Mechanical Questions Thread

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Hi, I have questions about the new Shaped/Elder mods on body armours -- specifically, the ones that grant "#% of Physical Damage taken as [Elemental] Damage" (prefixes, ilvl 83+). Shaped ones can get Cold/Lightning, and Elder ones can get Fire. I have two questions:

1. Is it possible, on a Shaped body armour, to get both the Cold and Lightning mods, for up to 30% damage taken as elemental? Or are these two mods considered the same "type" and mutually exclusive?

2. Do these mods conflict with the prefix granted by an Essence of Horror (15% of Physical Damage taken as Cold Damage)?

The reason I ask is because I want to craft an i85 Zodiac Leather to have 30% of phys as elemental. If that's actually impossible, it would help to know beforehand, and, if it is possible, I'd like to know if I should be using Essences of Horror or not.

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Avatarochnik wrote:

So, how does CWDT interacts with block? One would assume, that since you essentially take 0 damage, due to it being blocked, no chance to proc CWDT. But I would love to be wrong on this one, actually. Anybody care to elaborate?

CWDT adds a "counter" to the supported spell(s). When you take life damage that counter is incremented by the amount you just took.

If the new sum is >= the trigger level, CWDT fires the spells, resets their counters to zero, and starts the .25 second cooldown in which damage does not increment the counter.

So, if you take zero life damage, yes, CWDT will not increment the counter, thus will not trigger.

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SlippyCheeze wrote:

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Avatarochnik wrote:

So, how does CWDT interacts with block? One would assume, that since you essentially take 0 damage, due to it being blocked, no chance to proc CWDT. But I would love to be wrong on this one, actually. Anybody care to elaborate?

CWDT adds a "counter" to the supported spell(s). When you take life damage that counter is incremented by the amount you just took.

If the new sum is >= the trigger level, CWDT fires the spells, resets their counters to zero, and starts the .25 second cooldown in which damage does not increment the counter.

So, if you take zero life damage, yes, CWDT will not increment the counter, thus will not trigger.

And it only counts LIFE damage? Not es?

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Avatarochnik wrote:

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SlippyCheeze wrote:

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Avatarochnik wrote:

So, how does CWDT interacts with block? One would assume, that since you essentially take 0 damage, due to it being blocked, no chance to proc CWDT. But I would love to be wrong on this one, actually. Anybody care to elaborate?

CWDT adds a "counter" to the supported spell(s). When you take life damage that counter is incremented by the amount you just took.

If the new sum is >= the trigger level, CWDT fires the spells, resets their counters to zero, and starts the .25 second cooldown in which damage does not increment the counter.

So, if you take zero life damage, yes, CWDT will not increment the counter, thus will not trigger.

And it only counts LIFE damage? Not es?

I thought it was only life (or mana, if MoM), but other posts suggest it also covers ES, so ... I'm not certain. I suspect I was wrong, though, because I'm pretty sure I have seen CI build guides that use CWDT, and they, uh, don't really have much life to trigger it with. :)

I am very ignorant and fairly new to the game; I haven't done much end game content or studied builds.

I have discovered an abyssal Foul Globe Ghastly Eye Jewel. It gives minions a 20% damage buff if you've cast a minion skill recently. I'm not sure what "recently" means in this context. Is there any visual clue to show the additional damage minions have as a result of this jewel?

Thanks!

Is it normal that the "life recovery rate" from an Elder belt doesn't change anything on the character sheet ?
First screenshot with a non-Elder belt : link
Second screenshot with the Elder belt that has 11% increased recovery rate : link

The life regen on the character sheet stays essentially the same (small difference because the second belt has slightly higher life stat), is this normal ? I did some quick testing by removing items until I would degen with RF, and then equipping the new belt stopped that degen so it does seem to work but I'm curious why it's not showing.

I remember in Harbinger I did a similar test with the first bonus of Arakaali's Pantheon (50% increased recovery rate if you've stopped taking damage over time) : I activated RF, used a Dousing flask and saw no change on the character sheet so I assumed that this particular interaction did not work... but now I'm thinking maybe it does actually work but it's not showing either ?

Thanks for any clarification.