By far the worst unique yet, not because it's weak but because it's 100% in the wrong direction

its over
game is dead
best we all uninstall asap
this item has tipped the scales the game is going down
its going down boys
its done
over
finished
abandon ship
run
run
run
swim?
yea swim

And i almost gave melee a chance, and now with these boots... :(

It looks like they are so fixated on melee totems that its a meme at this point

rofl only reason i was gna play was melee slayer 2 hand sword + vaal double strike no totem crap now the new league seem dead for me allready back to wow df

I mean if they are so good they are mandatory then they are helping melee at a time when it needs help... so, clumsy or not, positive thing.

Is it really helping melee tho? Slow slams still stink. "Melee" that's not melee gets free attack speed. What does melee melee gain?

They did the same in the last league too for some other items but more it was 100% weak and pointless...

Alberon's warpath and wraithlord specifically..

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DiabloImmoral wrote:

Is it really helping melee tho? Slow slams still stink. "Melee" that's not melee gets free attack speed. What does melee melee gain?

Ok, but if you are right, then you dont have to wear the boots and they do no harm.

You cant have it both ways - they are strong enough you HAVE to wear them, AND they are worthless?

Surely you can see that makes zero sense, right?

Either - They are so good you have to wear them, because they improve melee (not in the way everyone wanted but still improve)

or

They dont improve melee, hence you dont have to wear them, there is no downside here, they join the many worthless uniques.

They for sure need to drop this garbage playstyle with melee that are tied to drop totems to maximize their damage.

This unique isnt gonna help do that. Not sure why this person created such thing when melee is already garbage enough.

Ok, alternate question, I've played other games where it doesnt feel terrible to trigger cooldowns for the boss....

Why does it feel bad in PoE? And I agree it does.

Is it because the boss is usually not challenging so it feels like a mundane boring task to trigger flasks, totems, etc before engaging.

WHen the boss is hard, it doesnt feel bad right?

Maybe the issue is more that 98% of POE is not difficult, but to optimize, you have to do lots of button press.


I dont know, just brainstorm, but why does it feel in PoE in your opinion?

It feels terrible because you want to make a badass warrior and this totem meta makes this character some cringe voodoo totem pole sculptor every 4 seconds or so. And you have no say on it, you have to do it. And as OP says it looks like it is a direction they take melee towards to.