2010-10-31, 02:19 AM
Dusk Wrote:PKB seems to have gotten a major buff. Currently in GMS it's really weak because of a lot of modifiers placed on it:
- unaffected by critical shot
- unaffected by mastery
- 2/3 damage penalty for absolutely no reason
and the fact that it doesn't have a 100% super kb rate.
Are any of these still true post-BB? 280% damage and a 100% super kb seems pretty damn good, considering Bomb only does 310%+FA and IA only does 340%+FA (and reduced damage on more targets). Of course you'd stick to them as primary mob skills, but PKB can be good for setting up mobs.
I find PKB to be fantastic for setting up mobs. It gains the bonus from Critical Shot, can activate Mortal Blow, which is useless in retrospect, and has a guaranteed super KB. I believe it still does around two thirds of your damage range, but it should be affected by Mastery, as in it shouldn't have a built in Mastery. The damage actually can make a difference in hits to kill though, so it's not insignificant like pre-Big Bang in my opinion. What I find is it significantly makes up for the range deficit of Arrow Eruption, and Blizzard's area of effect on impact; i.e. if one monster is too close, and others are too far, you can't AE them because the range is too small, and Blizzard's AoE only allows you to hit the nearest target. Using PKB, you can cluster them so you can Blizzard all of them at once, and/or move in with Arrow Eruption without taking much, if any, touch damage. The same can be applied to Arrow Bomb, and even Iron Arrow if you want to cover more ground going forward.