shaman duo

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Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ah I see what you are saying. The single PBAoE spell is getting multiplied by the instrument. So you are doing like 60 damage per mob instead of 30 from a single PBAoE tick. Makes sense!

Yes the effects that get instrument modded are multiplied by the mod/10, so a 24 mod instrument with a 30 damage song does 2.4*30.

So Bards do like 250 DPS while swarming 25 mobs because 10 DPS (60 Damage / 6 seconds) x 25 Mobs = 250 DPS. That is why they are the kings of power leveling. Swarm kiting just feels slower because each mob is dying slower. But mathematically you killed the same number of mobs in the same amount of time as a group that focuses their combined 250 DPS into one mob at a time.

The 4 ae spells all stack and you sing them all, except that the level 48 spell doesn't stack with ae snare (you only ae snare in tight spaces like hs though), and the fourth dot isn't until 59.

According to the wiki, base damage on the lute ae songs are 30, 32, 18; and the brass ae's base damage is 19. Don't forget the moving npc dot damage nerf (multiply the damage by .66, I think). A little napkin math suggests BIS instruments put you at like 180 dps on a 10 mob kite where you have to snare, up to over 600 dps on a 25 mob kite where you don't. RIP Bard DN spider ae (it was nerfed by making the spiders summon); that may be the only place where pling on 25 mobs blue to a 60 was really practical.