harharharhar wrote on Sep 21
st, 2014 at 12:15am:
Have to disagree with you here Lelouch.
I have a 12FvS/5Wiz/3Monk.
My BB DC is at 58-60 in EA. My Wisdom is around 54. My Int is around 44. This is on a character with +5 Tomes, but only 3 PL's, all Wizard.
My main spell rotation is:
BB, Divine Wrath, Hell Ball For AoE.
My Single Target are Avenging Light, Sunbeam SLA, and Scorching Ray. I can Quicken, Max, Empower for very little cost with Aligning the whatever Monk finisher and 10% SP cost reduction from equipment (3BC goggles). I have passive Ki regen from Henshin.
The important part is my twists though really. I take 3 Evo DC, AND Tier 3 Magister Evocation Specialist for 15% chance of -10 Reflex saves. With my AoE's hitting, EVERYTHING gets debuffed basically immediately. Very few things save in a 58-60DC BB with -10 Reflex saves. For stubborn mobs, MM SLA and Scorching Ray debuffs very quickly.
My Past Lives only give me 1 DC from Active Wizard PL.
My Force, Fire, and Light spellpowers are in the 470-490 Range sustainable, and with every possible boost it's they're all around 510'ish.
She does quite well in EE.
Dunno, i like that build, i really like it alot but only in shiradi, its not really a exalted build and its fsoul.
Opener wanted cleric, that build you suggested is totally different and based on total different concept of playing.
ITs more or less abuse archon and arcane supremacy build with shiradi garbage mixed in to be effective.
What a favored soul can be built is different then a cleric.
Again, opener wanted cleric and morninglord.
So in short a dc oriented is fun, and as said dc for me is around 73 maxed, can play with 74-75 if i log bard bot but lazy.
What for is that good?
ITs evoc fort save for my s burst spell.
If you played as necro you would know what having 73-75 dc on fort save means even in horns.
Lets keep it simple, it makes things die fast.
Youl be able to have sustained 80 evoc dc on a full dc based cleric in next update making the rotation sburst sunburst divine wrath cometfall a killer combo.
Also you can possibly twist energy burst fire as it should work when they are helpless.
When i play cc casters, sorc wizzy or clerics my main priority is to get a reliable cc with helpless factor since it makes questing so much faster and i dislike shira casters, only way i could possibly be forced to play shiradi is as a shuriken build and even for those im considering dreadnought from next update on.
A 12 soul for example would lose 3 dc alone from lack of heightening sburst and that is a big loss imo.
Again opener wanted cleric, so fsoul would have a different approach when i would build around it.
Fsoul overall has a very weak tree beside the 30 spp and free sp for light beam builds and dc casting, im vouching on mother forums for a while to get some kind buff or slas for favored soul since more then 2-4 fav levels on most builds is a waste /beside that archon abuse build/.
I for example rly like 17 cleric 1 soul 2 monk as cleric oriented to get most light spp and dcs i can in the mix.
Also im not saying a first lifer or whatnot cant solo, but it most defintitely cant hit high enough dc for high end content for the important spells and it most definitely cant solo ees at level or beyond level without wasting a bazilion of pots and clickies and cakes.
I personally have only 1 way to play and that is never to die unless i get stupid lag like in wheloon wild sometimes
First life for any kind dc caster is just a big no no