I currently have a 300% Ward shield (with 200% phaseflare dmg annoint), and am trying to figure out if it would be better to farm for a stinger and URad facepuncher . I also am rocking a shock stone commander planetoid, so I’d be losing that as well to rock the Deathless artifact to make use of the Urad.
Im trying to use the formulas , but am having a hard time placing where each would go. It seems that the ward bonus and the commander planetoid are additive, whereas stinger and Urad would be multiplicative?
SO in summary:
ward + phaselfare damage annoint + cryo stone commander planetoid
vs
stinger +Urad annoit
The melee damage on Ward adds with your melee damage from skill tree (like Illuminated fist for example) and melee damage passives on COM and artifact. Commander planetoid is a bonus element, so multiplicative with your base melee damage but technically additive with other bonus eles (so if you had a corrosive stone planetoid, those would essentially be additive).
Stinger’s melee damage is multiplicative with other melee damage, and as stated above URad is a bonus element so multiplicative to your base damage but additive with other bonus eles.
I’ll leave the serious advice giving to Amara mains, but from my limited knowledge on the class you will typically have a better time going Stinger + Urad than the ward + phaseflare combo since you gain access to the stinger nova and URad for any other non-action skill damage you deal.
Dunno much about formulas, but one thing I know from use is that phaseflare ball does benefit from stinger nova and becomes insanely damaging after being hit by said nova.
I would go with Stinger and your Commander Planetoid. Being up close with the enemy means you’ll be hit a lot and a urad build would have a tough time surviving. For pretty standard gear, I would suggest:
Re-volter / Stinger / Frozen Heart, all action skill start
Fish Slap radiation ASE (because you won’t have radiation as an action skill element)
Phasezerker / Muse / Breaker
Static Charge / Commander Planetoid / Unleash the Dragon (also look for elemental Stones and Knife Drain)
Weapons matter less, of course, but I’d suggest:
Facepuncher
Psycho Stabber
Anoints: ASE melee, 150/90 (especially with the Unleash the Dragon), +damage to X action skill