The biggest AoE DPS checks in PVE content are Hive Queen and the Control Center encounter in the Dxun Nature of Progress operation. When is that helpful? In my opinion, only rarely at least for PVE content. The question then becomes what is the trade-off for taking Elemental Convection over Stormwatch? You lose a LOT of damage without Stormwatch in exchange for higher AoE DPS. The combination of these is interesting for making Lightning Sorcerer a stronger AoE discipline by doubling the rate at which you can use Chain Lightning. As such, I'm not sure it's much of a DPS increase but making it an AoE helps avoid it being an AoE DPS loss by having to trade Force Storm for Volt Rush. I haven't done much testing of Volt Rush as a replacement to Force Storm (w/ the 25% damage buff utility) but I would expect it's likely to be equivalent damage to Force Storm as it does slightly more than half the base damage over slightly more than half Force Storm's channel time. Second, using Chain Lightning buffs Volt Rush to make it an AoE ability. Volt Rush has a cooldown of 10 seconds so by using it on cooldown a Lightning Sorcerer can use Chain Lightning twice as often. Lightning Storm is triggered by Thundering Blast, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Strike or Force Storm and in the normal rotation should be triggered by Thundering Blast approximately every 10 seconds. Volt Rush is not a very good ability generally for Lightning Sorcerers but this tactical provides some interesting buffs for AoE DPS.įirst, Volt Rush triggers Lightning Storm, a passive ability that resets the cooldown of Chain Lightning and makes it activate instantly. So to recap, using Force Speed on cooldown and Polarity Shift on cooldown grant a 20% buff to your high damage abilities once every 9-10 GCDs and grants high uptime on a 20% damage buff to ALL abilities.Įlemental Convection is intended to be an AoE tactical for Lightning Sorcerers. Combine that with extra 5 seconds of duration and together you get much higher uptime on a very powerful cooldown and its 20% damage buff.
Using Force Speed on cooldown for the 20% single ability damage buff should significantly reduce the effective cooldown of Polarity Shift from its base 1:45 minute cooldown. In addition, the 20% damage buff during Polarity Shift is quite strong even before the 6-piece set bonus based on its 15s duration and 105s cooldown.Įnter the 6-piece set bonus to provide a massive synergistic buff to the 4-piece. Force Speed has a cooldown of 15s with the Surging Speed utility (reduces CD by 5 seconds), so this provides a very frequent 20% damage buff to your hardest hitting abilities.
The 4-piece set bonus alone is quite strong.
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