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So, what would be the best attack chain for EM then?


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Originally Posted by Gobbledygook View Post
So, what would be the best attack chain for EM then?
It varies based on slotting - and for Stalkers, team size, since Bone Smasher and Energy Punch have full criticals while Total Focus doesn't. Here is a post I did a while back showing damage scale/sec for the powers and includes a "solo" chain for Stalkers. The post talks about damage scale, which works great when you just want to compare powers without worrying about silly things like varying +dam in slotting and AT modifiers. It can be converted to a real damage number via the extra step of multiplying by (1 + damage-buffs-and-slotting-as-a-percentage) * ("AT melee damage @ whatever level you care to calculate at" - which can be found here).

Energy Punch and Bone Smasher are very close on damage per second of activation (DPA) with Bone Smasher having a slight edge; adding procs to Energy Punch changes that since it animates quicker and the procs do a set amount of damage.

Gloom is better than either one - it's actually better DPA than Total Focus - but is only available to Brutes and Tankers so using it as filler between Energy Transfer and Total Focus doesn't work for Stalkers.

Edit: Yes, I am aware that this is in the general section. I mentioned Stalker numbers specifically because they fluctuate while Brute and Tankers don't, they don't get Gloom, and there were several posts about the best Brute EM chain in the old, now-defunct DPS comparison threads started by BillZBubba. While the overall DPS numbers may have changed, the powers themselves haven't and the chain would be the same.


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I had an EM/NIN stalker and an EM/EA brute (both are getting replaced). I wouldn't recommend EM to anyone right now. Just too slow. Just use KM or wait to see what happens down the road with EM.

It used to be a decent and fun single target set, but now it's just meh.
Only problem with that suggestion is that I hate the animations in KM. To martial artsy.


Willpower has more passive regen than Regen does. Who thought that was a good idea?

Can we get a fix for Energy Melee instead of more new sets?