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I used this spell against Melania the other day and only about half the casts actually hit her. I was locked in and targeting her… did they nerf the tracking recently?

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Halo 1 sniper rifle in spell form

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Behold, Invisible!

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It's nice that most gankers are too stupid to use the actually broken stuff that they'd rather use Rivers of Blood or Moonveil because they saw it in a Youtube video, because if everyone ran around with Night Comet I'd go back to invading DS1.

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my beloved

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You cannot use carian retaliation on this.

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silly how there are so many ways to boost stats that you can cast this at level 1. base 10 stat, +5 great run, +10 mixed flask, +5 int talisman, +5 soreseal, +3 ren's helmet=38. You can even go to 43 int if you 2 hand the sword of thrones to use its +5 aow, but then you need to sacrifice your other mixed phys tear for str and use a talisman for str to get to 30 str.

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I only use night sorceries because of the drip. Where my Eternal Darkness gang at?

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My healthbar at 60 vig got deleted because I missed a single attack, guess I gotta start carrying the erdtree greatshield in my pocket now

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This spell carried my lame ass mage in the fight against malenia. cast this mofo and then run like hell. Rinse and repeat. Solid 10/10

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get 3 people with double staff night comet builds and gank reds. there is literally nothing they can do

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1700 damage at an affordable fp cost? satisfactory

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Kinda just curious, do these invisibility spells have special properties in PvP too?
Like are they actually harder to see or not?

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DELETE_NPC.EXE

The fact that this can be chain-cast AND that enemies don't react to it like they do most other projectiles makes this, IMO, the best zero-effort 'stupid scripted invasion be gone' spell in the game.

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"Magic casters will run out of fp" most fights end before that is necessary.

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Dont believe other people. This is a useless spell which enemies have no problem dodging. Just use Comet or Rocksling instead

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"Magic isn't easy mode!" Spells are faster (and farther reaching) than incantations and most ashes of wars. All you have to do is kite and spam spells like this and you will melt any boss before it has time to get to you. With few exceptions. In pvp all you need to do is kite and keep distance and spam spells. Whereas with melee you have to constantly chase down. Yes, there are counters, but over all- Who can deal the most damage in the shortest amount of time? Who has the fastest rate of fire? Mages. Burst damage is meta in pvp. Even the tankiest tank is 4 maybe 5 hits. I'm lvl 500 pretty much every player uses magic. The ones that don't are either roleplaying or using creative, but suboptimal builds.

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easy mode unlocked

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Unless they release a patch that buffs other spells we are essentially forced to abuse this.

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needs nerf, simple as

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I'm legitimately surprised I don't see more password summon gankers using this. Spammable one-shot spell.

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It would be neat if Fromsoft made the icon for this spell more distinct so it can't be so easily confused with the night shard spell.

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Thank you for all the cerulean tears from people crying about this spell. I do be loving that FP.

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The dual staff build with this spell is some insane DPS. Fully charging it makes it consume a lot of stamina for the damage buff, though. Don't fully charge every cast. The usual "charge one, fast cast the follow up" strategy works. Have fun while it's strong, because I sure do hope this one doesn't get nerfed as bad as Stars of Ruin.

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if you think THIS is op, try fully charged giantflame with double giants seals

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can't wait for DLC "Night Comet Azur" where it does approximately 8 googolplexes of dps and is bosted by 10000000% when using the "Staff of BS"

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its less that this is op, and more that the staff of loss bonus is insanely huge compared to other staffs, so double catalyst builds make it insane

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Carried me through Malenia. 10/10

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I love it when I use magic fortification and this still takes over half of my health.

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fextra users coping with the downvotes when someone says it's not balanced to be one tapped by someone using a spell that cannot be parried and takes less than a second to cast.
it isn't an unreasonable statement to say that this spell makes the game easy. challenge does not exist when using it. is it fun though? ye

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This and rock sling are pretty much the only spells you’ll need for a while

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i beat the game only using night comet.( As soon as I left the channel I went straight for it) I can confirm that it is broken

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costs less than comet, does more damage on a dedicated setup, and is unavoidable by NPCs. yeaaah this is blaphemous blade levels of gamebreaking

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When you want to relive the glory days of playing the Royal class from Demons Souls.

Soul arrow! Soul arrow! Soul arrow!

Night Comet! Night Comet! Night Comet!

