Combo Nova is overpowering

[peak geyser]

Combo Nova is definitely the best Upgrade in the game, but I'd rather see a drastic upgrades for pretty much everything else rather than making nova useless and all the early game super boring

[uncut oar]

that would be great as well, buffs instead of nerfs are good

[peak geyser]

I think that the strength of Combo Nova highlights the fact that the game lacks "transformative" upgrades. Taking an upgrade to get a 1% increased Crit Chance will always feel boring.

[dim garden]

I kind of feel the opposite. The damage in my playthroughs fall off in later levels and barely tickle the mobs. I forget if the damage somehow scaled with certain items in hoh1. Does/should the combo damage be scaling with skill damage/crit? I've gotten enough evades and evade cooldown to perpetually keep up combo but the damage felt mediocre in later levels.

[steady surge]

I never take the combo nova because I find it weak, what am i doing wrong?

[quaint quest]

Combo Nova is fine early on, deals decent damage and hits decent amount of enemies
on later floors the enemy density is much much higher and the Combo Nova projectiles do not pierce, making them terrible in comparison to normal spells that can hit far more enemies (and usually hit way harder too)

[normal kettle]

Agree 100%. Most upgrades at the moment feel like just slightly higher numbers , without changing the playstyle at all.

This is also a problem concerning at least some of the subclasses. Just look at the sorcerer subclass skills for example. They all just increase the dmg of one element and add one debuff.
Wow. 😐

[vestal coyote]

It's good for early. Later it's sorta worthless since there's nothing to combo. And in Ng+ it's even weaker. Eventually won't be able to help at all

[quaint quest]

wdym nothing to combo?

[tawdry plinth]

yea people jsut r quick to call any and everything op without even beatin the game atleast 1 time

[tawdry plinth]

i agree

ng+2 gonna be even worse

[vestal coyote]

It's bad against the 4th and 6th boss since they don't spawn anything so combo is useless unless you use the parry or dash combo. Then you might deal slightly.more.dmg.but overall it's just useless later

[tawdry plinth]

yea i agree

[vestal coyote]

It's not bad though. Just not the best

[tough wharf]

combo nova almost single-handedly solves the shadow face fight, and it's pretty valuable for a lot of other scenarios (bats, goblins, pretty much the whole barracks). there are some other upgrades that I think can get close-ish in value (like the extra shards for Elemental Orb), but Combo Nova is definitely at the top still ime (considering it's just 1 upgrade)

[vestal coyote]

It's definitely strong. But not overpowered. It lacks the power after a few Ng+ and on bosses without kills for combo. (Unless you dash or parry for combo)

[civic marlin]

This bait post is great.

[compact swallow]

brother you necro'd a thread that was 18 days old. and in ng0, combo nova is REALLY fucking good, which was pretty much the extent of all of the posters; and upvoter's knowledge/opinion at the time. it was still a little bit before people figured out that it didnt scale with anything and became wildly outclassed for ng+, and how it cluttered the skill orb pool.

the only bait here is you.

[chrome solstice]

I don't like combo nova showing up in skill orb choices. I would rather have trinkets be brought back to give combo bonuses like before.