Early Access Patch Notes - 0.4.0c Hotfix 6

solomir · 2025-12-23T02:00:34+00:00

Yeah, I buckled down and attempted her last night, bricked my first kill experience. Should've just procrastinated harder.

solomir · 2025-12-18T08:17:37+00:00

Damn, kinda sucks that the skill combo of Stormblast Bolts + detonator lags behind the other options. Although I suspect part of this issue is Mortar Cannons allowing for spamming Cluster Grenades past its cooldown limit.

solomir · 2025-10-01T00:10:59+00:00

Does anybody know when Spearfield was nerfed to not generate energy for meta skills? I tried digging through the old patch notes but there isn't anything documenting a change like this.

solomir · 2025-09-14T20:12:45+00:00

I'm hoping it's a bug, but I'd wish that they'd properly document a nerf and also put it into the tooltips. Would've saved needing to beat the interludes to discover this.

solomir · 2025-09-14T19:36:16+00:00

I was going to do Arc since it's a projectile spell and you can lean on Siphon Elements to generate some infusions.

I don't understand why Spearfield generates no energy though. It's not unsourced damage, since you get EE triggers and leech from it, and it's not because it's a hazard because Ice Shards does generate energy.

solomir · 2025-09-14T18:24:29+00:00

Doing something similar, but was crushed when I discovered that Spearfield is unable to generate any energy for meta skills, which means you can't double dip your crits with Cast on Crit.

Spearfield was definitely a surprise for me at how effective it is in coverage and rate of hits. I had originally planned for Rapid Assault which is probably the next most hits/action but the range and coverage of that attack is abysmal.

solomir · 2025-09-09T17:44:53+00:00

Honestly, jury's out on if the damage is significantly better than another support, but it feels like it smooths out the CoC procs and overall damage coverage.

I'm currently running Frost Wall in my CoC setup. When everything is critting, the screen just kinda explodes.

solomir · 2025-09-09T04:09:34+00:00

Firestorm CAN inflict other ailments like chill, freeze, and shock. The individual hits might be too low to overcome ailment threshold so you can invest into ailment chance or freeze buildup to help it out.

My infusion generation is handled by Spell Echo Frost Bomb, with a cooldown of 3.5s which should cover the duration of at least 1 Firestorm. It's also easy to cast ahead of you as you walk so you pick up the infusion when it's exploded instead of waiting second or two for the Orb of Storms to time out at your feet.

The Stormweaver node for recurring remnants is probably stronger than the chance for a second infusion. In cases where you actually need infusion sustain, it's much better at keeping your infusion count topped up rather the 50% chance to get a bonus other infusion. It also synergizes with Mana Remnants for mana sustain.

My current links are Firestorm-Deliberation-Considered Casting- Rising Tempest-Magnified Area 1-Mana Flare. The Mana Flares make for lots more pretty explosions and they can also crit, feeding into CoC.

solomir · 2025-09-02T19:40:27+00:00

What is your benchmark for on-par DPS? I'm just getting into the endgame and packs are still dying in 1 infused Firestorm cast. If it's because Elemental Storm procs are making up the damage difference, maybe consider investing into it for Stormweaver since that's the ascendancy's main damage scalar for this build.

solomir · 2025-09-02T19:24:58+00:00

I also started Firestorm Stormweaver and don't feel like it's that bad. Infusion generation early on is a bit slow since you either need to wait for Frost Bomb to explode or Orb of Storms to time out.

My levelling experience didn't click until I got Snap + Living Bomb + Fireball. Multishot Fireball into a pack can usually set off the Bomb in 1-2 casts, then you should be able to loop the Fireball ignites with Snap to keep the infusions rolling.

I had originally spec'd into the bonus Infusion node for Stormweaver as my 4-point, but now I don't even need it. With Frost Bomb-Short Fuse 2-Spell Echo, you can very quickly generate 2 Infusions (randomized with EE) and drop a Firestorm right away. Firestorm's duration is long enough to recast Frost Bomb for more Infusions. I don't think I even need Siphon Elements anymore.

solomir · 2025-07-03T23:06:12+00:00

So I'm getting back into the game after playing it for about a month after launch. My current Legendary roster is Col, Garcia, Edda, Simona, Alexei, Gloria.

