I have 20% more Physical Damage on my Sword and was wondering if Blade Storm would be better for a Cyclone Strike build since I'm always pulling them into my radius anyways.
if you have +20% physical on ur wep, and ur weapon is dealing physical damage, then blade storm is better
you should also craft bracers and amulets until u get +%physical on them as well, and then only use physical abilities
make sure however that ur weapon is doing only physical damage, as any element will greatly reduce the effectiveness of +% physical
it would be optimal to find a +% lightning weapon and go lightning build however, as 1:1 cyclone is better
why u ppl so obsessed with tornadoes, regardless of ur crit the entirety of sweeping wind doing 20% additional damage > a bunch of tornadoes, come on guys
make sure however that ur weapon is doing only physical damage, as any element will greatly reduce the effectiveness of +% physical
I thought they changed that in 2.0. All damage from the weapon (no matter if it's a black weapon or elemental damage) is counted as 1 damage stat now. All of the elemental type (including physical) as the skill you use to attack with... or am I mistaken?
im just going off of what I read on the article; according to it, only +% physical damage needs a physical weapon to be used to full effect, the others do not matter
Using blade storm myself since i have physical damage bracers. I don't know, i guess it really depends on your items and to what element they add damage. If i had + to cold damage i'd use the cold cyclone thing i guess.
Skills that deal Physical damage should no longer benefit from items that increase elemental skill damage.*
If this is true, then i'd assume that other part of 'bug' or 'gameplay mechanics' - physical skills not recieving full bonus from weapon if it has elemental damage - was also 'fixed' (a lot of apostrophese in this sentence, but to be honest i don't know which is working as intended and which is not, but since this is a hotfix, I assumed it is indeed a bug).
BuCan't confirm it at this moment though.
I think it just means that Physical Skills were bugged before and got buffed by stats such as "Cold Skills deal x% more damage", it would be retarded if Physical Skills doesn't use the whole Damage of a weapon just because a part of that weapon damage is elemental.
Thanks!
you should also craft bracers and amulets until u get +%physical on them as well, and then only use physical abilities
make sure however that ur weapon is doing only physical damage, as any element will greatly reduce the effectiveness of +% physical
it would be optimal to find a +% lightning weapon and go lightning build however, as 1:1 cyclone is better
why u ppl so obsessed with tornadoes, regardless of ur crit the entirety of sweeping wind doing 20% additional damage > a bunch of tornadoes, come on guys
edit - didn't even mention the increased base damage of blade storm
http://bannedofgamers.com/index.php?threads/guide-2-0-1-elemental-damage-explained.1104/
read that, all of yous