Barrage - TERRIBLE! Or am I missing something?

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raics wrote:

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HeroOfExile wrote:

Reave was and IS terrible imo. ^^

See? Some still have no idea how good it is :)

i know its stronkk but its also annoying to use ;-)
you loose your charges everytime, terrible ...

I guess it could do OK if you build with Point Blank and just facetank all the rares/bosses just to get the all the shots to hit. Its pretty much worthless if you actually want to offscreen/attack from range thanks to the spread and low damage effectiveness (every other single target bow skill is better for that). On the AOE side, only potential I see is Barrage + GMP + Chain + CoC + (spells that cannot chain like cold snap). The damage is not that impressive even at 40%*4, thanks to armor mechanics + the 33% LESS attack speed.

I guess it could be decent for dual wand since you make use of each wand per barrage (probably 2:2 alternately). Otherwise just stick with power siphon (better damage + cull + power charge on kill).

Its no where near as usable as spectral throw was for melee. If only they let you control the barrage (ie let you shoot in a straight line and move your mouse if you want it to spread).

I'm loving the Physical Projectile Attack Damage gem though. Finally I can see physical damage higher than 900 on my tooltip. =)

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Stt3r0 wrote:

Note it adds quite a bit of physical damage per level.

This is purely Cast on Critical trigger gem. It's clear it was designed with that in mind.

Power siphon adds the same and frenzy adds more with a few charges (all without the 40% effectiveness). Elemental hit scaling isn't even comparable.

I hope it's not just for CoC, that would be dissapointing :(

Claw reave is fucking op (no need of melee splash and lifeleach -> save 2 dps gems -> can get a shield -> same dps as 2h, more aoe and with a shield).

Imagine a low life power wander with high crit.

bloodrage lowlife ATS Bonus outweights the drawback of Barrage.
luckily i have such a char, level 89, full equiped. just need a barrage for testing.
sadly, i stoped playing, taking a break ;-p

as soon as POE rewards me for playing it ( not once every 2 years, like now), im back.

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HeroOfExile wrote:

Imagine a low life power wander with high crit.

bloodrage lowlife ATS Bonus outweights the drawback of Barrage.
luckily i have such a char, level 89, full equiped. just need a barrage for testing.
sadly, i stoped playing, taking a break ;-p

as soon as POE rewards me for playing it ( not once every 2 years, like now), im back.

It's a less multiplier, there's no overcoming that.

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LightningWarp1 wrote:

Reave was never terrible at first glance. 20% more area at each stage combined with stacked attack speed is obviously strong.

To me it was never terrible either, I loved the skill since first glance and I still do, it just has so much options available and, ultimately, it just feels different to use, and different is good here. I'd take losing stacks over boring damage penalty anytime.

However, the forum was overflowing with 'reave is crap' threads for weeks.

Terrible?
I think this skill is completely broken, at least with the setup I'm using.

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Delirii wrote:

Terrible?
I think this skill is completely broken, at least with the setup I'm using.

Would that be CoC? I can't see it being better then other options if you are actually planning on doing direct damage with it

i'm using it with cast on critc + EK with a quill rain bow and it's amazing.
This skill is incredibile good to proc cast on crit