Is it just me or is there no other use for basic skills except a minor side effect and to get resources? it’s rather damning that no “great builds” have more than 1 point in the basic skill, so even a 5/5 basic skill hits like a noodle.
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Basic skills dont regen resource, only 1 or 2 for each class do.
(aka for sorc, only the ice skill generates mana, the 3 others are just damage fillers for when your real damage skills is on cooldown)
Builds like that dont appear before players are bored and needs something to do, right now there is plenty to do and season 1 is just 4-5 weeks away.
Basic skills arent ment to be big damage dealers, they are ment to generate rescources, trigger effects, apply dots, and just for something to spam during cd downtime
Some of the problem with basic skills comes from Exploit glyph having a 3 second duration and the need to pump as much damage into 3 seconds as possible. It depends from class to class and build to build tho, basic skills are good for some builds, even if most of them are bad.
Hota Barb for example is good almost specifically because you can pump a lot of resource into a short time window for a large damage burst, it work really well with Vulnerable from Exploit.
They’re there primarily to generate resources… you can improve basic DPS with attack speed and using a 2H weapon along with Topaz Gems and weapon stat boosts.
My Druid has insanely fast attack speed as a Bear with Maul using a 50% AS aspect, AS on gear, Shred with 30% AS along with Paragon Board legendary glyph to reduce cost by 30%, and Bestial Rampage that permanently keeps up a 20% damage and AS buff.
Generate Spirit like no tomorrow spamming Shred non-stop.
The Basic Skill is very weapon dependant… it also desperately needs Basic Skill Speed of at least +25% at which point it’s kinda useful. After 50 you use it purely for killing individuals or resource use for core skill use, if you even use core at all. Most people seem to use the CD skills. Some skills like Druids Maul, has knockdown which added to speed and 1h weapon, can be overpowering, you can literally stunlock everything. Elites and bosses.
i hate the resource generator/mana spender system i think the old system with just “skills” was better and before someone says: “in d2 spam skill and shrug mana potions” thats not true because there were a lot of ways to increase your mana pool and mana leech so, dont say the generator/spender system is better