Sorc Buffs Datamined

[Fabulous]

Sorc buffs are coming soon in KDN. Let me share what I know.

Black Mara (December 2017, Patch 95.8.KR)
This already happened; please refer to Divinitor for the list.

Dataminers typically only identify changes in skill descriptions. We will have to wait until next week's patch notes to find out if there are any changes in skill board damage. The following have been added to the skill descriptions.

Pyromancer
Inferno EX: Damage of Inferno increases by X%
Hot Rod EX: Damage of Hot Rod increases by X%
[Awakened Passive] Fire Wall: Damage of Fire Wall increases by X%

Ice Witch
Frozen Spikes EX: Damage of Frozen Spikes increases by X%
[Awakened Passive] Icy Shards: Damage of Icy Shards increases by X%

Chaos Mage
Gravity Mastery: Damage of Gravity Blast and Triple Orbs increase by X%

War Mage
Arcane Overdrive: Increase in MP consumption removed.
[Awakened Passive] Eraser: Damage of Eraser (Beam Tempest) increases by X%
[Awakened Passive] Nine Tail Laser: Damage of Nine Tail Laser increases by X%
[Awakened Passive] Laser Cutter: Damage of Laser Cutter increases by X%

Source

[Axxon]

ANOTHER increase in Hot Rot Damage ? As much as I love Hot Rod, the cooldown is huge, better be worth the buff. Fireball Damage increase is much more straightforward.

Inferno EX is a nice thought since we just cancel it ASAP, more dmg on the explosion !

Firewall = Yay ! Would have loved a Ignite increases, it needs more help than Firewall ~~~

Chaos Mage Buff seems only there to compensate for the Focus Gravity bugs just like last time they buffed her.

Ice Witch, straightforward, just what she needs, except they still don't touch Glacial Freeze.

War Mage, alot of potential, I hope the Laser cutter awakening actually cuts off the Bubble requirement.

[Fabulous]

From what I can tell, Laser Cutter Awakening remains the same, with the damage boost added.

[ELpatron50]

LCEx damage Full hit is severely increased by this upcoming Sorc. buffs update.
Chaos Mages is fast becoming a wildcard classic. No data mining available atm.

[Zeref]

Rather disappointing tbh :<


It's gonna take more than just dmg buffs to fix WM. They should just completely scrap the bubble system and replace laser cutter awakening with something useful (i.e. they could make force shield an active skill). At least they'd be able to freely use energy blast without worrying about bubbles while still enjoying both LR & LC. Adjusting her cds would make this more than plausible so she doesn't end up being too strong/weak.


I've also personally grown to hate how CM playstyle revolves around balls of gravity. That's another wasted passive slot along w/ charged missile. Stop buffing her dmg and actually fix her?? There's so much room for improvement to blackhole & comet that I still can't believe they ended up giving her junk passives. Not to mention both her awakening skills are clunky as hell to use ¬_¬


Think the dmg buffs should satisfy the eles at least, it would really benefit them since their kits aren't half as dull imo. It's just sad that the devs seem to have lost all their creativity lol

[Fabulous]

Reposting here for further discussion. I agree that it's mostly disappointing. In terms of most change to rotation, I think it will be War Mage and Ice Witch.

I still don't believe that Awakened Laser Cutter will be worth using. Since the damage boost is on the awakening, it means that Laser Cutter should become less prioritized over skills like Spectrum Ray. I will test this on Taiwan next month.

As for Ice Witch, Ice Cyclone actually got the largest boost at 33%, while the rest of her skills got a 20% boost. Ice Cyclone also got an animation change, so its reliability will be interesting to experiment with.

In terms of DPS, Chaos Mage should still be the highest, with Pyromancer and War Mage following close behind (less of a difference during actual content), and Ice Witch falling to last place.

SORCERESS

MANA FLOW

• Cooldown reduced from 10s to 5s.
• Duration increased from 300s to 900s.

