05-07-2012, 03:47 AM
(05-07-2012, 03:02 AM)swirly Wrote: Yeah... I think you might be right there. Not so much that I need a single target skill, but that I need a controllable target skill.
I think I've decided to keep the build as it is. Fire Bats was suggested, but I just don't see that as gaining me anything. In Hungry Bats form it is uncontrollable and so not what I need. In Dire Bats form it is similar mana/damage as Exploding Beast which it would probably be replacing. With no rune it is too short ranged and immobile for me to want to use it. So basically I feel like I might as well stick with Exploding Beast like I had originally planned. That is a level 42 skill so I'll probably be use Dire Bats till then, but they seem to effectively fill the same role and I think I'll prefer Beast.
Spirit Barrage (The Spirit Is Willing probably) would be an option, but it does physical damage which the slot it would replace is helping me get around and yet also doesn't proc Sycophants. So that seems like a no go.
Poison Dart would seem to be the only other option. Probably Flaming Dart for big controlled target hit which is the whole point. It just doesn't really feel like the character to me though. I think it'll be more interesting to spam spiders and hope they hit the one I'm throwing them at or send some exploding dogs at a mob than it will be to shoot darts.
So yeah, end result is that I think I'm going to give it a go as is and see how far I get till it fails me. Maybe I'll get into the game and change my mind, but right now it just seems the most appealing option.