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Soft & Wet: Go Beyond

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Sorry mages, but giantflame is still better and does more damage with two giant seals than night comet with two staves of loss :^)

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If you don't think this spell is broken, look up a video of someone using a dedicated setup. **** will oneshot anybody below 60 vig

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if this moved as fast as icecrag it might actually be balanced

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I think this is the only spell I can say is well and truly """broken""" because it literally breaks boss AI

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Sucks that Terra Magica got nerfed in pvp

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This spell is absolutely bonkers against bosses. Seeing Malenia lose like 1/10 of her health in a single hit on an unavoidable spell was pretty wild (and I'm only level 90). If allowed to chaincast it this thing shreds absolutely everything. Has good range too, and is pretty fast. Tracking is kinda bad, so if something moves it will probably miss.

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This spell is the goat

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From had the chance to nerf this in 1.09. It's literally like if you had a submachine gun filled with nuclear warheads. You can't have fast chaincasting and the ability to 2-shot a 60 vigor player with good armor at meta level

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Does too much damage

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I've been using this spell since I got it, no other spell casts as fast, while doing decent damage. Other spells may be stronger, but what's the point if those spells cast so long you're interrupted half the time

Consistent medium damage will always win over risky high damage

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This is too broken, I get one shotted by this while I have 60 vigor

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This spell is broken, I got 1900 HP and some people one shot me with that.

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80fth/80int, +25 prince of death staff in hand, comet does 1697 while charged, night comet does1668 charged(with staff of loss offhanded). So in high levels, comet performs slightly better, but night comet is still preferable due to opponents not reacting to its existence. I have been using this spell, spiral shard, comet azur and some buff spells to tear through ng+7(except for rennala, who I bully with black blade incantation)

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What the **** is wrong with this spell range? I can't hit ****

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This has to be bugged or something. Almost 8k damage charged with minimal buffing

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At 80 int with two +25 Staff of Loss's Night Comet with do more damage than Comet even with Azur's Crown cast from a +10 Carian Regal Scepter, It costs less and it travels twice as fast too. Really good spell.

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aka npc invader slayer aka malenia shredder

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probably the most op sorc right next to slicer

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I actually prefer this over comet/comet shard as it's pretty much a direct upgrade of comet shard and enemies won't dodge it.

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Can confirm double Loss does less damage than Prince of Death's Staff if you have 99 on both Intelligence and Faith. You deal less damage (something like 50 less damage), but I tested for science, lol.
Example: Loss + Prince of Death: 1704 dmg. Double Loss: 1655 dmg.

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With the combo of 80 int, Godfrey Icon, Magic Scorpion, Graven Mass, and TWO Staff of Loss, I seem to be able to hit the common soldiers in the Haligtree for 2365 on a charge, 1683 uncharged. Lusat's is a downgrade compared to double staff, hitting for only 2222 and 1609.

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Some NPCs WILL dodge this spell. Alecto, Black Knife Ringleader sure does sometimes.

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This spell is the single most overpowered thing in the game. It's not even close. Let me explain:

To start off, the range and base damage is less than comet. In exchange, you do infinitely more damage to targets like Malenia and NPCs who would otherwise just dodge comet. But actually this is literally the single most damaging projectile in the game, because you nearly DOUBLE its damage just by dual wielding staffs of loss and using godfrey icon. Which does more damage than comet, comet azur without hidden tear, full stars of ruin, renallas moon, and basically everything else, even when they are buffed with their respective headgear and cast with lusats. The only exception might be if you can 1-hit proc frostbite with ranni's dark moon cast with lusats, and regal scepter in the offhand. Even then that costs about 2.5x as much fp as this and takes about 4x as long to cast especially considering the very high chain cast speed of night comet.

I just obliterated Malenia at RL 120 casting nothing but ranni's dark moon and night comet in terra magica. The fact that npcs don't dodge alone makes this spell S tier in PvE but the absurd damage potential and good range is the icing on the cake. IMO, better than rivers of blood.

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To the left hand put Staff of Loss (which passively Boost invisibility sorcery) and you will do really good dmg + pierce :).

