[PS4] Which weapon enchantments for Devotion Paladin?

trzebiat · October 2016

I'm trying to find some info on the current state of weapon enchantments for Devotion OP. I'm a bit confused which one would be the best on lower ranks. I won't be able to afford anything above normal currently. I read a lot of posts and opinions about Feytouched being the best for OP, I've got Lesser one but the problem is the effect doesn't proc from encounter powers I use in a group most of the time (Bond of Virtue, Vow of Enmity, Burning Light, Bane) so unless I run Smite or Relentless Avenger it's useless. I also have normal Terror (it's the cheapest enchant on PS4 and it works great with Radiant Strike), but most tanks I play with use it too and the effect doesn't stack. So I wanted to find an alternative and also get some information about how some of the enchantments works and what can proc their effects.

Looking at the tooltips there are different types of basic damage buffs - additional damage: with powers (Plague Fire, Holy Avenger), with every swing (Frost, Terror), with every strike (Lightning) and unspecified (Feytouched) so the last two should work on on both encounters and at-wills, right?

Then there's how enchantments proc their effect - on at-wills or encounter powers. And with usual rotation of encounters that don't proc the effects all these encounter-based enchantments are probably not worth it unless for soloing. So that leaves those activated on at-wills. I was looking at Lightning (lesser or normal) and it sounds interesting. Would that be good for Dev Pally? Anyone can confirm what procs the effect, if it's both at-wills and encounters and if the damage and cooldown reduction works on every hit from Radiant Strike and every tick of AoE/DoT from Burning Light and Smite?

And one question about Feytouched siphoned damage effect - how it exactly works? I heard two different versions and I don't know which one is correct.

armadeonx · October 2016

I'd recommend Holy Avenger as is improves healing and damage resistance, with a second option of Plaguefire which reduces enemy defences. Obviously HA directly assists your role whilst PF can make the run faster is your group doesn't need the added DR.

Lightning is best used for aggro tanks such as the protection pally and GF as it increases threat generation.

HA and PF proc on at-wills and encounters. Feytouched is only active for 10 secs out of 20 unless it's trans.

trzebiat · October 2016

Oh, so Plague Fire procs on at-wills too? For the whole time I thought it works only on encounters. Might consider that too. I thought about Lightning because of cooldown reduction, but if it really increases threat generation, then yeah, not the best choice for healer. Is it better than Terror for tanks?

Holy Avenger doesn't sound that good on lower ranks, it's a chance, short duration and cooldown. I can keep Shield of Faith for extra damage resistance and with Bond of Virtue and Vow of Enmity my healing is already extremely good.

armadeonx · October 2016

Then the question is 'what do you want to achieve? Personal damage? target debuffing?
I will admit I'm not 100% about PF proccing on at-wills. I did have a search and I can't see a straight answer and as I'm on xbox I don't have ACT to test it. Hopefully someone else can chip in on that point.

I run a protection pally and lightning is perfect for him but that's down to the threat gen. Terror is a straight debuffer so could be what you're after.

trzebiat · October 2016

First I want to use enchantment which will work with my rotation in a team, Bond of Virtue and Vow of Enmity are passives and always on in party, that leaves me one encounter power, mostly Burning Lights (for trash), Bane (for bosses) or sometimes Smite or Relentless Avenger (on bosses for AP gain) and only the last two procs Feytouched and I'm afraid it'll be the same with other enchantments that procs on encounter powers. So I want something that can trigger on at-wills and/or Burning Light and would be still good for solo play. If Plague Fire can also proc on at-wills it'd be perfect, I tried to find some info on it, with no luck. I have normal Terror and it's good, procs on at-wills but tanks I play with use it too and the effect doesn't stack so it's a waste to have two people with it. And I want something more... "interesting".

I heard Terror is also good in threat generation and that's why it's used by tanks (and probably because it's the cheapest normal rank enchant too, at least on PS4). Does Lightning provide much more threat than Terror? I'm really curious about this enchantment. I have one companion for reduced threat and if using Lightning wouldn't steal aggro from tank then I think I could use it, it's also good if tank loses aggro the target would focus on me instead of squishy DPS as I can tank some damage. Can you test your Lightning and tell if it procs on at-wills or encounters, please? And if it procs on Burning Lights and its DoT? But what I'm the most interested in Lightning is that cooldown reduction. How does it actually work and if it works for every tick of damage from AoE/DoT powers, at-wills, Radiant Strike etc. It's really hard to find any info on that.

I'm using Feytouched for now, but at lesser rank the buff/debuff is really small, it's single target effect and there's also that 50% up time and that's why I wanted something different at lesser or normal rank until I could afford at least Greater Feytouched or even wait till Transcendent.

armadeonx · October 2016

I can tell lightning procs on at wills because I see the lightning chains. It's the chains that create the threat as you're striking multiple enemies simultaneously. I would go so far as to stick my neck out and say it's the best aggro tank enchantment where the goal is to attract all the enemies.

trzebiat · October 2016

Thanks. I took a risk and bought the cheapest Normal Plague Fire and it works on both at-wills and encounters which is perfect. More to that it can reapply and keep the first stack on DoT. My damage while soloing really went up.

marokkrell · October 2016

Something to keep in mind with PF is if someone else is running it in your group, only one of you will proc its ability on a single target such as a boss. It won't stack with other people. Besides that it's a good enchantment.

trzebiat · October 2016

Yeah, I know. It's the same with Terror if more than one person uses it. But I read that different ranks of the same enchantment stack.

triflen · November 2016

As a tank or a healer I am appreciating the new improved lighting and its reduction of cool down timer

[PS4] Which weapon enchantments for Devotion Paladin?

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