Thread: Preferred Eidolon Buffs (DMG calculator included)

Originally Posted by jazz154

Am I correct thinking that +x% elemental dmg is better choice than +x% character dmg if you want to deal more damage?

In general, but not always. At low assault skill this isn't true.

Also what's the point of this poll? To see what people prefer to take?

I'm curious about what's popular and therefore more likely to net me additional friends and/or extra daily gold.

I would rather take a Element ATK↑ and Burst↑ eidolon than a ATK/HP one.

Can you provide an example?

Originally Posted by sanahtlig

Can you provide an example?

Typhon and Ifrit

Upcoming Medusa has a pretty unusual passive buff as well.

Medusa's also +burst, right?

Not too far away will be Rahab introducing +ability damage.
And then in the distant future Jack Frost will introduce +element resistance; free 10% damage cut against the corresponding element, I believe.

Originally Posted by Aidoru

Typhon and Ifrit

Upcoming Medusa has a pretty unusual passive buff as well.

1) Those are character ATK buffs, not elemental DMG buffs.
2) Burst streak bonus seems pretty terrible, as it only applies to a small fraction of your overall damage. So you end up with a weaker character attack bonus and a burst streak bonus that doesn't even make up for the 10% character attack you lose.

There is no damage loss when pitting it against HP.

Originally Posted by Aidoru

There is no damage loss when pitting it against HP.

I have no idea what this sentence means.

Originally Posted by sanahtlig

I have no idea what this sentence means.

ATK↑/Burst Streak DMG↑ compared to a ATK↑/HP↑ buff. There is no damage loss.

Originally Posted by Aidoru

ATK↑/Burst Streak DMG↑ compared to a ATK↑/HP↑ buff. There is no damage loss.

Depends where you are in the game, honestly. I joined a lot of raids last week where everyone was knocked out. +Burst wouldn't have done them any good.

Originally Posted by Aidoru

ATK↑/Burst Streak DMG↑ compared to a ATK↑/HP↑ buff. There is no damage loss.

The end damage works out to about the same, but you lose the HP buff! And your damage is still less than if you'd used an elemental DMG buff, making it more or less useless outside of a Burst-hour full raid scenario where that initial Burst will constitute the majority of your final damage.