Is molten shell a good buff to use?

ive died to my molten shell many times because of reflect, be carefull on characters with high crit chance and specially if you link concentrated effect. The dmg spike of this skill skyrockets quite easily.

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benkeia wrote:

ive died to my molten shell many times because of reflect, be carefull on characters with high crit chance and specially if you link concentrated effect. The dmg spike of this skill skyrockets quite easily.

dont worry benkaia next patch you only lose 10% instead of 15%

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benkeia wrote:

ive died to my molten shell many times because of reflect, be carefull on characters with high crit chance and specially if you link concentrated effect. The dmg spike of this skill skyrockets quite easily.

i died a lot of time becaus of it ( 600 life )

but with a trick i found, now i dont die to reflect ;]

It's a nice armour buff, but be aware that it will pop almost immediately if you are running a low-Evasion build (hits count fully towards 'damage absorbed', even if you mitigate them with armour/Endurance/IC or block them). On a more Eva-focused build with Blind, you rarely get hit anyway, which means Molten Shell will last a long time, but it's still great for taking some of the sting out of hits that do connect. Think of it as a mini-Granite.

As a weapon, it can be extremely powerful on the right sort of build, but as others have said, be careful about reflect. It's a similar kind of thing to Discharge, except that you need to take hits instead of generating charges to power it up.