This is important to know on fights where the target has a large hitbox. Living Flame only damages targets if it can reach the center o the target’s hitbox. If the fight has target switches then it’s best to save Living Flame for those instead of using it in normal rotation. This is also very important ability in your opening rotation since it’s your fastest way to build up Fiery Spike stacks. Living Flame is an AoE ability but it is also very good for single target since every tick of it casts a Fiery Spike on all the targets it hits. Note that SoD does not refresh Fiery Spike on your target. When you use SoD you will get 25 charges which are then consumed as additional damage whenever you use other damaging abilities. SoD is an extremely high damage ability and should be used as often as possible, even small delays will cause a big drop in dps. This makes a difference in the rotation and you should be careful when you use it. It does not however give 2 stacks of Heat Retention which means that building up to 5 combo points normally will cause the next finisher to be used without the 30% bonus damage. Unless you need to switch targets there should never be a need to use Fiery Spike manually.ĭusk to Dawn does a lot of damage and awards 2 combo points. Flame Blitz also recasts Fiery Spike but does not give a combo point. This recast also gives you a combo points.

This mechanic is your way to transform energy into more dps.įiery Spike is an absolutely mandatory dot to have ticking on your target, not only does it do a lot of damage when it reaches 5 stacks but it also gets recast after Blazing Strike or Flame Thrust if it is on the target. Each time you use it you will also get 1 stack of Emptiness debuff which increases the damage and energy cost of Dusk Strike. Their damage is about the same but Twilight Force has a much higher energy cost so it should not be used in melee range.ĭusk Strike is your high damage combo point buider ability.

Primal Strike is your main melee combo point builder ability and Twilight Force is your ranged combo point builder. Hitting multiple targets with Weapon Flare does not give you multiple stacks of HR. If you hit multiple targets with Fiery Chains you will gain a stack for each target and you also get one stack of HR per target that Living Flame hits. Each stack increases your damage by 2% and once you reach 5 stacks your next finisher will do 30% more damage. Don’t take these as absolute truths as they are only quick estimates.Įvery time you use a combo point builder ability you will gain a stack of Heat Retention. Stat weight estimates, these are ballpark figures and depend on your gear. However if you have stacked crit power you can use the spec with more crit chance. Normally AP gear gives best return for investment. Break even point is about 900 crit power but you will lose the blink, speed buff and health when you switch to it so if you are close to the break even point you should still use spec 2. Spec 3 overtakes spec 2 in damage at very high crit power numbers, if you have close to 1k crit power then you will see more dps with it. Spec 2 is the default spec and in most cases the best one, it also has more health and an extra blink which can be useful. Spec 1 is the starter spec and you should only use it if your gear is expert dungeon quality or worse. There are 3 specs and which spec does the most dps is determined by your gear. Selfbuffs: Ebon Blades, Smoldering Blades, Curative Engine (spec 1), Planebound Resilience (spec 2), Predatory Instincts (spec 3) NB also has some AoE but it’s not a real AoE build and should not be used for any sustained AoE fights. NB can also stealth but for PvE DPS this is only used for the initial opening and not used at all after that unlike assassin. Sometimes this is to your advantage and other times it is a disadvantage. NB dps graph is like a wave, you have high burst and then low dps between them. NB is also not viable dps unless you can hit your target with Living Flame, this happens if your target has a big hitbox and its center is located in a place where you can’t go. Its main weaknesses are poor ability to switch targets and for a melee spec low sustained dps during the first 70%. Its strengths are high initial burst, ability to keep dealing respectable dps during melee disconnects and good dps during the last 30% of targt’s health. Nightblade plays like a hybrid melee/ranged soul. Rift Rogue 61 Nightblade PvE DPS Guide by Gery

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