Zerker changes

I have a feeling no one on Hardcore is going to even think on taking this "suicide" node...

Because Zerker was such a common class pick in hardcore right?

actually zerkers not bad in HC its kinda a misnomer to think LUL zerker take damage bonk bonk the fact is zerkers get so much damage you can allocate extra passives in defense.

I'd rather play a zerker than a deadeye for example no contest

Also what hasnt been brought up int his thread:
That almost oneshot certainly should count as a savage hit right?
Which would trigger the Ascendancy Points depending on Savage hit while mapping, as in that content you usualy dont get chunked that hard by a single hit.

Pretty sure it's not a hit. "Take" would be "hit by" if it were.

I was wondering if you could invest in the "Reduced Reflect Phys Damage Taken" nodes by the scion life wheel and maybe an essence on rings for a huge chunk of mitigation. Could be a great way to bypass that downside and just have super armor and leech.

To completely mitigate the downside you need to take the reduce reflect phys dmg near scion and an elder ring.
This ascen node give us 225% inc armour and 50% maximum leech which are huge defensive buffs.

This will limit your choice in rings as a normal berserker. Armour stacker would get the most out of this because their high armour can easily block 50 - 60% of the dmg(let say 8k phys dmg). You can either save 3 points on the tree or use another ring instead of the elder ring.

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Aiqeamqo wrote:

Also what hasnt been brought up int his thread:
That almost oneshot certainly should count as a savage hit right?
Which would trigger the Ascendancy Points depending on Savage hit while mapping, as in that content you usualy dont get chunked that hard by a single hit.

15% of your hp = savage hit, definitely not oneshot.

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amakusav wrote:

To completely mitigate the downside you need to take the reduce reflect phys dmg near scion and an elder ring.
This ascen node give us 225% inc armour and 50% maximum leech which are huge defensive buffs.

This will limit your choice in rings as a normal berserker. Armour stacker would get the most out of this because their high armour can easily block 50 - 60% of the dmg(let say 8k phys dmg). You can either save 3 points on the tree or use another ring instead of the elder ring.

Don't forget 25% reduced reflect damage taken from pantheon.

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Draegnarrr wrote:

So guys I gotta ask am I moron and don't understand or is

Defy Pain

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the worst ascendancy node of all time? It genuinely looks like a node that is actively bad, even if it was free I wouldn't take this node.

Yep, its the worst Ascendancy node in history when placed on Berserker.
Oneshot yourself every few seconds.

Not sure what the idea with armour is in GGGs head.
They successfully bribed us into armour with Vaal Molten Shell/Molten Shell+ Transcendence, Iron Reflexes + Flask effect.

Even though armour is the biggest piece of shit defense in this game people take it due to the above aspects.

This node wont make GGG succeed in players accepting armour and its formular as a valid defense.
I could imagine the node being a thing if you get +5 Rage when getting hit as well but like this?
No thx.