I've got a dm/sd scrapper, as far as I know best chain is MG -Smite -SL -Smite.
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Gloom has twice the DPA of SL. I'm sure it's got to be worth working in somewhere.
That said I've tried:
MG-smite-gloom-siphon life
MG-smite-siphon life -smite
MG-smite-gloom-smite
As far as my limited math skills can tell the third chain should do the most. In practice for me it hasn't, which is why I use chain 1, so I'm looking for confirmation that in a vacuum it should.
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Midnight Grasp/Gloom/Smite/Siphon Life/Gloom/Smite ...
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Originally Posted by TheBruteSquad
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I'm running a seemless chain of mg-smite-gloom-siphon on a dm/ea and it's nice, especially with soul drain saturated, but not spectacular - I'm wondering if there's anything better. It's on a dm/ea alt - the chain is seemless without a single luck of the gambler thanks to other set bonuses combined with the recharge bonuses of ea and a t3 spiritual (45% recharge), so I still have room to 'grow' recharge wise if there's a better chain out there. |
That said, assuming roughly perma-hasten levels of recharge, and a parity of procs, War-Nugget has it right, the 6-chain comes out slightly ahead of the 4-chain on a Brute.
Pretty sure it's Smite-MG-Smite-SL .... sometimes you can work Gloom in if you can get the recharge up ... maybe it is Smite-MG-Gloom-SL which would require less recharge (maybe).
On a scrapper it's definitely Smite-MG-Smite-SL but they don't get gloom.
Get enough recharge and:
Midnight Grasp > Smite > Gloom > Smite > Siphon Life > Smite > Repeat
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No. Even at hard-cap recharge, ...Smite/Gloom/Smite... will gap. Also, Gloom is the best DPA in the bunch, and that chain only uses it once per cycle, whereas the chain that War-Nugget and I already posted uses 2 Gloom per cycle and is thus better.|
Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
Get enough recharge and:
Midnight Grasp > Smite > Gloom > Smite > Siphon Life > Smite > Repeat |
At insane levels of recharge you *might* be able to run MG/Smite/Gloom/Smite and drop Siphon Life, but I'm pretty sure that for any reasonable build that MG/Gloom/Smite/Siphon/Gloom/Smite is going to come out on top.
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Well yeah, there's a gap, but I'm running at 85% recharge and the gap is pretty insignificant. If you absolutely positively 100% must have no gap, then the chain I mentioned isn't for you. I speak as a player who's not looking to be the maximum damage-outputter, just one who knows a fun strong chain.
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Originally Posted by LineNoise
No. Even at hard-cap recharge, ...Smite/Gloom/Smite... will gap. Also, Gloom is the best DPA in the bunch, and that chain only uses it once per cycle, whereas the chain that War-Nugget and I already posted uses 2 Gloom per cycle and is thus better.
At insane levels of recharge you *might* be able to run MG/Smite/Gloom/Smite and drop Siphon Life, but I'm pretty sure that for any reasonable build that MG/Gloom/Smite/Siphon/Gloom/Smite is going to come out on top. |
My guides:Dark Melee/Dark Armor/Soul Mastery, Illusion Control/Kinetics/Primal Forces Mastery, Electric Armor
"Dark Armor is a complete waste as a tanking set."
My search fu failed on this topic - getting mired down with results about purple sets, etc.
I'm running a seemless chain of mg-smite-gloom-siphon on a dm/ea and it's nice, especially with soul drain saturated, but not spectacular - I'm wondering if there's anything better.
It's on a dm/ea alt - the chain is seemless without a single luck of the gambler thanks to other set bonuses combined with the recharge bonuses of ea and a t3 spiritual (45% recharge), so I still have room to 'grow' recharge wise if there's a better chain out there.
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