It's not bad but could be a little better imo. I think we lack a little magnitude on encounters/dailies compared to other classes but yet, I'm far from optimal gear so can't really compare.
Little update from me, what I find is working for me Barkshield + Vorpal AoE setup. For single target, I switch to Killing Flames, Hadar's Grasp, Hellfire Ring, and Sigil of Devoted to Soul Sight Crystal. For AoE I use Accursed Soul, for single: TCurse. For AoE - Tenser's Transformation, for single: mostly Bat Swarm, but…
We checked it w/Kolatmaster and yeah, SI does proc on curse consume. Other issue is, that HB doesn't have a lot of serious curse consume :( Actually it's only Hadar's Grasp and Wraith's Shadow, but kinda useless in AoE + on single target it would take a lot of time to stack 5/5 SI due to cooldowns on HG.
Yeah I'm struggling with my HDD so can't test with ACT but on paper I thought about same build (and 2 variation with 15 points into Fury). On the other hand, SB Fury still works nice (MF procing from SS is nice bonus). SI from Damnation is nice boost to damage, but 1) it lasts only 15 seconds at 5 stacks (next kills…
I'd recommend Brutals / Radiants. Keep in mind you need to do damage to heal :) Don't worry about life steal %. You will have more than enough (I boost it with Dark One's Blessing)
Sure. I will keep this about SB path (well, I did it earlier too, nevermind). Here's my shot from Mod 10.5. Can't say it's best DPS build but definitely it works fine ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNtScVPWUDg As mentioned before, HB will only do more damage in AoE/trash mobs. But SW shines on single target anyway,…
Gatekeeper Empowerment is go to but not because of Gates AP gain (I use it sometimes, but rarely) but for extra Hellish Rebuke damage. Offering isn't bad for AoE mobs, but on single target/boss fights it's a waste.
@diloul31 Well, don't care about pets not benefiting from 9 Hells - it's boosting damage, not power, so it sucks for them anyway. About Dark Revelry vs PoP - PoP is base damage buff, you can see it at encounter bars and crossing it is like always happening, unless you do it for purpose to not step into it (same way you can…
You kinda misunderstood. HB is not buff > dps. It's dps > buff. Buff is just extra team factor. With Power of the Nine Hells feat you're boosting your damage with 24%. Team gets only 18%. Without this feat, both values changes to 12%. 24% is a lot. You will deal better damage as Soulbinder only if you don't have Owlbear…
Not really. Totally agree. SW is still hardest class to play. SW still depends more on gear than others. But all is about rotation, build, reading game and party.
It's underperforming because it has been coded by incompetent developer. It's doing 1/5 or 1/6 of KF damage (instead of ~1/3), depending on some other factors. But still you won't find better feat sadly. I don't have time to download PTS nor retraining tokens to compare DR vs MF/PB so can't say it's best.
KF+MF/FB/SS is massive damage dealer combined with TC. I don't need 30 sparks to do high damage then, mostly just keep for 2 or 3 SS. TT > FB > SS > KF and all around is dead if I'm buffed. If not buffed and/or facing solo giant (or phase 2/3), I use spirits+essence defilier so I can spam SS endless. I used BoVA a lot in…
Well this is run from mSVA (and I mostly run there) so I can not use Sigil of Devoted nor have BoVA and I've 100% AP all the time. I dont like using Sigil on single target (waste of AP or time, depends on situation) so I dont use Sparkbinder either - spirits damage is meh, and my AP is refilling faster so I cant recast it.…
Only did some internal tests, wanted to do some HB vs SB stuff but @tom and @kallephi did it already. Build for SB hasn't changed so much as a little teaser (feats/boons). Only some encounters and passives. I'm gonna be away for 4 days now, will test few more stuff now and we will try to put it together :)