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@dessloc:

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dessloc wrote:

FWIW, he used TM's from Normal Lunaris 2 on Cruel Twilight Strand, so they should not have been de-leveled.

Ah, okay. Either way, the damage isn't what a level 68 Merciless TM does.

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dessloc wrote:

That said, since the stats of the spectres are a black box, including differences among normal, cruel and merciless versions, precision is hard to come by. He also pegged the damage as more like 80% physical/20% fire, which is not consistent with the oft-cited 50/50 breakdown (has this split been confirmed by a dev?).

Yes, confirmed by a Qarl here: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/353232?page=2

The tester couldn't account for his target's fire resistance. Normal TMs might also have a different ratio for balance reasons.

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Hercanic wrote:

Yes, confirmed by a Qarl here: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/353232?page=2

The tester couldn't account for his target's fire resistance. Normal TMs might also have a different ratio for balance reasons.

I see, thanks for the link!

"Fixed a bug with how Attack Speed was applied on some monsters and minions."

Did anyone test FA on tentacle miscreation after 0.11.1b?

Time between volleys is down from 2.4 w/o to 1.6 with. Channel time remains the same. Point Blank+Faster attacks combined with quicksilver minion teleport trick is amazing now.

I just noticed one of my b*tches was 'blue' like if she was magic
Never saw that before when playing with sentinels

edit: maybe just a graphic bug, I summoned a magic one on purpose and came with the regular spectre-pink color

Did a couple of Piety run tests:

WED + hatred + anger + warlord's mark + EE via spork totem
vs.
life leech + wrath + anger + projectile weakness + EE via ice spear totem

the second one was superior overall (damage/spectre defense)

it feels like the WED combo delivered better damage, it cleared lunaris extremely fast. But warlord's mark effect on Piety is too weak to keep the b*tches alive long enough

For these runs other spectre support gems were: remote mine, GMP, IIR and IIQ

@Baalat:

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Baalat wrote:

Did a couple of Piety run tests:

WED + hatred + anger + warlord's mark + EE via spork totem
vs.
life leech + wrath + anger + projectile weakness + EE via ice spear totem

the second one was superior overall (damage/spectre defense)

Eh? If you're testing, why so many variable changes at one time? There's no way to tell, for example, if Wrath beat Hatred.

So chain + gmp is surprisingly good. I thought the stacked less mutliplier would be too much but it seems i was worried for nothing. The tentacles still have outrageous dps easily clearing 72 maps. Not to mention this combo works very well against indoor maps where summoners are the
weakness.

chain + gmp + life leach + remote mine + spectre

my curses are now

projectile weakness for the KB and damage
elemental weakness for hatred,anger,wrath

I also gotten rid of my shock and EE nodes. Doesn't seem necessary when those tentacle miscreations kill that fast. I only have time to curse twice.

@mattc3303:
Could you snap some video? I'm curious to see how fast we're talking here. I'd test myself, but chromatics are on the line.

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Hercanic wrote:

@Baalat:

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Baalat wrote:

Did a couple of Piety run tests:

WED + hatred + anger + warlord's mark + EE via spork totem
vs.
life leech + wrath + anger + projectile weakness + EE via ice spear totem

the second one was superior overall (damage/spectre defense)

Eh? If you're testing, why so many variable changes at one time? There's no way to tell, for example, if Wrath beat Hatred.

it was not intended to compare single skills, but to compare 2 sets of skills
each set has 3 offensive gems + a synergistic EE totem + a life recovery mechanism
I could not just swap wrath for hatred since that would make the EE totem non-synergistic