[2.4] The Dy'Ness Tank

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Pi2rEpsilon wrote:

@ciggaro:

Firestorm scales linearly in number of balls dropped in its duration by Increased Duration. Hence, assuming for the sake of argument that enemies live long enough to be hit by balls throughout the duration, Increased Duration is effectively a More multiplier on its total damageoutput over time.

The Potency of Will cluster (45% Increased Duration) is - by far - the best way to increase the damage of the spell for the skill point investment cost of those available to the Dy'Ness build.

This is also why the Increased Duration support gem is the strongest support gems for Firestorm after Spell Echo and Fire Penetration. It is so strong that even with the Potency of Will cluster, the total damage dealt over time would be greater if Dy'Ness ran L20q20 Increased Duration rather than L4 Empower, as discussed previously, but in that case it is a tradeoff between delivering harder hits up front and doing more damage over time --- and the former is preferable for PvP and some PvE situations, where the latter is preferable for other PvE situations. So if you do both PvE and PvP Empower is the obvious choice; If not, it depends on what situations you generally face.

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Detroilen wrote:

Hey Dyness! The build is going great and I am up to 12k ES with a couple more ES nodes to pick up and a Shavrones Ring too. But I was trying to theory craft a possible better damage output for a main skill. Do you have any ideas? Or have you thoroughly tested all of the skills?

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ciggaro wrote:

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Pi2rEpsilon wrote:

@ciggaro:

Firestorm scales linearly in number of balls dropped in its duration by Increased Duration. Hence, assuming for the sake of argument that enemies live long enough to be hit by balls throughout the duration, Increased Duration is effectively a More multiplier on its total damageoutput over time.

The Potency of Will cluster (45% Increased Duration) is - by far - the best way to increase the damage of the spell for the skill point investment cost of those available to the Dy'Ness build.

This is also why the Increased Duration support gem is the strongest support gems for Firestorm after Spell Echo and Fire Penetration. It is so strong that even with the Potency of Will cluster, the total damage dealt over time would be greater if Dy'Ness ran L20q20 Increased Duration rather than L4 Empower, as discussed previously, but in that case it is a tradeoff between delivering harder hits up front and doing more damage over time --- and the former is preferable for PvP and some PvE situations, where the latter is preferable for other PvE situations. So if you do both PvE and PvP Empower is the obvious choice; If not, it depends on what situations you generally face.

Thank you for the very thorough and fast response Pi2rEpsilon! Much appreciated :)

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TheWretch wrote:

This looks incredibly original to me. Charan sold me on it, the more I look at it though im even more into it. Will be giving this a shot. 18k ES dear god man O.o

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DyNess wrote:

@Pi2rEpsilon, I took a quick look at POE.trade and didnt see anything worth my while ammy wise with that modification. And I would rather not spend the Ex to buy an amulet to corrupt it and destroy something great. I do believe a second curse would be a great help. I would be open to purchasing an amulet with that mod and some amazing stats, assuming it meets my Dex, ES and resistance minimums.

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Xybb wrote:

How do you deal with being stunned? And if you simply don't care for being stunned, why not use Cast when Stunned? I feel like every mob can stun me quite easily, so it'd be triggering like every 4th hit.