Bitter Cold Vs. Elemental Empowerment?

jeffmwillson

I was wondering if anyone could help me out. I am curious as to what feat would give more DPS. Bitter Cold.. with 5% increase to damage when chill applied (My build is applying chill all the time) Or Elemental Empowerment's 10% def reduction. (my rotation allows 2 encounters to go through with the 10% debuff and then has cold encounter for the extra 400 dmg aoe effect from cold on 5 targets)

misssmoozie

Rather sure bitter cold wins, think Elemental empowerment reduces the stat defence and not DR, as that's the common effect of such feats.

gakonastick

Actually, elemental empowerment unlike the description states does indeed reduce the target's dr by 10%. It also gains the benefit of applying itself before your encounter damages it's target, so powers like steal time or sotea will always reap the extra 10%. Lastly, the debuff effects all other teammates too.