DRK - Excessive Dark Arts

[EusisLandale]

The only thing I'd change is remove Dark Arts from Abyssal Drain and have it boost Salted Earth and Salted Earth will drain health from enemies instead.

Why would you do that?

[Raim]

Why would you do that?

Because its clunky to have to DA before every move compared to just having the HP drain effect realistically obtainable over time for each pool and come as a solid, constant pace.

[EusisLandale]

Because its clunky to have to DA before every move compared to just having the HP drain effect realistically obtainable over time for each pool and come as a solid, constant pace.

Abyssal Drain 120 per 2.5, Salted Earth 75 per 3. Over 21 seconds that's 960 and 525. 435 is the potency gain Salted Earth would need to have to match Abyssal Drain in a situation where you have to do it every move.
Realistically though, outside of some stupidly huge pull, about 30 attacks coming in between every Abyssal Drain, you won't be able to keep it up.
Overall though, we're not going to come across many if any situations where we need constant healing from Abyssal Drain which means we also won't need constant healing from Salted Earth. What we do see is situations where we need a big chunk of health NOW so AD being faster than periodic damage means it's the superior option there.