Herald of Xotli: Feats ( Possession)

Hellfire *****
I think this should be the first 5 points for anyone. It makes your Hellfire Breath a .3 second cast time. The improvement is awesome and you don't have to worry about casting concentration anymore. A big dps boost and it makes it much easier to use.

Conclusion: Immediate Necessity.

Flame Tongue ***
This was underwhelming for me. The damage is minimal, often not even an entire point of fire damage being added to your attacks, and the duration is short. I think the duration should be upped to 10 seconds or so. As it stands if you don't use Hellfire Breath every cooldown you lose the stack. I'm mostly taking it for Fury of Xotli.

Conclusion: Weak, but points needed for advancement.

Xotli's Vengeance ***
Fairly weak so far. It's nice to have two proccing buffs, but it only adds a few points of fire damage to your spells. Even at 44 I'm only getting about +8 spell damage from three points.

Conclusion: Full effectiveness is yet to be seen until the fire damage bonuses are reworked.

Improved Word of Command ****
Extends the range decently, helping in both PVP and PVE grinding.

Conclusion: Points well spent for any player.

Fury of Xotli *****
Excellent, procs a lot and essentially equals a free Hellfire Breath. Worth getting Flame Tongue.

Conclusion: The mana saved is very noticeable considering how often Hellfire Breath is used.

Touch of Hell **
Not a very noticeable talent. It adds a 5% slashing and fire damage debuff to enemies you attack on a 1 minute re-use timer. For 1 more point (after the first 5) you can make your attacks reapply the debuff. I could see it being good for raids but in normal leveling it doesn't make much difference and it's almost useless in pvp.

Conclusion: Won't be used enough to justify the points spent unless you get Lingering Hell as well, a total of 6 points which could be used more effectively.

Flame Lash ***
Flame Lash is a decent attack. The Flame Lash effect procs on roughly half of your melee hits hit except Combos, but the damage on Flame Lash is pretty underwhelming especially at 10 stacks. Mid 30s it was doing around 50 dmg twice like Hell Strikes at 1 stack, and around 250 each at 10 stacks. Upper left only and fairly fast, so it's kind of like a second Hell Strikes. The stamina cost is kind of high though, 165 to Hell Strikes 72.

Conclusion: Could potentially be used as a secondary Hell Strikes, although a lower rank can do just as well.

Undying Glory of Xotli ***
Great filler if you have a spare point. The ability is a castable, 1hr buff that will resurrect the caster upon death if the caster accepts the box that appears, similar to a play res so don't release don't the res location because it takes a few seconds for the box to pop up. Whether you resurrect using Undying Glory or release to a res spot the 30min cooldown will start. Just make sure your conquerors know when its up to save them from wasting a res cooldown on you.

Conclusion: Awesome for saving a long run back to your group, grinding spot, etc. The boost it gives to your damage upon resurrecting is pretty nice too.

Thundering Flames **
It doesn’t interrupt casts in progress. It adds a passive effect to Hellfire Breath that silences for about 1s, with a 10s immunity. It doesn’t seem to make any difference in PvE. For one feat point, it’s a nice added bonus to Hellfire Breath, which you are going to using as often as possible anyway.

Conclusion: Silence is too short and forces the user to rely entirely on luck unless they add the ability to stop a caster mid-cast.

Inferno ***
A nice talent for grouping. 1 minute cooldown, 350 mana. A short cast time spell which then gives you a buff that does some decent AoE damage.

Conclusion: The cast time could be better spent, but the extra AoE damage can help in certain situations, consider your playstyle before grabbing this.

Horrible Visage of Xotli *****
Very nice, the stun is 5 seconds with 3 points. It definitely adds a whole new level to our transform ability. Great for pvp, and in PvE it's nice because Demon Form actually starts healing a decent amount of hp.

Conclusion: Really amazing in every aspect of the game, adding another crowd control ability to our arsenal.

Molten Flesh ****
No mana, .5 second cast time, 10 second duration, 45 second cooldown. It makes fire damage heal you and does damage to mobs that hit you. Amazing in solo grinding as it seems to increase in damage with every target hitting you. The fire damage to the attacker is pretty decent and is increased by all source of increased fire damage, and stacks with other damage effects and AoE auras (i.e. Desecrating Essence).

Conclusion: Great for the later levels where solo AoE grinding is possible, as well as PVP, specifically against Demonologists and other Heralds.

Renewed Exultation of Xotli ****
Cuts 5 seconds off the weakened state.

Conclusion: Another great use for a point, 'nuff said.

Insanity of Xotli ****
Your AOE stun (Horrible Visage of Xotli) now drains stamina and mana from all targets.

Conclusion: A very nice talent for pvp, decent for pve. 4 ticks at about 115 sta/mana each

Burning Words ***
Does about 150 damage every 4 seconds at 80 (2 1/2 ticks?) making its only real use for AoE grinding and certain PVP situations.

Conclusion: Minimal damage makes it a less attractive choice, but it enhances an already helpful spell and shouldn't be overlooked when deciding where you should drop 1-3 extra points.