Hey all.
The talent seems to be only -MEDIOCRE AT BEST- AOE damage since Assassin still has a lot of bleed and physical damage, which wouldn’t trigger caustic spatter.
If you don’t take all the poison abilities on the tree it would seem that Caustic Spatter also loses a lot of value. Is my theory in this regard correct?
the alternative does no where near the aoe as caustic. Youre suppose to put your bleeds up first then putting a big kingsbane on a priority target to splash the poison damage. Its very much a sin rogues version of bladeflurry on poison damage only
Not as good right now in normal dungeons when mobs all die quickly
If you don’t take poison abilities, you lose value in poison talents? Yes. That is indeed how synergies work.
Sin basically has two flavors, poison spec or bleed spec or some variation between the two. If you want to get the most out of Caustic, then of course you grab the other poison synergies.
Also side note, if you really want to go big on AOE damage for assassination, try the full bleed build instead.
The damage calculations depend on how everything is coded and thank you for the recommendation of full bleed build. I’ve yet to look into it. I’m not sure I want to main SIN, trying to decide if I like the current playstyle or not.