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2 years ago ::
Nov 07, 2011 - 7:02AM
#441
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Date Joined:
Aug 18, 2007
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every skald power is lazy or add to an attack.
This is still good news. Which is the highest damage one that can add to the Skald's own attack?
At-will, none.
The encounter powers that add to your own attacks do 1[W] or d10 or 2d6 or stuff like that. Definitely no striker level damage boosts.
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2 years ago ::
Nov 07, 2011 - 7:20AM
#442
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Why can't a power deal decent damage and be an awesome power. Does Defy Death suck? Personally I think that large ammount of off turn damage and turning an enemy hit into a miss is a spectacular power. Powers like that rock. I've got my fingers crossed that maybe, just maybe my bard will be able to do that once or twice among his many many ally enabling powers.
So my question stands. What is the Skald's most damaging non lazy power? Will you preview it?
Skalds won't be doing much personal damage, but here are some enabling powers from Epic tier that offer nice damage:
True Prescient Warning
Bard Attack 23
Encounter (Arcane)
Immediate Interrupt
Ranged 10
Trigger: An ally within 10 squares of you is hit by an enemy's attack
Target: The triggering ally
Effect: The target can make a basic attack against the attacking enemy as a free action, dealing 3D10 extra damage on a hit.
Greater Dimensional Step
Bard Attack 27
Encounter (Arcane, Teleportation)
No Action
Close Burst 5
Trigger: You hit an enemy within 5 squares of you with a basic attack using a weapon.
Effect: The attack deals 1[W] extra damage to the enemy you hit, and you and 1 ally in the burst can teleport to squares adjacent to that enemy. The ally can then make a basic attack against that enemy as a free action, dealing 1D10 extra damage if the attack hits.
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2 years ago ::
Nov 07, 2011 - 7:36AM
#443
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Date Joined:
Jan 14, 2006
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Hey there people, I'm interested in the Witch spells, in particular the dark moon encounter and the first dailies, any volunteer? 
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2 years ago ::
Nov 07, 2011 - 7:42AM
#444
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Date Joined:
Aug 31, 2009
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I think Skalds may end up with a fairly decent action economy problem, especially in situations where they have to use move actions. So many of their powers and effects require a minor action (including turning the aura on in the first place, every encounter).
Charging will help, and the fact that you don't have to spend the actions to heal will help (although at times it may be a burden on your allies to have to use their actions and/or change positioning), but they still are forced to kind of gradually add up buffs over several rounds rather than being able to enable a good nova round early on. Overall it seems to support a kind of drawn-out, war of attrition style combat, which really isn't the direction things should be going.
I think it's an interesting take on the class, and I don't think it's bad, but I don't see it being much more effective in play than existing middle-of-the-pack leaders.
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2 years ago ::
Nov 07, 2011 - 8:16AM
#445
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Date Joined:
Oct 12, 2010
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(including turning the aura on in the first place, every encounter).
Is the aura an at-will power (w/ encounter heals)? If so, you can just turn it on when you wake up each day.
If it is in fact an encounter power, then that really is a weakness. Action tax, boo.
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2 years ago ::
Nov 07, 2011 - 8:22AM
#446
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Date Joined:
Mar 21, 2001
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its an encounter power that lasts all encounter and if it goes away for any reason you can put it back up as a minor action. It really should have just been at will.
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2 years ago ::
Nov 07, 2011 - 8:22AM
#447
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Date Joined:
Jul 27, 2009
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The last Berserker at-will is Jarring Strike. It makes the target grant combat advantage until EoNT and does 1d8/tier extra when you're in a fury.
There are no new rages in the book. Every attack level (except for 29) has one martial and one primal power.
The primal level 5 daily (Feral Rampage) lets you attack twice (two different creatures), but I'm not sure that's what you mean by multiattack
Torrent of Destruction (level 19 primal daily) lets you shift your speed and make a 4[W] attack against each creature you are adjacent to during the shift.
Generally, the martial powers all do less damage but tack on some form of control (prone, slow, forced movement) while the primal powers all do more damage, both in the form of more [W] and bonus d8s of damage.
Not exactly, but it is a boon, and Torrent of Destruction sounds.... well I dont think bad ass is a strong enough a word for it. Kinda sucks about not getting any rages, they may not benefit our new at will's, but they do put us into frenzy (which does). Without having the new powers to look at right now; my current plan is 2 rages, and 1 martial daily, with my Paragon daily being the 4th.
Thank you for the at will, it appears my deciscion is made for me. Pact Outcast gives me, "Enemies who are next to you grant combat advantage". So Jarring Strike (which is an awesome at will power) is redundant for me. The other 3 are getting my stern looking at and considering. Since my accuracy is so high, it makes me wonder if heroic effort will continue to be worth it, and I like all 3 at will powers.... so I think I will take them all. (Shifting 2,Slow teoynt, and push and shift. All usful defensively and offensively.)
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2 years ago ::
Nov 07, 2011 - 8:48AM
#448
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Date Joined:
Jul 16, 2010
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It's an encounter power? That's kind of bizarre, considering that defender auras are all formatted as at-wills.
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2 years ago ::
Nov 07, 2011 - 9:01AM
#449
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Date Joined:
Jun 20, 2005
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Those are both nifty powers. Care to preview some Skald Epic level Daily powers?
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2 years ago ::
Nov 07, 2011 - 9:16AM
#450
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Date Joined:
Aug 31, 2009
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Level 25: Zeal-Inspiring Tale (minor) - each time an enemy in the aura misses an ally, that enemy provokes an OA from that ally
Level 29: Climactic Crescendo (minor) - Once before the end of the encounter, when you or an ally in the aura hits iwth an attack, that character can turn that hit into a crit on that enemy
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