Concussive Bolt stuns maybe half the time, but it's a strong stun.

Scorching Barrier only gets that sort of damage if you continually hug the enemy. It is comparable to the Blitz Needle in the optimum situation, but not always.
Backfire boost lasts for 3 seconds or so, but it's Striker boost-esque speed. The fireballs stay for another 5 seconds or so.

Explosive Firestorm deals a few sword strikes worth of damage depending on where the enemy is in the explosions. It is nice for gaining aggro of monsters and doing a little damage without you having to do more stuff.

Yes, you could see the enshadu's video link on that website, he pulled it around first and third phase. His blitz damage appears as 300s and 1 sec later you see 289s. What's terrifying about this is all 4 party members could abuse frenzied buff and potentially have the highest dps move in this game.

"But i don't think its worth the E"

Maskeraith best sprite.

Explosive does a lot of damage to large single targets, like lichen colonies.
It smashes groups too.
I didn't notice how much damage it did until I started using Frenzied Firestorm.
I'd drop Frenzied and go crazy with Magma Driver on the zombies in the graveyard.
It was a lot of fun.
Then I switched back to explosive and noticed that the little explosions are hitting multiple targets, each for more damage than my alchemer shots had been increased with Frenzied.
I use Explosive Firestorm all the time now and I don't have to look at those stupid arms.

Can you explain double charging for me?

Ooh...
That's messed up.

"Drakon is best for power but Maskeraith is better for other stuff"

Haha no. Maskeraith is better for power.

The only thing Drakon has that is even close to Maskeraith outside of bugs is Scorching Barrier (which requires Level 95, and you still have to give up that precious split second of useless MSI that people fall to their knees for but never use in a real situation).

I think you're underestimating poison. I'd also like to remind you that Maskeraith is still useful in Poison stratums, whereas Drakon becomes practically useless in Fire stratums, because it'd be better to hit with your weapon than waste your time telling your Drakon to attack for like 100 damage.

Or maybe that's just me.

But it's worth noting that Drakon is a lot more fun to use than Maskeraith. So there's something I guess.

Like a Winmillion compared to specialised damage.

But the Shadow Cloak is glitched in that Toxigels attack you anyways, because the Cloak treats you like you're dead, and those slimes still attack your body. Cuz why not.

Is the Drakon's Flame Barrier's Defense Boost really that good, though?

Really? I recall a friend telling me that.

Like a Winmillion compared to specialised damage.

Nah, that's underselling the absolutely monsterous damage that Scorching Barrier (and Frenzied Firestorm with a team that knows how to abuse it) can put out. I'd say Maskeraith vs Drakon is more like Combuster vs Rocket Hammer - Maskeraith is the safer, easier to handle option whereas Drakon is for risk-takers who live on the edge.

I'm not gonna get too deep in this discussion, but I do want to talk about Backfire vs. Scorching. It does have use... when a speed orb doesn't drop, anyway. Having a second Dash that you can control more is great, IMO.

-Gives you more breathing room if you get pinned in a corner.
-Letting you put a Vortex or other low-movement chargeup weapon exactly where you want it to be.
-Go straight to the enemy healers in situations where you'd get hit otherwise.
-Aim enemy attacks more freely, since you have more time to get out of the way with the MSI.

You still have that same defense boost, and all you're missing out on is the DPS of the barrier. Also keep in mind that Scorching Barrier requires you to be in something's face, which means you're either banking on that boosted defense, or fighting enemies that are arguably a "waste of cooldowns". There are few enemies that are both reasonably difficult and let you stay close enough to hit them with Barrier.

I personally like using Sprites for utility, since you have more than enough damage from weapons alone (with appropriate boosts from your other gear).

But hey, this is just how I play. I'm certain that using "defensive" armor and melting things with Scorching is also a valid way to play.

I can imagine it'd be good with the Vortex bombs I'm always talking about.

Meteoric, Scorching (I chose Backfire pre-orb drops), and Explosive would be the best choices.

-Meteoric Firebolt

Can hit more enemies as well as set them on fire, which means damage, and more damage is always good. Sadly if you're in a fire stratum you'll find yourself gimped with this skill as the fire is the real damage dealer, but when you think about it, you're still doing fire every other type of enemy (standard, freeze, shock, poison, etc.). Concussive only really shines on single enemies, which admittingly works good on bosses like Vanaduke and puppies, but they are just a few enemies of the other hundreds you encounter.

...but really, you could get either for looks, I guarantee you that you won't be using this skill if it all cause it's pretty weak anyway.

-Scorching Barrier

Either of the two barriers would be good, but it would probably be better to go Scorching as Backfire is now an orb drop that lasts a whopping 30 secs. Would be redundant, even if the two do stack, there's no reason to go MSI over-fast in most situations. The DPS increase on having the extra fireball is noticeable and delicious. But of course, unless you're actually getting up in the enemies faces, it won't do much for you, and if that's the case you might just want to get Backfire (gunners and brandish chargers would benefit more from Backfire).

-Explosive Firestorm

Honestly, neither of them are that great, but if I had to choose (which i did with my own), I'd take Explosive. I mainly did Explosive not only cause wings are cooler than beefy arms, the boosts from Frenzied are so short lived, that you more often than not will not be able to take advantage of it in safe manner (the buff of ASI and DMG [DMG stacks with orbs] lasts about 5 seconds which continues to reset back to 5 if you're lucky). The damage you can deal with Explosive, while pretty meh, still allows you do deal damage to a large crowd and set them on fire the majority of the time rather than deliberately trying get the buff advantages.

Also wings.
Wings.

That's my take on it. Maskeraith is flat out better than Drakon for power and utility for the reasons everyone has mentioned above. If you're using Drakon, chances are the only skill you'll be using are the barriers, it's the most useful...if not the only truly "go out of the way of your roflstomping playstyle" useful skill Drakon owns.

I picked Concussive Firebolt because I like the strong stun. It's actually useful! I like to use it just before launching a combo to make things safer for me. Since firebolt damage sucks anyway, there's no point trying to boost its blast radius. You might as well get some other utility out of it.

I use Scorching Barrier for offensive defense (i.e. punishing enemies who get too close or corner me) and murdering cornered foes.

And I recently began using Firestorm to counteract healing circles.

Grievers almost require you to bring a sword.
Scorching helps with that a lot.
They never get their attack off and you can melt them with your magma driver.
Also, there are some times when you are going to take damage and you need to kill things as quickly as possible.
Scorching is good for that too.

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