Bug Reports (Path of Exile 1) - Volcanic Fissure projectiles don't receive damage from Facebreaker. - Forum

The actual fissure creates the projectiles, why wouldn't the projectiles receive the damage? They were created by the melee attack so they should receive the benefit from the added damage. As far as I can tell from gem tags, it's the only melee skill that generates projectiles for an unarmed attack. Last bumped on Sep 8, 2023, 2:54:16 AM This thread has been automatically archived. Replies are disabled.	Posted by Avengii#6012 on Sep 8, 2023, 12:31:53 AM Quote this Post
No, in such skills, melee and projectile damage is calculated separately. And Facebreaker only says "Melee Attacks".	Posted by seaman#4993 on Sep 8, 2023, 1:02:55 AM Valued Poster Quote this Post
Is the projectile a separate attack? Because 'Volcanic Fissure' is a melee attack.	Posted by Avengii#6012 on Sep 8, 2023, 2:25:25 AM Quote this Post
Yes. Melee part " Slam the ground, creating a winding fissure that deals area damage while travelling outwards. Proj part " When it reaches the target location it erupts, releasing a burst of molten projectiles. " Mark_GGG wrote: The projectiles are not melee, and do no benefit from any melee-specific bonuses. They are dealing your weapon damage, and do benefit from bonuses to your weapon type, or categories which include your weapon.	Posted by seaman#4993 on Sep 8, 2023, 2:32:24 AM Valued Poster Quote this Post
So you punch the ground so hard that the projectiles that come out of the ground do 800% less damage. Ok... Seems counter intuitive to the way slams work. This interaction makes it a strike with extra steps. It doesn't even make sense to allow the skill unarmed when the only two ways of making unarmed viable render the projectiles useless. Last edited by Avengii#6012 on Sep 8, 2023, 3:19:25 AM	Posted by Avengii#6012 on Sep 8, 2023, 2:54:16 AM Quote this Post