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"This spell, like other comet spells, will penetrate targets." ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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Despite the name, Night Comet's size, speed, and power is more comparable to Glintstone Comet Shard than to true Comet.
The tradeoff you make compared to Glintstone Cometshard is that you give up a significant amount of maximum range in exchange for enemies not dodging in response to you casting it. This is incredibly powerful in some situations, while in others you may find it detrimental.
— Courh the Explorer

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this is the best glintsone sorcery though this isnt cuz its a night sorcery. npcs dont dodge so this makes it easy to kill pve invaders. also lore states its an assassination arts which is cool.

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so finally got my build to malenia and all I can say is: normal magic builds are pretty rough against her. magic builds with this bad boy? the fight is a joke. phase 1 is pretty much a free hitless win and phase 2 whenever she isn't running at you or attacking shoot, if she does clones run away and shoot when she lands (you can outrange it easy). keep in mind you can't spam fire, she always side dodges after getting hit and if she side dodges twice in a row she does waterfowl dance which you should outspace anyway. this was done using 60 int (70 with flask) magic scorpion both graven talismans and godfrey icon with a +25 staff in 1 hand a +0 staff in the other for the stacking buff, 28 dex 40 vigor and exactly enough mind for 7 casts (168fp) per bar.

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Some test results at Gatefront:

80 int, spell not charged.

cgs+10, staff of loss+24 offhand: 1300 dmg

dual staff of loss+24: 1500 dmg

dual staff of loss+24, Godfrey icon, magic shrouding tear+int knot physick, spell charged: 2500 dmg.

Really impressive. Probably could one shot majority of npc invaders.

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To add to the it can't be parried comment someone else left, this also nopes right under eternal darkness.

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Night Shard and Night Comet CANNOT be parried by skills like Carian Retaliation or the Erdtree Shield.

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This spell with Staff of Loss off hand / X2 in NG+ and the right buffs MELTS enemies. I love watching NPC invaders and bosses just take this spell to the face. Add in the fact you can get this very early on and the only gating is your intelligence stat makes this one of the most powerful and best spells (right up there with Carian Slicer and Rock Sling).

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After lots of testing, I agree this is potentially the best all around magic spell in the game. It’s boosted by holding a Staff of Loss on left hand. It’s also buffed by Godfrey’s Icon. Add to that all the other magic talismans (Graven Mass/School, Radagon’s Icon, Magic Scorpion) and you deal some insane damage.

Malenia and Elden Beast’s Phase 1 are very easy with this, because humanoid enemies don’t seem to be able to dodge or block this.

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I solo’d malenia and Radagon with this spell 1100+Dmg and guess what Radagon doesn’t block it and malenia doesn’t dodge if you don’t launch them consecutively, better to charge them against her, reason being is because the spell is supposed to be invisible

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This is the best all around spell in the game I have found. 1.1k-1.4k damage at RL 80 (regal staff physick buff and offhand staff of loss) and it is spammable without enemies dodging it. Haven't run into a single boss that gave me trouble. Haven't found a reason to use anything else

Highly recommend you all use this, been the easiest playthrough by far and still extremely fun

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I summoned a phantom for Godskin Duo and the guy was no joke doing 1,5k damage each cast. Fight was a joke. I was at around SL 110

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With this and staff of loss on offhand, pve npc invader become a joke basically. All of them were defeated before they even approached you. You can switch to something else if you challenges instead.

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Enemies from NPC invaders, to alabaster lords, to beastmen, to sir gideon the whatever will not dodge this spell. For as much FP as it uses, it's far more likely to hit, and thus so worth it. You can use it straight on with an enemy running at you and they act like it never happened. With glintblade they're at least sware you cast a spell. The Loathesome Dung-eater didnt even make it all the way over to me

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Semi-invisible or not, I actually do prefer using this one in PvP over Comet, as they both are functionally identical except this one is slightly harder to see compared to the glaringly fluorescent-teal beam that is Comet.

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best spell in pve, if u pair it with dual staff of loss in ng+. the damage will out class everything for just 24fp per cast. ai breaking etc make mage easy mode the entire game.

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its amazing with staff of loss in off-hand using lusat's staff

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This is a great late game spell. When boosted with staff of loss, it does more damage than the regular comet and won’t be dodged / deflected by AI (crucial for Malenia and Radagon).

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Is the projectile visible in PvP ?

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Because this one has a cost that increases to a fairly high value, the Primal Glintstone Blade talisman is great. It takes base cost of this spell from 24//32 FP to 18//24 FP. So, rather than getting 4 casts of the regular version, you instead get 4 casts of the charged for the same cost (24x4=96), whereas without you only get 3 charged (32x3=96).

