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Could big bang possibly our new bossing skill?

As most of you know, they've changed the skill big bang by quite a lot. It hits 290% five times and has fire, lightning and holy elements to each respective class. Since damage over time skills (poison/burn/frostbite) are a huge damage boost but aren't affected by elemental weapons (not sure about advantages though), but do stack, poison/ice wands wouldn't really be required, further boosting big bang by an extra 15% for archmages (using fire/lightning wands). And since the damage cap isn't too hard to be reached already, the damage wouldn't just stop at 999,999 for paralyze/chain lightning/angel ray, but it'd be seperated into five seperate attacks, which could exceed the damage cap. Though I haven't really done the math, I think it's quite possible.

Also, bosses like zakum has multiple parts (its arms), and since big bang is a mob skill (hitting up to 6, "area of effect" mobbing rather than "straight" mobbing), it could hit 3-4 of the arms at once, further boosting the damage. I'm pretty sure that paralyze wouldn't be able to hit more than 2, chain lightning more than 2-3, and angel ray more than 2.

However, there are things that could affect it like:

-Cast per minute for big bang (fully charged).
-Releasing right when being attacked, causing it to lose its charge.
-Close-ranged attack, might be hit during cast and causing death (you can't use potions in the charging state).

Thanks for reading.

Edit: I don't know how this got here, I was pretty sure I clicked the mage section. :l If a moderator reads this, please move it to that section.

November 30, 2010

1 Comment • Newest first

HateSpirit

@Kalemora Oh lol, that's pretty lame. :s Why did they make a huge patch the same name as our skill. Oh, and I forgot to add infinity's effect, which is quite helpful, and it boosts the damage of all the hits, while chain lightning/angel ray/paralyze stays at the damage cap. Though, these skill wouldn't be totally obsolete, still providing training purposes.

Edit: I think I'll just repost it onto the mage section. It's already been covered in all the recycled questions by people in this section. :o

Reply November 30, 2010 - edited