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Peter wrote on 2010-05-08 17:37
Which do you prefer and why?
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Cucurbita wrote on 2010-05-08 17:41
Lightningbolt for single fire purposes. More damage and stun. Very good. For a melee oriented mage, lightningbolt is a very good choice.
Icebolt for chain cast. Its like Arrow Revolver. For a "pure mage" type of play, you'll probably find icebolt more useful.
Lightningbolt + Icebolt for some serious destruction.
[video=youtube;TbJayKXZU64]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbJayKXZU64[/video]
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Zack wrote on 2010-05-08 17:43
If your using it in SM's, pick Ice Bolt since most things are Lightning elemented. Other then that, what Kiteak said.
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Peter wrote on 2010-05-08 17:49
Quote from kitaek27;31382:
Lightningbolt for single fire purposes. More damage and stun. Very good. For a melee oriented mage, lightningbolt is a very good choice.
Icebolt for chain cast. Its like Arrow Revolver. For a "pure mage" type of play, you'll probably find icebolt more useful.
Lightningbolt + Icebolt for some serious destruction.
[video=youtube;TbJayKXZU64]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbJayKXZU64[/video]
Damn, that's pretty cool. But what about the enchant drawbacks? I know Stiff Tail Caps has a Dex 10 decrease for Lightning bolts after A.
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Mrlucky77 wrote on 2010-05-08 17:55
Quote from Peter;31391:
Damn, that's pretty cool. But what about the enchant drawbacks? I know Stiff Tail Caps has a Dex 10 decrease for Lightning bolts after A.
Dex doesn't affect the balance of Lightning Bolt anymore.
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Peter wrote on 2010-05-08 18:00
No, I mean for someone who wants to keep their Dex high.
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Chiri wrote on 2010-05-08 18:01
Don't use stiff, then. Using enchants that limit your character's skills are not wise.
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Intex wrote on 2010-05-08 18:59
Lightning bolt is better in general unless you plan on CC ice and ice spear.
It has much better damage and has a better stun time.
Stiff will only hurt archery damage or if you're using low balance weapons like 222 broads (and even then you shouldn't stiff them).
When using ranged weapons you can settle for -10 DEX from your stiff tail cap.
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Peter wrote on 2010-05-08 20:11
I just want the +10 Crit from Stiff, so I guess it's worth the -10 Dex? Because I'm do mostly melee fighting, so I would prefer lightning to ice.
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Intex wrote on 2010-05-08 20:18
Yes, most warriors easily have 80 balance anyways.
-10 Dex won't hurt you that much.
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Tedio wrote on 2010-05-08 20:28
lightning bolt is used by me simply for the stun.
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Shanghai wrote on 2010-05-08 23:20
Ice Bolt since I like to switch to it from time to time(not exactly melee-oriented) and since my friend uses Lightning Bolt, we do magic fusion sometimes.
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Raj wrote on 2010-05-09 21:07
Let's see.
Icebolt - I use it when there's more than one monster
Lightningbolt - ONE MONSTER PWNAGE!
Actually, I've barely used either. Never really liked magic. Only have Icebolt on my giant to counter well, counter.
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Syrphid wrote on 2010-05-09 21:36
Icebolt because it costs less ap, mp and w/stiff, dex. I don't ask for damage from it.
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alfanzo wrote on 2010-05-11 09:22
Lightning bolt has the most damage out of all the bolts, but it also costs the most mana and it isn't good unless you have a decent magic balance. Plus it doesn't benefit a lot from chain casting because you won't really be using it for AoE since it gimps the damage greatly. You'd be better off using windmill or pets.