Question on new Shaper of Desolation (ele conflux)

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elitedesolator wrote:

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Starxsword wrote:

I would imagine they do. Being able to shock and burn proliferate helps a lot for clear speed.

It should be a quality of life (especially against high health trash and blue mobs), but a well-scaled Flameblast build one-shot trash mobs by default with or without Conflux.

It doesn't matter if it one shots mobs by default. The increased AoE from proliferate was what made Flameblast amazing. Proliferate increases clear speed, always had. That was why Flameblast proliferate was the top build for quite a while back then. It wasn't just Flameblast, it has to have proliferate, otherwise it was lackluster, because clear speed was cut without it.

Proliferate isn't just quality of life, it kills enemies (non-rares) from full HP and increases your AoE in general.
Elementalist's clear speed wouldn't be nearly as amazing without the ability to proliferate as their Ascendancy.

BTW, the patch notes have been changed again. It will now be a 14 second cycle (4, 4, 4, 2). Remember the patch notes aren't final till launch day on Friday!

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Starxsword wrote:

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elitedesolator wrote:

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Starxsword wrote:

I consider it a buff to players that go through content slower, so for me it is a buff.
It is a nerf to players that go through content fast. Before, you can have conflux "on" for the entire map if you are fast. Now, only part of the conflux is on.

But the going-fast Elementalists didn't need Conflux to clear trash mobs quickly.

I would imagine they do. Being able to shock and burn proliferate helps a lot for clear speed.

its not really needed on trash. neither conflux nor prolif (especially prolif) are needed on trash