Anyone else slotting life drain for heal?
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.
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.
1 acc, 2 dmg, 3 heals, win.
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
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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Sure, that makes perfect sense. I was just pointing out the cheaper/easier to attain option.
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What about 3 tstrikes and 3 nictus, for the 9% acc and the 1.25% def?
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What about 3 tstrikes and 3 nictus, for the 9% acc and the 1.25% def?
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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.
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
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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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.
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. |
It seems like a good idea at least until L50? Maybe 5 doctored wounds and 1 accuracy?
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