Acid Fog

[Tallyn]

Have any Sorcs tried this out, and is it worth it? Just curious as it has both a Solid Fog based movement debuff while in the cloud, and Devils are not immune to acid damage. I've thought about giving it a try with the enhancements and superior potency + superior acid lore, but I wanted to hear what you guys had to say first.

[Oreg]

I would say limited help on devils because of their porting ability. Right now if they are even caught in a disco ball and port out, they are no longer dancing.

[Ridag]

I am a zerger. Like my father before me.

Clouds do not fit into that playstyle very well, yours may differ. I was recently in a group with a sorc who would drop every cloud known to DDO, he was not very effective and annoyed the group to no end.

[jkm]

the best application of this spell is the red names in running with the devils. instead of them bouncing around like an air hockey puck, they actually stay in an area where you can keep them controlled.

[Drider]

Clouds are too useful now, back in style as they say.

Pretty much every sorc in my guild has gotten either solid fog or acid fog back into their spell books. Really helps, especially if you can keep your entire group in it when whacking devils.

Acid Fog draws more aggro then solid fog.. the damage is meh... it all depends on what spell slot you can fit one into.

[Blind_Skwerl]

Fogs are definitely making a comeback. In the shroud, we drop acid fog/cloudkill in a disco ball by the portals to control the mobs popping out.

[MrWizard]

I do not use it but a sorc in our guild does, and does a lot of damage per round.

as far as devils (or other teleporters).... slowing them either in a cloud or by a crippling/slowburst weapon usually delays their teleporting as they are 'slowed' Orthons in particular if crippled seem to seldom teleport. Guess it has to do with the timers.

Verified fact.

[transtemporal]

I think I like it. It slows down the teleporting devils enough that you can target them with other spells and can give you a bit of breathing room when things get crazy. The damage isn't great because my sorc isn't acid/lightning specced but does get red numbers.

If you aren't going for the damage, solid fog would do just as well. Just couldn't fit it in my 4th level list.

[redoubt]

I like it. I had it, but dropped it for flesh to stone during GH. But now that I have the extra slot, I took it again. Also, this let me drop solid fog for enervation, which I like as well.

[ethsar46]

I might pick it up next time i can swap spells.

Sorc in my guild uses it to solo Named mobs easier. very useful for shroud phase 2. Also does reasonable dmg to boss in shroud phase 4, considering he doesnt actually move. Even without enhancements he said he was doing 40-50 a tick.

[Shade]

Yea acid fog is an excellent spell. I took it on my fire spec sorc, he has no acid spec at all but I just use it for the runspeed debuff part nayways., and for that, its brilliant.

Awesome vs devils, yes they can teleport out of it, but they do so less often while running slow.. Cuz they like to run XX distance before teleporting, so making there run slower helps allot.

Excellent vs red named like in running with the devils, or the shroud part2. Pretty much the only debuff/CC that works on the ones in the shroud cuz of there healing abilities.

Combine with firewall and my sorc can solo many of the easier luiteants in the shroud, even on elite.. Mainly the non-casting ones. Helps allot cuz it frees up other ppl to help with the harder ones.

[Ghoste]

Acid Fog + D Door = soloing Running with the Devils.

[MrWizard]

solid fog lasts longer than acid. I hate how quick acid fog goes away.

is a diservice to a party to not have one of them though, especially with new stuff.

also diservice to party for fighters not to slowburst and cripple those teleporters...stupid to not slow them down to a crawl and not teleport much..same with those running devil clerics.

[Shade]

solid fog lasts longer than acid. I hate how quick acid fog goes away.

Are you sure? Cuz im sure my acid fog lasts 3min or so extended, pretty long.

I dunno I also think acid fog seems to slow the mobs slightly more then solid fog does, maybe just my imagination tho.

But yea i went for acid fog cuz lvl6 spell slots are less useful then lvl4s overall even tho i primarlly just use it for for the slowdown.

lvl4: fireshield, pk, stoneskin, wall of fire.. All really important spells i cant drop.
lvl6: Disintegrate, Flesh to stone, Greater hero.. I dropped greater hero for it and bought 100 scrolls GH scrolls instead.

Only other good lvl6 is chain lightning but im not lightning spec, and mass suggestion but i dont like using charms.

[Ghoste]

solid fog lasts longer than acid. I hate how quick acid fog goes away.

Are you sure that's acid fog your talking about and not acid rain? As far as the different aoe dmg spells go, acid fog lasts longer than all the others.

[Shade]

Jus checked, there the same.
2 minuits 6 seconds extended.

Think probably exactly the same except acid deals dmg, and solid fog gives -2 attack -2 dmg rolls for mobs in it.