Anyone using Iskandra's Balance?

Hello!

I was wondering if people actually found a use for it. It’s an expensive level 70 relic, and its granted skill is not very impressive. +300% damage on a short period or less than +100% on average isn’t worthy of a top tier relic…

A good old elemental tsunami proc would be neat. :smiley:

Yes. It fits my build perfectly.

But having a damage bonus to cold and fire a quarter of the time, it’s like a permanent +53% elemental damage.

The -10% energy cost can really help an AAR build.

I am using it on my Warlock. And you are right, it is expensive for what you end up with IMO. Plus, the one I made rolled really shitty additional stats. I guess I could have used a mod or save file and rolled it until I got better additionals, but that’s not how I want to play. I do it the same way as I did in D2 with Runewords; if it rolled shitty, so be it.

There doesn’t seem to be a relic any better for a Warlock, but maybe there is and I haven’t found the recipe yet. I used Haunt for awhile, and the Aether resistance reduction from the skill did help with Devestation, but it’s not really enough.

I need some better gear regardless, the relic slot is kinda OK at this point I guess. Maybe some day Iskandra’s Balance will get some love from the devs.

Sure but that’s the innate stats, I was thinking more about the proc itself.

Yeah I do the same thing. Completion bonus don’t matter much, they are just there to extend the game for perfectionist players. That being said, you can probably trade it for the same relic with different bonus. Other players might consider yours good and theirs shitty so it’s a win win deal.

Maybe Wrath of Agrivix?

The relic stats yes but the proc… I expected something more spectacular than an invisible stat for a level 70 relic.

If the proc didn’t require a caster offhand i would consider this relic on an IEE druid I’m making. I think changing that would make this relic much more desirable.

I’m using it on my AAR sorcerer as I haven’t found an Agrivix’s Malice BP yet. If that ever does drop (or I decide to go trade for it) then IEE is out door!

I was debating about going back down to the Haunt as I like the -30% to Aether res. The 30 sec CD on the IEE proc really sucks! My main source of damage is AAR, Devastation, OOF (88% convert to fire via warpfire) and meteor shower, so the + to fire damage is nice and when the +300 procs with the 15% of another 325% to elemental damage hits too…That is REALLY nice. My base fire is around +900% as I focused more an aether making that +625% a pretty big deal. My relic rolled -11% to skill cost boosting me to -41%. That helps maintain the beam allowing me to switch out some energy regen components out for more DPS or Res… The skill cost reduction is the main reason I’m using it. My completion bonus was absolute zero and frozen core… I added frozen core because if it and found it is a nice little CC ability (the less mobs move the better for me)…so I guess that is another benefit of me having used it… Still think Agrivix’s Malice is WAY better!

Dev’s must have been reading your thread…

The extra 100% damage and the addition of the flat damage really helps now when this thing procs!

still will dump it if I ever get an Agrivix’s malice though…

I’m still not impressed by it. Flat damage on a relic that requires a caster off hand, unless you’re playing a calidors tempest build (and you should really be using argrivix malice in that case) where is that flat damage going to be of use? Are you going to hit things with your wand?

It’s nice that they thought of this item and did something, but they might as well have done nothing.

I hold down flash bang and it does a normal attack when on cool down… So I’ll get a couple of shots of with my warpfire once in a while…but that is rare as I mostly use AAR… Might be dropping flash bang now as well now anyways…

I also have added in spear of the heavens, which they added weapon damage, and I’m also using Flame torrent on OFF for another source that does weapon damage…

Spear of heavens was worthless before the weapon damage addition, now it is a noticeable bump with the proc active…

I’m not saying it is an awesome relic, just saying it is better… As I said, will still drop it once I get agrivix malice…and I’m not even running an CT build…

I thought it was a cruel joke when i saw this relic got buffed, with flat elemental damage on the proc no less, and it still requires a caster offhand. This would be such a perfect relic for elemental auto attackers, minus the cast speed.

I feel like the dev’s frequently forget that flat damage does nothing to 95% of caster builds and is a nothing stat on gear that requires a caster off-hand.