SST, nice meme GGG
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How about: remove the shatter, make it cannot pierce but add chains 3-8 additional times (depending on gem level), returns to player after it runs out of chains, projectile speed on quality and maybe give it a small AoE on impact.
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Tested with +5 projectile enchant (I'm CI)....skill is still garbage. So bad, can't believe it was released in such a poor state. "The Eye of Ra appears against you,
His force is powerful against you. She devours you, she punishes you In this her name 'Devouring Flame." -Anubis Hotep |
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And here I am starting an SST-build... I wonder if I should continue in the hope that Monday there comes a buff/ debug.
:/ Bird lover of Wraeclast
Las estrellas te iluminan - Hoy te sirven de guía Te sientes tan fuerte que piensas - que nadie te puede tocar |
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Yeah, I would advise against it if you're just starting. Neither of the 2 active skills they released are good, so go with something from 3.1. Or any build in the past 1.5 years really, they haven't adjusted skill gems in a while so any old build from 2.5 on.
Another issue i have with SST, is single target. Not only is the damage pathetic, but don't be more than 1 cm off in aiming because you will miss lol. Firing into a pack (with chain) at least hits reliably, even if the damage isn't there. But when you're trying to target 1 or 2 single monsters from 1/2 screen away, you miss more times than not. Especially with the monsters moving. This isn't really a problem with spectral throw, because you fire 3-5 projectiles on average, so aiming isn't a big issue. With spectral shield throw and its one shitty projectile...feels bad man. "The Eye of Ra appears against you, His force is powerful against you. She devours you, she punishes you In this her name 'Devouring Flame." -Anubis Hotep Last edited by Wadjet#3943 on Mar 4, 2018, 3:32:11 AM
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" I'm currently mapping as Gladiator with it and the AOE is some of the best I've seen, with Fork, and bleed exlosion. ( swap out for for slower proj on bosses). Singlet target is meh, but aoe is insane...at least as Gladiator. Projectile attack support comes with MORE damage with bleeding. Do people not realize this? Everyone is going ele conversion and then whining about it. GO bleed. It aint half bad at all, especially for clearing maps. Boss dps aint no Blade FLurry though. Last edited by DamageIncorporated#7815 on Mar 4, 2018, 3:34:23 AM
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" That is your explosions, not SST. Swap it with ST and see your dmg doubled and single target viable. Or any other skill for that matter Last edited by n0z0mu#3392 on Mar 4, 2018, 3:39:08 AM
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" Heh... that's good to hear. I'm building a bleedsploder. :D Bird lover of Wraeclast
Las estrellas te iluminan - Hoy te sirven de guía Te sientes tan fuerte que piensas - que nadie te puede tocar |
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" AOE is pretty good with fork + bleed, regardless. The bleed explosions are just icing. Your logic is flawed. The explosions are caused by the mobs being killed by STT which then explode. See where Im going with this? They die very very fast, and the explosions caused by them dieing happen very very fast. And scaling bleed seems like the best way to do it anyways, and it does work. No one is going to say its the best skill to use and the single target is lacking but what you said here is nonsense. I'm absolutely flying through maps. Its boss dps thats meh. Static Strike. Now that's a shitty skill. There are worse things to complain about. But I do think they under tuned it and that rears its ugly head single target.Also, they better fix the attack speed while holding a shield not working bug, or I am going to get very vocal. I need to know if I'm wasting my time and it's kind of insulting for GGG to give us a buggy undertuned skill TBH. Last edited by DamageIncorporated#7815 on Mar 4, 2018, 4:23:36 AM
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Why would anyone use chain when trying to max hit damage ? It's ok for bleed and poison and some projectiles with some rare effects (like lightning arrow) but outside of these cases chain is always a bad idea.
I mean... ok... cpt America... But a bit of common sense can't hurt, right ? What projectile attacks / spells do you support with chain ? Why would SST be any different ? There could be a reason to do it, but there isn't. |
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I'll post what i wrote in the feedback sub-forums again.
It needs to get one "un-modifiable" pierce at lvl 5 and two at lvl 15. This would make the shield fly into the packs and then explode instead of exploding on the front line, resulting in 60% nova loss. This would "feel" a lot better, even if the skill is still not performing scale able wise, it would at least provide enjoyable game-play. It's just a worse EK in every form imaginable in it's current state. You don't even have to aim EK, and there is no upside to this gem for that trade-off. Peace, -Boem- Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
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