Late comment on Striga's lighting dmg, elemental combo also affects it, burn + shock combine increases lighting bolt dmg I think. That's the only weapon can complete an elemental interaction all by itself
Striga + Stigma Diabolicum (adds a weak spot for crits) + Whisper (guarantee stun on elites) simply obliterates the whole camps, if you learn how to predict the trajectory of the stakes after firing it feels like literally playing on cheats, damage output is insane. Faithful in the castle is shredded by 4 accurate shots. PS Trivia: this weapon is probably a tribute to the Stakegun - a weapon from 2004 game Painkiller, directed by the same guy Adrian Chmielarz.
I completely agree with your list. I have found the same results. I have to try some other combination of gear to combine with them to see if there is any improvement in performance. But your description of their pros and con is right on. However, I would add that as long-range weapons they all don't have the proper range that a long-range weapon should have. As proof I would point out that the Hang fire has as good or even better range than some of these rifles. But with the recent buff, it now is useless even at close range. But that is just my personal opinion.
@@robominion1 i do believe the discrepancy with the range is that they are all different classes of rifle and honestly I didn't notice that until I made the video. Interesting point with hangfire.
I think hailstorm's purpose is killing tower's prophet boss, because on clearing out locations this thing does not oneheadshot swordsmen by default! And yeah, ammo sucks too...
what does lightning even do? I drop the iron cross, it does it's thing and the enemies happily move around, shoot at me, jump at me...I've read/heard elsewhere that fire makes enemies take more damage, ice is self explanatory...I expected lightning to stun them and shake them in place...I know this video is about guns but lightning is on some of those too and I wonder what is the benefit of it proliferating to other enemies?! If it does nothing than it just looks nice on the screen, and that can't be it.
It distributes damage among all affected enemies, if the lightning shocks 3 enemies and you deal 50 damage to the first one the 2nd and 3rd one also get 50 damage. Also it provides mild stun so all lightning-related gear is great at wiping out trash mobs
Another late response here, but the iron cross tethers enemies. I used it for a while and it looks like it tethers all non boss enemies to include elites. They are free to move within the AOE of the iron cross, but they can't leave it either. You basically throw it on groups of enemies at mid range and it holds them in place and chains dmg while you dispatch them. I prefer the burning stake now that I unlocked that, but I really liked the iron cross while I was using it as a new player. Edit: Enemies that have a teleport like swordsman appear to be able to use it to leave the affected area, but whether they do it or not is random so keep that in mind.
Great discussion, thank you! Commenting for the algorithm gods
@@xenophon5354 really appreciate it
Late comment on Striga's lighting dmg, elemental combo also affects it, burn + shock combine increases lighting bolt dmg I think.
That's the only weapon can complete an elemental interaction all by itself
Great video ! Keep it up, this game is so addictive, I have ~60h in a week 😅
@@ThMalnyr thanks!
Striga + Stigma Diabolicum (adds a weak spot for crits) + Whisper (guarantee stun on elites) simply obliterates the whole camps, if you learn how to predict the trajectory of the stakes after firing it feels like literally playing on cheats, damage output is insane. Faithful in the castle is shredded by 4 accurate shots.
PS Trivia: this weapon is probably a tribute to the Stakegun - a weapon from 2004 game Painkiller, directed by the same guy Adrian Chmielarz.
I completely agree with your list. I have found the same results. I have to try some other combination of gear to combine with them to see if there is any improvement in performance. But your description of their pros and con is right on. However, I would add that as long-range weapons they all don't have the proper range that a long-range weapon should have. As proof I would point out that the Hang fire has as good or even better range than some of these rifles. But with the recent buff, it now is useless even at close range. But that is just my personal opinion.
@@robominion1 i do believe the discrepancy with the range is that they are all different classes of rifle and honestly I didn't notice that until I made the video. Interesting point with hangfire.
When using Basilisk, do you have to scope at enemy all the time for the effect? Or glancing over enemies is enough to apply the debuff?
@@IsaacChoo88 glancing apply the burn for a short duration I believe
I think hailstorm's purpose is killing tower's prophet boss, because on clearing out locations this thing does not oneheadshot swordsmen by default! And yeah, ammo sucks too...
your accent reminds me of "kiwi tapes" accent
@@KarmicHoudini i didn't realize I had an accent
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what does lightning even do? I drop the iron cross, it does it's thing and the enemies happily move around, shoot at me, jump at me...I've read/heard elsewhere that fire makes enemies take more damage, ice is self explanatory...I expected lightning to stun them and shake them in place...I know this video is about guns but lightning is on some of those too and I wonder what is the benefit of it proliferating to other enemies?! If it does nothing than it just looks nice on the screen, and that can't be it.
@@Ludak021 lightning does a few things, I believe it grants more stun power and if you crit a few times it does burst DMG.
@@Ludak021 sorry for the super late reply, ytube has issues notifying me
It distributes damage among all affected enemies, if the lightning shocks 3 enemies and you deal 50 damage to the first one the 2nd and 3rd one also get 50 damage. Also it provides mild stun so all lightning-related gear is great at wiping out trash mobs
Another late response here, but the iron cross tethers enemies. I used it for a while and it looks like it tethers all non boss enemies to include elites. They are free to move within the AOE of the iron cross, but they can't leave it either. You basically throw it on groups of enemies at mid range and it holds them in place and chains dmg while you dispatch them. I prefer the burning stake now that I unlocked that, but I really liked the iron cross while I was using it as a new player.
Edit: Enemies that have a teleport like swordsman appear to be able to use it to leave the affected area, but whether they do it or not is random so keep that in mind.