I've been looking at other vaporizer lines, and compared to mine, the others seem better, since freeze & poison can do well against the JK. Is the Fiery Vaporizer worth upgrading to an Atomizer? Or should I start using a different kind?
I've been looking at other vaporizer lines, and compared to mine, the others seem better, since freeze & poison can do well against the JK. Is the Fiery Vaporizer worth upgrading to an Atomizer? Or should I start using a different kind?
There's really no comparison, because fire is for damage dealing while freeze is crowd control and poison is status.
For JK, using a bomb there is pretty hard, since you have limited running room (especially if you keep the walls intact to block the polyps) and the time spent charging a bomb could be better used to damage. Usually, JK parties will go down with full poison/fire vials, so having those bombs don't help too much. As well, there's weapons that cause poison/fire that can do so while dealing more damage, and since guns are quite viable for the JK fight, I'd take those before a bomb.
I find that the Fiery Vaporizer and its upgrades can work really well in a lot of situations. I've completed the last stage of an arena with only a fire bomb--three teammates dead, I was geared for JK so the mechaknights hurt and I didn't have a decent pushback weapon like Calibur. It took a while, sure, but it got the job done. In a party, I find that it's one of the best bombs to use for support. Poison and shock do help, but I find the damage done by fire more useful most of the time.
If you like bombing though, I'd say get both Ash of Agni and Shivermist. AoA is a great tool for additional damage, but some situations needs crowd control more than damage, such as in FSC (where fire wouldn't work anyways). There are also places where freezing mobs in place can actually be detrimental unless coordinated well, such as--again--the last stage of arenas. I've been boxed in by a teammate dropping Shiver all over the place without gathering the mobs first or keeping track of where the rest of us were.
As for status...IMO, I'd take Voltaic Tempest over Venom Veiler, but that's mostly for FSC. If you go here, there's a pretty comprehensive run-down of the three bombs in question, in addition to pretty much all other bombs.
Last note, you might also want to plan for later uses beyond JK. Your fiery Vaporizer is useless in FSC, but in other T3 levels, it can still be very effective. Shiver used wisely is a good idea for pretty much all content. Venom and other status bombs like Stagger Storm or Voltaic Tempest are more situational, and unless you go full bomber, they wouldn't be the bombs I'd bring as (mainly) a swordie.