Zealot Cloak in Theodora's study on Dargonus

[ahsanford]

(minor gear spoilers)

Found an interesting cloak in Theodora's study on Dargonus:

When the wearer hits an ally with an area attack, that ally gets a stack of an effect that beefs up their area attacks for the rest of the battle.

Who is the best recipient of the Zealot Cloak?

Good recipient of this buff? Lots of folks. Argenta's bolter sprays, Idira's lightning, Abelard's big 2H attacks, Jae's pistol bursting, etc.

But who should wear this cloak and start spamming that buff? All the AoEs that don't do damage that I know of...

Pasqal's Machine Spirit Communion
Heinrix's For the Emperor

...can't be spammed each turn. Ideas?

- A

[Von Biscuit]

my crimelord bolter soldier/archmilitant seemed good for that but stacking the damage on my aoe spray makes me hit for too much per bullet to make it worth it. It could be a good fit for Jae as she can use the xenos weapons like the pistols she starts with that dont hit for as much. I believe she can also become a master tactician which has a perk that reduces allied damage.

[Cutlass Jack]

It does specify attack, so I don't think it can be no damage AoEs.

And since it does specify hitting the target, You can't cheese it with Argenta's soldier ability that lets allies dodge.

Probably the best way to take advantage of it would be Master Tactician's Ally Coordination talent mixed with something large area that tends to hit everyone anyway, like Cassia's eye thing.

[Mack]

someone with a bolter or flamer and just lightly damage them.

Maybe throw a grenade at them?

[dustin1280]

burst =/= AOE

So you have to give it to someone using Plasma, Flamer, Melta, or melee aoe i suppose...

[Cutlass Jack]

Its probably not a coincidence you get the Multi-Melta in the same room, now that I think of it.

[meatballzs]

Use an AoE capable, chaper 1, weak weapon (some las pistol) shoot an ally and then switch to your real weapon. Honestly, not worth the hassle.

[tempest.of.emptiness]

There are items and talents that can make a character very resilient against flame. The best use I can think of it is to make a melee character that resists fire damage well and then another character that likes to spam AoE flamer attacks. The melee character draws enemies in, the flamer bathes them all in flame, and your bait melee character doesn't care. Plus, your flamer guy is buffing their own* damage output in the process.

* Note: The buff goes to the one wearing the cloak, as a "reward" for recklessly harming a teammate, not to the teammate who takes damage.

[ahsanford]

They REALLY need to spell out that 'attack' means damage, AOE != burst, etc.

...because there is no way (I can see) to audit dice rolls / damage calculations to see that something is in fact working/counting/stacking in this game.

- A

[Morgian]

Rightclick in the combat log to see what is going on.