Curse

Cameela · Sep 12, 2005, 05:30 PM // 17:30

Hi, thought I'd share my xmas gift with everybody. Far as I can figure, from the various spells within the game, this is the biggest spike of damage I could come up with. And so, without further adu:

Class:

Me/E

Attributes:

Fast Casting 16 + Super Rune
Fire 12

Skill set:

Lava Font
Meteor
Phoenix
Shock
Flame Burst
Fireball
Elemental Attunement
Res Signet/ Arcane Echo

Equipment:
Fast Casting Veil
Flame Artifact, 20%/20%
5 Energy sword / sword of +hp or enchanting. I find sword is more useful, because you have to run in.

(BTW it says the forum is having trouble with database, I'll link spells whenever I can)

Goal: Deliver a burst of damage to soft targets, preferably as many as possible.

The Early Xmas Gift:

I normally wait until the battle plan is decided, targets are already being attacked, etc. Sneak in, make a show of being laggy, find a good spot where you will hit as many targets as possible and then begin with the bombing. The sequence itself (on unarmored) is 24 every second from lava font, 91 from meteor + knockdown, 91 + 75 from Phoenix, 10 from shock + knockdown, Flameburst for 91, Fireball for 91 and it can hit runners. In total: 569 damage, 559 in aoe. These spells cast very fast. Unless main target (you use shock on) runs away at the very beginning, they will be stuck until the end of the bomb. There is a small gap of opportunity for defense between phoenix and shock, flameburst and fireball. If you are fighting a ranger or a warrior, refresh lava font whenever its needed. If somebody runs away from you, don't chase them unless you have the energy to take them down.

Due to the exhaustion effects and the slow recast of meteor, this chain can normally only be done once before needing to wait for energy to grow back and for meteor to recharge. If you use arcane echo, then you can pull this off twice. Just keep in mind, the more you do it, the longer it will take for energy to return. You can pull this combination out only once if elemental attunement is removed from you.

Just for emphasis, I've never once had a single cloth armor wearer survive this bomb without having been healed up or protected. It has the power to kill rangers, and warriors with hammers.

Its fun just dealing that much damage and running away. I imagine two people doing this would be pretty fabulous. Its just too hard to find xmas mesmers

PS: I couldnt find the link to Arcane Echo.