Reap scaling, Theorycrafting

That's the main problem I see with the new blood DoTs. You have to ALWAYS be hitting to keep them up. No running and hiding for 8 seconds to let your ignite burn.

And most builds I see are just sitting there in Pride range constantly casting as their tiny DoT ticks away. Sure for telegraphed bosses that's fine. Otherwise you're in big trouble. Blight builds aren't very popular for a reason.

Cruelty doesn't seem to synergize well with the new skills either. You're always going to be near the minimum Cruelty buff with DoT links on blood skills. 6L hit-based skill to grant a big Cruelty buff (archmage? slam?) and a different 6L DoT skill that takes advantage of the 50% more DoT damage...sure. But if you're mandated to cast 2+ things + accessory skills every time you fight you might as well just play slams or BF/BB instead for way more damage.

I wonder what would happen if you use Reap with Avatar of Fire? Will it apply Physical damage over time debuff that deals no damage or will it not apply a debuff at all? If debuff is not applied you can get permanent 5 Blood charges.

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alex_disp wrote:

I wonder what would happen if you use Reap with Avatar of Fire? Will it apply Physical damage over time debuff that deals no damage or will it not apply a debuff at all? If debuff is not applied you can get permanent 5 Blood charges.

Well first we still don't know if blood charges won't have duration/ And second avatar on fire converts 50% of the damage (that includes DoT as well) so the dot still be dealing dmg albeit 50% less. And where you found info about 5 Blood charges being max amount?

I'm going Reap Heiro from new physical tree/shield/glancing blow area to the shadow starting area and nobody can stop me.

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Desrers wrote:

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alex_disp wrote:

I wonder what would happen if you use Reap with Avatar of Fire? Will it apply Physical damage over time debuff that deals no damage or will it not apply a debuff at all? If debuff is not applied you can get permanent 5 Blood charges.

Well first we still don't know if blood charges won't have duration/ And second avatar on fire converts 50% of the damage (that includes DoT as well) so the dot still be dealing dmg albeit 50% less. And where you found info about 5 Blood charges being max amount?

In the skill gem description duh. "Players can have 5 maximum Blood charges"
Also, avatar of fire does not convert damage over time, it only converts damage from hits.

Where did you get that? AoF converts all damage.

I think that it is a pretty good question, AoF is saying physical damage converted to fire. As the DoT isn't an ailment it could be working I guess?

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Shagsbeard wrote:

Where did you get that? AoF converts all damage.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1668882/page/1#p13335036
No it does NOT convert damage over time.

I did the same with EXSANG on the same config with +8 to skill gem (double cold point + empower as there are not enough supports gems



As it has the 3stacks thing, it is doing more damage than REAP.

I think the best way to play this would be:

REAP for map clearing and switching to EXSANG for solo target situation (they told us REAP would be good in single target but it looks like it will be better than REAP every time you can stack the 3 dots.

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alex_disp wrote:

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Desrers wrote:

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alex_disp wrote:

I wonder what would happen if you use Reap with Avatar of Fire? Will it apply Physical damage over time debuff that deals no damage or will it not apply a debuff at all? If debuff is not applied you can get permanent 5 Blood charges.

Well first we still don't know if blood charges won't have duration/ And second avatar on fire converts 50% of the damage (that includes DoT as well) so the dot still be dealing dmg albeit 50% less. And where you found info about 5 Blood charges being max amount?

In the skill gem description duh. "Players can have 5 maximum Blood charges"
Also, avatar of fire does not convert damage over time, it only converts damage from hits.

Well i wasn't reading descriptions so there that. Hmm interesting interactions with DoT and AoF wasn't avare. Well if debuff isn't going to be applied it will be really great dps boost. Will look for that for sure