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superposition -> bludgeon (8/2/2013 16:20:27)
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is it just me or is bludgeon far more powerful than any other skill of its kind?
it does 23% extra damage for 10 energy at lvl 1, that just seems ridiculously cheap cost for such a powerful attack. comparing it to double strike on merc or tlm despite the cool down difference bludgeon is the more powerful skill by far. dbl strike at lvl 1 does 15% extra damage for 15% energy, the meteor core does 10% more damage for 0 energy, dbl strike is effectively useless as a skill while bludgeon is deadly no matter what lvl. dbl strike and bludgeon also scale the same, for each lvl of the skill it increases by 3% damage and 2 energy, making it the easiest to compare bludgeon to. but dbl strike has the highest dmg to cost ratio when maxed while bludgeon has its peak when at lvl 1.
the cost and damage difference when bludgeon and dbl strike are at the same lvl is always a difference of 5 energy and 8% always in favor of bludgeon, i realize that dbl strike is a tier 1 skill and has a cool down of 1 turn but i still feel that bludgeon is far more powerful, on tm and especially on bm.
comparing the damage of bludgeon to berzerker, at lvl 1 berzerker costs 27 energy for 35% more dmg a cool down of 2 turns and a warm up of 1 turn by the time bludgeon costs any where near that much its doing 50% more dmg. berzerker is at its highest cost to dmg ratio when at higher lvls because it improves 5% and 2 energy with each lvl, by which time it costs to much and your build becomes unstable. it is also 3easily countered by energy drain skills and cores. bludgeon on tm does very high dmg for very little cost despite tm having up to 2 energy regen skills, however bludgeon does not play to the tm's malfunction which needs energy attacks to be effective. on bm bludgeon helps them regen health faster and its low cost allows it to be used more than once or used with other skills like field medic. even with the differences between them bludgeon is still the better skill.
massacre is another % baced skill that has the same flaws as berzerker except amplified, higher warm up, higher cost, higher dmg per lvl gain, though it does have a base dmg of 20 and its unavoidable, but because it cost so much and cant be used until the fourth turn it isnt used much these days. bludgeon is better because it has a much better dmg to cost ratio on all lvls and by having high dex its chance to be blocked is lowered, though thats true for the other skills ive mentioned.
bludgeon was also nerfed the least of any skill ive mentioned at the early days of omega, by 5% it was, mass was 20%, berzerker was 10%, and dbl strike was 8%
thus i have stated why bludgeon is more powerful than the other similar skills to it
i suggest that increasing the cost by about 5 energy, also dbl strike might need its cost to be lowered by 5 or so
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