Yeah, I remember talking with you about it while you were developing it. It's been a while though, I forgot about cloak stacking specifically since it didn't really strike me as a core component of the build.
Anyway, I just went ahead and tested the Ebony Cloak with a Fortify Destruction Potion @ 125% (via Ectoplasm + Glow Dust at 100 Alchemy, with all relevant perks and 66% Fortify Alchemy gear).
It was just a very rough test: five "control" tests without the potion, on a skeleton at the Ritual Stone. Average time to kill was approx. 5.4 seconds. Then five more runs with the potion, average time to kill was 5.6 seconds.
I attribute this slightly higher value to allowable sampling error based on my small sample size and imprecise timing.
So yeah, Fortify Destruction potions don't seem to affect the Shadow Cloak. However, with that same potion and Aspect of Terror, you can take Flame Cloak to 60.75 DPS. Throw in the Ebony Mail and you're looking at 68.76 DPS on anything that doesn't resist fire.
While Ethereal.
Still need to verify the Shadow Cloak works on dragons though. In any case, hopefully this is helpful to you, Phil.
Yeah, I remember talking with you about it while you were developing it. It's been a while though, I forgot about cloak stacking specifically since it didn't really strike me as a core component of the build.
Anyway, I just went ahead and tested the Ebony Cloak with a Fortify Destruction Potion @ 125% (via Ectoplasm + Glow Dust at 100 Alchemy, with all relevant perks and 66% Fortify Alchemy gear).
It was just a very rough test: five "control" tests without the potion, on a skeleton at the Ritual Stone. Average time to kill was approx. 5.4 seconds. Then five more runs with the potion, average time to kill was 5.6 seconds.
I attribute this slightly higher value to allowable sampling error based on my small sample size and imprecise timing.
So yeah, Fortify Destruction potions don't seem to affect the Shadow Cloak. However, with that same potion and Aspect of Terror, you can take Flame Cloak to 60.75 DPS. Throw in the Ebony Mail and you're looking at 68.76 DPS on anything that doesn't resist fire.
While Ethereal.
Still need to verify the Shadow Cloak works on dragons though. In any case, hopefully this is helpful to you, Phil.