Anyone else slotting life drain for heal?


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It seems like a good idea at least until L50? Maybe 5 doctored wounds and 1 accuracy?


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I dunno about on Doms, but on Dark Melee charatcers, many people frankenslot for Acc, Dam, Heal, Rech, and End, using as many triples and quads as they can from various sets.


 

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My defender with dark blast has it slotted with 3 level 30ish thunderstrikes(the three thunderstrike triples), a level 50 damage IO and 2 level 50 heal IOs which gets it to 91% damage enhancement, 34% accuracy, recharge and end reduction and 83% heal enhancement.


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As mentioned the best way to handle Life Drain is some form of frankenslotting. To max out both it's damage potential and healing.


 

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1 acc, 2 dmg, 3 heals, win.


 

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I six slot it with one Apoc (53% Damage) and 5 Touch of the Nictus. I could use a HO Dam/Acc enhancement but it will only buff the damage 33% and I think the common IO only buffs around 40% Damage. I really like having the heal and I basically spam it with every attack chain. I have done it like this with my Dark/Dark Blaster, Defender, Dark/Sonic Corr, Necro/Storm Mastermind, and now to my Dark/Dark Dom. It may not be the best slotting, but I am just used to it


 

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Originally Posted by Mod_Noc View Post
I six slot it with one Apoc (53% Damage) and 5 Touch of the Nictus. I could use a HO Dam/Acc enhancement but it will only buff the damage 33% and I think the common IO only buffs around 40% Damage. I really like having the heal and I basically spam it with every attack chain. I have done it like this with my Dark/Dark Blaster, Defender, Dark/Sonic Corr, Necro/Storm Mastermind, and now to my Dark/Dark Dom. It may not be the best slotting, but I am just used to it
If you picked up any super packs and have enhancement boosters laying around unused, they might make for a cheaper alternative to the piece of Apocalypse, no?

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If you picked up any super packs and have enhancement boosters laying around unused, they might make for a cheaper alternative to the piece of Apocalypse, no?

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As mentioned elsewhere the singular damage purples offer the highest singular base damage. So for best possible damage it's actually better to have a base purple +dam. While you can get decent enhancement from boosted damage IO's, a similarly boosted purple +dam gets you +66% damage enhancement. This is higher than any other possible single slot can give.


 

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Sure, that makes perfect sense. I was just pointing out the cheaper/easier to attain option.

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Spiritual Heal/Rech can also help round it up.



 

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What about 3 tstrikes and 3 nictus, for the 9% acc and the 1.25% def?


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Spiritual Heal/Rech can also help round it up.
Vigor too.


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Originally Posted by OneFrigidWitch View Post
What about 3 tstrikes and 3 nictus, for the 9% acc and the 1.25% def?
I currently slot almost that - 3 Thunderstrikes and 2 Touch of the Nictus, one of which is the Heal-only boosted to +5.

Also, I discovered that Gather Shadows boosts the heal on Life Drain considerably. If you're seriously hurting, you can hit Gather Shadows, Life Drain, a control or attack, and with enough recharge, a second boosted Life Drain before GS wears off.


 

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on my dark dom i slotted it purely for dmg, with very short rech on the power boost like power i can almost always have a boosted heal when needed


 

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Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master View Post
on my dark dom i slotted it purely for dmg, with very short rech on the power boost like power i can almost always have a boosted heal when needed
Thing is though, /Dark Doms already have so many options for ST dmg (Gloom, Smite, MG, even Dark Blast does better DPA than Life Drain), Life Drain really shouldn't be used as a main dps ability. The main purpose of slotting it for damage at all is to keep your dps flowing while you heal.

Just for comparison:

Unslotted Life Drain: 101.7 hp
Unslotted Life Drain+ GS: 177.5 hp
Life Drain w/ 99% heal: 202.5 hp
Life Drain w/ 99% heal + GS: 278.3 hp
Life Drain w/ 99% heal + GS + Spiritual: 302.4 hp


3x Devastation 3x TotN = 73.25 dmg; 195.1 hp
3x Devastation 3x TotN + GS = 87.19 dmg; 270.9 hp

99% dmg, 0% heal = 95.62 dmg, 101.7 hp


TL;DR: Ignoring the heal component is bad. You're missing out on alot of potential. The tiny bit of extra damage you're getting for a non primary dps ability isn't worth losing out on 100+ extra hp/activation.


 

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Originally Posted by DreadShinobi View Post
Thing is though, /Dark Doms already have so many options for ST dmg (Gloom, Smite, MG, even Dark Blast does better DPA than Life Drain), Life Drain really shouldn't be used as a main dps ability. The main purpose of slotting it for damage at all is to keep your dps flowing while you heal.

Just for comparison:

Unslotted Life Drain: 101.7 hp
Unslotted Life Drain+ GS: 177.5 hp
Life Drain w/ 99% heal: 202.5 hp
Life Drain w/ 99% heal + GS: 278.3 hp
Life Drain w/ 99% heal + GS + Spiritual: 302.4 hp


3x Devastation 3x TotN = 73.25 dmg; 195.1 hp
3x Devastation 3x TotN + GS = 87.19 dmg; 270.9 hp

99% dmg, 0% heal = 95.62 dmg, 101.7 hp


TL;DR: Ignoring the heal component is bad. You're missing out on alot of potential. The tiny bit of extra damage you're getting for a non primary dps ability isn't worth losing out on 100+ extra hp/activation.
the set i put in there was a ranged dmg set for +rech to get perma dom, if i slotted doc wounds i would not be able to slot acc cause i didnt have any slots avail to 6 slot it


 

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Originally Posted by Blue_Fenix View Post
I currently slot almost that - 3 Thunderstrikes and 2 Touch of the Nictus, one of which is the Heal-only boosted to +5.
This is what I did. I boosted all +5 and got 83% for all 5 stats....


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