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May 15, 2012 -- 6:41PM, erachima wrote:

Hmm... can you change this to a Revenant Genasi, or switch over to a Wizard or standard Sorcerer? Either would be a notable improvement.

The Elementalist just lacks punch.

I can switch to a standard sorcerer, though I'm trying to keep it simple due to the fact that it's a relatively new player playing it. 

I made a storm sorcerer genasi as well, but it didn't seem any better (in fact a little worse) than the air elementalist. Maybe I was missing something, though.

I don't think Revenant will fly (har har), unfortunately.

May 15, 2012 -- 7:05PM, erachima wrote:

You were missing the importance of having striker encounter powers. The Elementalist doesn't get any, so they have no nova capability.

A Sorcerer Genasi with Elemental Echo and Flame Spiral's already better than this character on that alone.

Okay. I'll have to look at it again. I thought that Elemental Bolt with escalation (using the slide from the Dragonmark to move enemies together and putting the vulnerable 3 on those enemies), move close, daily with staff of the war mage to extend the blast, promise of storm, action point then static charge blast wouldn't be a bad "nova." I do realize that static charge's damage is pretty meh, though.

I should add (and I know this is venturing outside the real purpose of charop) that we don't have a controller in this group, but we do have another striker (rogue).

May 15, 2012 -- 8:45PM, Koshinuke wrote:

Static Charge is more effective the more you hit with it and if the enemies are clustered together.

For example:
4 enemies in a box like below

XX
X{X}

You hit all 4 and decide to add the extra to the one in {}. 
That one would take 1d8+cha+cha+cha+riders.
If you hit it with the air elemental bolt first, then it would do 1d8+3+cha+3+cha+3+cha+3+riders.
One would take 1d8+cha+riders and the rest would be 1d8+riders.

Each hit generates splash damage and each splash damage is a separate damage instance.

Thanks, Koshinuke. That was sort of what I had envisioned. I realize it's a little more controllerish, but that damage output doesn't look that bad to me.

1d8+3+8+3+8+3+8+3+1d8 (promise of storm)=53 max

plus, it would have already hit with escalated elemental bolt for 34 max.

That's an 87 hp nova round on one target, plus others would have taken lesser damage (possibly popped a ton of minions).

Am I overestimating something here? Once again, I know it's situational because I probably won't have enemies clustered together quite that well (though the dragonmark with the slide 1 on hit with the first attack will make it a little more possible).