PYROMANCER

FIREBALL EX

• Maximum charging damage increased from 40% to 180%.
• Damage of the three-way charging (third charge) increased from 96% to 130%.

INFERNO EX

• When learned, damage of Inferno increases by 60%.

[AWAKENED PASSIVE] FIRE WALL

• When learned, damage of Fire Wall increases from 3771% to 5973%.

HOT ROD EX

• When learned, damage of Hot Rod increases by 60%.

MAGMA BALL

• Damage increased from 4066% to 6446%.

[AWAKENED PASSIVE] IGNITE

• When learned, damage of Ignite increases from 3525% to 5640%.

SUMMON METEOR

• Meteor damage increased from 3975% to 6360%.
• Heat damage increased from 1193% to 1908%.

FLAME BURST

• Damage increased from 4200% to 6720%.

CLASS MASTERY II

• Damage increase changed from 10% to 15%.

ICE WITCH

[AWAKENED PASSIVE] ICY SHARDS

• When learned, damage of Icy Shards increases from 2207% to 2628%.

ICE COLD FIELD EX

• Damage increase changed from 30% to 60%.

FROZEN SPIKES EX

• When learned, damage of Frozen Spikes increases by 20%.

CHILLING MIST EX

• Damage increase changed from 100% to 140%.

[AWAKENED PASSIVE] SHATTER

• When learned, damage of Shatter increases from 2933% to 3520%.

FROST CHAOS

• Damage increased from 35% to 42%.

GLACIAL FIELD

• Damage increased from 300% to 360%.

ICE CYCLONE

• Damage increased from 150% to 200%.
• A whirlwind is created in front of you and stays in place to attack the enemy.

CLASS MASTERY II

• Damage increase changed from 13% to 15%.

CHAOS MAGE

[AWAKENED PASSIVE] GRAVITY MASTERY

• When learned, damage of Gravity Blast increases from 1986% to 2979%.
• When learned, damage of Triple Orbs increases from 2268% to 2608%.

BLACK HOLE EX

• Damage increase changed from 30% to 100%.

SUMMON COMET

• Damage increased from 4042% to 6063%.

GRAVITY CRUSH EX

• Damage increase changed from 30% to 100%.

GRAVITY WELL

• Damage increased from 3283% to 4874%.

GRAVITY RUSH

• Damage increased from 946% to 1419%.

FOCUS GRAVITY

• Damage increased from 3900% to 5850%.

MYSTIC MISCHIEF

• Cooldown increased from 18s to 20s.
• Duration increased from 180s to 900s.

CLASS MASTERY II

• Damage increase changed from 13% to 15%.

WAR MAGE

LINEAR RAY EX

• Damage increase changed from 50%-80% to 140%-190%.

[AWAKENED PASSIVE] NINE TAIL LASER

• When learned, damage of Nine Tail Laser increases from 2914% to 4662%.

SPECTRUM RAY EX

• Damage increase changed from 60% to 160%.

[AWAKENED PASSIVE] ERASER

• When learned, damage of Eraser increases from 9198% to 14717%.

[AWAKENED PASSIVE] LASER CUTTER

• When learned, damage of Laser Cutter increases from 5588% to 8941%.

LASER RAY

• Damage increases from 325% to 520%.

ARCANE OVERDRIVE

• Cooldown reduced from 10s to 5s.
• Duration increased from 300s to 900s.
• Mana consumption increase removed.

CLASS MASTERY II

• Damage increase changed from 5% to 15%.

[Axxon]

When I see the Fireball Buff : https://nobodyputsbabyinahorner.file...yco1qz4rgp.gif

I personnally think Pyromancer got the most buffed just because Fireball is 3 casts per rotation xD

[Axxon]

Praise the lord for that Fireball buff... that's huge considered you cast it 3 times in a row...

https://img.memecdn.com/praise-the-lord_o_731183.jpg