making it easier to ride out the -recovery portion.
Again, thx for all the help. I will tinker my character and see how it goes. So far I still have some endurance issue but not as frequent as it used to be, just on boss and above (still feel like there's something I'm missing but I will have to find out by playing more).
I confess that I am rather clueless about Doomguide's Blizzard slotting there. I use Ice Storm more often and despite it has less damage it doesn't drain me like Blizzard would. I use Blizz only when I know the enemies would die; they almost always do, except maybe Freakshow who revive themselves. What is the reason behind Blizzard slotting Positron?