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Nero1024 Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:13pm
Raw vs Blast
I am wondering what will be better in my situation.

Attack status:
Attack +10
or
Blast +30
Last edited by Nero1024; Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:18pm
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Originally posted by Just Life:
I would say Raw. The thing about blast is that the more you proc Blast the harder it gets to do it again since the monster build a resistance to it which increases the amount of Blast status build up you need to do for the following Blast to proc.

So let say you go in a quest and use Apothecary Mantle. You'll get 7 Blast to proc. That is about 2,100 blast damage. Once the Mantle wears off, getting your 8th Blast will take even longer and you may not even get to the 9th Blast during the hunt.

*forgot to add, Monster Blast status resistance build up does not decay overtime.
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Poothoottoot Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:16pm 
For blast, probably the raw damage hard to say without more info though, for actual element (thunder, water, ice, fire, dragon) it really depends on the weapon type and your skill setups.
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ChelseaBlues1905 Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:16pm 
what weapon? generally the rule is affinity for slower weapons and elemental on fast ones. if this is augments i personally prefer health steal first and foremost

edit: also blast isnt technically elemental, its a status effect like poison and sleep. higher blast just makes the blast proc more often, but it still has a limit on how many times it can proc on the same monster regardless of how high it is on the weapon.
Last edited by ChelseaBlues1905; Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:19pm
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Zplayer96 Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:16pm 
Depends on the weapon, DB's, bow's and CB's are good for element, slow weapons like GS and Hammer should always be picked up for Raw
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Nero1024 Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:19pm 
This is for socketing decos. I have one free spot
Last edited by Nero1024; Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:19pm
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Zplayer96 Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:20pm 
Originally posted by Nero1024:
This is for socketing decos
Again, depends on the weapon.
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Juno Brier Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:20pm 
Blast operates the same way as Poison, Sleep, and Paralysis, so you're actually relying on raw for most of your damage on Blast weapons.
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Nero1024 Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:20pm 
Originally posted by Zplayer96:
Originally posted by Nero1024:
This is for socketing decos
Again, depends on the weapon.

Long Sword
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Egro Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:21pm 
always go for attack deco.
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ChelseaBlues1905 Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:22pm 
Originally posted by Nero1024:
This is for socketing decos

the most useful part of attack is level 4 to get the extra 5% affinity, in general you want to build dps around a 100% affinity (usually with WEX or agitator) and crit boost.
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Zplayer96 Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:22pm 
Originally posted by Nero1024:
Originally posted by Zplayer96:
Again, depends on the weapon.

Long Sword
Both work, the best LS on consoles is safi's Shatterblast Long sword which we'll get next month but attack is also useful on long sword, go with attack for now.
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Nero1024 Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:23pm 
Ok. How about Attack + 20 vs blast +70 ???
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ChelseaBlues1905 Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:24pm 
Originally posted by Nero1024:
Ok. How about Attack + 20 vs blast +70 ???

assuming your at 100% affinity and lvl 3 crit boost like i mentioned above, attack is going to be more useful then blast.
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Nero1024 Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:26pm 
Originally posted by ChelseaBlues90:
Originally posted by Nero1024:
Ok. How about Attack + 20 vs blast +70 ???

assuming your at 100% affinity and lvl 3 crit boost like i mentioned above, attack is going to be more useful then blast.

Not 100% affinity and not LV 3 crit boost
Last edited by Nero1024; Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:26pm
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Endarion Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:27pm 
Originally posted by Nero1024:
Originally posted by ChelseaBlues90:

assuming your at 100% affinity and lvl 3 crit boost like i mentioned above, attack is going to be more useful then blast.

Not 100% affinity and not lv 3 crit boost

then those should be your priorityes
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ChelseaBlues1905 Feb 13, 2020 @ 3:28pm 
Originally posted by Nero1024:
Originally posted by ChelseaBlues90:

assuming your at 100% affinity and lvl 3 crit boost like i mentioned above, attack is going to be more useful then blast.

Not 100% affinity and not LV 3 crit boost

if you have the decos i would go for those first myself, +attack is generally the icing not the cake
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