I'm not a major bomber, and I have only one bomb, freezing vaporizer MK2, for if I ever want to use it in an arena solo. I've seen the static capacitor, and I've noticed... It seems to do damage while the enemy is in the mist, and it's not just the shock. I'm not planning on getting weapon slots until I get all my gear to 4*(meaning every weapon I have, including the freezing vaporizer), but would the static capacitor line be good for a third weapon? And if someone could confirm that it does damage while they're in the mist, and not just from shock, that'd be great too. I'd need to get some good parties for roarmulus if it is worth it. And that may be troublesome nowadays.
Static Capacitor line... Is it worth it?
Mon, 09/12/2011 - 13:48
Mon, 09/12/2011 - 14:00
#2
That said,
Static Capacitors are annoying pieces of [comic symbols] in Lockdown, so you might want to get one anyway.
Mon, 09/12/2011 - 14:05
#3
I'm talking about after the
I'm talking about after the initial blast, Hai. I've spectated a still-alive teammate who used the capacitor, and it was doing damage while enemies(namely constructs each instance) were inside the static capacitor's radius. And it was doing it faster than shock.
And I may do that for lockdown. Might come in handy.
Mon, 09/12/2011 - 14:05
#4
Let's just say...
It's a good Undead/Construct Arena Cleaner. (Other Arenas, too, just that Gremlins/Beast are resistant)
Mon, 09/12/2011 - 15:56
#5
I think the damage numbers
I think the damage numbers you were seeing were from those enemies being continually inflicted with Shock status. The longer they stay in the radius, the likelier that Shock will be reapplied to them. During Lockdown, if you aren't shielded while in a Static cloud, it does the same thing to you.
Tue, 09/13/2011 - 01:30
#6
You lay the bomb. It
You lay the bomb. It explodes, dealing in a minor range high damage. After that there is a huge radius cloud that shocks mobs permamently ... yes agian and again and again :D I prefer it over shivermist cause ofthis. Shock deals minor damage, but often.
Tue, 09/13/2011 - 02:23
#7
Hey...
I think the damage numbers you were seeing were from those enemies being continually inflicted with Shock status. The longer they stay in the radius, the likelier that Shock will be reapplied to them.
You mean, Shock causes damage the instant it is applied right, so if it is re-applied, it will shock and damage straight away again? Neat! Gonna make one.
Tue, 09/13/2011 - 02:56
#8
Yea but there is a not so
Yea but there is a not so high chance of dealing shock exspect 5*. I wonder if the mobs still can move at 5* ... :D just got 4* atm
Tue, 09/13/2011 - 12:05
#9
Yes.
Step 1: Get a crowd of monsters (just not Gremlins or Wolvers, shock is pretty weak as a DoT against those)
Step 2: Put a Voltaic Tempest.
Step 3: Put a Vortex(Electron or Graviton, whatever) on top of it.
Step 4: Kite the crowd into the vortex.
Step 5: Watch crowd melt like butter.
Tl;dr version: Shock ticks damage nearby enemies as well.
Ultra tl;dr version: Totally worth it.
Tue, 09/13/2011 - 17:07
#10
Crowds
Shock works best in a tight crowd with a lot of shocked mobs. Every time one of them gets the shock tick, all their immediately neighboring friends also take damage, and all the ones next to them and so forth. It can be pretty devastating in the last room of an arena full of mechas, in the more crowded rooms of FSC and also when a bunch of cool kats throw a party.
A lone shocked mob will only occasionally take damage, maybe 3-4 times during the infliction.
As for interruption - you have a better chance of interrupting some activity if it has a long animation or there is a big crowd (or both!) So kats get tripped up frequently by shock because they have to blink then lunge then fly... that takes a lot of time and thus has a lot of opportunities to interrupt. Having their neighbors shock helps a lot too. Zombie lunge attacks get interrupted frequently for the same reason, very long animation. Alpha Wolvers also get interrupted frequently in Wolver Dens, but only while they are still surrounded by the little wolvers. Once by themselves the shock isn't going to happen often enough to interrupt their bite attacks.
All Vaporizer bombs do damage from the initial blast. It's just that the radius for that damage is lower than what you actually see with the mist radius.