With my Woh and very average gear, it goes up to 34M. I've tried it with a 3750 dps unsocketed Maximus (currently equipped on my profile), just to check whether it was worth a gift, and it only went up to 44M. I thought it would go way higher with a 2-hander, so I'm a little surprised.
How high does your FB dot tick? And do you think that Maximus is worth a gift?
70-90 avg with all dots stacked ticks of 130 at max distance on occasion. I keep seeing posts of 150-200 avg and higher. Is furnace THAT much better?? Or is Maximus a poor choice Compared to ss or a well rolled sk?
Thanks for the info, you guys have way better gear than me, that explains a lot of the tick difference.
Btw, just getting back to my sorc, I've always wondered : is there a maximum distance between the mob and you for the dot to tick, or does it go on forever even if you're on the other side of the map, or even in town?
The ticks are highly dependent on what weapon you're using and whether its against an elite or not. With a Furnance against elites, I get anywhere from 120m to 180m, max stacked solo. against elites.
Furnace has a higher damage range than Maximus. Any 2-handed mace has a higher damage range than any 2-handed sword. The same is true for the 1-handers.
Maximus is usable if you exploit the fire chains' damage. If you want the best weapon for the FB's dot, a 2-handed mace is the best choice. And Furnace is the best 2-handed mace.
Thanks. I'll just keep my fingers crossed for a furnace
With my Woh and very average gear, it goes up to 34M. I've tried it with a 3750 dps unsocketed Maximus (currently equipped on my profile), just to check whether it was worth a gift, and it only went up to 44M. I thought it would go way higher with a 2-hander, so I'm a little surprised.
How high does your FB dot tick? And do you think that Maximus is worth a gift?
Ok, I guess it's time for fucking awesome stories...
The FB DOT tick value depends greatly on the following:
Speed of your weapon. A 3800 DPS 2h mace will always result in much stronger FB DOT ticks than a 3800 DPS 2h sword, because sword's DPS is so high only because of the attack speed, but FB DOT doesn't scale with it.
Target type: elite or non-elite. Since most top wizards run the Furnace + Bane of the Powerful + SoJ + Unity, they deal 2x more damage vs elites or even more. And since people like to show off, they'll tell you they hit for zillions of damage without clarifying that it's only vs elites. So you should take their replies with a grain of salt.
Legendary gems. Lots of people use Zei's Stone of Vengeance and the numbers they tell you are most probably from 50+ yards away from a target (yet people rarely mention that when they tell you they deal zillions of damage per tick). This is another reason why you should take replies with a grain of salt.
Buffs/debuffs. FB DOT snapshots those when being applied. This means that with exactly the same gear your FB DOT can tick for 100M or for 1B depending on what buffs you had and what debuffs were applied to your target before your first fire attack landed on that target. People usually tell you the highest tick they got even if that was in a group with +200% damage buff and +200% incoming damage debuff.
Why I'm saying all this stuff? Because it's really easy to get upset and discouraged to play FB wizard after some guys on the forum tell you something about 1B+ ticks without specifying ANY details whatsoever, while you only deal 50M+ per tick. 50M per tick with a 1hander and a gear like yours is totally fine. The number will get much higher once you find a decent 1 APS 2hander (preferrably the Furnace).
I'm using a sun keeper and firebirds off hand with the poison gem, bane of the trapped and bane of the powerful. And I'm usually tic for 90-110 mil on elites. Currently lvl 47 ranked on hc seasons. And I think most hardcore players are going for a sun keeper. but I haven't been able to test furnace or Maximus yet
Does IAS on gear, particularly (the Firebird Gloves come with IAS) actually lower the Firebird dot, or does it not affect the DoT at all? (Thats how I thought it worked.)
Some people are claiming dot numbers in group games which is pointless for this discussion. Group buffs can make a huge difference depending on group composition.
With my Woh and very average gear, it goes up to 34M. I've tried it with a 3750 dps unsocketed Maximus (currently equipped on my profile), just to check whether it was worth a gift, and it only went up to 44M. I thought it would go way higher with a 2-hander, so I'm a little surprised.
How high does your FB dot tick? And do you think that Maximus is worth a gift?
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Taliesyn-2517/hero/66020932
70-90 avg with all dots stacked ticks of 130 at max distance on occasion. I keep seeing posts of 150-200 avg and higher. Is furnace THAT much better?? Or is Maximus a poor choice Compared to ss or a well rolled sk?
Btw, just getting back to my sorc, I've always wondered : is there a maximum distance between the mob and you for the dot to tick, or does it go on forever even if you're on the other side of the map, or even in town?
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Taliesyn-2517/hero/66020932
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/iGGi-2191/hero/87768679
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Taliesyn-2517/hero/66020932
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/OMGitsafunky-2889/hero/11445421
The FB DOT tick value depends greatly on the following:
My ticks are still pretty low, but I'm very pleasantly surprised by how fast elites melt.
http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Taliesyn-2517/hero/66020932
Some people are claiming dot numbers in group games which is pointless for this discussion. Group buffs can make a huge difference depending on group composition.