09-06-2003, 12:35 PM
It probably isn't 7%. Holybolt got 17% synergies in 1.10, but 50% in 1.10s (according to the sheet.)
Limited testing, FoH sucks in hell. With lvl29 FoH doing around 3000 damage, it certainly kills. BUT, the cast timer, and the fact that it only hits a single target makes it unviable. 3000 damage is -not- a lot in hell, as sad as that is. If it could be spammed, it would be pretty effective. Very effective in fact.
Against lots of undead it can be useful, but tweaked holybolt (500~ damage per skill level at mid-high levels with maxed synergies) probably does a much better job at taking them out, hitting for 5000 easily, on up to 8000 without much difficulty, and even higher with obscene gear. And I've killed magic immune undead with holy bolt.
That's important, because fist of the heavens DOES NOT pierce immunity on demons. Lightning immune rogues in hell/act 1 laugh at your worthly skill and stab you in the eye. I havn't tested on undead, since it's a monumental pain in the ass. I imagine conviction to break the immunity would enable FoH to ignore the rest of the resist.
Items with -resist% don't break immunity, IIRC, so they won't help FoH any.
Limited testing, FoH sucks in hell. With lvl29 FoH doing around 3000 damage, it certainly kills. BUT, the cast timer, and the fact that it only hits a single target makes it unviable. 3000 damage is -not- a lot in hell, as sad as that is. If it could be spammed, it would be pretty effective. Very effective in fact.
Against lots of undead it can be useful, but tweaked holybolt (500~ damage per skill level at mid-high levels with maxed synergies) probably does a much better job at taking them out, hitting for 5000 easily, on up to 8000 without much difficulty, and even higher with obscene gear. And I've killed magic immune undead with holy bolt.
That's important, because fist of the heavens DOES NOT pierce immunity on demons. Lightning immune rogues in hell/act 1 laugh at your worthly skill and stab you in the eye. I havn't tested on undead, since it's a monumental pain in the ass. I imagine conviction to break the immunity would enable FoH to ignore the rest of the resist.
Items with -resist% don't break immunity, IIRC, so they won't help FoH any.
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Heroic career and 1.10 aspirations cut tragically short because NOBODY CAN DO ANYTHING WITH A 22.2K CONNECTION WHY DOES GOD HATE ME.
USEast HC
Dark_Mutterings (Necromancer)
Doug_Winger (Wearbear)
Heroic career and 1.10 aspirations cut tragically short because NOBODY CAN DO ANYTHING WITH A 22.2K CONNECTION WHY DOES GOD HATE ME.