Which buffs Close Area Attacks?

slowecsl4pwe

I know that EGO buffs ranged attacks but what buffs Close Area Attacks? Would it be EGO, Strength or neither? I was building a magic character with "Sigils of Primal Storm", "Invocation of Storm Calling", and "Skarn's Bane", which are all listed as Close Area Attacks.

Thanks

flowcyto

'Close Area' can be either ranged or melee attacks. The designation refers to the general range of the spells rather than the scaling (str/melee vs. ego/ranged) type. Those sub-categories aren't flawless either- ex. Skarn's and the breath attacks are listed as 'Close Range' even though they work upto 50ft away, and other 50ft AoEs aren't all in that sub-category. I imagine the sub-categories were put in there to make it easier to sort through the powers when building FFs, but the tool-tip descriptions should be used to better understand what a given power does.

In ur case, all those you listed are Ranged, Ego-scaling spells, but there are close range melee spells as well. Look for a 'melee' or 'ranged' term somewhere in the tool-tip descriptions for the spells. Tool-tips aren't always accurate or complete, but most of 'em should have that info somewhere in the basic or advanced versions.

Note that Ego Blade powers are labeled as melee, but scale w/ Ego/ranged (that's explained in their descriptions though), lunges lack a label but are Str scaling (save Ego Blade dash), and most Hold/CC powers are flagged as Ranged even if its not mentioned.

ajanus

In most cases the actual power tooltip will tell you Ranged or Melee, regardless of what section the power is in while choosing.

Edit: It says it right below the power. For instance, Devour Essence says Melee Damage - Self Heal. So it will be buffed by anything that buffs Melee powers or Self Heal powers.

rugrothrumbor

You can always test this by adding/removing Str or Ego upgrades to see the damage changes on the power tooltips.