I made a Life Force cheat sheet for Scourge/Shade Abilities

[kKagari.6804]

I've tabulated the most common life force pool scenarios for PvP, showing the % of life force used for the Scourge's Shade abilities, for any theory crafters out there who may be interested in it.

 

There are 4 scenarios involving amulets, and each have their own tables.

 

There are generally 4 scenarios involving runes:

* Runes with no vitality

* Runes with +36 all stats

* Runes with +100 vitality (usually the secondary stat in the rune set)

* Runes with +175 vitality (usually the primary stat in the rune set)

 

There's also the Rune of Divinity of course, which is the anomaly in all of this. I didn't include it because I doubt many people use it.

 

There are two modifiers to the above:

Vital Persistence, and Strength of Undeath.

 

https://imgur.com/9QspTSb

[Drarnor Kunoram.5180]

That's incredibly helpful. Thank you.

[kKagari.6804]

You're welcome! Now that I look at the table, it seems like being able to use Desert Shroud as a match opener seems to be a good sweet spot to build to. Perhaps dessicate as soon as the match starts, and again just as you reach the first team fight.

[kKagari.6804]

I'll update this chart soon. It may need to wait until release because I can't seem to arrive at the same numbers Irenio has in his announcement today.

 

i.e. how is the old nefarious favor cost, 15% of anything? If someone with more mastery points than me in Maths can figure it out, please do tell.

[Sigmoid.7082]

> @kKagari.6804 said:

 

> i.e. how is the old nefarious favor cost, 15% of anything? If someone with more mastery points than me in Maths can figure it out, please do tell.

Look at it this way. At level 80 you have 1000 in your primary attributes which included vitality meaning you get +10,000. Actual Necro base health is 9212. 15% of that is NF's cost. Its new cost is around 1934.

 

[kKagari.6804]

No, Nefarious Favor's old cost was 1382 life force. 15% of the life force pool of 19212 health (13256) is 1988

[kKagari.6804]

WAIT. I MAY HAVE FIGURED IT OUT.

[Sigmoid.7082]

> @kKagari.6804 said:

> No, Nefarious Favor's old cost was 1382. 15% of 19212 is 2881.

 

Your missing the wording base vitality or base health..

Necro base health is 9212 but you get an extra 10k from the 1k vit you have due to levels: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Health#Base_health_by_profession

If Irenio said it used to cost 15%, what is 1382 15% of? That's right 9212

Look at what he said about GP, it was 50%? What is 4606 50% of? Again its 9212.

[kKagari.6804]

> @Sigmoid.7082 said:

> > @kKagari.6804 said:

> > No, Nefarious Favor's old cost was 1382. 15% of 19212 is 2881.

>

> Your missing the wording base vitality or base health..

> Necro base health is 9212 but you get an extra 10k from the 1k vit you have due to levels: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Health#Base_health_by_profession

> If Irenio said it used to cost 15%, what is 1382 15% of? That's right 9212

> Look at what he said about GP, it was 50%? What is 4606 50% of? Again its 9212.

 

Figured that out just then too! Thanks for the clarification!

 

But that means he should've said base health, no?

[Drarnor Kunoram.5180]

At least for F4 and F5, it's easy. They just swapped costs.

[Sigmoid.7082]

No worries. Its only gained effectively an extra 3% with VP.

[kKagari.6804]

#chart has been updated in OP.