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PB Human Form Attack Question!

BrandX

By BrandX,
Posted on: 2012-03-18 24:05 in Kheldians

 

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What ones are worth taking to build for ST DPS and for AOE. Is Proton Scatter worth taking, it's not looking it.

Solar Flare isn't looking to hot either, but maybe I'm wrong!

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What ones are worth taking to build for ST DPS and for AOE. Is Proton Scatter worth taking, it's not looking it.

Solar Flare isn't looking to hot either, but maybe I'm wrong!
Mr. Microcosm says the best ST attack chain is Bolt>Blast>R Strike w/ t4 Reactive and I'm inclined to believe him. Edit: It's worth noting that each of these attacks take a -res proc, which I recommend taking advantage of. You're right, Solar Flare isn't too hot. Proton Scatter and Detonation are probably your best bets for AOE because the KB can be controlled and used as a mitigation tool... Solar Flare just knocks stuff everywhere.

 

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My previous PB Tri-form used Proton Scatter (2.17s), Luminous Detonation (1.67s) and Gleaming Bolt (1s) as a human form attack chain. Getting the highest recharge time on these powers down below 4.84 seconds (the combined animation times) wasn't that difficult (with Hasten) and I'd just be able to Scatter/Detonate/Bolt/repeat ad infinitum (or until my Endurance drained out) with impunity. Combined with Leadership Toggles, the resultant output was ... not shabby ... especially since my Leadership Toggles were also aiding the team.

Note that doing the equivalent set of blasts using Nova is slower since the combination of single target, cone and target AoE animation times adds up to being 5.5 seconds instead of less than 5 seconds ... which doesn't "sound" like that that much of a difference ... but adds up to being an extra ~12% faster in human form than in nova, which is enough to "notice" in actual gameplay. So it does make a difference in terms of damage throughput which isn't immediately apparent just looking at the raw damage per attack numbers.

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