Solanaceae
Legendary Nightshade
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So, I'm not really sure where Archivist stands in terms of overall power. It's really, REALLY good with Not-So-Tiny-Bubbles. Remember how FMA was nerfed to not have infinite blind? Archivist has that now thanks to Ultimate Orb Creation. With its multi-hit Attack, it's pretty good for triggering on-hit specials like Naturecast (the hit will be replaced by 110% damage, whether it would normally do 10% or 1000% damage) or the Blade of Awe. With both Wargoth's Wrath and Xan's Madness active, Attack will do 185% damage per turn, without factoring in things like Demento's Bane's 100% crit chance, Pirates Vs Ninjas's decent DoT, etc. Kathool's Madness does good damage by itself and also effectively halves cooldowns, and you can use it in conjunction with Ultimate Orb Creation to get like 8 free turns in the span of 4 regular turns. It can counter both high Bonus and high defense enemies. The former are still suspect to the almighty Orb, while the latter are nullified due to Ash's Glory. The only downsides I see to Archivist are its poor farming abilities, its mediocre damage output per turn, high mana costs (partially nullified by the Blade of Awe), and the slow questing speed. If you're gonna fight a tough boss, you'll probably never use any skill besides Orb and Attack on regular mooks thanks to the cooldowns that carry over between battles. I wonder how good Mirror Eye Trinket would work with Archivist? Orb effectively extends skill effects by 5 turns except for HoTs/DoTs, so that 25% boost would last for a lot longer than the usual 5 turns.
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