Amara skill Do Harm ability not working

Borderlands 3 Amara the Siren
#1

So I’ve noticed that amaras ability Do Harm only gains stacks when she phasecasts but it’s weird though cause it says she kills an enemy she gets stack. I thought that meant when I kill an enemy with a gun but I guess not. Also it’s suppose boost her action skill damage but that’s hard to do when the stacks only last for 20 seconds and her cool down is 28. It’s kind of a pointless ability and I’d like to know if it’s bugged

#2

Killing an enemy grants Amara a stack of Rush. Activating her Action Skill consumes all Rush stacks.

For every stack of Rush consumed, Amara’s Action Skill Damage is temporarily increased.

#3

I know but by the time I use the action ability the stacks go away and if Do Harm stacks are gained by her action then I feel like they should specify how you gain them. It’s stupid they don’t last long enough to let you use them

#4

What I’m saying is it’s stupid that you gain stacks that only last for 20 seconds when most action skills have a cool down that’s longer. It’s pointless to have abilities like that that don’t benefit your powerful Action slillsz

#5

It consumes and gives you a buff on action skill activation, before your action skill actually hits

#6

So then the next time I use phasecast it’ll get the buff?

#7

nono, you use your phasecast and it consumes the rush stacks to give you do harm stacks, which then buffs the damage from the phasecast you just casted

#8

Oooooooh okay thanks for clarifying that. So I’ll want to put points into violent tapestry so I can get rush quicker

#9

It doesnt matter, you only get rush stacks for killing, violent tapestry just gives you more elemental chance per rush stack consumed

EDIT: Yeah sorry, didnt realise that VT does indeed give a stack of rush for applying status effect

#10

VT gives Rush stacks for applying DOTs. One point is enough to cap stacks constantly.

#11

Ohh okay

#12

As I understand it, Do Harm causes kills to give Rush stacks. When you use Phasecast, your Rush stacks are consumed to give you Do Harm stacks. The Do Harm stacks don’t buff the damage of the Phasecast that was just cast, but there are ways to either cast again (Avatar, the Mystical Assault Capstone), or drastically reduce the Cooldown of Phasecast (Phasezerker COM) so that you can cast again while the stacks are still active. Once you have one of these (and preferably both), you will be able to cast Phasecast well before the Do Harm stacks expire. Without those, though, Do Harm stacks are pretty useless.

#13

Thank you I was wondering about that so I’ll need to put points into quicker cool down