08-12-2022, 02:42 PM
While I do believe the energy tree is more good than what Touc gives it credit for, there is at least one spell that is admittedly lackluster- And one of which I won't be ever willing to suggest:
Rapid Fire- The spell can potentially hit for a fair amount of damage, key word potentially. It doesn't have enough ranged and/or speed to quickly hit a moving target with the coming blasts, and the tracking is intentionally not the best (can potentially miss my moving around the target). This is why people that use that skill will rely on stuns or roots to land it.
And even after all that? The spell is just a worse version of blades of light from the light tree number wise, both damage and CD (unless rapidfire summons much more blasts to compensate. Haven't had the chance to check it out).
Ethearal wings- That is the spell I can't in good conciousness recommend to anyone. Sure, the stat buffs is similar to that of a master aura with 15% fm and 5% DR, but it lasts only 15 seconds followed by the great cost of spending all your mana.
Unless you have the means to restore your mana quickly right after, you'll be left defenseless without the mana to cast spells until you naturally regenerate enough to fight back.
Moreover, since the duration of the spell is so long, at ninety seconds, normally you'll only be able to use it one time a round.
Add on my personal belief that another spell is usually better than just a cast-buff for only more stats (immunities/speed boost cast buffs are a different story), and that all adds up to a spell I just can't see working unless in very niche or specific builds.
Bonus round:
Force Wave. I can't say much about it, because I rarely see anyone see it despite the damage to CD ratio being one of the highest out there spell wise. When I'll say it in practice, I'll have a better estimate about the skill.
Rapid Fire- The spell can potentially hit for a fair amount of damage, key word potentially. It doesn't have enough ranged and/or speed to quickly hit a moving target with the coming blasts, and the tracking is intentionally not the best (can potentially miss my moving around the target). This is why people that use that skill will rely on stuns or roots to land it.
And even after all that? The spell is just a worse version of blades of light from the light tree number wise, both damage and CD (unless rapidfire summons much more blasts to compensate. Haven't had the chance to check it out).
Ethearal wings- That is the spell I can't in good conciousness recommend to anyone. Sure, the stat buffs is similar to that of a master aura with 15% fm and 5% DR, but it lasts only 15 seconds followed by the great cost of spending all your mana.
Unless you have the means to restore your mana quickly right after, you'll be left defenseless without the mana to cast spells until you naturally regenerate enough to fight back.
Moreover, since the duration of the spell is so long, at ninety seconds, normally you'll only be able to use it one time a round.
Add on my personal belief that another spell is usually better than just a cast-buff for only more stats (immunities/speed boost cast buffs are a different story), and that all adds up to a spell I just can't see working unless in very niche or specific builds.
Bonus round:
Force Wave. I can't say much about it, because I rarely see anyone see it despite the damage to CD ratio being one of the highest out there spell wise. When I'll say it in practice, I'll have a better estimate about the skill.