Seems like the blood board is worthless outside of a random overpower node -
Why would I invest in temp 4 second damage when I could get anytime damage?
Frankly - I didn’t get the Fortify tree either for this same reason.
Thoughts? Best and worst Boards?
Define worthless.
Both Blood boards appear to have a decent OP rare cluster. Thick Hide and Invigorated seems like a decent return. The former is a hybrid offensive/defensive pickup and the latter has the while healthy damage. Each glyph area has a offensive/defense option. Neither is great but they don’t stand out as objectively inferior to glyph areas on the other boards.
The legendary peaking at [x]15% on Blood Begets Blood isn’t a massive deviation from Scent of Death. Perhaps the pathing to the legendary on Bloodbath is a bit oppressive. Presumably it’s set up like Flesh Eater due to the bonus size (x50%, x70% for Bloodbath in S2).
I could see bringing the 4 second buff from orbs and fort into question but Blood setups tend to easily satisfy both, no?
A direct comparison to Minion boards with these others doesn’t quite work given how Minions function.
Best/worst boards is a hard question to answer due to the dependency on setup.
You have to walk to Blood Orbs. This defeats the purpose of most of the skills which require you to stand still
Regardless: simple math prevails!!
1 second to cast and create an orb (hopefully lol)
1 second to recognize the occurrence location.
1 second to move to it
4 second timer starts.
Theoretically you get 1 cast per orb.
Not worth investing in this line at all!! Even 50% of skills at full health or injured is more consistent.
If you’re Blood Lance build with Gore Quills, you don’t have to walk to Blood Orbs to use them.