User talk:Raine Valen/Build/Cruel Caretaker

Damage Way

Comparing MB ele to Caretaker's rit, both specced for pure damage (both manage energy fine; MB energy figures are even misleading, due to attunement). Figures are against 60 AL; Mind Blast's damage will fall off further against higher armor due to CwD's AP.

Mind Blast

Mind Blast

Immolate

Rodgort's Invocation

Meteor

Fire Attunement

Aura of Restoration

Glyph of Elemental Power

Resurrection Signet

General Damage:

• Mind Blast:

1 2 : 69 damage

• Immolate:

1 5 : 128 damage (86 up-front + 3-second burn)

• Rodgort's Invocation:

2 8 : 182 damage (141 up-front + 3-second burn), AoE

• Meteor:

2 30 : 133 damage

Spiking:

Meteor + Rodgort's for 274 (133 + 141) damage; target is KDd for duration of Rodgort's cast.

• Advantages:
  • Full casting range
  • Knockdown supports allied spiking
  • 40/40!
• Disadvantages:
  • Fails v. anti-kd
  • KD doesn't prevent (unlikely) outside assistance
  • Both spike skills easily interrupted during spike
  • 30-second recharge
  • Meteor can be dodged

Assets:

• Weapon set use
• Cover enchantment
• Mobile
• Frequent self-heals

Liabilities:

• Leans heavily on an easily-interrupted, long-recharge enchantment for energy
• Interrupts hurt energy under Attunement
• Leans on relatively frequent casts of Glyph Power for per-cast damage

Carataker's Charge

Caretaker's Charge

Essence Strike

Channeled Strike

Spirit Burn

Cruel Was Daoshen

Ghostly Haste

Bloodsong

Resurrection Signet

General Damage:

• Caretaker's Charge: Lower frequency than Mind Blast, higher damage

1 3 : 88 damage

• Essence Strike: Still better damage than Mind Blast, when used; Essence + Caretaker's = same frequency as Mind Blast.

1 6 : 70 damage

• Channeled Strike: More up-front damage than Rodgort's, and can be used twice as frequently

2 3 : 153 damage

• Spirit Burn: More total damage than Immolate, and can be used more frequently

1 4 : 129 (59 up-front + 5-second burn)

• Cruel Was Daoshen: Compresses damage like a boss; double drops for tons more damage than Rodgort's over the same area

2 17 118, pre-cast, AoE

• Bloodsong: Just more random damage

3 30 26 damage every 2 seconds on random targets

Spiking:

Channeled Strike + Cruel Was for 271 (153 + 118) damage; CwD drop is instant, so ~100% damage compression (based on latency).

• Advantages:
  • Instant follow-up proc
  • Relatively short recharge
  • Cannot be dodged
• Disadvantages:
  • Target must be in "nearby" range
  • Opener is easily interrupted during spike and follow-up is easily interrupted pre-spike
  • No 40/40

Assets:

• Short-cast, short-recharge base enchantment
• Higher overall damage
• Cleaner, less conditional spikes

Liabilities:

• Leans on relatively frequent 2-second casts of CwD for per-cast damage
• Relies on uncovered enchantment for overall damage rate
• Relies on spirit presence for energy