Are the new "Pinnacle Exclusive" Uniques meant as a joke?

So the big reveal of the new pinnacle boss uniques was a helmet that makes you take more phys damage, a couple random amulets nobody would give up an actual amulet for, and a pair of gloves that help you make a rage based defense build but cut your rage in half and double your rage loss?

What even was the idea here?

What kind of "build enablement" was targeted?

Invitations to these exclusive, new Uber bosses can be purchased for less than 10c

I don't know how this can be viewed as anything but a joke.

It's like the bosses don't even exist.

aren't the uber uniques being designed by players in the hardcore competitions every league?



Haunting Memories - This has a fairly good defensive potential potential for a hybrid life/es build, since a well rolled one would split half the damage between life and ES allowing you to recover both before the next hit vs having just ES still not maxed. It just hasn't been broken by players yet.


Refuge in Isolation - converts elemental damage to phys and makes phys hits unlucky, extremely powerful in the right build, but requires building around it eg(eg converting 100% ele to phys/chaos through multiple sources), give it time and someone will make a broken build with this.


The Caged Mammoth Antique Gauntlets - for builds that easily generate rage and already have way more than enough these are 30% less damage taken, extremely strong defensive item.

not sure which is the last item you were referencing, the only other amulet I saw was the generic minion one which is really good for someone not focusing on a specific minion, the downside is minimal(-flat res per minion), good for builds that use multiple different kinds of minions that need gem levels.