What's wrong with holy fire?

[Zexfer]

i'm new to the paly thing and not sure what flavor i want to try out, but it seems that nobody likes holy fire...why?

[Fallen Creation]

Not nearly enough damage.

[theBlackKnight]

Low damage, Its perfect for an IUB ( intentionally underpowered build )

Or you can max out holy fires synergies, and then equip an hand of justice caddy and use fanat or conviction as your main aura and do pretty decent damage.

[royalesse]

Actually fire rangers rock and a lot of people don't understand the numbers. A properly equipped fire ranger could get through Hell 4 players solo and make a meaningful contribution to an 8 player game.

[koeraokse]

I like holy fire very much I have even made 2-3 palas with it but 70 was the highest lvl they get because I deleted them, too weak :lady:


:cheesy:
*priit

[QuickShifter]

As Royalesse stated a fire ranger can be powerfull.

I havent tried one myself but the numbers add up if you use a Kuku shakaku unique bow as an example. This bow fires explosive arrows and has inbuilt piercing. Together with razortail this will get a ranger 83% pierce.
The fire damage from the arrow will count twice once hitting a target.

Once from the arrow hitting, and once from the explosion splash damage.

Lets imagine a fully synergized holy fire at lvl 26 doing an average of 1130 fire damage. 2 monsters lined up
1.) monster #1 takes 2260 damage from arrow and explosion, monster #2 takes 1130 damage from explosion. arrow pierces and continues to monster #2.
2.) Monster #2 takes 2260 damage from arrow and explosion, monster #1 takes 1130 damage from explosion.

Total fire damage to both monsters from one shot = 3390.
If the explosion is large enough to cover 3 monsters the damage potential may be even higher.

[royalesse]

:clap: :thumbsup: :clap: go quickshifter!

[Wmeredith]

Another thing to consider about HF is that Fire is the most common immunity in the game.