So I think itās pretty well known by this point how the balancing team went about ābalancingā thermofist, and that balancing consisted of rendering the fighting style to be absolute shit and almost unplayable for most people.
Which is why I ask, is it ever going to be buffed? in its current state, I literally do not see a reason to run the style outside of some niche synergies for petrify (like ash warlock, but even that is hard since how tedious it is to maintain the heat bar now for burn) and most builds just donāt find it worth using anymore like they used to.
(it WAS meta but now itās like virtually unusable with how difficult it is to maintain heat, you donāt even get a damage buff anymore at max heat.)
This last patch made thermo a lot better to use, Heat drains 33% slower than before, cone check was made extremely lenient to the point were thermo warlords, thermo warlocks, and thermo zerkers can fly and deal massive amounts of damage with no penalty at all.
Rushdown if hit is a free 400 damage.
Strentgh buildsās insane mobility combined with speed and dodge reflexes means that mages that donāt stun are cooked. Sure, thermo is weaker than it was in 1.13, but when at full heat, even with the nerfs thermo was never weak, it has always been the best fighting style when at full heat (key word) and is hands down the best weapon imbue out of both Conjurers and warlords.
I think thermo right now is in a alright place right now now just pray that some tester who lost a 1v1 with thermo doesnāt mald and makes some unnecessary changes to thermo
