zoriaan wrote on Jan 30
th, 2017 at 10:16am:
Hey guys, it has literally been years since i played a shiradi MM spammer...
I know the next best thing to sliced bread is the 10/6/4 undead split and also the wizzy 13/4/3 or 15/3/2 split from sestra...
If i want sorc for airdance (wings) and faster casting speed will a 13 sorc/3 lock/4 fvs split be so fucking garbage compared to the above versions that it will be joke? ...will likely use either 3pc abishai or arcane gloves + fvs enhancement for caster lvls...we will see...
Is it workable?
Not really sure how easy/hard it is in current repaer to keep MoK fuly charged with the splits above?
Basically i love the sorc casting speed and air dance...but can that still make a useful shiradi?
Or has shiradi proces been nerfed so bad that without arcane supramacy and fully charegd MOK they are shit??
Is it workable? Most likely, yes. Will it be good in reaper? Probably not. Reaper is for min/max'd meta builds and toons.
Keeping MoK charged isn't too bad once you get into the routine of when and where to use Arcane Blast, regardless of content. If anything, Reaper may make it easier since the mobs will take longer to die.
In the end though, any shiradi build without T5 archmage will be roughly 90 spell power and 60 spell crit damage less than one with MoK. Every 78 seconds it is also 25% lower on spell crit chance and 100% lower on spell crit damage on top of the MoK advantages.
Part of what makes the undead shiradi so good is that you can time your death aura (healing) for when Arcane Supremacy is active and it retains that level of spell power, crit chance and crit damage which means it constantly heals you to full in 1 to 2 tics assuming you're geared properly.
This plus high power Negative Energy Bursts and a decent level of PRR, fortification, dodge and displacement means you're virtually unkillable unless something can one-shot you. Giving up MoK and Arcane Supremacy will have a noticeable impact on the healing aspect.