Is Eldritch Ball worth it? When?

[Gadren]

I have tier 5 tainted scholar, and spent 3 AP on Eldritch Ball.
However, it seems to me I do more damage to as many enemies spamming a chained eldritch blast, as eldritch ball requires that I stop my eldritch blast volley and with the delay to start a new volley it feels like I'm losing damage when I take a moment to fling an EB at a group.

Any advise on this?

[Pnumbra]

Anything that would stop/stump the delay is better as long as the damage is about the same. But whether or not the ball is worth it depends on too many other factors. If and when the delay bug is addressed, you may find it a lot of fun to use or useful in very niche situations. Can you hold out until changes are made?

[Gadren]

Hmm. Though I like the rest of the tainted scholar tree, it seems when I have enough AP I should instead take T5 in one of the other two enhancement trees, which are way better. Eldritch ball seems situationally better than a chain blast maybe sometimes, and the rest of Tainted Scholar's T5 is pretty underwhelming.