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Fire bolt vs Firestorm

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 4:01 am
by Travern
Am I the only one who feels that fire bolt consistently hits for the same damage as firestorm? I have both at lvl 34 with fire attune at 34 and lure at 18 and they both do around the same amount of damage. This does not make sense because Firestorm takes 100 more energy, takes longer to cast, and longer to recharge than fire bolt, but basically does the same damage.

Re: Fire bolt vs Firestorm

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 5:06 am
by TeganBank
Remember firestorm does AOE damage which can be very helpful if hitting mobs clumped together :) although usually my firestorm does it slightly higher.

Re: Fire bolt vs Firestorm

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 5:18 am
by Armo
Look in your skill page and you'll see your answer...

Fire storm will always do more damage with the same skill points, unless you have direct damage gear for fire bolt.

Re: Fire bolt vs Firestorm

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 5:30 am
by Criminal
If both are at the same skill lvl, ur gear adds dmg directly to Firebolt, or u have bad fluctuation.

Re: Fire bolt vs Firestorm

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:55 pm
by _elsroth
My storm consistently hits way more than bolt. As crim said, it must be your gear adding dmg to fire bolt and not storm.

I suggest next time, before making a post, use facts and figures (evidence) of your findings. Take an average of your hits on both skills and then people may take this post a little more seriously. The skill page quite clearly shows that storm hits higher than bolt, for them to consistently do equal damages for you is very un-believable unless it is backed with figures.

Re: Fire bolt vs Firestorm

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 4:44 pm
by BlackMamba
What level are you guys? My bolt is also higher than storm, that's pretty standard for endgame players. If your storm is higher you're probably doing something wrong

Re: Fire bolt vs Firestorm

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:08 pm
by Armo
Oh really. How much damage does it say in your skill page for both?

Re: Fire bolt vs Firestorm

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:41 pm
by Travern
What level are you guys? My bolt is also higher than storm, that's pretty standard for endgame players. If your storm is higher you're probably doing something wrong
Im only 134. Someone said it might just be unlucky fluctuation.

Re: Fire bolt vs Firestorm

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 5:20 am
by Criminal
What level are you guys? My bolt is also higher than storm, that's pretty standard for endgame players. If your storm is higher you're probably doing something wrong
At higher lvl u will likely use more bolt gear. Although my 130 mage uses 50 bolt and only 30 storm, but most mid-game players dont have the proper gear for that.

Re: Fire bolt vs Firestorm

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 5:39 am
by Armo
Even with heaps of bolt adding gear, storm still hits higher.

I don't know what blackmamba is basing his findings on.