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chance for damage proc in RoF

Derangedpolygot

By Derangedpolygot,
Posted on: 2010-09-04 20:13 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion

 

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How does it work? Only once every time the power is activated? Is it worth putting in Rain of Fire? Thoughts? Opinions?

 

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Originally Posted by Ethical View Post
How does it work? Only once every time the power is activated? Is it worth putting in Rain of Fire? Thoughts? Opinions?
Only once, yes. I use still a full Positron's Blast set in it; extra damage is extra damage.

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How does it work? Only once every time the power is activated? Is it worth putting in Rain of Fire? Thoughts? Opinions?
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Only once, yes. I use still a full Positron's Blast set in it; extra damage is extra damage.
Not quite - since Rain of Fire summons a pseudopet, which deals the damage through an auto power (which ticks every 0.2 seconds), the damage proc uses the rules for being in an auto power. Which is to say, it has a chance for going off every 10 seconds.

So potentially it can go off twice in RoF, due to the 15 second duration of the pet: once at initial activation, and once 10 seconds in.

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