Preamble Of Pain Vs Encore?

Battleborn Orendi
#1

So For a while i hated Encore and instant Grad (the mutation for that rank that no one would even use ever *3*)
And pretty much only used Preamble of pain.

But in my first ever game of Meltdown (I’ve only played story and Incursion till this point) I accidentally chose Encore and it was surprisingly useful.

So I gotta ask, whats everyone elses opinion?
I still feel like Preamble of Pain is better, but I’m interested if any Orendi players get a lot of use from Encore?

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#2

I use Encore almost all the time. It’s incredible for wave clear and larger skirmishes. Preamble of Pain is awesome, though, I just like the half again bonus damage more since I’ve noticed PoP makes Shadowfire Pillars even more noticeable, and people tend to get out of the way more quickly.

#4

I always use Encore. I’ve just gotten really good at timing the pillars and really enjoy what feels like a constant spread of AoE damage.

#5

I always go with encore its insanely good for pushing and damage dealing

#6

I use Encore 100% of the mission/matches since the Pillars are pretty slow, so the possibility to miss is rather high… Preamble of Pain is a great skill too, makes this choice so mean >.<

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#7

I use Preamble due to it synergizing with Pillarstorm. Having Pillarstorm trigger on their entire team with Preamble is the most satisfying Penta ever.

I also prefer Preamble for minion clearing. If I miss for any reason, I still get the tic damage.

#8

I always use Preamble of Pain because it is guaranteed damage. Experienced players can dodge Orendis pillars with relative ease, even if you have 2 up your sleeve. The DoT is extremely useful for killing minions and enemy battleborn who are trying to run on their last 10% of health. I also prefer not to deal with making sure i got my second pillar off which could shift my focus and cause me to die. I think the AoE also gets put on each pillar spawned by the Paradigm Shift Pillarstorm helix buff, which could cause for some pretty sweet pentas.

#9

This. Always preamable of pain. Better synergy, counters that “skill immunity” legendary too.

#10

I use preamble. I love facing enemies who use encore, they might land 1/5 pillars on me. Preamble’s damage at four is also higher than the encore’s total damage.
Plus, good for wave clear, pillar storm, and Voxis legendary :slight_smile:

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