I agree flamethrower is the best FS ability by far, which is why you have to use it, I just don’t agree that it is out of line compared to other good weapons or abilities in the game. I would have to see the rules to the 1v1 but I don’t know how they are beating BB and SnS based builds. Also dueling tournaments are not a good representation of FS because it has consistent low damage from medium range. Without healing that is extremely good, but with healing you actually can’t kill people. The slow on hit and dodge distance also hurts the firestaff damage. If someone is potting with Regen and Health, eating food, and dodging and running to LOS you literally cannot kill them with fire staff for the past 8+ months in the game.
This is not true, lots of weapons have such good kits that they can run secondaries that do nothing but offer more defense. Take the bow for example, bow users have their bow out 90% of fights. Blunderbuss is also in this category. Hatchet is semi in this category when used with SnS. Firestaff just had a kit that is completely outdated.
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ASB, PSG and Mortar are 100% Fire.
That is true, it is also part of the problem why Firestaff is so weak. Bruisers and healers reslotted to Rubies when blunderbuss got popular due to the insane burst ASB and grenades have. Having more fire damage is seen as a negative. This is why shirking or chain fire is seen as the worst 3rd perk for Greataxes. Another potential fix for this issue is to move ASB to Thrust like it should have been in the first place.
It is a lot harder to slot Rubies now with Runeglass as you lose on average 5-7.5% resistance overall. I am running Ignited runes with BB and I definite do more damage now, not just 10%.
How much resist does a ruby lost becoming runeglass? I only lost 2.5% resist in total slotting to Runeglass.
If you lost 2.5% from 5 Onyx, then you actually lost 2.5% from Slash/Thrust/Strike, which is 2.5x3=7.5%. It is better to make your runeglass the Single type ones which lose 1% each, that makes a total of 5%.
I don’t think that math actually works out. You would have to show me your specific resist setup.
Here is video on FS/BB doing well:
Might help those struggling with FS this patch.
How will some cherry picked video of some guy killing noobs in OPR help anyone lol. Any good player is capable of doing everything in that video. FS BB is a mostly skirmishing build that has no place in wars due to no survivability and being purely burst based. To clarify for you the argument is that the weapon is underperforming, not that people are “struggling”. Do you understand the difference? You can’t make a cherry picked video of killing noobs in a meme bursty fit where almost all of the kills use blunderbuss or the ultimate to prove that Firestaff isn’t underperforming.
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I am showing that the combination is effective, and it does have place in Wars and was slotted before many times both with the Mortar spam era and Empowered Meteor shower weapon swap era, and now again Ignited Runeglass does a similair thing to boost damage.
You seem to not like that BB is used here, but realistically you need to wield some weapon along side FS. This is a 2 combonation weapon game. Burnout is very critical to the kills with Detonate, and the FS/BB combo charged Heartrune faster due to all the DoTs so it is relevant, and part of the current era of the game. Heartrunes are a mainstay going forward and need to considered with all builds, same as secondary weapon. You cannot talk about one weapon in isolation and talk about balance, because that is not how the game is played.
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I like the size of Pillar of Fire. Keep it a skill shot. But let it hit twice on the outer edge like it used to.
I don’t mind the BB and don’t have a problem with it at all, it is a great weapon with a ton of kill potential and utility. The problem with the build you are pushing is the lynchpin is the BB not the FS. FS might be the worst version of this build, pairing it with IG gives it even more utility. Almost all the kills are with the BB or the ult, and the ones that are with the FS are against players without a healer. A super sweaty one of the best players on the server might be able to get a war seat with it, but this is not the standard that should be set. You have below average players getting into wars for healers and melee and many more Dex seats now.
He’s taking all the mana firestaff passive… yikes.
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