Spatial Surge says it has a longer cast, but it actually is almost 3 times faster then Life Blast, it feels like LB has the same problem that Pistols have, slow recast… While Spatial Surge seems to have almost no recast.
First, those videos are old. As in pre-release old. Spatial surge’s channel is longer now, the 1 1/2 listed on the wiki is pretty accurate. It still has a low recharge time, but the damage is dealt across the entire channel. Life blast seems pretty much the same as in the video.
After a bit of timing, I’d say that it’s about the same time used per shot of life blast as for a channel of spatial surge. Maybe a little less time for life blast.
Plus honestly? I like the way life blast feels. It’s got a ‘charge up and blast’ aesthetic: the particle forms in front of you, and then is launched in a straight trajectory and high speed, unlike how some other skills are kind of ‘lobbed’ at the target.
Mixing insults with your post is like pooping in a salad.
It’s pretty obvious, and nobody’s impressed.
Part of the “problem” with the LB experience, imo, is that it has the damage drop at 50% LF. As such you feel pressured to make every shot count.
Also, being a projectile it can in theory be sidestepped without a dodge.
finally, SS is a 3 attack combo, so while the total time given is correct is does 3 fast but less damaging attacks in the same time as the single LB. And best i can tell about action oriented games, many fast but weak attacks are overall better than few but hard hitting ones. Less opportunity cost pr missed attack that way. Especially when fueled with a limited resource like LF.
The wiki is wrong, as it shows the damage at 0% LF^^.
Life Blast does great damage, mine on average are 3k, but it can get to 4-6k if you stack might and vuln >~<. (Or more if you take 20% damage trait under 50%hp) The only bad thing about it, is it has bad aim, and can fail alot if you aim at something diagonallllly ; ;.
Its an easy way to get the 300,000 damage achievement tho^^.
