Arcanist bane Brand?

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Odif wrote:

Bane arcansit brand would just keep overwriting itself, as only one bane dot on a mob at a time, not a good use of arcanist brand.

Soulrend might be a possibility, its super short duration dot, if one tweaked ones cast time, to have the brand surges be just right for refreshing the dot.

Dunno.

I think slow cast time, hard hitting spells, will be the go to, for arcanist brand.

We will see.

mhmm guess ur right there lol but mobs would run into it again and again so maybe? soulrend could work guess i will have to wait till more info is out to be sure

Well I already got an idea of a potential crazy combination (which is kind of obvious if you think about it): Blade Vortex.

Blade vortex works with totems (and even traps and mine, though they die instantly), which means that if no exception is made for this skill, we may end up having multiple mobile auto-sustained max stacked blade vortexes on screen.

Definitely not overpowered. No no no.

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polimeris wrote:

Well I already got an idea of a potential crazy combination (which is kind of obvious if you think about it): Blade Vortex.

Blade vortex works with totems (and even traps and mine, though they die instantly), which means that if no exception is made for this skill, we may end up having multiple mobile auto-sustained max stacked blade vortexes on screen.

Definitely not overpowered. No no no.

Not how bv works, and already confirmed by mark to not work like that. The brand just triggers the spell for you, but it isnt a separate entity like with totems or mines so it will still target you, as bv targets its source entity.

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cpurdy777 wrote:

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polimeris wrote:

Well I already got an idea of a potential crazy combination (which is kind of obvious if you think about it): Blade Vortex.

Blade vortex works with totems (and even traps and mine, though they die instantly), which means that if no exception is made for this skill, we may end up having multiple mobile auto-sustained max stacked blade vortexes on screen.

Definitely not overpowered. No no no.

Not how bv works, and already confirmed by mark to not work like that. The brand just triggers the spell for you, but it isnt a separate entity like with totems or mines so it will still target you, as bv targets its source entity.

So if i cast a brand once i don`t have to keep using bv to stay at 10 charges? All come to the numbers, but being able to cast a brand once in a boss fight and keep yourself at 10bv for its duration without any other input is quite strong on its own.

Ever better if this also applies to WO, so you basically would have old WO back in boss fights.

I honestly don't think this will end up working that way, bane brand seems to me to be one of those things that looks good on paper but would just eat mana and not get shit done.

Triggering spells with a brand then having to resupport them with inc AOE, woke spell cascade, CoH, etc. just seems like those guys that turn 3 rights in a row so they don't have to turn a left into traffic.

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Not how bv works, and already confirmed by mark to not work like that. The brand just triggers the spell for you, but it isnt a separate entity like with totems or mines so it will still target you, as bv targets its source entity.

That's probably for the better, it means there are different behaviour for different spells. I think we can all appreciate that there is so much coding going on with these things:
-: buffs <- brands are considered yourself
-: projectiles <- targets seeked from branded mob but branded mobs gets a free hit
-: Usual AoE <- target seeked from branded mob
-: Chain <- probably same behaviour as projectiles
-: Summons <- probably same as AoE

Fireball brand with treshold jewel might be really good for map clear.

I was thinking to roll bow bleed gladiator for chain split arrow easy life on league start, but now I am really considering roling hiero brander instead.

new brans + The Whispering Ice staff or is it just me ():():

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Syhler187 wrote:

new brans + The Whispering Ice staff or is it just me ():():

This was my first thought. You have two 6-Link set ups(weapon and chest). You go CI and stack as much Int as possible. You use 6L Ice storm brand for single target(which will be so ridiculously high) then an AoE Brand set up in the chest.

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Syhler187 wrote:

new brans + The Whispering Ice staff or is it just me ():():

Arcanist brand, ball lightning, Sire of Shards...


As for bane: you can't trigger any of the associated curses so it'd be 'meh'...