[3.14] Odif's Old Obsolete Skel Mage Guide, New one is in a new thread

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eliahmello schrieb:

Ok i have a question:

Is it just me or the skelleton mages are NOT spell echo'ing?

My mage skellies are just casting once. The summon spell is happening twice (i'm summuning 4 skellies per cast) but that's just it. Can anyone confirm?

And in the case spell echo is not working on skellies anymore, what would be better to use?

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maxineji schrieb:

Yea, I notice the mage skele only cast once.

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GERWARIC schrieb:

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maxineji schrieb:

Yea, I notice the mage skele only cast once.

I've tested this by taking out spell echo, in the hopes that I could swap in phantasms, but they seem to cast less. I'm not entirely sure about that, but spell echo looks like it's doing something.

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maxineji schrieb:

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GERWARIC schrieb:

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maxineji schrieb:

Yea, I notice the mage skele only cast once.

I've tested this by taking out spell echo, in the hopes that I could swap in phantasms, but they seem to cast less. I'm not entirely sure about that, but spell echo looks like it's doing something.

Because spell echo has cast speed.

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eliahmello schrieb:

But then do you get the less damage % penalty for the more cast speed bonus? because that would not be worth i think

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malboro_urchin schrieb:

Thanks for the reply!

One quick question, why do you use Anger instead of Hatred? Wouldn't Hatred provide better damage, since it scales based on % physical damage? Is it a matter of socket availability?

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eliahmello schrieb:

Ok i have a question:

Is it just me or the skelleton mages are NOT spell echo'ing?

My mage skellies are just casting once. The summon spell is happening twice (i'm summuning 4 skellies per cast) but that's just it. Can anyone confirm?

And in the case spell echo is not working on skellies anymore, what would be better to use?

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GERWARIC schrieb:

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eliahmello schrieb:

But then do you get the less damage % penalty for the more cast speed bonus? because that would not be worth i think

From a pure dps perspective, it depends on the other parts of the calculation--and don't forget that quality adds "increased spell damage", which complicates the math and partially offsets the less damage term. Too bad POB doesn't know how to apply spell echo to skeleton mages.

From a qol perspective, I prefer the feel of the spell echo support. Heck, I'm playing around with Haste+Generosity (in addition to anger) just for even faster casting on the mages.