01-11-2020, 04:45 AM
While I love the idea of Umbral cloak and I'm glad Illusion, or one of its sub-trees has gotten an aura it feels underwhelming. Even when compared to a few of the public tome skills I feel it's not quite up to snuff- even more so given the fact that you have to dev and apply for the tome.
Umbral Cloak right now is:
+10% AP, with a special that gives +50% DR for 3s (35s CD)
+10% is the same amount as the base aura and, while the DR boost is nice, the cooldown is pretty long.
Then compared to other auras:
Expedience (Gravity)
Aura. +10% AP, +10 vitality. Special: Three swirling projectiles that deal light damage and 0.5s stun on-hit.
Transcendence (Time)
+30 Power, passive heal, light MP regen
Plasma Aura (Plasma)
+10% AP, +20 crit. Plasma trail while moving
While it can be sometimes difficult to compare an aura that gives bonuses of different kinds, I felt these were close enough examples to offer some comparison. All of these are public trees and, in my opinion, seem to be more substantial than the Umbral Cloak; the Cloak's CD on its special is pretty long, the duration fairly short, and the AP percentage only equal to the base aura.
Umbral Cloak right now is:
+10% AP, with a special that gives +50% DR for 3s (35s CD)
+10% is the same amount as the base aura and, while the DR boost is nice, the cooldown is pretty long.
Then compared to other auras:
Expedience (Gravity)
Aura. +10% AP, +10 vitality. Special: Three swirling projectiles that deal light damage and 0.5s stun on-hit.
Transcendence (Time)
+30 Power, passive heal, light MP regen
Plasma Aura (Plasma)
+10% AP, +20 crit. Plasma trail while moving
While it can be sometimes difficult to compare an aura that gives bonuses of different kinds, I felt these were close enough examples to offer some comparison. All of these are public trees and, in my opinion, seem to be more substantial than the Umbral Cloak; the Cloak's CD on its special is pretty long, the duration fairly short, and the AP percentage only equal to the base aura.