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2/5/2015 4:27:30 PM
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Obsidian Mind
2 questions:
1. What is the maximum amount of super energy that can be recovered by killing enemies with Nova Bomb while using Obsidian Mind?
2. Do kills from bloom explosions count as kills with the Nova Bomb in terms of replenishing super energy?
It looks to me like each enemy killed with Nova Bomb while wearing Obsidian Mins gives about 10% super energy back. I'm not sure if I have ever killed 10 mobs at once with my Nova Bomb while wearing Obsidian Mind, but I know that I have gotten my super energy back above 50% with one Nova Bomb. However, I run bloom so I don't know if all of that energy was from Nova Bomb/Obsidian Mind alone or if some of the energy was from kills with bloom and gave me super energy, but not the same amount of super energy if the enemy had been killed by the bomb itself. The way that orbs drop makes me think that even if an enemy is killed with a bloom explosion, it still counts as being killed by the Nova Bomb. I haven't done any scientific inquiry, but if no one has answers I might have to do some testing and math *gasp!*
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9 Replies1. I have got (only once, but happened) my whole super back with a well placed Nova. I was using shatter and bloom. You could be right about one death (regardless of tyhe enemy´s rank) giving you 10% back, I have thought the same, and I´ve been using the Obsidian for a while (got it almost a month before Xur sold it. Not saying this to be an "earner"wannabe, just to point out that I have used it longer than others and have observed & experimented more. 2. I don´t think so, because although it´s a modifier for the Nova, it doesn´t register as a kill from the Nova itself. My set for the nova is Angry Magic+Shatter+Bloom because I wanted to use my Nova as a crowd controller move to take down (or damage) huge mobs of enemies at once. This setup has given me the best results of all setups so far. Last but not least: Bad Juju. Give it a try. As some others have said, it also gives you extra energy per kill, so you will be getting extra energy from the Inverse Shadow perk in the helmet, AND the String of Curses perk.
