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Skills - Death Nova
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Tooraloom
needs an update on how long it poisons? thanks! I'm not sure myself...
Mercury Angel
15 seconds poison, regardless of attribute level.
Digital Limit
Did they update this skill to be far less vague?
kungfumonkey2
You think it is vague?
When someone dies it deals damage to everybody, and poisons them. A fun little trick I have seen is turn minions into Bomb Ombs.
When someone dies it deals damage to everybody, and poisons them. A fun little trick I have seen is turn minions into Bomb Ombs.
Elena
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Originally Posted by kungfumonkey2
You think it is vague?
When someone dies it deals damage to everybody, and poisons them. A fun little trick I have seen is turn minions into Bomb Ombs. not everyone only foes the trick i use is simple raise a horror put death nova on him get it into a mob use taste of death and boom! ^^
When someone dies it deals damage to everybody, and poisons them. A fun little trick I have seen is turn minions into Bomb Ombs. not everyone only foes the trick i use is simple raise a horror put death nova on him get it into a mob use taste of death and boom! ^^
theclam
FYI, this does 26-85 damage, not just 26.
Drago Solaris
much more fun using minions u get 2 and they have a shorter fuse till BOOM
Nagorak
At 16 Death it does 105 damage, but I don't find this spell very enjoyable. It's currently such a pain in the ass to target minions that it is very tedious to use.
Mithie
Ingredients: 1 monk, 1 nec.
Step 1: Nec casts death nova on self; Monk stays out of aggro range.
Step 2: Nec runs into enemy mob, boom.
Step 3: Monk rebirth pulls nec.
Step 4: Go back to step 1.
Step 1: Nec casts death nova on self; Monk stays out of aggro range.
Step 2: Nec runs into enemy mob, boom.
Step 3: Monk rebirth pulls nec.
Step 4: Go back to step 1.
Sanity
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Originally Posted by Mithie
Ingredients: 1 monk, 1 nec.
Step 1: Nec casts death nova on self; Monk stays out of aggro range.
Step 2: Nec runs into enemy mob, boom.
Step 3: Monk rebirth pulls nec.
Step 4: Go back to step 1. That may be a good strat, but when the Nec has 60% DP he won't be happy.
Step 1: Nec casts death nova on self; Monk stays out of aggro range.
Step 2: Nec runs into enemy mob, boom.
Step 3: Monk rebirth pulls nec.
Step 4: Go back to step 1. That may be a good strat, but when the Nec has 60% DP he won't be happy.
Mithie
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Originally Posted by Sanity
That may be a good strat, but when the Nec has 60% DP he won't be happy.
Higher DP just means a more sensitive bomb =D
Jelloblimp
If you are killed fast enough after a resurection you dont get (more) DP, deaths under Vengeance & Unyielding Aura {Elite} do not give DP.
Let the necro cast death nova on himself as soon as he is resurected (5 energy shouldnt be a problem) & then suicide with a necro skill (or with Unyielding Aura) if nedeed but in PvE that wont be necessery.
Let the necro cast death nova on himself as soon as he is resurected (5 energy shouldnt be a problem) & then suicide with a necro skill (or with Unyielding Aura) if nedeed but in PvE that wont be necessery.
Yellow_lid
Whats realy cool is when you have like 6 lv8-10 minions with death nova on them in the fray. Then someone stupid from the opposing team uses an aoe spell and they all go off simultaneously. Can you say "GOODNIGHT!"
Audhumla
I've always wondered how close does a foe have to be to be "adjacent"?
Plommon
probably within humping distance
Miss Innocent
The funny thing is that because Death Nova goes off all at once, fixing the damage quickly is a bit of a pain. Only used it in the random arenas, but most people didn't like seeing this thing again (they'd had enough the first time they ran through Kryta -- the UD use this skill). The poison is the biggest part of the spell, but the damage isn't that bad, compared to other necro skills.
It's a useful skill for when a player is about to die anyway; warriors make the best targets for it.
It's a useful skill for when a player is about to die anyway; warriors make the best targets for it.
Audhumla
If there's 2 necs, putrid on the first ones corpse more than doubles the damage to surrounding mobs. Add the 15 secs of poison, and woo.
jopapa1267
Get a fast cast rez mesmo. That would be a lot better 
Nameless Newbie
I would better understand how to use this skill in combat if only I knew where to get this spell.... any help?
NinjaMonkey
You can capture it from a boss in Gate Of Kryta mission, the quest "Dropping Eaves" [ettin's back] or buy it from the trainer in The Amnoon Oasis
Psychotic
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mithie
Ingredients: 1 monk, 1 nec.
Step 1: Nec casts death nova on self; Monk stays out of aggro range.
Step 2: Nec runs into enemy mob, boom.
Step 3: Monk rebirth pulls nec.
Step 4: Go back to step 1. uhm.. might be better with a W/Mo that has vengen and rebirth
makes the metod more effective, plus u can do it more with less DP 
Step 1: Nec casts death nova on self; Monk stays out of aggro range.
Step 2: Nec runs into enemy mob, boom.
Step 3: Monk rebirth pulls nec.
Step 4: Go back to step 1. uhm.. might be better with a W/Mo that has vengen and rebirth
makes the metod more effective, plus u can do it more with less DP
Pick Me
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Originally Posted by Mithie
Higher DP just means a more sensitive bomb =D
I'm new to this, but instead of rebirth, shouldn't you get the monk to use vengeance? I think it resurects you for either 30 seconds or as long as the monk keeps the enchantment. If the Necro dies, no death penality occurs. So, use Death Nova and die, so you don't suffer any more dp and you do massive damage to your enemies.
Jetdoc
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Originally Posted by Nagorak
It's currently such a pain in the ass to target minions that it is very tedious to use.
Target them before they plow into battle. Since your minions should have different levels of degeneration at the start of the battle (since they were raised at different times), you basically have a series of time bombs that will go off.
orexis mort
or! you could take the cultist henchie when he is lv 20! he has the skill and makes good use of it!
but there is something strange ive found, no idear if it was a mistake or something but it was cast on me and no one else and it seemed to be on my minions as well.
but there is something strange ive found, no idear if it was a mistake or something but it was cast on me and no one else and it seemed to be on my minions as well.
Rajamic
You can also sic your minions on a target, then pick any one of them and do the old Nova -> Taste of Death combo. Targetting the right minion isn't an issue then, as you'r not switching targets between spells.