Spectral throw

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Accuracy is a rating that measures a character's chance to hit with melee and ranged weapons. Accuracy is opposed by the defender's evasion.

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Worgasm wrote:

What I've noticed so far with this skill in terms of mechanics:

1 - it's a projectile therefore projectile damage nodes increase its damage.
2 - physical damage nodes also increase its damage.
3 - weapon specific physical damage nodes increase its damage (if you use that weapon).
4 - melee physical damage does NOT increase its damage.
5 - it auto pierces therefore fork/chain will not work on it (I have yet to test this though)
6 - ATTACK speed increases the cast animation.
7 - lmp and gmp do work on it.
8 - faster projectiles support gem should increase the range of the attack (have yet to test this).

In terms of actual damage calculations I believe they go as follows:

1 - add elemental/physical damage from auras/gems/items
2 - physical/elemental damage mods are then applied
3 - damage is scaled (by the gem skill) and converted into projectile damage
4 - projectile damage mods are then applied

I'm so far lvl 29 and midway through act 3 and so far spectral throw's been pretty good.

This is a good skill for clearing mobs but is pretty horrible on single targets. I will probably switch to frenzy or double strike for single targets... I initially wanted to go a 2h weapon but I'm thinking maybe a wand would be smarter. I'll let you guys know how it goes and see how far I can get.

If I had to give any advice, treat this skill like lighting strike.

So far I really like this skill though. It'll be fun trying to come up with a viable late game build.

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trueZurg wrote:

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Accuracy is a rating that measures a character's chance to hit with melee and ranged weapons. Accuracy is opposed by the defender's evasion.

Does this skill require accuracy or it always hits? I can't find an answer by myself.