Can someone tell me how to use CB/Malice combo please? I can't get the timing down.
well, its not like it used to be so realize that you're working with a greatly diminished version of what alot of us still talk about.
im not sure that the timing is difficult. just cast Malice on a bunch of ships, then CB one of them. Malice lasts 10 seconds, CB lasts 8. they line up well, Malice will catch all of the damage (2000 if it hits just one ship) and then dump 30% of that on the ships in the malice when the Malice expires.
just make sure the Radiance is pointing in the right direction so it can fire right away. if it has to turn you'll miss alot of time on the Malice and it won't be very effective.
Ahhh. That is what I did wrong. I have to face the target first.
It is very hard. I want to use it with 2x malice, ie 2 motherships. If I get it to work ever I'll post replay.
2 words to help.
HOT KEYS.
malice is on W.
CB is on R.
check the direction your RAdiance is facing.
done and done. not too hard to pull it off.
Can assign personal hot keys to both your caps using: "ctrl + #" It wont show up but after when you hit the assing number you will select teh ship it is assing to. Peice of cake.
i'd suggest targeting as far basck as possiblel in the enemy fleet, so that the CB itself is hitting as many as possible and hopefully you get several ships propogating malice, WICKED SICK.
Malice seems to have an omni directional activation, so use malice when you think cleansing brilliance is about to fire instead of the other way around. Not exactly sure how effective malice is but is this example correct?
There are carriers in a line and I malice them and 12 frigates around them and I hit the carriers with CB. I hit all the carriers for the full 2000 damage. Malice ends and distributes the damage. Each carrier hit deals 30% of 2000, so 600 damage to every target that was in the malice effect. Effectively dealing 3000 damage before mitigation to each carrier and the 12 frigates and causing me to have an evil laugh. Is that how the mechanics of malice and CB work?
thing is unless you hit a cap ship with it you won't kill mroe than 1 frigate. The channel is 8 secodns but if the target dies befor eits over it's interupted.
1.) As Malice is omni directional, always cast it after you see your radiance lining up. requires only minimal learning.
2.) Aim for carriers/caps preferably, they take the whole cb volley
3.) For added effect, try to at least hit 2 targets with the beam that are under the effect of malice. effectivly doubles malice damage.
4.) Have your radiance OUTSIDE of your main fleet. do not include it. let it roam freely. it will increase its mobility a lot and lets you use cb from a flanking position (meaning you'l probably hit more stuff)
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5.) Combine with volatile nanites for added effect.
6.) Combine with Missile barrage for added effect.
7.) Combine with Volatile nanites and missile barrage to destroy the universe.
8. Have Domina Subjugators Persevere both your capital ships to prevent them from being disabled.
when i use malice on a cap or sb with cb i always add in all sc for extra damage.
Cast Malice when the Radiance is lining up?????
Simpel assaing PRogen to call sing 1 by selecting it alone and hit: ctrl + 1Assing your radiance to cal sing 2 by selecting it alone and hit: ctrl + 2
Booth ships can be inside your fleet is matters not.
MOve the randiance into the proper position to hit the most ships preferable. Tell it to attake 1 target do not lose sight fot he target. Best to keep you mouse cursor over said target since you dot need to move it any more. Once yoru Radianc eis lined up:
hit 1 then W and left click on that target, now veru quicly hit 2 and then R and left click on that target.
Result Your randiance castes CB within 1 second of casting Malice. So Malice will end after CB giving out max damage. Casting CB and Malice ont eh same target increases further the shance of more maliced target will get hit by CB doing even more damage. IF you do it right you can still explode cap ships instantly. To some extent, At least they'll be near death.
important detail from Astax, you have to pick a target that will take all 8 seconds of CB.
cap ships, carriers, possibly heavy cruisers if they're already at high enough mitigation, also Starbases and almost every orbital structure. don't pick small ships like LRMs or support cruisers. they'll die after like 5 seconds of CB.
Err.... so wrong.
Having the radiance in the fleet does not add anything to either the radiance nor the fleet. it will however limit the radiance mobility as everytime you issue orders to your fleet, the radiance will veer off trying to follow that order, most likely ruining that perfect lineup it just did to cb the crap outa things.
Theres no need to do anything "very quickly".
You can malice/cb comfortably with your mouse.
[e digicons][/e] [e digicons]-_-[/e] If you ahve trouble controling your then you would need to break it. And you need to be quick your tryign to fir 8 seconds into 10. Takes you 1 second to cast CB after casting malice. Meaning CB ends 1 second before Malice. You get maximum effect that way. If you do with with your mouse their si a good chanse you'll lose s few precioud seconds on CB on mslice targets.
CB 2000 dmg over 8 seconds so 2000 / 8 = 250. So that means for each second CB was doign damage without MAlice your wasting 30% of 250 that you could be dumping on yoru enemy. 250 / 100 x 30 = 75 extra dmg dumped on skips affected by malice per ship that got hit under malice.
So
1: 75 x 8 = 6002: 150 x 8 = 12003: 225 x 8 = 18004: 300 x 8 = 24005: 375 x 8 = 3000 (From this point forward your stating to kill cap ships)ETC
So any target that fails to survive to the end of malice doesn't send out damage? If this is the case that really changes how I'm going to target CB now.
malice holds 2 seconds longer than cb does. casting malice shortly before cb goes of is nothing but a thing of experience. simply click malice, then hold your mouse over the intended cb target, when you see that radiance line up for the shot, click to unleash malice. easy as pie. no great apm needed....
garv,
no, its not that it won't contribute ANY damage to the Malice. it will still send in 30% of what it actually suffered. the issue is that you won't get 100% of the effect of Cleansing Brilliance. if you only get 4 seconds of CB out of 8 then you're not getting the full effect and your result won't be that great.
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