Is Catti-Brie a decent DPS option now?

[Awesome Possum]

She can be buffed by Hitch, Zorbu, Dhadius, as well as the usual supports, Strix could act as a support for her as well, she even receives a boost from Drizzt.

Having this in mind, one would think she may be a good DPS.

I still haven't got enough equipment to test the numbers properly. Any advise from you guys?

[ipsos]

Since she doesn't get Friendly from Hitch she doesn't really stand a chance.

[Neocronic]

Originally posted by Awesome Possum:

She can be buffed by Hitch, Zorbu, Dhadius, as well as the usual supports, Strix could act as a support for her as well, she even receives a boost from Drizzt.

Having this in mind, one would think she may be a good DPS.

I still haven't got enough equipment to test the numbers properly. Any advise from you guys?

She good as support in your formation. Strix still OP dps because aoe. With crits from Catti-Brie ult and Strix ult i easily run throught my "walls" before event.

[MiNours]

Originally posted by Awesome Possum:

She can be buffed by Hitch, Zorbu, Dhadius, as well as the usual supports, Strix could act as a support for her as well, she even receives a boost from Drizzt.

Having this in mind, one would think she may be a good DPS.

I still haven't got enough equipment to test the numbers properly. Any advise from you guys?

Catti-Brie have "only" 13 in CHA
Friendly Bonus from Hittch apply for Heroes with << CHA Higher than 13 >>
That mean begin for Heroes with 14 and more in CHA
Catti-Brie DON'T Benefit to this Friendly Bonus

She could be a good assist DPS and could be good too for Damages Boss staying in Back Line with many minions / trash mob in front to protect him-her

[Captain_Narol]

She can't be buffed by Hitch but it can be compensated partially by Zorbu's buff depending on what gear you have on him...

Worth trying, IMO.

Maybe a double team Drizzt/Cattie-Brie with Bruenor and Regis to buff them could work ?

[SPYcorp]

Was thinking about a companion of the hall team, too. but cattie not getting Hitch buff, Drizzt sitting in Birdsong slot and regis can either buff ranger or melee...so its a to big to big loss in dps.
Also Catti is to slow to benefit of her +damage ranged bonus.

Tanking with strix poor hygiene and her AoE damage is so much more efficient. Cattie is more like Stoki w/o goldbuff .

[edit] my experience is based on having good equipted Barrowin.

P.S. I also tried dual dps with Jam but again Strix poor hygiene+AoE wins.

[DarusMul]

As of the latest game upgrade, Birdsong has surpassed Strix as top DPS in my party.

[SoulEater_yilmaz_durmaz]

strix's slow aoe has a real high damage with her stinky odor plus borrowin's help (more than million times).

I use catti and stoki in exchange, stoki marks for higher damage and then catti marks for more damage. only for bosses of course because minions are easy.

[DarusMul]

Originally posted by SoulEater_yilmaz_durmaz:

strix's slow aoe has a real high damage with her stinky odor plus borrowin's help (more than million times).

I use catti and stoki in exchange, stoki marks for higher damage and then catti marks for more damage. only for bosses of course because minions are easy.

I'll try this in ToA missions.

In the current event, I find that that damn hole in the middle of the formation does not allow for proper use of Barrowin. My current formation - farming at 268 with Birdsong killing the mobs as they come - is:

***********Strix
Hitch************Regis******Bruenor
Asharra*********************************Nayeli
Catti*************Calliope***Birdsong
***********Tyril

This gives me e68 party damage, Nayeli adds more as the archers pile up, away from Strix's stench.

If I swap Strix and Birdsong's position, swap Calli for Dhadius and Tyril for Barrowin and rearrange them so that Barrowin is adjacent to Strix, either Dhadius or Birdsong will occupy a place were their buffs will not reach Strix. This lowers my party DPS to e60. I'm not sure how Barrowin adds to Strix's damage in this scenario, but the mobs that Birdsong was killing as they came start to pile up.

I can also use the formation below to farm stage 268.This formation gives me e69 party damage, but the enemies in 268 are not suited to Zorbu's favored enemy options, so this is actually lower DPS than the formation above.

***********Regis
Hitch****************Bruenor******Nayeli
Asharra***************************************Tyril
Catti****************Birdsong******Zorbu
***********Calliope

[SoulEater_yilmaz_durmaz]

Originally posted by DarusMul:

... too long :)

DarusMul, will you please try this and tell me how much damage Strix does to enemies? team DPS is not important because of her AOE.

********************Calliope(inspire)
Hitch(friendly)****************************Bruenor(rally)******Nayeli(courage)
Catti/Stoki/Minsc*********************************************************Asharra(tiefling)
Birdsong(song)**************************Strix(hide)***********Celeste(Mantle)
*********************Borrowin(hammer)

the total will depent on the gear. my current wall is 230 with 2.3e8 favor. and team dps is around 1e56 and strix's damage is around 1e63 (I reset my run, will edit values later). her attack timer gets benefit from Barrowin twice plus the hygiene. Catti/Stoki/Minsc does temporal increase thus not much important unless one got better gears.

[MiNours]

Originally posted by SoulEater_yilmaz_durmaz:

********************Calliope(inspire)
Hitch(friendly)****************************Bruenor(rally)******Nayeli(courage)
Catti/Stoki/Minsc*********************************************************Asharra(tiefling)
Birdsong(song)**************************Strix(hide)***********Celeste(Mantle)
*********************Borrowin(hammer)

Just for the Detail :
when you Don't want OR Can't use Nayeli in Main Tank you can use Hitch
Hitch (Melee) is a Better << Fake Tank >> than Asharra (Magic)
( for the Same Price / Level Hitch have really More Life compare to Asharra )

PS :
And in the better case, Minsc is a very good Panacee to the Tank Job
( BUT Minsc can't enter in all Team compo ^_^ )

[SoulEater_yilmaz_durmaz]

Originally posted by MiNours:

... :)

yeah, I forgot to mention, last and first rows does not matter. but all others should be in place because of their skill needs (being close, behind etc.). thus tank may change as long as you keep Strix stronger. or, of course any other hero may change providing damage to her. just keep Barrowin and her together. (damn, my finger always writes Borrowin first as if Boromir is here)

MiNours, you too may try and tell us if this one does better or not :)

BY THE WAY, I am sorry if you guys dont have Strix and Barrowin to try this formation.

[DarusMul]

Originally posted by SoulEater_yilmaz_durmaz:

DarusMul, will you please try this and tell me how much damage Strix does to enemies?

Next time I do a free play I'll try this. I'm farming leaves in the "Critter Companions" variant, but I should have enough by the next time I check on the game.