Kaboom for Sienna

[I'm too old for this]

Been trying to get better with Sienna on legendary! been doing well, but I do have a question about the talent Kaboom

It seems to be extremely ineffective, so i feel I am using it wrong.

How exactly does it work? are you supposed to use it as you are surrounded by enemies/ patrol, and then teleport basically to where you are currently standing to do even more damage? Or does it do its damage as you teleport into a group/patrol?

I've tried it a few times with not much results. as it stands, Burn out deletes SV patrols and most anything with double flame trails.

Any advice would be great! thanks.

[SoULLeSs]

Originally posted by I'm too old for this:

Been trying to get better with Sienna on legendary! been doing well, but I do have a question about the talent Kaboom

It seems to be extremely ineffective, so i feel I am using it wrong.

How exactly does it work? are you supposed to use it as you are surrounded by enemies/ patrol, and then teleport basically to where you are currently standing to do even more damage? Or does it do its damage as you teleport into a group/patrol?

I've tried it a few times with not much results. as it stands, Burn out deletes SV patrols and most anything with double flame trails.

Any advice would be great! thanks.

Just asking...is it the trait from Battlewizard? I haven't played much lately and don't play Sienna much, but I think her twice explosion trait combined with charged Fire Sword or Fire Dagger is quite op, the flail is also nice and better against more armored enemies, but with the blade cleave you can get tons of temporary hp, you then have the coscuration staff for good aoe and short range fire, Beam Staff for sniping or more versatible, the Bolt Staff.

[I'm too old for this]

Originally posted by MaZaKaS:

Originally posted by I'm too old for this:

Been trying to get better with Sienna on legendary! been doing well, but I do have a question about the talent Kaboom

It seems to be extremely ineffective, so i feel I am using it wrong.

How exactly does it work? are you supposed to use it as you are surrounded by enemies/ patrol, and then teleport basically to where you are currently standing to do even more damage? Or does it do its damage as you teleport into a group/patrol?

I've tried it a few times with not much results. as it stands, Burn out deletes SV patrols and most anything with double flame trails.

Any advice would be great! thanks.

Just asking...is it the trait from Battlewizard? I haven't played much lately and don't play Sienna much, but I think her twice explosion trait combined with charged Fire Sword or Fire Dagger is quite op, the flail is also nice and better against more armored enemies, but with the blade cleave you can get tons of temporary hp

Yes, it is the battle wizard trait. I agree that the twice explosion/trail with fire sword is amazing! ive just heard some people say Kaboom can be better, but ive not been able to see how yet!

[SoULLeSs]

Originally posted by I'm too old for this:

Originally posted by MaZaKaS:

Just asking...is it the trait from Battlewizard? I haven't played much lately and don't play Sienna much, but I think her twice explosion trait combined with charged Fire Sword or Fire Dagger is quite op, the flail is also nice and better against more armored enemies, but with the blade cleave you can get tons of temporary hp

Yes, it is the battle wizard trait. I agree that the twice explosion/trail with fire sword is amazing! ive just heard some people say Kaboom can be better, but ive not been able to see how yet!

Hmmm...I'm not sure I can help you, not much of a Sienna main here, more likely the less played hero I got in this game, but the double teleport does damage around you and your teleport target, it's also good for escaping, I think there is a trait that also increases the chance to burn or ignite thus giving more dps

[Runvald]

Kaboom apllies a strong dot to all hit enemys in a relatively small circle/bubble around you, when you land with ur ultimate.
My tip: use double ult, always.
For testing there are mods for the modded realm.
To Spawn enemys, spawn items, unlimited ultimate and damage numbers.
With those you should be able to test everything you dont know yourself.

[RNG_Wizard]

Kaboom feels ineffective because it is ineffective. The buffed dot damage is insignificant when so many of her weapons have no problem applying massive burn damage, and the loss of so much area control without the trail guts her kit. Even without Kaboom, her default trail usually does more damage from the lingering trails if you can keep enemies on them for even a few seconds, meaning better damage against both groups and single target, unarmored or armored.

I'd sooner skip a talent from that row than use Kaboom, it's that bad.

