We're kicking off our Delve teasers with this new unique item: Command of the Pit!

I dont think i liked

My opinion: Casters now have 2 options, use dagger/sceptre/shield/dual and fortify or use flame dash + arcane surge.

For wand users this becomes even worst, as this is an almost BiS gloves, but maybe not for wand spellcasters.

Wow. I like things like this. Kind of missing part of the puzzle finally revealed :)

Wait 3.4 is a love for self casters :D?

Nice but I am on my 5th Incursion character and have yet to see 1 Abyssal depths.

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Abdiel_Kavash wrote:

Is this level 1 Arcane Surge effect, same as Hierophant ascendancy?

Yes, according to Bex on reddit.

I wonder though, if this means that we will get a full new set of abyss socketed items... It would be awesome. One to resemble the abyssal imp armour (the one we already have) and maybe a more ES/spell/minion focused to resemble the abyssal lich armour.

eh, they're definitely no tombfist, but they're alright.

I probably wouldn't use em on a spellcaster, cuz arcane surge is easy to get and maintain with simple setups like frostbomb-surge-duration or wither-surge-duration. That and flat damage isn't as big a deal to spells as it is to attackers outside of a few skills with extreme damage effectiveness, so the abyss sockets don't matter quite as much. Plus unlike tombfist getting both bonuses by socketing both types of jewels in a 2-socket version doesn't really help. If I cared about cast speed on spellcaster, I'd just go with some nice shaper gloves for a psuedo-5/6L and a (better) global cast speed roll instead.

For minion builds, i wouldn't know very much, i don't do them much. I'd imagine they'd be useful to ele/chaos attack minions, where grip of the council isn't as big a deal.

The main problem is that there is no drive to get double socket ones.

on tombfist i am actually tempted to socket in both jewels, which makes me expand my search beyond the most obvious jewel.

Should be "1000 accuracy for minions/8% cast speed"

And "arkane surge on spell hit/ minions have 20% to hinder or maim on hit"

Peace,

-Boem-

Please show us the new gear for melee skills like cleave.

--life
--damage
--light to counter the killing darkness

I can wait until tomorrow's post.

Huh....

So this will be interesting to see if the cast speed is that relevant for summoners - since the accuracy stat is a dead stat for self cast builds.

Could we see a rise of a league where non-summoner ascendanies leave a 2-4 link open for linking some sort of summons?