2014-03-19, 06:50 PM
Did quite a few CotA T5/T6 trying Wave of Force builds and delay canceling.
Fire build using Flame Blades and Heat Wave could really ramp up the damage, but since the duration of the buff isn't too long and the density in that area isn't that great, the difference isn't as large as say in Cathedral IV or Keeps II.
Arcane build using Thrown Blades and Arcane Attunement or Debilitating Force are cool. The extra range on Thrown Blades is ridiculously useful.
Lightning build is iffy. Arc Lightning and Static Pulse are really strong together along with Paralysis, but to get it to work, you'd have to depend on Life per Second as your sustain because Arc Lightning is impossible to heal with. I think Living Lightning might be the best choice in this case, followed by Piercing Orb. If I had a Myken's Ball of Hate, Chain Lightning or Forked Lightning would be really cool, except I would lose a ton of damage and 9/10 APoC.
It looks like there is some sort of minimum attack speed required to actually cancel, since if I take off all my gear, I end up cancelling the entire attack when I try to move rather than just part of the delay.
Overall, it's abusive in terms of execution, but I don't think Wave of Force is significantly more effective than Frozen Orb if at all, simply due to the mechanical input required. Its damage is really poor against elites, and ramps down significantly quickly as targets die. When there are a lot though, I can sustain it purely off APoC since I run with ~28 now. The minor loss in damage is more than made up for by the number of spenders I can output.
I think a lot of people are expecting Frozen Orb to take a nerfbat to the groin though since it performs so well.
Fire build using Flame Blades and Heat Wave could really ramp up the damage, but since the duration of the buff isn't too long and the density in that area isn't that great, the difference isn't as large as say in Cathedral IV or Keeps II.
Arcane build using Thrown Blades and Arcane Attunement or Debilitating Force are cool. The extra range on Thrown Blades is ridiculously useful.
Lightning build is iffy. Arc Lightning and Static Pulse are really strong together along with Paralysis, but to get it to work, you'd have to depend on Life per Second as your sustain because Arc Lightning is impossible to heal with. I think Living Lightning might be the best choice in this case, followed by Piercing Orb. If I had a Myken's Ball of Hate, Chain Lightning or Forked Lightning would be really cool, except I would lose a ton of damage and 9/10 APoC.
It looks like there is some sort of minimum attack speed required to actually cancel, since if I take off all my gear, I end up cancelling the entire attack when I try to move rather than just part of the delay.
Overall, it's abusive in terms of execution, but I don't think Wave of Force is significantly more effective than Frozen Orb if at all, simply due to the mechanical input required. Its damage is really poor against elites, and ramps down significantly quickly as targets die. When there are a lot though, I can sustain it purely off APoC since I run with ~28 now. The minor loss in damage is more than made up for by the number of spenders I can output.
I think a lot of people are expecting Frozen Orb to take a nerfbat to the groin though since it performs so well.