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Stacking flame gears and poison mist around Henesys is still hilarious.

It's all for fun
I honestly think flame gear looks really cool, so it was definitely worth the time invested (despite the fact that it doesn't have too much practical use.)

Thanks for the vid! I'm gonna go cry in a corner now

@Pufin: [url=http://youtu.be/c8Ea2Z-Ow9Q]http://youtu.be/c8Ea2Z-Ow9Q[/url]

I didn't really check to see if the damage remained the same with regards to eruption, but I believe @Sungoon tested it a while ago and concluded that it does count as a DoT for that.

Oh gosh so flame gear is actually worse than poison breath? All the time wasted, the suffering o.o I thought since flame gear stays like poison mist, it would be better since you wouldnt need to cast it as much.

Is flame gear not counting for fervent drain not confirmed? I cant check unless I actually get flame gear

Yeah, poison breath is definitely faster than flame gear. Flame gear counts as a DoT in terms of eruption, but it doesn't count as a fervent drain stack so you're losing 5% damage if you replace any of your other DoTs with it.

I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think the poison bubble cast time might actually be faster than flame gears, so its probably better to use the one with less delay so you can return to FH-ME as soon as possible. You could stack 6 DoTs, but cast time required for the 6th DoT would delay FH-ME, which lowers your DPS. Personally, I would recommend learning the timings for the 5 DoTs you are already given and minimizing the amount of time spent casting those DoT spells while maintaining your DoT counter at 5.

@duriel123: That is pretty smart, thanks for the fervent drain tip! I have almost finished the flame gear quest so I might as well go for it. Could that replace poison breath? Or should I stack 6 dots just in case

[quote=Pufin]So I'm assuming the skill order is: para, poison breath, flame haze, tele, explode. How often should I be reapplying my dots? The dot time increases are confusing me o.o

I am also going for oz's flame gear. What would the optimal skill order then? And is it worth getting lvl 5 for the increased duration?[/quote]
The maximum amount of DoT's we need to stack is 5, so we dont really need flame gear at all.

Beside your buffs, you should see a icon called "fervent drain" appear every time you start stacking DoT's. There is a number counter on that icon, as long as that counter is at 5, you don't to apply any more DoTs. When teh counter goes down to 4, taht means one of your DoT's has expired and you need to reapply it, knowing which one to reapply comes with experience. Basically whenever you are bossing, always keep an eye on your DoT counter so that you know when to reapply DoTs.

As for the order, it doesn't really matter, as long as you are using FH-ME with all of the other 3 DoT's up, your DPS is maximized.

So I'm assuming the skill order is: para, poison breath, flame haze, tele, explode. How often should I be reapplying my dots? The dot time increases are confusing me o.o

I am also going for oz's flame gear. What would the optimal skill order then? And is it worth getting lvl 5 for the increased duration?

Also when you're using FH and ME don't forget to stack up your DoTs using paralyze and poison breath and meteor shower and whatnot

Alright thank you for helping me @Kalkulus

In theory, FH + ME is superior until you start hitting about ~33m per line on paralyze.