Tuesday, 30th December 2014, 00:21 by celem
Crate ninja'd me a bit so i'll summarise.
Evokables are over-powered, not lack-lustre. Perhaps 1 in 10 characters I make doesnt use them. Even that 1 in 10 probably still should be...
Possibly the OP hasnt tried the elemental ones recently, I understand they were buffed recently (before my time). The fact that they now stack in Trunk is one of the greatest things ever, I'm often carrying 5 of each of the rechargers along with a disc.
Any character that I make that isnt focused caster (multiple lvl 9s) is going to carry every single phial, fan, lamp and stone he can get his mitts on. One disc obviously. I havent played about much with spiders or beasts. But I will be firing the evokables constantly by the time I approach extended.
Basically they are high level conjurations on-demand mana-free (and hunger-free) for far less XP cost than actually getting equivalent spells online. 5 Lamps and 15 evoke will kill Antaeus for you while you tap 's' and watch. Fan of Gales is an excellent escape tool (only something constricting you will remain in contact it seems). Phial of floods will swing any melee vs someone who isnt amphibeous/flier. Stone of Tremors is the odd man out, hes a bit situational, but used in a crowded Vaults room immediately after a Fan is one of the most destructive combos around. The Disc of Storms is the single most destructive power in the game, far in excess of lvl 9 spells, and the one you need to chase Evoke all the way for to bring down the fail %. Be wary with the disc, but used right it is an earth-shatterer. (Hasted Gr with disc on V5 stair is really quite fun)
They are as a rule far more powerful than any combat wand in the game, more on par with rods, even by say...10 Evoke. I tend to aim for 15 for the regular ones, 20 if I want the DoS for V5/Tomb3
Cant see that they need any help, if anything they are candidates for a downgrade.
E: good point above about Ashenzarites. No excuses for those guys, you can power the evocables with scant xp investments, both my winners followed Ash as heavy fighters with some lower lvl spells and gratuitous evocable spam.
E2: @OP: a lamp of fire with 27 evoke is already practically a firestorm
Online Wins: MiFi, GrFi, TrMo, HOGl, SpEn, {DEWz, DDNe}, {OgBe, CeHu}, FoFi, VSFi, MfGl, {HaGl, VpEn, HESk}, KoAs, DsFi, TeMo