Probably not bad against shrink because of the +120%dmg.
But giving up pass is madness.
Thaum1 would be good I think… Probably better then pyro3 tbh.
%120 amp on non-boss mobs the worst part of the trade would be fire pillar radius nerfed and cast time wasted on casting shrink body so much…
…Since you know 5 target, can spam with pass or not, though the animation cancel works nicely on it and it doesn’t cause a lockup like some cancels… so maybe not bad part.
Positioning into melee though crappy.
You’d be slower clear on weak garbage and faster, safer clear against high HP, high dmg elites.
Edit: Ah… I also wouldn’t go Int… Your weapon dmg will far outpace the low dmg increase from swell arm’s base matk bonus.
The matk increase you would gain per shot wouldn’t be worth nerfing your shots per second if you’re trying to mini-max your DPS.
The formula for thaum buffs also slowly decreases in potential as stats increase higher. You get less matk per Int point as you go further along the curve.
That maters less though because the matk bonus from thaum is far over shadowed by the matk you get out of transcended weapons.
The swell left’s shrink attribute on the other hand… heh hand… will still always be +120% to final damage (non-boss).