Demonspawn Mutation Concept: Missile Reflection


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Post Friday, 14th August 2015, 19:10

Demonspawn Mutation Concept: Missile Reflection

Unsure if should be Tier II or Tier III. Got the idea after realizing there are no Air-themed demonspawn mutations. (Fire, Ice, Poison, Miasma and Negative Energy, yes; but no Air) and how powerful it would be if Reflection ego was on something OTHER than shields.

Mutation Ranks:
  1. Passive Repel Missiles.
  2. Passive Deflect Missiles.
  3. Missile Reflection: Missiles that miss because of Deflect Missiles have a 50% chance of being returned to the shooter.

As for tiering. It's most comparible to spiny, which is tier II: though it affects ranged instead of melee AND because it's both defense and offense it's more powerful than Spiny; so maybe tier III? I'm not sure if it's more on par with Robust and Slaying Boosts or 10 Bonus AC and rC+.
I'm beginning to feel like a Cat God! Felid streaks: {FeVM^Sif Muna, FeWn^Dithmenos, FeAr^Pakellas}, {FeEE^Ashenzari, FeEn^Gozag, FeNe^Sif Muna, FeAE^Vehumet...(ongoing)}

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Post Friday, 14th August 2015, 19:15

Re: Demonspawn Mutation Concept: Missile Reflection

repulsion field is already a ds mutation

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Post Friday, 14th August 2015, 23:16

Re: Demonspawn Mutation Concept: Missile Reflection

Deflect missiles is probably too strong, and as duvessa said, they already have repel through the repulsion mutation set. It might be worth considering adding reflection to the facet, which I don't think would be too terribly powerful, but aside from that, I don't think it needs any changes.

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Post Friday, 14th August 2015, 23:19

Re: Demonspawn Mutation Concept: Missile Reflection

well i dont think dmsl is better than +30% hp or +12 slaying, but it's better than the other tier 3s i guess
basically anything is better than negative energy facet though

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