Hello forum goers,
finally I want to craft weapons that make my life easier in the Unknown Passage and got the conclusion that one of these weapon should be one of the three normal damage blast bombs:
-BAB
-Nitro
-Irontech destroyer
I already did read the whole bombing guide by Zeddy and everything that is written in the wiki on the pages of the corresponding bombs, but i still can't decide and I got questions:
1. The blast radius for irontech is missing. Is it the same radius that the other bombs have?
1.1. Do all three bombs have the same radiuses?
1.2. Does the Irontech Bomb has really the same radius like its 5* Version?
2. I Need more Information to Irontech destroyer and its 4* Version!
2.1 How much is the movement decrease effect different from BAB and nitro?
2.2 How strong is the knockback of IB and ID?
2.3 For me it looks like the two irontechs are the middl between nitro and BAB, I am often reading comments that Irontech is useless or lacks much of use compared to its two brothers. Are people thinking it is useless because it has no extreme peak or what is behind such comments?
3. -and the main question of this post- what bomb should I pick; what would fit best for me?
Here I would like to add a bit to my playing style:
-Since now I got very little into bomb playing for damage purpose and even less for knockbacking purpose.
I got DR and DBB, I like to use mist bombs (also fire as safe damage source) and I tested with vortexes around a bit (I got Obsidian crusher, too). My shard experience were disappointing till now.
-I like movability. So when I Encounter a new Mission that I will explore with care, I will bring a weapon that allows me to evade and get me through untouched.
-When I get confidence in stuff, I also bring Needle or swords for a better damage Output. Nevertheless I am often using the 1st normal shots with my needle to be able to dodge counterattacks.
-Personal thoughts:
Nitro: By liking movability, I see nitro as my bomb choice that also got a short fuse and explode time. But I fear that it will be too less knocking back to b safe after 1 bomb explode and that it will be useless aside from pushing enemies around if i want to do damage. Exspecially because enemies wouldn't get a secound time damage from an Explosion after I placed two nitros Close together.
Irontech (4*): I did read that it can deal more damage than nitro nitro and it would have the same blast radius. Additionally it can stun and I can still move faster than BAB and it has a shorter fuse time even than its 5* Version. So I would get a better bomb with 4* without the Need of radiants? (3-9 rads per vana...I got pretty bad luck) But on the other side People tell that irontech is useless and shouldn't be headed for. So actually I lost interest because of all the bad comments, but for a final decision if this bomb is really useless, I Need more Information to it.
Irontech (5*): No outstanding attributes plus the longer fuse time seems to make this bomb worse than its 4 star Counterpart. Still I Need more Information to create my own Image.
BAB: It has a very good blast radius and when it hits, it deals actually damage. Plus the longer fuse time gives Monster a Chance to get back into the circle again. Right now this is the bomb of my choice - not at least because of Zeddy's recommendation for this bomb in his bombing guide.
Hints and suggestions are welcomed.
If you see any spelling flaws, then blame my German auto correcting that makes it too annoying to go over each word again -.-
This is a nice thread, because it's a detailed question that isn't often asked. Sorry, but I don't know the answers.
You might also try searching Google for something like "blast bomb site:forums.spiralknights.com" or "nitro irontech site:forums.spiralknights.com" (without the quotation marks). Good threads are hard to find, but for example this thread from 2012 compares the blast radii.
Good luck, and I'll be reading the responses with interest.