Which is stronger? Lightning or Fire nuke?

[Mefra]

Hey guys, the title says it. Which of the nukes is stronger. I thought it was fire, but sometimes I read that the lightning nuke is stronger.

If the lightning nuke is stronger, then what is the point of having a fire as a pure int (except of the imbue, which is stronger).

[Grim]

Well.. Light nuke is actually stronger in raw dmg... Most like fire because of the 3rd book is AeO. You get a stronger imbue in fire which gives more mag. dmg. There are also many buff with fire such as the fire shield emporer/elemental def one(Cant think of name). The 2nd book of fire is better then the 1st book of lightning..

-Grim

[Mefra]

What do you mean with AeO?

[JustAGuy]

AoE=Area of Effect it means that u can hit more then one monster with one hit

[Mefra]

Okay thanks.

Quite tricky to make the build you really want

[juntakashi]

Light nuke has transfer ( hits 3 but dmg gets weaker when get transferred), needs more mana, longer cooldown, shorter casting range

in PvP u wun use light nuke cuz fire has longer range, abit less mana, less cooldown and 2nd bk of fire is better than 2nd bk of light IMO

u use light nuke for mob so u can kill more than 1 at 1 time

[Mefra]

Right now I'm lvl 21 (farming with 8 lvl gap) with heuksal, lightning and fire. I'm still not sure what build I want At the 90 cap it's gonna be:

Heuksal 69
Lightning 90
Fire 90

But when the cap raises I'm probably gonna lower heuksal again...

[shadowman20875]

Right now I'm lvl 21 (farming with 8 lvl gap) with heuksal, lightning and fire. I'm still not sure what build I want At the 90 cap it's gonna be:

Heuksal 69
Lightning 90
Fire 90

But when the cap raises I'm probably gonna lower heuksal again...

not a good idea, you'll want the 4th book of ghost and soul

[egyptology]

Contrary to popular belief, light nuke is stronger at higher levels for nukes. Fire only causes more damage over time b/c of burn (but that's more useful for glaiviest/bladers). Light transfers damage and in addition the one hit first gets damaged the most.

Most pure ints know this. I however stuck to fire for my new pure int simply b/c attract multiple mobs = bad for pure int spear....I can one hit everything with a single nuke anyway, so more damage isn't needed.

But yeah.

Overall, the light nuke is stronger, however, people really choose fire b/c of cool down times and range (fire = more massive). Ice has a higher range than fire, but is much weaker. So, it's a trade off. (ice looks cooler thogh).

[Garrett]

The light nuke isn't stronger per se, but the high end of it's hit spectrum is higher than the fire nuke which means it CAN be stronger, not it IS stronger.

[winnifred]

I found that light nuke is stronger versus some mobs and fire stronger against other mobs :S