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NeferJackal
26-09-2006, 21:22
This is a skill i discovered from looking over the skill list, and wish I had thought of unlocking for the nightfall preview event, where I found myself strapped for really good spear attacks.

Blazing Spear 7 adrenaline
Spear Attack. If this attack hits, it deals +5...25 damage and sets target foe on fire for 1...3 second(s).

This is a quite nasty spear attack, doing up to 67 damage once the burning has run it's course, capping out at 3 seconds of burning. And that is not including the damage of your spear itself, and any possible critical hit.


Hmm, could it be feasible to emulate it with Mark of Rodgort and using the Fiery Sunspear that you get as a preorder item, and actually getting good use out of the +5 energy to help fuel Mark of Rodgort to really put the hurt on foes? Then you could also use the ele energy glyphs to reduce the expensive cost of the hex, and perhaps even add conjure flame to the mix for added damage.

Artemis Shadowhawk
26-09-2006, 21:49
I really liked Blazing Spear. I posted a build in the Paragon = No Love thread that it helped out a lot in. I'm glad they went with a fiery, healing, good theme for the paragon. Can't help but make me think of a phoenix.

Spearagons are definately capable of applying the hurt.

NeferJackal
26-09-2006, 21:54
I saw that Pyromaniac build you posted, it looks pretty good and shows off an area where Paragons excell, in spreading burning on foes, in mass amounts. Though I am curious to see if bosses in Elona have condition resistance, like they had in Tyria I believe.

Also, wouldnt condition resistance severely impair the duration of burning, since it lasts so short a time?

Arctus Redryn
27-09-2006, 01:31
Considering the Ranger Burning Arrow, which is elite and inflicts about the same damage, Blazing Spear is a very good skill.

Ezra
27-09-2006, 12:02
Considering the Ranger Burning Arrow, which is elite and inflicts about the same damage, Blazing Spear is a very good skill.

Especially in the hands of a Ranger!

Ezra laughs heartily.

NeferJackal
27-09-2006, 12:22
You forget Blazing Spear is adrenaline driven, meaning expertise is not going to benefit it at all. Paragons would be able to get higher damage on it with runes and headgear.