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[Ferrinus]

Combining Despair and Flare (maybe even making a level 72 trait that decreases Flare's cast time and increases its potency) might work pretty well. You'd have to make sure that F4-F4-Flare-Flare didn't somehow become optimal for single target, though.

[Kabooa]

Combining Despair and Flare (maybe even making a level 72 trait that decreases Flare's cast time and increases its potency) might work pretty well. You'd have to make sure that F4-F4-Flare-Flare didn't somehow become optimal for single target, though.

The "simplest" way is having Flare have an interaction with Fire 4 and High Fire.

High Fire: Generates 1 soul, causes the next Flare to generate 2 souls, and causes the next Flare to deal +x potency, stacking.
Fire 4: Generates 1 soul and reduces Flare's cast time by 30%.

Despair is now a trait, increasing Flare's potency when hitting a single target by 50%.

There would be very little reason to mix and match these two bonuses as losing aoe damage for increased flare speed is not desirable, likewise with losing Fire 4 potency for more potency on Flare. It also prevents double flare in a single target scenario by not giving a cast time reduction at baseline.

It would also move the aoe rotation to HF x 4 - Flare - Flarestar which I guess is somehow better than Flare Flare Flarestar. High Fire could probably also use a cast reduction TBF. That spell feels horrid to use.