Power Siphon
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Hey guys, I was wondering if Power Siphon works with a bringer of rain, as well as the melee physical dmg gem itself when not using bringer of rain. Thanks!
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" Melee physical damage gem wont work with ranged skill. IGN: MortalKombat
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Gem is still plagued by its insane mana cost. At high levels having 100+ mana per attack is flat out unacceptable. Melee and spell caster can aleviate issues like that because of multistrike/echo. Power Siphon just costs way to much mana.
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" I think the issue is which supports people choose to run Power Siphon with. WED, GMP, and Chain are of course going to skyrocket the cost of the skill. The chance to Vaal +1% maximum resists on an amulet is less than 1/300.
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" As if they have a choice.... Well, you can remove chain from there, not really needed unless you get Atziri's Acuity (so mana cost is irrelevant). Without chain, mana cosst will be quite acceptable (something around 50-70 mana) IGN: MortalKombat
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I am experiencing problems to hit with power siphon when it is linked to chain and lmp. The shot seems to get deflected a lot, far more than my power siphon for single targets.
Most often changing position and attacking from a little different angle solves the problem, but i feel in a disadvantage generally cause my attack feels situative and unreliable. In close combat range power siphon fails to hit extraordinaire and i have to back off to hit, but maybe this is intended. Is it? Also it seems to make a difference wether i press and hold down the button for continous power siphons while aiming with the mouse cursor at different spots or wether i click the button rapidly. The later hits far better. Last edited by Sengell#4648 on Sep 28, 2014, 8:40:03 PM
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" Yeah, desync turn single-targeted skills (like Power Siphon) into a total bullshit. GGG, i beg you, IMPLEMENT MULTITARGET SKILL FOR WANDS!!!!! Wands should be treated as fully-functional WEAPONS too, not like caster's catalysts only. IGN: MortalKombat
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Barrage is a multitarget-skill for wands.
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" Barrage is a single-target skill and you know it. All projectiles can hit the same target, and each projectile has no AoE. IGN: MortalKombat
Molten Strike build guide: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1346504 There is no knowledge That is not power |
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So I tried out a wander for the first time, in preparation for the one week race and decided to go for power siphon + barrage.
Power siphon is straight-up inferior to barrage in every way and costs almost three times as much mana. The only thing it has going for it is the power charge gain, but if you're using it as an attack the power charge is largely inconsequential. I wouldn't even attempt to use this skill into the lategame. There's no reason for an ATTACK skill usable at level 10 to cost 13 base mana - you could cast actual spells for cheaper (arctic breath costs 13 mana with a level 33 requirement). You could fully third the cost of this skill and it would still be balanced. |
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