Thanks a lot for your effort. For people who are, like me, beginners in DDO, this is unbelievably useful. Not only because of the simple ranking list but also if, like me, one tends to pick spells following "seems nice" rule, your explanations really are great. My plan is to make a screenshot, rewatch the video taking notes and of course, swap half of my spellbook. And last but not the least, two thumbs up for the humorous coments.
@Matuse
2 жыл бұрын
Cloudkill actually has a very useful function against more or less stationary raid bosses - it will obscure their vision and give them a 20% miss chance the works against True Sight (which blur and displacement don't), but it isn't like most cloud spells that screw with the party's vision as well, it just sits as a little green disc on the boss.
@nlb137
2 жыл бұрын
I think it might have been 'cleaner' to do separate tier lists for each spell level. That'd make each list smaller and more manageable, and also makes for more apples-to-apples comparisons. If one spell tier is crap, it's easier for the ones that aren't to stand out.
@krelekari
2 жыл бұрын
Ty for making this tier list!! You always said take the good spells not the bad ones but I never could figure out fully what is only just good and some that seem great but are not really
@nighthiker
2 жыл бұрын
Just a small correction: you can actually cast any spell/SLA from inside the globes of invulnerability as long as the targets are outside of them, not just the higher level spells. I've spammed my sonic spells and SLAs, including sonic blasts, from within those globes while playing spellsinger on that final "Make Believe" fight to my hearts desire. You just have to cast it right in the middle and stay in it while the hags stand around you. ;)
@aciarduce
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah. It's for the same reason you can cast all of your SLA's while in a beholder's anti-magic field. Good to remember.
@magmahawk583
2 жыл бұрын
@@aciarduce I can’t use my SLAs against beholders
@denewst01
2 жыл бұрын
The acid spells being conjuration automatically makes them a solid option for the simple reason that since they're fortitude save based, evasion won't work against them. They're not the flashiest or highest damage ones in general vs other element spells at the same level, but they're consistently reliable performers. That's similarly what IMO means banishment deserves a better rating than it got, since it's a will save which is often low for elementals & the more brute-type things like orthons. A number of these spells are actually better than you'd necessarily think because of secondary effects of small details that might get overlooked - lesser death aura can be a nice way to have other effects proc off them even if the self healing & damage components are negligible since it's incredibly cheap SP-wise. All cloud based spells give concealment that isn't bypassed by trueseeing since it's not an illusion effect.
@christophercheck1590
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Acid Fog is noteworthy for no-save, stacking AC debuff on enemies. That can be pretty useful. You don't cast fog spells for the damage.
@Darbodoodoobunky
2 жыл бұрын
the thing with the death auras is that you can have all 3 going at the same time so I keep the lesser one along with the standard one and embrace the void on my pale master
@sk8rdman
2 жыл бұрын
The reason Lesser Death Aura is a must have for me is because when If I run out of spell points in a dungeon, it's basically the only healing option I have. Magical Training will only regenerate up to 15 spell points, so the Lesser Aura is just cheap enough to work in a pinch.
@Attlanttizz
3 ай бұрын
There are fun combos with Waves of Exhaustion. That + Solid fog, and mobs are slowed to a crawl. Also, gives -8 REF debuff total. If you're sadistic, add Slow spell for next to standstill.
@JEEBUSxHIMSELF
2 жыл бұрын
remember to always stack mind fog and dancing ball
@gilly_monster
7 ай бұрын
Therapist: So why don’t you have any friends? Me: Well, there’s this spell in DDO called Grease…
@JK-pp2xl
8 ай бұрын
Heavy Shout is great if your DCs are in the 90-100 range. You are actually useful in reaper as you can stun entire groups of mobs, since it not a reflex save. It also works well on reapers.
@kiernanparsons9318
4 ай бұрын
Well for summon monster 8, there is the Bezekira, which also trips enemies over and there is also the summon monster 7 spells which spawns a djinni that knocks a lot of enemies down.
@TheDacane
10 ай бұрын
lol my sorc is so old and needs to be TR'd that they still have SF: conjuration, to qualify for earth savant. Just hit me when you were discussing acid blast being conjuration. At that point i went acid as most of the end game was fire immune, and it made farming pie out of sleeping dust a breeze lol. Theres some nostalgia on that toon.
@thebuffman5597
2 ай бұрын
1:12:10 I can't believe you put it just like that there xddd symbol of pain is a fun one, it can affect bosses, so what you gotta do is take bestow curse + symbol of pain and now you cast 2 bestow curses on bosses. This makes them have -8 saving throws which may mean a huge damage bonus to DC based casters.
