Breath spells

[Tennotsukai]

Breath spells: are there any good reasons to use them?

[Prothscar]

Poison breath used to be good for tanking, Wind Breath would be too if tanking mattered. Otherwise? No.

[Tennotsukai]

Perhaps, SE should take a second look at these spells? Maybe, they should be fast cast/low MP cost spells....or just deal a loooot more damage.

[Prothscar]

They'd be a bit more useful if they just removed the massive natural resistance that every NM gets

[Cabalabob]

As far as I'm aware the major selling point for breath spells is that they ignore magic defence and the damage dealt is mainly related to your hp. So they were good spells to use against mobs with high magic defence that other spells wouldn't do much against.

Unfortunately on pretty much any relevant content now the mobs have resistance to breath spells which really defeats the point seeing as they are meant for times when you want to bypass magic defenses... +you need pretty high hp for them to even be worth casting, Considering we are at the point where we are doing more damage to defensive mobs with our physical spells than we would be with breath spells.

[Tennotsukai]

Maybe SE should look at this post. Does anyone ever set breath spells other than proc'ing? Hopefully, not...Blu has way too many inefficient spells.

[Rubicant82]

There is gear that helps augment the dmg these spells do. Some are worth situationally.

[Tennotsukai]

Perhaps, on trash mobs.

[Prothscar]

Not even. With maximum gear on, say, a Hume, you're looking at a horribly MP-and-time-inefficient spell even for the best one (Thunder Breath). Wind Breath comes close, but the damage is far too pitiful to waste set points and inventory space on.

[Tennotsukai]

Something should be done....lol