How much damage does lesser curse deal at level 60?

ghoulz66

Going with a Damnation build, but stuck in a tight spot with only room left for either giving the puppet a 25% chance to apply this, or gain life steal on crits.

Is it actually worth it?

bajornorbert

No, it's not worth it, i don't know if it's bugged or not, but the lesser curse is ~0.1% of your damage during a dungeon run. You can check it's supposed damage in your powers tab, if you hover over the lesser curse icon, but the actual damage it does is ~30% of that / tick. Highest tick i've seen hit for ~600.

You're better off getting Critical Promise from the Fury path, that at least deals some dmg.

rubytrue

ghoulz66 wrote: »

Going with a Damnation build, but stuck in a tight spot with only room left for either giving the puppet a 25% chance to apply this, or gain life steal on crits.

Is it actually worth it?

Depends on your build. I have it, and I love it. There are feats that really, really make lesser curses shine when used in combination: I'm probably one of the few SW that run infernal spheres instead of dreadthreft (don't like the targeting on it); infernal spheres has a pretty good chance to put a lesser curse on a baddie (not sure of probability), you combine that with your Soul Puppet slapping down a lesser curse and add in your 3 Warlock curses and you have the vast majority of your mobs in a typical encounter cursed. While the curses themselves may not do a lot of damage, some of the feats associated with curses do a ton of damage. Scornful curse+ Relentless Curse + Burning Puppets + Daughters Promise= Massive AoE damage. There are times where I am one shotting large groups with Killing Flames because of the synergy/chain reaction from those feats due to lesser curses. The other upshot is that thanks to Syphoning Curse and Life Steal, I actually constantly heal myself to full by going into battle with a large amount of mobs. If there is anything left over, infernal spheres has a really short recharge so it can apply more lesser curses and start the cycle all over again.

karranor

This is a good idea. I think I am going to try this with my WL. Sounds like it will help make it a little more strategic to fight too which helps to keep it from getting too boring.

twilightwatchman

Lesser Curses work well IF you go all-out and centre your build around them. They are not generally worthwhile if you just 'dip' into them.

rubytrue

I'm running another warlock and have learned to love Dreadtheft. I'm still loving the curses, however....

fizbad

rubytrue wrote: »

Depends on your build. I have it, and I love it. There are feats that really, really make lesser curses shine when used in combination: I'm probably one of the few SW that run infernal spheres instead of dreadthreft (don't like the targeting on it); infernal spheres has a pretty good chance to put a lesser curse on a baddie (not sure of probability), you combine that with your Soul Puppet slapping down a lesser curse and add in your 3 Warlock curses and you have the vast majority of your mobs in a typical encounter cursed. While the curses themselves may not do a lot of damage, some of the feats associated with curses do a ton of damage. Scornful curse+ Relentless Curse + Burning Puppets + Daughters Promise= Massive AoE damage. There are times where I am one shotting large groups with Killing Flames because of the synergy/chain reaction from those feats due to lesser curses. The other upshot is that thanks to Syphoning Curse and Life Steal, I actually constantly heal myself to full by going into battle with a large amount of mobs. If there is anything left over, infernal spheres has a really short recharge so it can apply more lesser curses and start the cycle all over again.

I have a similar build in the works, except I'm planning to stay (mostly) off of the puppet tree and get some Temptation for added tankiness and group utility. Spheres + Scornful + Relentless + Syphoning + Curse Bite = massive AoE on short cooldowns. May be a good option to work in Daugher's Promises, though I can't afford to drop anything if I want a capstone. I feel I need the tankiness, since Spheres work best when you rush headlong into a group of baddies -- seems like the best way to get them to target different mobs.

edit: On a related note, right now almost everything that's supposed to proc off Warlock's Curse procs off of any curse. I suppose once they fix this, the build will be gimped considerably.