What are the mechanics of totems?

Can they critical strike?
Do they take into account your current cast speed(for spell totems) or attack speed?(for ranged attack totems?)
Are status ailments made affected by your nodes?
What other notable stats do they take into account and which ones they don't?
Thanks <3
Last edited by Theorycrafter#7860 on Feb 7, 2013, 8:20:35 AM
Totems cast your spells.
Anything that would improve your spells applies to totem usage.
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pneuma wrote:
Totems cast your spells.
Anything that would improve your spells applies to totem usage.

The bonuses are applied dynamically?
Say, I acquire a buff while the totems are up, do they receive the bonuses too as I do? Or do they "register" the current state as I cast them?
If they lifeleech, do they heal me?
Do ranged totems work with Point Blank?
Do they receive benefit from my auras?
Do they apply *all* bonuses my weapons have?
Last edited by Theorycrafter#7860 on Feb 7, 2013, 8:48:37 AM
Does the improvements also work with say, +% faster projectiles on a wand eventho the totem gem is in body?
Bump.
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Unacceptable wrote:
The bonuses are applied dynamically?
Say, I acquire a buff while the totems are up, do they receive the bonuses too as I do?
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Do ranged totems work with Point Blank?
Do they receive benefit from my auras?

Yes to all of the above. It is exactly as if you are casting the spell or using the attack yourself.

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Unacceptable wrote:
If they lifeleech, do they heal me?

I will split this one off separately. They heal themselves. They also do not grant charges to you or themselves (in the case of Frenzy and Power Siphon ranged attack totems and Enduring Cry spell totems).
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pneuma wrote:
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Unacceptable wrote:
The bonuses are applied dynamically?
Say, I acquire a buff while the totems are up, do they receive the bonuses too as I do?
...
Do ranged totems work with Point Blank?
Do they receive benefit from my auras?

Yes to all of the above. It is exactly as if you are casting the spell or using the attack yourself.

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Unacceptable wrote:
If they lifeleech, do they heal me?

I will split this one off separately. They heal themselves. They also do not grant charges to you or themselves (in the case of Frenzy and Power Siphon ranged attack totems and Enduring Cry spell totems).


Just making sure... So Point Blank Ranged Attack Totems take into account the *totem's* range when attacking and not mine, correct?
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Unacceptable wrote:

Just making sure... So Point Blank Ranged Attack Totems take into account the *totem's* range when attacking and not mine, correct?

This I am also interested in, would be nice if anyone knew
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Unacceptable wrote:
Just making sure... So Point Blank Ranged Attack Totems take into account the *totem's* range when attacking and not mine, correct?

Yes, this is the case.
Point Blank works on the distance from the origin of the projectile. Since the projectile originates at the totem, it counts from there.
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pneuma wrote:
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Unacceptable wrote:
The bonuses are applied dynamically?
Say, I acquire a buff while the totems are up, do they receive the bonuses too as I do?
...
Do ranged totems work with Point Blank?
Do they receive benefit from my auras?

Yes to all of the above. It is exactly as if you are casting the spell or using the attack yourself.

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Unacceptable wrote:
If they lifeleech, do they heal me?

I will split this one off separately. They heal themselves. They also do not grant charges to you or themselves (in the case of Frenzy and Power Siphon ranged attack totems and Enduring Cry spell totems).


totems actually do gain charges, at least from WM.

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