Return of Reckoning

I've decided to play some DPS AM while WL is broken and I think I've figured out most of the stuff. But I can't find any definitive opinion on DE. Is it good? Is it worth taking, being so high in the tree and having long cast time?

The damage and duration seem meh, but AM is desperately pressed for any AOE it can get. So what's your opinion, hot or not?

This post was made so people could find it up when they search about the DE skill.

I just started playing as WL exactly what is broken about it?

Nyverdale wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 2:53 pm I just started playing as WL exactly what is broken about it?

The latest patch attempt to fix pet issues, unfortunately, hasn't worked that well and made pets worse. Like, if you send the lion to attack it might walk a few paces and immediately come back.

I once saw an AM WB, with one shield tank, who got all the DE from the AMs and they melted warbands it was fun to watch.
Alone, however, DE from one AM wont make a difference, but can add some nice aoe magic burst for a wl or slayer in the frontline, imho.
I dont know if the description is correct or not about the group restriction, when i used it years ago, it could be used on any ally.

F4llen4ngel wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 4:40 pm I once saw an AM WB, with one shield tank, who got all the DE from the AMs and they melted warbands it was fun to watch.
Alone, however, DE from one AM wont make a difference, but can add some nice aoe magic burst for a wl or slayer in the frontline, imho.
I dont know if the description is correct or not about the group restriction, when i used it years ago, it could be used on any ally.

It can only be used on a group mate. Which makes it useless in the most obvious setting - zerg surfing...

He may be referring to the times when DE could've been used on anyone, inclusive on out-of-group people.

To the subject - DE, if used right, is the single most powerful skill AM has in terms of DPS to cast time. It's average dmg per tick is not impressive...yet reality check proves that the overall damage is super solid even in 1v1s, more so when used vs a group of enemies.

Apart from the dmg on its own - DE synergizes super well with "Arcing Power", it effectively makes DPS AM the best single target healer, on order side, for it's defensive target in a WB vs WB situations (ticks average to 250-500 dmg * 0.25 * number of enemies, nothing on order can beat that amount of single target healing)...albeit for the DE duration only lol. Only DPS zeal using Chaotic Agitation vs a WB may heal more than DE+Arcing Power but Zeal's CA is a channeled +- short range skill so its not exactly valid to compare it to DE.

Tisaya wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 3:33 pm

Nyverdale wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2024 2:53 pm I just started playing as WL exactly what is broken about it?

The latest patch attempt to fix pet issues, unfortunately, hasn't worked that well and made pets worse. Like, if you send the lion to attack it might walk a few paces and immediately come back.

Same for the Squig.

So now it cannot be cast on the caster and only on a group mate? Just want to be clear