Here are the gem details for the reworked Power Siphon!

So basically you took some of vaal power siphon and added it into regular power siphon to lesser degree.

I approve, that's pretty sweet.

Also, ty for the chance for charges against rares/uniques, it's really nice not to need on-kill/on-crit mechanics for that.

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Abdiel_Kavash wrote:

That's a lot of projectiles o_O


What exactly does "in front of you or to your sides" mean? Is it going to be some kind of a random spread pattern? Or should it maybe say "in front of you and to your sides"?

I guess it means it auto-aims the projectiles at enemies, but not ones behind you.
Not sure how it will work with chain.

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[Edit] Hmm, is there ever any scenario in which one would want to use Split Arrow when this skill exists? I'm the last person to whine about balance, but it seems that the new Power Siphon is numerically better in every single aspect aside from 1 more mana cost.

Wand vs Bow (obvious reason)
Dex/Green vs Int/Blue (decent enough reason)
Different aiming / spread pattern (Royale reason)
They're going to buff split arrow too (wishful thinking reason)

so this is effectively Skill + PCoC + Inc Crit Strike + one damage multiplier (150% effectiveness) + pseudo GMP..

and what kind of dumb it requires to be dumb enough to play Glacial Hammer or Ground Slam or Sweep? serious question. because this skill not only is a 4L out of the box but it also doesnt require you to aim. at the same time 'namelock' functionality in POE is from late 90's and SUCKS massively on technical grounds

btw new PS < old KB so..

can we get some sort of video demonstration for this?

EDIT: why would i use this over KB exactly?

Bex mentioned on reddit there'll be a preview video tomorrow.

You'd use this over KB for flavor and aesthetics, probably.

so they become homing rockets now? so what happens if you link pierce? homing rockets til pierce runs out?

Fantastic!!!! I have already done a cheap inquisitor in Path of building with the actual version of power siphon (poor-man Piscator/Tabula char), and i am already scratching 150K dps. With the renewed version, will be even more

Happy :) Great, Bex :)

Regarding all the KB + Barrage comparisons, another thing going for the new PS is that it has a Vaal counterpart, whereas KB and Barrage don't. I suspect people will be at least curious to try out the playstyle with the new Vaal gems granting the two versions of the skill in the same setup, which comes with being able to use (possibly reworked) Vaal PS in boss fights etc.

Yeah, "rework" is apparently just code for "buff the ever-loving fuck out of something because we've lost complete control over what our game once was and aren't even trying to keep hold of the reigns anymore."