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Scornful Curse - what exactly does this mean?

alkemist80alkemist80 Member Posts: 957 Arc User
edited August 2014 in The Nine Hells
Scornful Curse - Increases the damage dealt by Lesser curse and Deadly Curse by 10/20/30%

Does someone have an understanding of what this means? Does it buff the Curse feature on tab? If so, is it 20% + the 10/20/30% or done through some mathematical algorithm? aka not looking at a direct 50% buff total off of curse on tab.
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  • voltomeyvoltomey Member Posts: 1,052 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2014
    It means That the dmg from deadly curse and lesser curse effects are increased by 30%
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  • chaoscourtesanchaoscourtesan Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    That is understandable for Lesser Curse but is meaningless for Deadly Curse which does no direct damage, but causes Warlock's Curse to do an unspecified amount of damage.

    (Haven't put any points in Deadly Curse, myself. Just curious, trying to learn the class.)
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  • voltomeyvoltomey Member Posts: 1,052 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2014
    The feats only good if you heavy on lesser curses and actually use that class feature.
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  • alkemist80alkemist80 Member Posts: 957 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I run with deadly curse, but it's only about 1kish damage, if it doesn't crit. So in the end, it doesn't net much at all UNLESS it scales with power, the character and what not.

    Did some quick logging with just applying deadly curse rotation for 2 min on dummies and the feat points IMO, for deadly curse at least are best used elsewhere.

    With that in mind, does Deadly Curse scale with gear and enchants?
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  • fizbadfizbad Member Posts: 202 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    alkemist80 wrote: »
    I run with deadly curse, but it's only about 1kish damage, if it doesn't crit. So in the end, it doesn't net much at all UNLESS it scales with power, the character and what not.
    It scales with power and weapon damage. The power component seems tiny, but I haven't done excessive testing.

    I imagine the case in which Scornful Curse affects Warlock's Curse is when the Deadly Curse class feature is selected -- otherwise the warlock's curse does no damage...
  • voltomeyvoltomey Member Posts: 1,052 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2014
    after pvping with deadly curse i say its a must have i do so much more dmg when i use harrowstorm along with it its almost like a spike then ill toss the fire bolt at them and watch them blow up
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  • alkemist80alkemist80 Member Posts: 957 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Oh, I enjoy deadly curse in PvE. It does a decent amount of damage, especially when you can just fling it around with the tab button and merry go round damage with no CD... if you wanted to. It's great for picking off almost dead targets also. It would be interesting to see how much damage is increased with a good set of gear and enchants.

    Anyways, seems to be a good class feature for my Temptation, I don't or at least can't stack ArP yet so there isn't really a fantastic feature besides maybe the damage reduction one.

    I also like the factor that it's good for pulling.. hand of blight is just so slow at ranged.
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  • crystal892fcrystal892f Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 385 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    voltomey wrote: »
    after pvping with deadly curse i say its a must have i do so much more dmg when i use harrowstorm along with it its almost like a spike then ill toss the fire bolt at them and watch them blow up
    I tested Deadly Curse on preview and on live didn't even put points into. The damage was just too low and it is a one time tick, so what exactly makes it so good for you? Maybe I'm missing something.
    And I read about the Harrowstorm -> Fiery Bolt combo before. What makes it so good? Or is this just preference?
  • mrhinkypunkmrhinkypunk Member Posts: 1,608 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    voltomey wrote: »
    after pvping with deadly curse i say its a must have i do so much more dmg when i use harrowstorm along with it its almost like a spike then ill toss the fire bolt at them and watch them blow up

    Sounds like it'd be nice using harrowstorm - fire bolt - killing flames for a pretty nice and pretty fluid burst which would probably kill someone with 10k GS in the single combo. <_<

    However I'm temptation so Shadow Walk is pretty much a must have to go with stamina regen on being hit.
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  • mutantdemocracymutantdemocracy Member Posts: 497 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    crystal892f wrote: »
    And I read about the Harrowstorm -> Fiery Bolt combo before. What makes it so good? Or is this just preference?

    Basically, Deadly Curse will deal damage to a target that isn't already tagged with Warlock's Curse. That means that if you can clear off Warlock's Curse with a curse consume, then you can reapply it afterwards for more damage. Fiery Bolt and Harrowstorm are pretty much the strongest curse consume encounters, which is why it'd be recommended.

    I'm not a fan of this setup, though. It's also not that great on Fury SW.
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