@hikarihitomi7706
6 ай бұрын
First, Black Dragon Bolt is a situational spell that is great anytime you are trying to kill targets that are running away, as you can just hit each such target for cheap and they'll continue to take damage even after being out of sight. Also, when getting ambushed by unreachable or hard to reach foes, pop out hit once and get back under cover. A good solo player tactic. Also DoT spells are often more efficient in terms of damage per spellpoint, so tactics that work with patience and waiting especially when spellpoint efficiency is important. And frankly, it's pretty decent even for the first damage tick for players who aren't super hardcore mechanical optimizers. Second, Protection from Elements barely protect against one attack at higher levels. So unless there is some way of increasing those protections to more than a stupidly low 120, or they vastly changed how the spells work, then they quickly become basically useless. Resist energy 30 will reduce damage taken by more than 120 in five hits, which will happen long before the time limit is hit, the only disadvantage to resist energy is that it is cast separately for each energy.
@Media_Cakes
2 жыл бұрын
These tip videos are great, especially to show the update to how spells age. Tips on necro ray dmg, sonic blast performance, prismatic spray vs golems, arcane tempest changes, etc these tips teach old dogs new tricks! Definitely changing my sorc around now that I watched this
@Media_Cakes
2 жыл бұрын
Also- a segment on niche spells to specific quests would be cool to showcase, I had no idea about glitterdust and the floaty eyeballs
@misleadmachine1908
2 жыл бұрын
Love this and would love to see Divine and something that covers tactics and action boost and such
@fatherlloyd
2 жыл бұрын
Literally 5 hours ago, I wrote under the video about the bard that I can't decide: bard or wizard. Now all doubts are gone. I wanted to take a wizard to just use all the spells in the game, experiment on combinations, etc. This video, although it says specifically which spells are good and which are disgusting, but I still want to learn all of them. I have already seen on the DDO forum a topic about a flaming sphere, and how many uses players have found for it, despite the fact that it is a bad spell due to the lack of damage scale. And I think there's nothing more fun than playing a wizard who, just for fun, can take a Feeblemind spell and start running under acceleration, using it on everyone
@aido2541
2 жыл бұрын
Yes you did it! Thank you :)
@stevensimmons4592
2 жыл бұрын
Great video idea and well done ;)
@vecnagreyhawk78
2 жыл бұрын
Well done. Now please make a HC ‘D-tier’ only build. 🤘
@eduardorubin6779
2 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this video, and as always learned something. I would've liked "always take" split into two groups, the "great in a specific build" (iceberg) and "great in any build" (blur). It's not that i can't split them in my head, just a bit of ocd
@Matuse
2 жыл бұрын
Thing is, Blur isn't really a must take, because the effect is so easy to get on so many different items. The EFFECT of Blur is great - but you can have it permanently starting at level 3, and it gets obsoleted fairly quickly by Displacement.
@r8chlletters
2 жыл бұрын
34.21 cat sighting! Hello cat :)
@sk8rdman
2 жыл бұрын
I actually like Cause Fear and/or Blindness simply because they are low level single target disablers. If you're running quests on reaper at lower levels (or are multiclassed) then these can be great to drop on the reapers before they can get to you. Maybe I'm biased though, because I've mostly played Necromancers and that's where my save DCs are the highest.
@rohenthar8449
3 ай бұрын
Thanks, it helped a lot.
@paulgrant666
Ай бұрын
flame sphere is the GOAT.
@Esper320
2 жыл бұрын
I do like the fog spells, concealment is nice for TS mobs and the AC debuffs on some are pretty good to stack with barb and alchy debuffs I always wished DDO would add more Force, Light and Alignment spells and actually give some love. I understand at launch when the power curve was lower they didnt want no-save/no-resist Force spells but now even if you did a Force memebuild it still lags far behind
@davidhamilton38
2 жыл бұрын
Dark disc. You can get it from T5 pale master if you want.
@mrfiresnake
2 жыл бұрын
lesser death aura should be higher, it still procs LGS effects meaning you can have dust + ash on one and ooze on another (or any other suitable combination)
@SeanStClair-cr9jl
2 жыл бұрын
Broooo bro bro bro u r tripping if you don't take detect doors. Extra xp from finding secret doors, no extra effort or slowing down 👍
@Matuse
2 жыл бұрын
True seeing is better, and easily available.
