Care to run a quick dps test ?

Feywild would be ~21 base damage. I'm not sure if they can crit. Depending on Spellpower:
200: 63 damage
400: 105
600: 147
800: 189
1000: 231

Ethereal depends on Melee/Ranged Power and Hide. Sneak attack is affected by 150% from MP/RP. Fortification and sneak attack immunity can prevent it, unlike the other two options. Assuming 99 Hide:
70: ~68 damage
90: ~78
110: ~87
130: ~97
150: ~107
170: ~117

Arborea depends on your current Melee/Ranged Power and damage. It would ruin Celestia's DR breaking. Calculating the gain from this is easier if base damage and sneak attack damage are separated. This is the only one that will improve based on the weapon's crit profile.

Feywild is the clear winner on any bard build or build where you can incorporate enough sonic spell power.  On a melee toon, though, fitting in more than a 150 sp item and an insightful 60-70 is unrealistic.   So you are probably looking at around 180-260 spell power.  I'd guesstimate damage around 50-80 per hit.  Also better on Twf builds where you are getting in a lot of swings.  Maybe at lower damage per swing.

Few mobs are sonic resistant, so that makes it a strong option. 

I go with the sneak attack option on any character that is built for sneaks and not having Aggro and has hide as a class skill.  Rogues for sure and monks or rangers depending on build. 

Aborea is strong option for tanks or thf who will have Aggro.  The bigger your base damage, the more this one stands out. And as mentioned above, scales with Crits and works 100% of the time.

Technomage wrote on Jan 31^st, 2016 at 11:14am:


Reading is hard, huh?

Why even bother posting that shit if he can't either read it or comprehend it?!

Technomage wrote on Jan 31^st, 2016 at 11:14am:

celestia breaks celestia

Quote:

Bump

Asheras wrote on Jan 31^st, 2016 at 9:08am:

138 aug
36 implement
60 epic
40 feat
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274 spell power not including any skill bonuses from stat and skill gear, good luck, gh, etc.

300 is easily achievable on any melee build, giving an average of 84 damage a hit.


Yes, it is very effective wherever you go.


With the melee power on my rogue, the sonic damage beat out and was less situational.


Arborea breaks Celestia and is just meh. (Keep in mind you need a base 410 damage (so before melee power) to just break even with sonic at 300 spell power.)

Erofen wrote on Feb 1^st, 2016 at 3:27pm:


If you are swinging Celestia, sonic or sneak attacks is the better choice.  There are other weapons in the game, however.

Asheras wrote on Feb 1^st, 2016 at 3:41pm:

for portal dr breakers?

Rubbinns wrote on Feb 1^st, 2016 at 3:44pm:


You mean the ones that don't hit back and are basically just a time sink?  I guess if you are interested in trimming off 5 minutes on your shroud runs, then you want a lot of guys wielding celestia. 

You know what else works really well against portals?  A couple of rogues using wrack contstruct, a ranger or two using mark of the hunted (maybe rocking an Epic Sapphire Sting) and maybe an artificer using deconstruct.  My ranger was getting 3k+ crits 3 or 4 times out of 5 in a party that knows what they are doing.  Without wielding Celestia.

I'm learning to love sonic damage in legendary for sure. It's a scream 

Jokes aside for a moment, seems more and more like the best utility damage for my all -rounders.