1. Blessed Aura Changes and Effects
Due to the Blessed Aura engraving change, a total of 2 aethers are created: one that only the user can acquire and one that party members can acquire.
The aether applied to the user is acquired immediately, while the aether for party members cannot be acquired by the user.
The Strength Orb is changed to the Life Aether, and the Flash Orb is changed to the Weakness Aether, which also affects the supporter.
There are 5 types of orbs: Strength, Flash, Wind, Defense, and Mana, and the cooldown reduction and effect enhancement vary depending on the engraving level.
2. Blessed Aura Practical Efficiency Analysis
The efficiency of the Flash Orb (increased crit rate) decreases if the party member's crit rate is already high.
Certain classes, such as Reapers and Battle Masters, can partially utilize the efficiency of Blessed Aura due to crit imbalances.
The expected value of the party's DPS increase based on 4 people is about 2% for Blessed Aura Legendary Engraving, 2.32% for Blessed Aura Epic Engraving, and 2.8% for Blessed Aura Epic Engraving + Stone.
Explosive Expert has a higher DPS expectation due to the Dark Grenade effect, but it is difficult to use perfectly.
3. Blessed Aura vs. Explosive Expert
The efficiency of Blessed Aura has increased by 1.66 to 2 times or more due to the revamp, and the supporter can also see the effect.
Explosive Expert has a higher DPS ceiling, but Blessed Aura is a better choice considering budget, elements to pay attention to, and utility.
Existing Blessed Aura had low efficiency, but it is now evaluated as a viable engraving for supporters.
4. Engraving and Ability Stone Selection Guide
Awakening, Expert, and Mana Flow are 3 engravings that must be equipped.
Choose 2 out of Heavy Armor, Spirit Absorption, and Blessed Aura (Spirit Absorption/Heavy Armor when trying, Heavy Armor/Blessed Aura when doing dailies, Spirit Absorption if Weakness is needed).
Ability stones other than Awakening are inefficient, but Blessed Aura has a good effect.
The effect of the ability stone becomes important as Blessed Aura becomes a near-essential engraving.
5. Supporter Ability Stone Priority
The buff power increase of a 9/7 stone is a momentary 0.5% increase, a constant 0.38% increase, and the increase of Blessed Aura 10 stone is 0.47%, which is equivalent to a 9/7 stone.
For supporter ability stones, the Blessed Aura + Awakening combination is the most important.
Stone Ranking: Blessed Aura Awakening 97 stone > Awakening/Blessed Aura 97 stone (plus alpha) > Awakening Blessed Aura 77 stone > Awakening 97 stone (Preemptive Strike, Grudge, etc.) > Awakening Blessed Aura plus alpha 77 stone
Since the efficiency of ability stones is lower than that of DPS dealers, there is no need to invest excessively.