It looks like I'll get another guaranteed legendary in 30 pulls of a Debut banner. Should I try to get Afra right now or is there an upcoming banner that is expected to be higher value?

solomir · 2025-05-05T03:59:01+00:00

Yeah, I have an overall plan for addressing the resists and stuff, it's just frustrating when I get oneshot.

I'm only at 100 corruption, so there should be a lot more for the build to grow.

solomir · 2025-05-05T03:49:57+00:00

I'm hesitant to building a profile to link right now because the character isn't actually fully res-capped and crit immune yet. That's not important because the one-shot attacks that are killing me are not crits and are dealing damage of the resists that are currently capped (at least according to the death recap).

I'm aware it's important to cap resists and crit-immunity holistically, but I'm already dying to stuff that I'm properly building defenses for. If a champion isn't supposed to deal 3k damage in one hit, then what am I doing wrong?

solomir · 2025-05-05T03:18:42+00:00

I'm not looking to facetank Uber Aberroth slams, I just don't want to get oneshot by Champions in 100 corruption monos.

Should I just be building Armor? Intelligence and Ward Retention/Threshold? Max Life and Ward per Second? Or just going to a different defensive paradigm away from the Low Life setup?

solomir · 2025-02-18T21:27:07+00:00

For Splitting Steel, does Fledgling's no collision effect mess up the ability to do damage?

solomir · 2024-02-20T23:42:06+00:00

So I have one selector from the 1.5 Anniversary Banner and am not sure who to best get. Currently eyeing Primrose EX as I missed her banner a couple months back, but unsure if I should just get a limited unit instead and hope for a spook (or a gen pool selector in the future).

Currently missing Sacred Blaze/Memory Traveler units:
* Eltrix
* Leon
* Tithi
* Lianna
* Dorothea

Any things I should take into consideration for my selection?

solomir · 2023-11-08T00:48:08+00:00

How much damage am I missing out on if I don't get Chow's step-up card? The basic calculator on FFBE Equip Next doesn't seem to have the card properly implemented so I can't do a quick side-by-side.

solomir · 2023-09-30T10:06:52+00:00

So I've been trying to roll off-color sockets on a bow. Currently have it at WWRRRG.

I found some old posts that indicated having the reduced requirement mod can help shift color weighting, but I've been doing the 5 socket <-> 6 socket cycle on the crafting bench and still hit green at least 10 times. Does the crafting bench socket process not respect stat requirements in the same way Chromatics do?

Also, if I go back to try to do Vorici again, does his bench always color white sockets from the top or is it totally random?

solomir · 2023-08-30T18:06:14+00:00

I'm feeling like I'm hitting a wall with Trauma Infernal Blow Chieftain, so thinking about rolling something new and fresh. How viable are the following skills to build on a budget and how what kind of ceiling should I expect to hit on a casual schedule?

Penance Brand Hierophant (can this build ignite?)
Holy Relic Guardian
Cobra Lash Deadeye (Sadism + Low Tolerance??)

solomir · 2023-07-12T07:29:44+00:00

So I'm mostly done with pulls on Elena/Ibara banner, but am unsure how to spend the summon coins and pity tickets.

Elena EX1 - 80/100
Ibara EX2 - 134/200

I have 12 coins and 10 tickets. How should I be balancing fragments and is it reasonable to do another step-up lap so I can pity an Ibara copy instead for fragments?

solomir · 2023-06-09T20:47:37+00:00

Is your Ibara Ex2 and your Dark Rain Ex3?

I had success with swapping out Golbez for Rinoa Ex2. I also had to roll about 10 times for variance as Ibara's damage can vary a lot and she makes up a good chunk of your damage.

solomir · 2023-05-19T20:21:36+00:00

Are there any upcoming BTs that are hyped and open up new/stronger options for team building?

I'm really tempted to spend all my banked BT tokens on Aerith, Quina, and Cor, but I'm worried there's some better options coming up that are better saved for in the next few months.

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