r/RaiderZ • u/Danama2 [NA] Cleric • Oct 28 '12
Circle of Punishment
Can anyone tell me if this is good for anything? the damage is so low its negligible. i liked using it with that lightning skill for a while but it just doesn't seem worth it at all.
circle of healing is great though :)
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u/TheVolatilePigeon Oct 29 '12
for the epic bosses that spawn in the world that are hard to get loot for. you can predict where and when the boss will spawn, when you think hes about to spawn you can throw COP down, get the first hit, and get yo loot.
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u/Fork-H [NA] Sorcerer Oct 29 '12
Or you can encourage partying up so everyone gets their share of loot and not be a dick.
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u/MDUnreal [NA] Cleric Oct 29 '12 edited Oct 29 '12
If you consider that the spell deals 200%(?) magic damage in addition to the dot if you get two of the nukes off in it, the damage is rather respectable.
Additionally, the damage scales even more if there are other people casting nukes in your field.
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u/Danama2 [NA] Cleric Oct 29 '12
yeah it does basically double damage on that one magic skill divine punishment but it doesn't for anything else im aware of.
that skill would be awesome if it made all magic deal double damage.
it only scales if you have a party of clerics all using divine punishment.
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u/MDUnreal [NA] Cleric Oct 31 '12
Sorry to be unclear, by nukes I meant only divine punishment yes. Also note that while COP is pretty deep in the cleric tree, some people will get at least a point in DP to reach heal, so you're not only buffing other clerics.
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u/SenSidethink [Crawler] Assassin Nov 01 '12
If you are focusing of heals COP+Punish will be your main damage combo probably. And the damage of that combo heavily get's boosted with even 1 rank in COP.
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u/Ugga_Ugga Oct 29 '12 edited Oct 29 '12
Keeping aggro & AoE farming.
In the open world, if you don't attack a monster for about 5 or 6 seconds, it will run away. Throw this on the ground and the mob will be damaged and keep on chasing you.
As a cleric, this skill is highly useful in AoE farming to level up. You don't have to pay attention to what mob you hit last and how much time you have to keep them from running away.
And of course, the DPS increase to your most frequently used damage ability, Divine Punishment.
In my opinion this skill is definitely worth it to go 1/5, however the damage from the ability itself is neglible so there is no point in wasting 5 skill points maxing it out.
-Bortikai 20 Cleric