[Neptune Towers]

Originally posted by I'm too old for this:

Been trying to get better with Sienna on legendary! been doing well, but I do have a question about the talent Kaboom

It seems to be extremely ineffective, so i feel I am using it wrong.

How exactly does it work? are you supposed to use it as you are surrounded by enemies/ patrol, and then teleport basically to where you are currently standing to do even more damage? Or does it do its damage as you teleport into a group/patrol?

I've tried it a few times with not much results. as it stands, Burn out deletes SV patrols and most anything with double flame trails.

Any advice would be great! thanks.

Kaboom used to be OP back around the Winds of Magic release in late 2019, but it has been nerfed into oblivion since then. Right now the fire trail with Famished Flames does very high damage so generally Burnout is the default choice.

[Zerschmetterling]

Originally posted by The Rats in the Walls:

Originally posted by I'm too old for this:

Been trying to get better with Sienna on legendary! been doing well, but I do have a question about the talent Kaboom

It seems to be extremely ineffective, so i feel I am using it wrong.

How exactly does it work? are you supposed to use it as you are surrounded by enemies/ patrol, and then teleport basically to where you are currently standing to do even more damage? Or does it do its damage as you teleport into a group/patrol?

I've tried it a few times with not much results. as it stands, Burn out deletes SV patrols and most anything with double flame trails.

Any advice would be great! thanks.

Kaboom used to be OP back around the Winds of Magic release in late 2019, but it has been nerfed into oblivion since then. Right now the fire trail with Famished Flames does very high damage so generally Burnout is the default choice.

Only because the damage calculation of Burnout is horribly bugged right now and it does way more damage than it should.

[RNG_Wizard]

Originally posted by Zerschmetterling:

Only because the damage calculation of Burnout is horribly bugged right now and it does way more damage than it should.

Even if it wasn't bugged, dealing a between 25-50% damage to ten times as many enemies is still leagues better, not even counting the utility you get from creating trails in chokepoints, having a shorter cooldown or having multiple charges for greater distance, coverage or retreating to safety after placing a trail.

BW's whole appeal is that she's stronger the more enemies there are and the more health they have. Kaboom lessens that, and so was dead as soon as content beyond Legend was added.

[Neptune Towers]

Originally posted by Zerschmetterling:

Only because the damage calculation of Burnout is horribly bugged right now and it does way more damage than it should.

From what I've heard it's actually working as intended now as it applies DoT ticks properly, which wasn't the case before.

[Victory Skeleton]

Hello. The trick to Sienna's ult is to use it primarily as a stagger tool, or as an "oh ♥♥♥♥" button. The cooldown is very short and you should use it as often as possible. SV Patrol? Press F and stagger it. Chaos Spawn grabbed your dwarf? Stagger it. Fighting a Chaos Warrior? Stagger. Get hit in the back by something? Stagger it and get a better position.

You can definitely use Kaboom but I'd be sure to combine it with famished flames. As other people suggest, the double ult gives way more utility and is "safer" you can stagger once, wait a second, and then stagger again to get back to your team.

[Quizlog]

dont ever use kaboom, use the double teleport. I think double teleport is still bugged so it does more dmg than kaboom anyway. Even if burnout wasnt bugged, she still has coruscastion staff.

[Pungent]

I normally use Volan's Quickening + 10% CDR, but if I know I'll be joining on a cramped indoors map, I'll choose kaboom because I'm not a ♥♥♥♥ who enjoys blinding teammates. This is primarily a bias born from too much time playing Bardin, who is at eye level with the flame walls, making it difficult to see sometimes, especially since 90% of the playerbase doesn't know that tagging enemies is a thing.

[SoULLeSs]

Originally posted by Pungent:

I normally use Volan's Quickening + 10% CDR, but if I know I'll be joining on a cramped indoors map, I'll choose kaboom because I'm not a ♥♥♥♥ who enjoys blinding teammates. This is primarily a bias born from too much time playing Bardin, who is at eye level with the flame walls, making it difficult to see sometimes, especially since 90% of the playerbase doesn't know that tagging enemies is a thing.

Still better then the flame staff or bardins flamethrower, in terms of visage block