Spell Balance Suggestions

[Morg.]

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Spell: Absorption. (Fate Tree)

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Before i even start talking about the ideas of changes in which I believe to be good for the Fate tree itself, it must be pointed that I know and witnessed Absorption at it's "Peak."

What i'm aiming for is not something uterly broken, I know how strong Mana Absorb can be, but right now? It's slightly pathethic.

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To make my point clear and for all in which barely know what the spells of Absorption do, here it is the two spells that are available to me at this exact moment: 

Aura:  

Ray:             

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Now onto the problems onto it's current state...

I won't lie, when i apped for Mana Absorb I believed it to be a Toggle Buff still, when I got to use the Aura, taking out Camoflage in which is quite a good aura, I did felt quite extremely weaker, the aura does not heal, it does not give any DR anymore and it barely absorbs the enemy mana.

I felt disapointed, of course, until I actually tried out Null Ray- Then it all made sense, Null ray is the actual Mana damage of Absorption, just so it dosen't become what it previously were, "Let me stand beside u for 2s and you don't have mana", you have to hit the Ray, which is somewhat hard even if it has really good range.

Then the problems truly start.

Null Ray damage to health is not THAT great, but still, I believe it's because it's focused onto the Mana Damage, which would be exact 45.
Taking in account that people will most of the time have around 158 Mana, It takes around 3 Null Rays to get someone to 0.
Sometimes just two depending onto the enemy build, if they have various spells whith a heavy mana cost, with just two you can get someone to 0.

But then it comes the catch and for me, one of the worst parts of current Mana Absorb (Yes, The aura).
To make sure your enemy don't recover all his mana in 3-5 seconds, you have the Aura, which slowly drains someone's mana, just enough to make sure they won't passively regen their mana, which is a pretty nice concept!

But.... 3 range is hard.
Even more when in my own case, my build resound arounds placing AoE's onto my enemy feet and running away, I have to be close to do all the Absorptions job.

And why a Ray has 10 range if u need to instantly run to 3 tiles away from the enemy to make sure they don't regen it.

The only build I think could make Mana Absorb to work onto it's "Full" potential is Metal, just like... Rigs 2.0, get your enemy to be stuck and literally suck him dry of all his mana- But eh... Metal can make a lot of things to work and be stupid.

I believe that previously, it didn't really matter if you managed or not to empty your enemy mana (I'm talking about E3) with the DR you would get and the heal when someone is close to you, you didn't even needed to try, the buffs by itself were already amazing.
But in E4, to make it work, to make it be actually worth it, I need to try to get my enemy to 0 mana.

Why?
10% AP, +10 VIT (Aura) - 10 Damage, 20CD (Ray)

They are good, but there's better things out there! If someone wants to get Mana Absorb, they have to know that there is much better options out there, Auto-Hits that do around the same damage while giving a debuff and Auras that are straight up better. 
Do you want a example? Gravity Aura, exactly the same stats as Mana Absorb without expending a master token and having a 'E'. (And there are even better Auras out there)

So kind of, why should i bother when I could get better stats and not worrying onto getting a blue bar to become mostly black. (Don't get me wrong, I love the Ic part of it, but fighting can get a bit tiresome.)

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Okay, I've talked with some people and tought of the possible point that... Some parts of a Fate tree being weak is the actual point?

 Aura: Mid.
Skill: Usable.
Third Skill: Game Breaking.

But whell... There's always the exception, Death go brrrr enemy health bar.

A way to make things to be somewhat balanced and make it evident of the impact of the Third Skill, but that's not the case because.... Commandant. (And others who got the Fate Tress first! It wasen't suposed to be like this!)
It were strong, no... It were broken, but in his case, where he had Hive Racials, Wind Magic and Op Mana Absorb, the best way to nerf him and not destroy a lot other people where to fuck Mana Absorb.

And well, I don't think that Fate trees be kind of weak on some points would be cool, cause... It takes some dev! And adds a bit of a fun aspect to someone fighting style, Death being oocly killing your enemy with a heart attack, Barrier being the meme of "You're locked in here with me" and well... Mana Absorb getting you to 0 Mana if played right.

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Now finally onto the solutions...

Please raise the range of the Aura, I think of my build as a Mid-Range, but because of Mana Absorb, I need to stay close to my enemy at all times to hope to get them to 0 mana.
And while I do so, either A: My melee enemy gives me a 10k Fatal Strike. B: I have to run after a kiter taking hits and slows to the face.
And well... I would love to see the heal and Dr to come back, but it might be hard, but still, giving me something a little more special so I or any other future Absorption player can use to not get murdered while trying to stay close would be amazing. (Again, E3 DR was really onto the point onto the theme of the spell, it's just that... It became overpowered when combined with other strong shit, like... Sustain Anti-Christ.)

The Ray now, as i said, it's kind of the best thing I have from Absorption right now, but I do feel like it could be slightly buffed maybe in both damages cause, doing enough damage to someone's mana to be noticeable onto their combos is hard.
Specially against burst builds that kill me before i get them to 50% mana or even 50% Hp, the little silence? Chef's kiss, but still it could be slightly better.


Of course, focusing way too much into one would make it a lil overpowered like, Immortal Absorption user or Null Rays that delete your mana bar. (Kind of what happened, yes, I'm looking at you Hipster.)

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So... Well, I cannot say for sure what stats I would want, cause it would be somewhat biased and work specially in my build.

But I think I were clear onto it's problems and I think it should like... Work with both melee and kiter builds.
Unless Mana Absorb suddenly becomes a sword art, lol. (Please don't do that)

I'm super hyped to the news that a AoE gonna drop and it may or may not fit like a glove onto my build.

But making a quick resume of all of this, Nerfed the Fate tree way too hard after someone strong used it, Barrier too deserves some love- Hemera been suffering lmao. (But that Titan looks cool as fuck)

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Boom, there it is Hipster.
I fulfilled my word.
:)

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Spell: Wound Reversal

Motive: Fuck. 

I forgot about this.

Nerf Wound Reversal.

Mf's can heal 253 mana while having 158 total- And at every 20s more or less, I literally can't compete, that's the exodia vs Absorption. 



Suggension: Idk... Make it not heal mana