PM Spell-like-abilities

[orrett3]

As of right now i am a lv 14 wizard palemaster with 34 int in lich mode...and i am doing between 55-90+ dmg with the spell like abilities...how do i improve the dmg? ppl hv been tellin me tht they can do 300+ dmg im like ***? how?

[voodoogroves]

They scale with caster level. Let's look at Necrotic Bolt.

The base damage is x per level d6. For you, that's 14d6.
PM 2 gives you a 35% boost.


Let's say you're 20th level. That's 20d6 base.
PM 3 gives you a 45% boost.


etc.


What gear are you using?

[orrett3]

i hv a superior potency scepter n i was jus messin around with a greater nullification helm to see if tht would work...thts all i hv

[orrett3]

Bump =D it would be awsome if ppl answered

[gurgar78]

It was already answered: Potency/Nihil items and Arcane/Void lore.

That's all you can do.

[hityawithastick]

Also a level 14 pale master, with a Sup. Potency item. I find that my bolt hits for about 40 on a save, 90 on a failure, and 120 on a crit. I really don't rely on them for primary damage, myself--for that, I use disintegrate/necrotic ray/cyclonic blast. Instead, I just throw on death aura and spam them at the nearest critter (separate cooldowns for the win).

[FlyingTurtle]

What is the spell level of the SLAs for the purposes of nullification boosting?

[voodoogroves]

They are quite meaningful and useful after 18. Your bonus damage increases w/ PM 3 (as does your base at 18) plus you get the blast.

[Zansobar]

So why don't the metamagics affect the PM SLA's?

[gurgar78]

So why don't the metamagics affect the PM SLA's?

Because they're not actual wizard spells, simply abilities granted to the PrE. For the same reason, metamagics do not affect Archmage's Arcane Bolt/Blast abilities.

[hecate355]

right after those SLA came out i went to test em at places.

vale slayer was easy as pie, no mana needed, all you had to cast was to refresh aura, i wasnt exactly stunned, but it felt useful.

now i went amrath, to solo sins. cant say id ever try that again, its simply dull as hell, they save it for half almost always, so killing em mostly off your SLA is possible, but quite dull and long way. Only reason i finished it wo using pots was due to the fact that i also had torc.

those SLA can hit relative big numbers, but not where it matters.

[gurgar78]

right after those SLA came out i went to test em at places.

vale slayer was easy as pie, no mana needed, all you had to cast was to refresh aura, i wasnt exactly stunned, but it felt useful.

now i went amrath, to solo sins. cant say id ever try that again, its simply dull as hell, they save it for half almost always, so killing em mostly off your SLA is possible, but quite dull and long way. Only reason i finished it wo using pots was due to the fact that i also had torc.

those SLA can hit relative big numbers, but not where it matters.

Amrath is Amrath. You're going to get a lot of saves. That's just how it goes. Especially when you can't heighten these abilities.

I use the SLAs in Shroud Part 1 pretty effectively. WoB only got two? Instead of spending mana to FoD the third, I'd just Blast/Bolt/Blast/Bolt, dead, move on.

I also alternate bolt/blast between polar ray casts on Harry. Ray, Bolt, Blast, Bolt, Blast, repeat. It adds an extra 250 damage between Ray casts. Not stellar, but what else am I going to do? =P

[hecate355]

yes its godly, considering it comes wo manacost, and like i said it actually works on vale things, at least at normal.

if i put it into perspective of time, it gets even godlier! thinking about how useless pale master abilities were befor they fixed em not too long ago

[voodoogroves]

I find I use it often. Who needs to perch and fish for a crit firewall when you can just toss on the death aura and blast away from on high?

[orrett3]

Thnx a lot guys for your input =) i just wanted other opinions ty again cya l8r =D