Arc

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Vipermagi wrote:

EK and FP are overpowered is the issue there. They stand far above all other Spells in damage potential, and in the case of FP, defensive value as well. That's an issue with those two Spells, not every other Spell besides those.

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nociception wrote:

There is obviously an outcry among the players who use this skill.

common complaints:
-mana cost is too high
-50% dmg reduction
-hits a maximum of 3 targets


My suggestion is put a range on the number of chains and randomize this number for every hit:

E.g.
level 1 Arc hits enemy: and chains 0 times
level 2 Arc hits enemy: and chains 1 or 2 times
level 3 Arc hits enemy: and chains 1-3 times
level 4 Arc hits enemy: and chains 1-4 times
level 5 Arc hits enemy: and chains 1-5 times
level 6 Arc hits enemy: and chains 1-6 times
level 7 Arc hits enemy: and chains 1-7 times
level 8 Arc hits enemy: and chains 1-8 times
level 9 arc hits enemy: and chains 1-9 times
level 10 Arc hits enemy: and chains 2-10 times
level 11 Arc hits enemy: and chains 2-11 times
level 12 Arc hits enemy: and chains 2-12 times
level 13 Arc hits enemy: and chains 2-13 times
level 14 Arc hits enemy: and chains 2-14 times
level 15 Arc hits enemy: and chains 2-15 times
level 16 Arc hits enemy: and chains 2-16 times
level 17 Arc hits enemy: and chains 2-17 times
level 18 Arc hits enemy: and chains 2-18 times
level 19 Arc hits enemy: and chains 2-19 times
Level 20 Arc hits enemy: and chains 3-20 times ( you can make it so that the statistical likely hood of chaining 20 times is a lot lower than chaining 10 times etc.)

This game mechanic that I proposed fits nicely with the overall lightning damage philosophy. Lighting damage has the largest damage range out of the 3 elemental damages. This allows variability and unpredictability in damage (sometimes you get high bursts of damage or sometimes you 'tickle' against a single target e.g. champion). This phenomenon is even more pronounced when coupled with increased critical hit damage multiplier.

Against big packs of mobs, with the above mechanic for arc, you also preserve some of that unpredictability and variability. When you cast Arc, there is a chance that your attack will hit every enemy in the pack and there is a chance that it will chain 1 or 2 times. As I have stated, this sort of unpredictability is a signature theme for lightning based spells. Take for instance spark- it is very random!

The quality bonus is fine imo. Please don't change that and make OP or something.

Lastly, I would love to see this implemented in-game. I absolutely love this skill!!

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olecrane10 wrote:

Damn yeh, something like that would be nice.


What support gems do you guyz use on arc ?

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nociception wrote:

Just wanted to expand on my previous idea.

I realize that chaining 20 times is kinda OP so you could make it so that the likelihood of chaining gets lowered substantially.
For example,
with level 1 chain: 100% chance to hit 1 target
with level 2 chain: 100% chance to hit 1 target, 50% chance to to hit 2 targets
with level 3 chain: 100% chance to hit 1 target, 50% chance to hit 2 targets, 25% chance to hit 3 targets
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with level 20 chain: 100% chance to hit 4 targets, 50% chance to hit 5 targets, 25% chance to hit 6 targets, 12.5% chance to hit 7 targets, 6.25% chance to hit 8 targets, 3.125% chance to hit 9 targets and so on. All the way to 21 targets.

Again, this is in agreement with the lightening damage philosophy IMO.