This is compared to multi shot that you start out with.
It's damage is much lower. DPS is also much lower. The AoE is smaller. It has no added status effect to balance that out. The combat AoE has 360 degree range compared to the half circle. However when you're made for range and have pitiful dps as a melee. It doesn't matter how many you hit if they hit back for 2-20x more.
I tested this skill through many ways because just the idea of lightning arrows that burst on impact got me all excited. I WANTED to make it work...
It is, without a doubt, what I would call a Botch skill.
On the preview server they are implementing a 45% damage reduction to split shot to test. That may get implemented on live servers in the future or could be implemented with a slightly lower but still significant reduction. I think after that the other at-will could be an option.
At the moment the thundercloud, the splitshot and Aimed shot are effective skills. I barely use the other skills since they are, how to put it, situational skills. They only work in specific situations and since you are limited in the skills and can never tell when those situations can accure you just pop the skills you like in the other spots.
Of course I am only 40 at the moment, never know how the other skills are until I have used them through multiple situations.
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So post nerf you would prefer single target at-will? Doesn't seem effective for PvE even if AOE damage is lower.
Of course I am only 40 at the moment, never know how the other skills are until I have used them through multiple situations.