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why is HOTO underated by sorcs?
ive read some of the posts in this Sorc forum and alot seem to think Hoto is not very good for sorcs. Well lets take a look (im goin to leave out the useless mods):
A low requirement weapon
+3 skills (+3 skills WAY BETTER than +3 sorcs on the orbs)
40% Faster cast rate
30-40% Resist all
+10 Dex (ppl never mentioned this when talk about hoto, dex is everyone's best friend)
15% Increase Max Mana (again, never heard ppl mention this, ES anyone?)
+20 Resplenish Life (again, a useful mod but overlooked)
Lvl 4 oak sage (25/25 charges) <---- yet another INCREDIBLE, useful mod no one seems to mention of. Seriously, the thing may die quickly, but so do the ones Druids use, if you have a tough merc with HF, this may never gets hit.
Though it may lacks +% dmg on some of the orbs, but if you have skillers, and enough facets in other gears, that would make up for it. And having high Offense means sacraficing Defense, the Hoto makes up for both, while having +3 skills and 40% fast cast to greatly enhance your killing speed, it also provides 30-40% resist all and +10 dex defensively.
I read a thread earlier about Tal's set being underrated, and alot of the people in there seems to agreed that using Tal's set is better than Hoto+etc. Well let's see:
-True full Tal's gives insane bonuses, but look at it closely, the overall FCR is barely 50%, while the totaly resist the set provides is around 105% resist all. 105% might seems to be alot, but in hell, if im not mistaken, all resist are -100%, that leaves you with only 5% resist all. Sure, a shield and other open slots could make up for that, but then you will be sacraficing FCR, +skills, life, mana, etc, and i mean you will sacrifice ALOT. Plus, with FUll Tal's, you get absolutely NO STR OR DEX BONUSES, that means if you want a good shield like SS, and max Block, be ready to sacrifice ALOT OF STATS, Stats into STR means - stats into VIT. Tal's set is ok if you cant afford other items, but overall, it's not good, consider the set takes most of the GOOD ITEM SLOT, such as armor (CoH anyone? Enigma? HUGE STR BONUS), weapon (Hoto, Fathom, Escutcas), Helm (Nightwings, Griffons, Shako), Belt (spider, Verdungo, Tgods), Amulet (Mara's, +2 sorc fcr ammy), with the \ bonuses given by Tals but to sacrifice all these, it's not worth it, no way in hell.
ive read some of the posts in this Sorc forum and alot seem to think Hoto is not very good for sorcs. Well lets take a look (im goin to leave out the useless mods):
A low requirement weapon
+3 skills (+3 skills WAY BETTER than +3 sorcs on the orbs)
40% Faster cast rate
30-40% Resist all
+10 Dex (ppl never mentioned this when talk about hoto, dex is everyone's best friend)
15% Increase Max Mana (again, never heard ppl mention this, ES anyone?)
+20 Resplenish Life (again, a useful mod but overlooked)
Lvl 4 oak sage (25/25 charges) <---- yet another INCREDIBLE, useful mod no one seems to mention of. Seriously, the thing may die quickly, but so do the ones Druids use, if you have a tough merc with HF, this may never gets hit.
Though it may lacks +% dmg on some of the orbs, but if you have skillers, and enough facets in other gears, that would make up for it. And having high Offense means sacraficing Defense, the Hoto makes up for both, while having +3 skills and 40% fast cast to greatly enhance your killing speed, it also provides 30-40% resist all and +10 dex defensively.
I read a thread earlier about Tal's set being underrated, and alot of the people in there seems to agreed that using Tal's set is better than Hoto+etc. Well let's see:
-True full Tal's gives insane bonuses, but look at it closely, the overall FCR is barely 50%, while the totaly resist the set provides is around 105% resist all. 105% might seems to be alot, but in hell, if im not mistaken, all resist are -100%, that leaves you with only 5% resist all. Sure, a shield and other open slots could make up for that, but then you will be sacraficing FCR, +skills, life, mana, etc, and i mean you will sacrifice ALOT. Plus, with FUll Tal's, you get absolutely NO STR OR DEX BONUSES, that means if you want a good shield like SS, and max Block, be ready to sacrifice ALOT OF STATS, Stats into STR means - stats into VIT. Tal's set is ok if you cant afford other items, but overall, it's not good, consider the set takes most of the GOOD ITEM SLOT, such as armor (CoH anyone? Enigma? HUGE STR BONUS), weapon (Hoto, Fathom, Escutcas), Helm (Nightwings, Griffons, Shako), Belt (spider, Verdungo, Tgods), Amulet (Mara's, +2 sorc fcr ammy), with the \ bonuses given by Tals but to sacrifice all these, it's not worth it, no way in hell.