Haven't played since fallen enc 1.0... quick question about spells

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Is flame-dart still king for the dedicated warlock/path of the mage? Does it still, on average, do double or more than any other single target spell? When I was last playing there was no reason to cast anything except either flame dart or horrific wail in 99% of my fights. I was hoping that other spells would do comparable damage but with an added effect or so.

Is shadowbolt still very lacklustre?

Are there spells that are still only available via random quests? Like mana or spell blast or whatever it's called?

 

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Shadowbolt >>> Flame Dart

It's more powerful on average I believe since it deals fixed damage, unlike Flame Dart whose power varies a lot (maybe I'm just unlucky, but for me it does less than 1/2 of the max damage quite often), not to mention Shadowbolt's impossible to resist. Oh, and it also costs less mana to cast.

That's not to say Shadowbolt needs to be nerfed.. quite the opposite. I think that most spells are too weak right now, especially compared to the awesomeness that is Shadowbolt. Also, I tend not to use anything with casting time.. usually by the time the spell is ready to be cast most of the enemies are already dead.

I'm pretty sure Mana blast is still in the game.. I seem to remember getting it a couple of days ago. Didn't get a chance to use it though since it was already the end of the game..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Flamedart - Double casters level.

Shadowbolt - 4 +1 per caster level.

Also Shadowbolt was programmed not to benefit from the bonus evocation traits and so on. flamedart should easily hit for more than double damage and not be resisted (due to super high spell mastery levels) if cast by wizards/warlocks.

Just loaded up my saved game and check, still no reason to use shadowbolt or any other single target nuke apart from dealing with immunity to fire. For multi-target, horific wail routinely clears every single unit off the map for me.

 

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

To be exact, my flame dart hits for 198, while my shadowbolt hits for 96. Lowest I've seen my flame-dart for is 174.