Short duration buffs

[reddoormedia]

I am playing a Superior Soul build, just hit L12. Three short term buffs I generally always have up. Favor, Power and Prayer. Is this right? Should they always be up? Or are they situational. Also run with Magic Circle, nightshield and FOM. I have soloed exclusively up to this point on a Tr'ed sorc. Up until I got BB SP have been no concern ....now more so.....advice?

[Asketes]

nice to have, not really necessary (i think)


I don't remember if my favored soul carried em.. prot evil is neat for mindsunders,

anythign that helps atk/dmg is nice as long as it stacks with other stuff.

[biggin]

If you are getting to the end of the quest with SP to spare go for it. If not, then I would just keep up Divine Power. Prayer was really nice when it was a group buff, still nice for boss fights, but by level 12 you should be using vorps, disrupters, paralyzers, etc.

If you are hitting everything on a 2 or better for most quests than its just overkill.

[Dandonk]

Prayer grants +1 luck bonus to attack, damage and saves. Divine favor grants +3 (at your level) luck bonus to attack and damage. The attack and damage bonuses do no stack.
(Prayer also debuffs nearby mobs with the same amount, but mobs should not last long enough at level 12 for that to be a practical use of the spell, IMO)

[Matuse]

Prayer and Divine Favor do not stack.

When Prayer is fixed to be area effect again, THEN it will be worth casting, since it buffs your groupmates who do not have Divine Favor, and it also applies a small debuff to any monsters in the area (to which there is no save or resistance).