DOT Damage Over Time

[Gotschall]

what kind of DOT things can the Searstone do for a mage?

[Grabthar's Hammer]

Just wanted to give this a bump as I was wondering the same thing. I have tried a number of attacks and skills but it doesn't seem to have made much of a difference. There is no listing for DOT in the trial stats for my current ANB mage. I hear him yelling "freeze, burn" constantly but extra freezing and burning? Not so much.
Thanks

[Nhat]

Note: I don't play Mage much, so may have missed something... but since no one else has answered yet...

The only 2 I can find are Fireball attack and Immolate

Basic Training Grounds test:
- No weapon/tome, Fire Lily - eliminate damage & crits for fixed values.


Without Searstones:


With 3 Brilliants



Edit: and apparently Thermal Shock and Shatter, from Tin Man - I've also posted a note on discord asking for inputs...

[ergn]

Not sure about shatter. Thermal shock is like the Shockwave of mage, it's not DOT but it *feeds* on DOT.

[Nhat]

Thanks, I'm not sure either... did say I don't play Mage

[ergn]

ELR is probably the only build the new spiritstones can be useful. Both belts for either DfA or Frost Beam builds benefit from this. For Arc, there's llusionist sash lol

[Heikki Gross]

Zap mage with incinerate weapon enchant can benefit from this stone as well.

[Grabthar's Hammer]

Some good suggestions. The only one I did not try is the enchantment option (and the illusionist belt). I'll drag my mage out of the tavern and give it a whirl.
Cheers!