Mines Malingerer
Posts: 45
Joined: Monday, 2nd March 2015, 11:55
Firestorm is kind of outcompeted by ignition?
ignition pro's:
- single school
- one level lower (easier to cast, less MP, take up less spell levels in memory)
- can and will effect ALL targets in view (so even stronger than smite-targeting)
- does higher damage vs tightly packed groups (in general damage SCALES UP PER TARGET with numerous targets nearby, while firestorm deals same damage PER TARGET)
- always 100% save to use friendly-fire wise
firestorm pro's:
- can hit stuff 1-2 tiles behind corners if you know where to hit
- partially irresistible
- higher damage vs single targets
- spawns vortex's that can distract enemies
If number of spells you can memorize was unlimited you would probably carry both. But limited as it is, I really feel like in situation where firestorm is noticeably better non-fire based spells (shatter, glaciate, orb of destruction, etc) are better still. So it's better to keep only ignition.
Anyone else gets similar feeling?
(Mod edit: moved from GDD)