FS/IG especially with how busted flamethrower & pylon are is probably one of the strongest builds in the game for small scale PvP. It’s only bad in war and that’s solely because of lifestaff.
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Flamethrower is legit busted in arena tbh
It is. But it is busted also because a lot of people play against flamethrower wrong.
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Shhh don’t tell them.
burnout? if someone breathes on you the skill is interrupted that skill needs faster caster time and grit. what were you playing before?
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FS can only pair with IG to be viable IMO, so I am going to focus on this.
FS/IG is a hybrid build in a way.
- Fair damage at range, can hold its own (not as good as dext of course).
- Good damage at medium/short range thanks to FT/FB.
- CC thanks to the IG, mostly in term of shower (which is the most in demand skill for IG)
- Survivability thanks to burn out / IG entomb and shower
Spike/Pylon (depending which route you go) is what brings the IG to a higher level (as opposed to being purely a supporting cast like for BB/IG) thanks to the 360 INT.
There is space for this build, but it has to be for a specific composition and what not.
If you can make the most of your 360INT IG, there is absolutely value there.
Mages CAN excel at 1v1s and when players are either AFK or fighting someone else.
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IMO FS/BB is more of an OPR fun type of build. I feel BB/IG flows a bit better and has nice burst with 200 165 150 + you get all the goodies from IG.
If you refer to pylon bug where you can exploid runeglass dot procing on every pylon hit on firestaff, i know it 
I ref to people not knowing what ruby or elemental res is then calling Fire staff strong and coping about FT on the forums.
I dont think Flamethrower is op at all. It good for killing inexperienced players, when they dont know how to handle the pressure and its good when combined with another persons cc like we see in arenas. I just dont like it from a gamesdesign perspective. I think its lazy and not engaging to use. People complain about the damage of flamethrower but dont even slot one ruby for defence, while dex weapons still hit like a truck when you slot less than 40% Thrust protection.
Asking people to use ruby just dosnt make sense. Thrust protection helps against musket, bow, spear, rapier, and even certain S+S attacks. A ruby legit protects you against only the fire staff. It’s not so simple as just sLoT RubiES brO
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Flamethrower needs to go on cd after a cc or a dodge. Thats all. This spell is the only reason firestaff is broken. Fix it ags but im sure you will lol
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It also protects you from the BB. Not to mention most of muskets damage is elemental and a lot of people started going for fire damage split and/or flame attun because of what you said.
Also all it takes is one ruby, not rubies, one is enough for you to laugh at FS. It makes much bigger difference than 2 or even 3 emeralds.
exactly
This is like saying “Oh they have three bows, now I will put thrust resistance” kekw
It’s the same with muskets; bad players will always blame their opponents for their own shortcomings
Well if you play Arena a lot and it is a possibility to encounter various builds on your server then why shouldn’t you have more than 1 gearset to counter specific builds? Especially if you can afford it.
Bud I am sorry bug your argument is dumb af.