Strongbox one shots

So after watching a couple different streamers get one shot by, apparently, Ice Nova strong boxes, I have to ask... do strong boxes crit? Both Pohx and Zeno got one shot, the Zeno rip I could understand, but Pohx was completely out of range of the box so it was curious.

Anyone else get one shot by these?
Yep got one shotted by an Ice nova box the other day, not even remotely funny..
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It's incredibly stupid that strong boxes can one shot you. I understand them damaging you to make the ensuing fight more difficult. What's difficult about an instant kill, though? A one shot mechanic with ridiculous range is especially bad.

At this point it's clearly established that Ice Nova one shots are a feature. Why, though? How is the game improved by killing players like this?
Good question. Especially since you can't do anything about it. Boxes will immediately cast IN - unlike DD, which happens after a while so you can avoid it.
I liked the mechanic in Diablo (I). Traps would take a percentage of your life (sometimes 80 or so) - this way they approximately equally dangerous for all characters.
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Yeah, I popped a cold res flask, had around 4k hp, 86% cold res, got dropped to around 30 hp from the detonation.
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Ice nova rekt me lol
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Yep got one shotted by an Ice nova box the other day, not even remotely funny..


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same here, got 1shot in a lv 70 map by Ice Nova Strongbox (no damage mod on the map), and that on a level 90 character with 5150 life and 75% cold res. These are definitely overtuned.
What does the box have ice nova linked with to get 20k non-crit? I want 20k per cast ice nova.

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