herrde 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2018 Hi guys, I really need help with BoS. I used to love that play style, but things have obviously gotten harder in the meantime. Right here on Icy Veins, I'm reading that the average up time of BoS without Bloodlust these days is "no more than approx. 20 seconds". Really, I am not even getting close to this! Somehow I don't manage to keep it up for more than 10 seconds max! Am I doing anything wrong? I have skilled: Cold Heart Runic Attenuation Death’s Reach Frozen Pulse Wraith Walk Frostwyrm’s Fury and of course BoS. That's what I am doing: - I wait until my Runic Power is nearly maximum (but at least 60-70) - I wait until I have at least 3 runes ready for action - then I'm popping Empower Rune Weapon, PoF and then BoS Afterwards, I'm trying to keep up my Runic Power by using Obliterate and Remorseless Winter. I only use Howling Blast with Rime proccs (and only if I'm above 50 Runic Power). But like I said - with the above method, I haven't managed yet to keep BoS up for more than 10 seconds. I spent a lot of time at the puppets last night trying to improve this, but to no avail.... Would be grateful for any hints.... thank you guys! Best Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Venekus 5 Report post Posted November 21, 2018 Only thing I see that would alter the duration in any way is trying to pool at least 4 runes, so you can cast Obliterate two times before using ERW, or try using Horn of Winter to see if it works. You could also just be having bad RNG, considering that BoS uptime depends strongly on Killing Machine and Runic Empowerment procs. Anyway, remember that the "20 seconds" mentioned in the guide are an average, and outliers will always exist. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Storm 426 Report post Posted January 17, 2019 (edited) I usually go 100RP then BoS, PoF, ERW. Putting the extra GCD in between Breath and Empowered Rune lets your RP drop a little bit, then regen back up. After that it's mostly spamming obliterate, but I do find when my RP starts dropping to around 30% it lasts longer if I start spamming howling blast, rather than waiting for 2 runes for obliterate which sometimes will cause you to run out of RP early. Edited January 17, 2019 by Storm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
