Banner Aura Effect

I test aura stacking on Dread Banner, and I calculate total aura effect is 21.62(increase 88% from passive and body armour, 1050% more from banner skill effect).

According to calculations, I should be getting 86% block, but I'm still only getting 80%, which equals total aura effect is 20.

Therefore, I've tried adding more aura effects on passive tree, but it's still 80% block. Is there a maximum aura effect limit for a banner? or bug?

Other banner seem to have the same problem.

thx

If Valour was capped, there's no documentation of it that I'm aware of. My quick math says you have 105 valour and 97 is what you need to hit 80% block, which doesn't make sense.

Unspeccing the 10% banner aura node (going to Rallying Icon), puts you 20.47 aura effect, but that should be 81 block unless there's a rounding issue in-game that PoB doesn't account for. If you take the other 2 passives on that wheel, that puts you at 24.49 and 97 block, but if taking those doesn't change anything, then my guess is those nodes are bugged somehow. Try testing with different aura nodes. The closest ones are Sovereignty (16%) or try using an aura effect small cluster to test.

Assuming Sovereignty or small cluster does increase your block, then Rallying Icon wheel does nothing, and somehow unsurprising since that was just added in 3.25 and probably not enough people did actual testing to make sure it worked.

To rule out it's not just an issue with Dread Banner/block/PoB, you can also test with War Banner as well.
No banner - PoB puts you at 3002 accuracy
With 10% node unallocated and 105 valour - 6917 accuracy
With 10% node allocated and 105 valour - 7133 accuracy
With Rallying Icon (35% effect) and 105 valour - 7686 accuracy

I tested Dread Banner and War Banner according to your method.

War Banner with 10% node allocated is 7134 accuracy,this is correct.

When I wearing 20% aura effect body armour(80% block) and test Dread Banner,first and second 10% Banner aura effect node are not work(still 80% block).

When I take off my body armour(69% block), first node is not work(69% block),but I allocated second node, first and second node are work both(80% block).

The test results

1. First 10% Banner aura effect node cannot work unless second node allocated.
2. Dread Banner has weird maximum aura effect limit

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ppp8177616#3594 wrote:

When I take off my body armour(69% block), first node is not work(69% block),but I allocated second node, first and second node are work both(80% block).

The test results

1. First 10% Banner aura effect node cannot work unless second node allocated.
2. Dread Banner has weird maximum aura effect limit

Second opinion on the test results:

1. More Aura effect multiplier from Valour is applied last
2. When increased Aura effect is applied, results are rounded down
3. This creates distinct breakpoints for Aura effect on Banners
4. This is exacerbated for Dread Banner, which has a 4% base effect



With Dread Banner's base effect of +4% Attack block chance, breakpoints of 1% would occur for every 25% increased Aura effect.
Character has a maximum of 105 Valour, for 1050% more aura effect (11.5x effect).

Without your body armour or the small nodes before Rallying Icon, you have 58% increased Aura effect. Due to the breakpoints, this increases Dread Banner's base effect to +6%.
+6% * 11.5 = +69%

Adding your body armour, or both small nodes, brings your increased Aura effect to 78%. Due to breakpoints, this increases Dead Banner's base effect to +7%.
+7% * 11.5 = +80.5%, rounded down to +80%

Adding the body armour and both small nodes brings your increased Aura effect to 98%. This is 2% short of the next breakpoint, which would bring you to a base effect of +8%, for a final total of +92% block chance.

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Jadian#0111 wrote:

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ppp8177616#3594 wrote:

When I take off my body armour(69% block), first node is not work(69% block),but I allocated second node, first and second node are work both(80% block).

The test results

1. First 10% Banner aura effect node cannot work unless second node allocated.
2. Dread Banner has weird maximum aura effect limit

Second opinion on the test results:

1. More Aura effect multiplier from Valour is applied last
2. When increased Aura effect is applied, results are rounded down
3. This creates distinct breakpoints for Aura effect on Banners
4. This is exacerbated for Dread Banner, which has a 4% base effect



With Dread Banner's base effect of +4% Attack block chance, breakpoints of 1% would occur for every 25% increased Aura effect.
Character has a maximum of 105 Valour, for 1050% more aura effect (11.5x effect).

Without your body armour or the small nodes before Rallying Icon, you have 58% increased Aura effect. Due to the breakpoints, this increases Dread Banner's base effect to +6%.
+6% * 11.5 = +69%

Adding your body armour, or both small nodes, brings your increased Aura effect to 78%. Due to breakpoints, this increases Dead Banner's base effect to +7%.
+7% * 11.5 = +80.5%, rounded down to +80%

Adding the body armour and both small nodes brings your increased Aura effect to 98%. This is 2% short of the next breakpoint, which would bring you to a base effect of +8%, for a final total of +92% block chance.

Ohhhhhhhhhhh so I was misled by POB, right?

POB just put 4% base block in to total aura effect, didn't round down decimal places, but calculation results from game round down decimal places after increase% and then calculate more%.

I will continue to worry about adding more Aura effect on my character.

Thx a lot guys, and thx for reading my poor English.