Talk:Limbo/@comment-77.174.203.92-20171027174024/@comment-109.49.115.41-20171028174654

Rift Surge was very rushed and never got any proper testing/QoL pass. The best use for it is to use it after a Cataclysm, then close the Cataclysm and force enemies to stay frozen in the rift while everything around is not. This is essentially how you can "evacuate" an entire room during Spy Missions, making you able to hack the data vault in the normal plane without resistance.

Other than that, it can be used to "chain" banishes to nearby enemies, but unfortunately it feels too clunky. The right way seems to be: Banish->Roll->Rift Surge->kill a few->Banish a surged survivor to pull new->Rift Surge->kill a few->...

With that said, I never really find much use out of it, and I'd rather have the Surge be a global condition with a timer, much like Stasis is. The biggest wrench in this Surge wheel, however, is the fact that when a Surged enemy dies, the Surge spreads but it doesn't perform the radial banish. They remained Surged in the material plane, which is inconsequential until you find a way to banish them. Thus, Banish spammage is required for that.

Curiously enough, if Banish was kept as a "pull" instead of the "push" it is now, using Banish to spread the Surge for radial banishes would be... redundant.