Per Cerulean Flask it gives you roughly +3 of whichever version you're casting since each 220 FP would normally net you 9 normal or 6 charged, you instead get 12 normal or 9 charged. Especially with a spell like this that NPCs don't dodge easily it very much pays for itself in the sacrificed HP that might otherwise be more risky.

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Wish the casting of this spell was silent for pvp. There is no way to not completely give yourself away with the signature cast sound

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Charging this spell seems to increase fp cost.

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This is absolutely deadly against NPC invaders since they don't react to its casting unlike any other spell. Get Staff of Loss on your other hand and watch as their health gets absolutely obliterated while they pace around.

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1.03 dmg vs Pebble?

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Only tested against one boss, but they wouldnt dodge this specific sorcery at all, but would dodge regular spells like mad.
If in fact the "hard to see" nature of this makes it so npcs dont dodge, could be way more useful than I suspect

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Only tested against one boss, but they wouldnt dodge this specific sorcery at all, but would dodge regular spells like mad.
If in fact the "hard to see" nature of this makes it so npcs dont dodge, could be way more useful than I suspect

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such a cheeky spell in PVP, no one seems to expect it. Great to use after lulling someone into a false sense of security.

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such a cheeky spell in PVP, no one seems to expect it. Great to use after lulling someone into a false sense of security.

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Staff of Loss extra damage effect applies even if you're not casting with it. Holding Staff of Loss in one hand and using Carian Royal Scepter to actually cast the spell will give you the bonus damage from Staff of Loss while retaining the superior spell buff of the Carian Royal Scepter. 1354 damage on the chump with the spear near Gatefront Grace when casting with the Carian Royal Scepter with Staff of Loss in the offhand, 1039 damage without the Staff of Loss. Comparitively, regular Comet does 1206. All this was tested with 80 INT and Graven-Mass + Graven-School talismans equipped.

This means with Staff of Loss in one hand and casting the spell with Carian Royal Scepter, it does more damage than regular Comet for 2 less FP. However, fully charged it costs 32 FP whereas Comet costs 26 FP whether it's cast regularly or fully charged, which is weird. Might be a bug. Either way, if you're just looking for spammable dps on a late/endgame pure sorcerer, especially going into NG+, it's pretty strong with the setup I just mentioned.

You also get the added bonus of looking like a complete moron dual wielding staves.

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This spell is MUCH better after the buff in the recent patch, actually usable now.

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Now 24 FP cost

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does a bit more damage than comet now with staff of loss vs carian royal scepter

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You can do a ton of long-range opener damage early on in your playthrough with this and Magic Glintblade. Fully charge Magic Glintblade, count to 1, uncharged Magic Glintblade, count to 1, fully charged Night Comet. All three should release at the same time for a lot of damage, or you can choose multiple targets and wipe out 3+ (since Night Comet has infinite piercing).

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Even for intended use, to trick dodging AI, it's pretty bad, even if unintended AI breaking spells didn't exist.

Now imagine if it dealt ~100% more damage at night, not that would be a great gimmick

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For those wondering, this and night shard is useful against enemies who dodges your spells like anime-****. Hence the description "semi-invisible".

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From my testing the staff of lose does increase the damage this spell does. At 136 sb it did 311 damage to the miners in the Old Altus Tunnel while a regular flu stone staff at 139 sb did only about 290. This was all done with +0 staffs and at 38 int. Hopefully that makes you want to use night spells more (might be fun)

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From my testing the staff of lose does increase the damage this spell does. At 136 sb it did 311 damage to the miners in the Old Altus Tunnel while a regular flu stone staff at 139 sb did only about 290. This was all done with +0 staffs and at 38 int. Hopefully that makes you want to use night spells more (might be fun)

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I'm not sure if this is part of the spell's "semi-invisible" nature but I notice that invader type enemies (enemies that act like a player and dodge a lot) don't seem to like dodging this spell at all, they just kind of take it and maybe dodge randomly after already getting hit by it so if you throw it out and then wait a second for them to dodge at nothing you can hit them again for an easy win. With spells like the other comets and pebble they always dodge constantly.

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this is good for multiple targets and especially against npc's as they do not dodge it like ever

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balancing on the spells are atrocious

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