Which would be more useful

Check out Teseer's TB Guide it's pretty much perfect.

http://forums.demigodthegame.com/372526

He passes up on the auras for a massive damage rain of ice / fireball build.  He levels up fire nova last, because frost nova's stun is much more valuable.

What do you drop to add on an aura?

I usually go

RoI

Fire ball

Aura/frost

RoI II

Fire ball II

Frost/Fire Nova

RoI III

Fireball III

Aura/frost II

Fireball IV

RoI IV

Frost/Fire nova II

Aura/Frost IV

And so on.

Hmm... if you're planning on kiting, frost nova would come in handy for stick situations, and fire aura would help you attack faster and move away when they chase you.  I have to say though, the auras are only marginally better than stats unless your whole team is with you.

Sadly, Frost Nova I is useless for getting YOURSELF out of sticky situations in all but a few situations:

-They are porting in and you start the cast before they port so as soon as they come in they are stunned

-Preventing a port/pot

-They are slower than you, pure melee and out-of-melee range so you freeze them as they approach

This is because it is a 1 second cast for a 1 second stun. If you are both AA'ing each other on a flag and you blow a Frost Nova you spent 1 second doing nothing but casting and they spend 1 second stunned. There shouldn't be any swing (of course Frost Nova does give a -movement speed debuff which makes it a sort-of-decent escape ability see #3 above).

Really, I only use Frost Nova to deal with towers or to help give an escaping ally another second to back up. Other wise it is better to be using your mana elsewhere.

I've actually considered skipping the skill entirely until around level 9 or so (get Frost Nova I at 9, II at 10) except for the fact not having it and then someone depending on me to have it and overextending scares the crap out of me.

No reason to get it before 8. The stun itself is real low but the slow has saved my ass a million times over.

But yes, only stun that effects towers. Use it

Yea I always hated how the stun was so short; I actually do try to use it to escape only to see it fail. As soon as I start running they are unstunned again.

Stuns for 6 seconds on buildings and General Minions, works form me

It should be 2 seconds from level 1 , you can't start walking after casting for  ~.5 seconds anyway.

I never think of it as much of a stun til its lvl 2+.

I think of it as a little snare and interrupt.

I suck at interrupting. One of the reasons I dropped deep freeze was because of that.

I just had an Oak save my ass with a Pent interrupting Spit.

Interrupts are so fun, but I still only actually get like 60% of them. I still miss em all the time on Spit/Boulder roll and the like.

Synn, I was playing TB quite a bit before and if I learned one thing from the experience its not to use auras with a hybrid.

IMO you just gravitate to whatever form (which is good cause its prolly keeping you alive) your aura was in and the alternate skill/s become somewhat neglected.

If they ever fix the TB AA then conceivable Fireball/Fire Aura/ROI/BlotS might be pretty deadly but until then just go with Teseer's build or go pure fire or ice if you really love auras.

One: My camera is never in close enough to view enemy demigods animations closely. Seriously I usually have the camera where I can either view the entire map or 3/4s the map. This way I can see on coming ganks of other demis that arent teleporting. Other reasons I basically try to keep every demigod both on my team and off my team position in sight one way or another. If I don't know everyones position than you better believe that map is not coming in close.

I hate going pure fire or ice. its just pointless we neglet half of his power.

Chrome Quote:

"I hate going pure fire or ice. its just pointless we neglet half of his power."

-synnworld

CQFT

Lol, I wish that happened more for me. It isnt for lack of trying. No, lack of succeeding.

All I can interrupt are teleports, locks, potions, hammer slam, heal, and sometimes shadow swap and fireball. I can't move fast enough with my trackpad.

You gotta have the interrupt ready and with things like spit, try to make them use it when you're ready.

I like to run toward UB, back off and I hope that he targeted Spit. You have Deep Freeze selected and mouse over him. As soon as your in range, cast. The time it takes to turn and cast is enough for him to get in range and start spitting.

Wait come to think of it; I have never once interrupted anything since I began playing the game.... That is just how bad I am at interrupts.

I agree to some extent...

Thats why when I play hybrid I no longer put 3 skill points into an aura I'm only going to use half the time.

Unless... double aura TB build!  I'm off to do some labbing so keep your eye out for the guide.

That is another thing, has anyone tried using both frost and fire at the same time?