Melee nerf really
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I think all nerfs were good and justified. I find Chainbreaker still worrisome as it undermines the identity of Berserker for very low cost. 1 Rage per hit with a cooldown for Crave the Slaughter vs Manaregen for ridiculous supply of rage.
Gotta wait the patch notes for the full picture. The divergent Berserk got nerfed but the movement speed/less damage taken is still there. Edit: The reason why i think Flesh and Stone nerf is fine because it was abused by casters/miners/ranged (as usual) plus if we look at melee in a bubble without comparing it to spells etc. then we see a strong dominance of pure physical support like Brutality, Stone and Flesh, Maim support gem effect, Banners, Pride, Herald of Purity. Compared to Elemental melee attacks there is no banner with real benefits for Elemental attacks or Flesh and Stone would only provide blind and less dmg taken as a benefit without the benefits of the blood stance part. Also no supports like reverse brutality "cant deal non elemental damage". And of course no Pride like aura of ele attacks. In that bubble where only melee exists it was a good choice. Given the bigger picutre with spells, ranged, mines, summoners its a melee nerf for sure. Last edited by zzang#1847 on Apr 13, 2021, 4:42:56 AM
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" I don’t disagree, I just wish there were more defensive mana reservation buffs that could be realistically slotted on some of the ranged characters who do need them (less powerful than flesh and stone, obviously). Arctic armour ain’t great. We're all in this leaky boat together, people. Last edited by demon9675#2961 on Apr 13, 2021, 10:55:08 AM
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" But off-topic but. Wouldnt Enfeeble + Blasphemy be the better allround dmg reduction choice now that reservation costs are the same and DR is not conditional and works vs most types of damage. Masterpiece of 3.16 lore
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Enfeeble isn't a good defense choice. First there is the curse limit and the fact that you usually want to take an offensive curse instead. Second there is the fact that most endgame bosses, where you want the defense in the first place, have massive curse effect reduction on top of enfeeble being weaker against bosses. So yeah, not a replacement and not a good choice.
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They should change the aura effect to "reduce #% enemies' accuracy" and adjust the #% to be suit for 25% reservation.
Directly increasing aura reservation just ruin many Standard melee builds. |
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Honestly i would use Aspect of the Spider instead
Need more brains, exile?
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