Help on a weapon :)

[Gaara]

So, i'm wondering which option would be better: 60 lightning or 30 lightning + 30 fireball... The weapons has everything else covered, just need some hits on it

The subjet of this topic is actually ammount of hits VS the % of hits. Which one is more important?

Peace, Gaara

[Ilsanor]

Pure DPS wise - 60 lightning. Lightning does sligtly more damage than a fireball but the difference would be hardly noticeable. Otherwise it depends on what you fight. If you happen upon a monster resistant to energy, but vulnerable to fire your 30/30 is a win vs a pure 60. If you're fighting something weak to energy but resistant to fire - you lose out. If it's equally resistant (or not resistant) to both - it doesn't matter if you go 60 or 30/30. So for the most part - it's just personal preference unless you fight only one type of monster and it has fixed stats. Balrons for example have lower energy resist than any other resist. Hence a 60 lightning will out-DPS a 30/30. Lady Melisande on the other hand has Fire res of ~40 and energy res of ~70. Guess which hit combo will be better on her.

One little tidbit: lightning is instant. It damages the moment it proc's. Fireball has a 1-2s delay before the damage kicks in.

[Gaara]

I think i'll go with 60 lightning, the weapon was never ment to be an end game weapon anyways

[Dramoor]

When thinking of those hits on a weapon remember this. Magic Arrow is a 1st Circle Spell, Harm is a 2nd Circle Spell, Fireball is a 3rd Circle Spell, and Lightning is a 4th Circle Spell. Also think of what many things have resists too...IE on area weapons and on direct hit weapons, Champion spawns like The Destard Champ (Rikktor) have higher fire resist, therefore Druiding/Fire area and Fireball on whirlwind, are less effective, they still work yes, but are less effective as say using the same at the Ice champion spawn (Frost Giant). Just a little info for future weapons with areas or direct hits going against resists as well as which spell level they are.

[Johnny Warren]

Also keep in mind what type of weapon it is. In general 60 HL will be better than the 30/30 split. If your weapon has double strike then there is an argument for going with the 30/30 split as you have 2 chances to trigger each effect. So in magical Christmas land where everything goes good the 30/30 split could produce many more hits than just he HL. This is also relevant with other special moves like whirlwind as having multiple hits to trigger gets better the more times you hit things... if that makes sense =S

Plus like Dram said you can hedge your bets, so to speak, by having a fire hit and an energy hit so that the weapon is more versatile in general and you don't end up with a nerfed wep when you are fighting something with a high energy resist and low fire resist.

Keep it real.

-JW

[Gaara]

Thanks guys for replies, on the other hand i think i'll be going with 30/30 to make it more versatile