@SeanStClair-cr9jl
2 жыл бұрын
@@Matuse Fair enough - but who's got your back when you wanna find all the doors in Korthos? aHA!
@Matuse
2 жыл бұрын
@@SeanStClair-cr9jl A pair of cannith crafted true seeing goggles. ML:1
@alexmcd378
2 жыл бұрын
This is my problem, not his, but holy cow is it distracting when he says "video game" instead of game every time. I can't tell why this bothers me
@JacobDTulio
Ай бұрын
I think he does it to differentiate between the video game and PnP DnD.
@jacksmith4006
Жыл бұрын
Hey Strimtom not sure if I missed a video but did you do a vid of a cleric/fvs tier list?
@Gregwing
Жыл бұрын
Has a cleric one been done yet? I dont' seem to be abel to find one.
@pagemore3442
2 жыл бұрын
what is below "Never Take" ... D? ... don't understand the tiers here. But thanks for the info
@sk8rdman
2 жыл бұрын
I don't understand why you put Hold Person two tiers above Ghoul Touch when they do basically the same thing. Ghoul Touch is arguably better in some ways. The only real downside to Ghoul Touch is its range.
@dust921
Жыл бұрын
i feel like thy should combine a bunch of the spells that r cloney or similar & or upgrade based on your toons level. to much blote & fluf uslesnes
@dalehorton5600
2 жыл бұрын
Referencing Jump spell. “…when you’re in the air monsters can’t hit you.” Seriously?
@Strimtom
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's pretty rad.
@PDPresents
2 жыл бұрын
I'm playing an acid sorc Ek and acid blast just isn't worth it. Acid well is a far superior spell. At epic levels the primal carrion swarm and shard storm are better choices.
@GodsSinner
2 жыл бұрын
Acid arrow and the summons kind of make me sad my favorite spells in pen and paper DnD.
@garga2
2 жыл бұрын
Acid arrow and most Damage over time spells never scale well. use em when you get em and after a few levels just forget you have em. Summoning would be cool, and there are plenty of skills/feats effects that are meant to be improving on them. Problems are: the AI is terrible, and the monsters do not scale with the summoner. Especially if you chose to play on higher difficulties.
@donutlovingwerewolf8837
2 жыл бұрын
HAHA I knew fireball would be in the top tier!
@Glitch-qj3nj
2 жыл бұрын
Where is spell Lich?
@BasketCurly
2 жыл бұрын
Burning blood in Pen and paper was 100 times better than in the game. I have aways been mad at that. That and the summon creature spells. I hate those to.
@justakettlehelm1673
Жыл бұрын
Named items tier list?
@gd3710
2 жыл бұрын
can we get this for alchemist.
@leonardoochoa3922
2 жыл бұрын
23:42...you can do what now? EDIT: 28:47 I really need to watch a beginners guide.
@rockpaladin9031
2 жыл бұрын
Divine spell tier list?
@Strimtom
2 жыл бұрын
It's comin
@Matuse
2 жыл бұрын
It's going to be about 15 S tiers, and 60 D tiers.
@PDPresents
2 жыл бұрын
bulls and bears actually do nothing for characters. It doesn't stack with enhancements. The only time I have ever heard of it being useful is in the hounds heroic raid. maybe to buff hires and pets? But even then it's lame.
@Matuse
2 жыл бұрын
In the quest 'Home Of Memory', you must have bulls and bears cast on you in order to progress the quest. An item (even one giving much more than +4) won't work. You can either get the buffs from buff dispensing totems, or cast it yourself. Casting it yourself cuts down substantially on the time to finish the quest.
@PDPresents
2 жыл бұрын
@@Matuse So it's only useful in hounds and as a time convenience in one quest.
@Strimtom
2 жыл бұрын
@@PDPresents Yep! That's why it's in scroll tier. Just carry a scroll when you do those quests
@MysticOracle
2 жыл бұрын
@@PDPresents If you do high skulls, you can skip a bunch of mobs. So yes scroll it in "convenience in one quest". Skipping 10 skulls sets of mobs is always good.
@PDPresents
2 жыл бұрын
@@MysticOracle I haven't had the opportunity or reaper points to mess around in R10's so I haven't had to deal with those kinds of problems yet.
@Kydrou
2 жыл бұрын
But the joke of Banishment spells is that they are AOE.
@davidr1138
2 жыл бұрын
Too long too many spells; just present your own preferences by class. The table at the end is difficult to read in a glance.
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