It is basically double-dipping, as a result non-cooldown Primal Strike will have less lifesteal than a theoretical skill with same damage output that didn’t had cooldown and associated penalties to begin with. The penalty is even known to apply to lifesteal ratio because lifesteal is considered as an offensive (‘damage’) stat. if Korvan Storm Halberd is used then it’s 35% weapon damage bonus is effectively reduced to 25% by total damage penalty of Thunderous Strike. If you’re getting bonus weapon damage or flat damage via skill modifiers they are also subject to total damage penalty, e.g. What that means is maxed out rank 26 Primal Strike is essentially a 187% weapon damage AoE skill with fairly impressive flat damage part. Total damage penalty is then applied to most damage sources of the skill, including it’s weapon damage. Non-cooldown Primal Strike is unlocked with transmuter – Thunderous Strike, which reduces weapon damage and total damage as the price for cooldown removal.Īmong two penalties the weapon damage one applies first, which is subtracted from weapon damage value of Primal Strike. People seldom play cooldown Primal Strike to the point where I can’t even tell you whether it’s good or bad, but non-cooldown Primal Strike has been a popular skill pretty much since the release of the game. Primal Strike comes in two forms – cooldown and non-cooldown version. Two years ago I wanted to remake my Elementalist as Conjurer while one year ago I had faith in Druid. This is a relatively new trend, and I tend to follow trends. Druid would had aged much better.Īnyway, the preferred high end class for Ultos set based build went from Elementalist and Conjurer in vanilla through Vindicator and Druid in AoM and early FG, but recently if you say Ultos you’ll hear Warder.
I always regretted the class choice I made back then, it was obsolete really fast.
Beginner’s Lightning Elementalist was the first beginner build I posted a whooping three years ago. I have quite a history with Primal Strike, it was one of my most favorite skills in vanilla, but one can level just that many characters with it before getting weary. One of the most recommended builds for beginners since times immemorial now has a guide available, in dragon quality to boot.
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