Dark effigy question

What does Dark Effigy from the Warlock of the Mists do?
Creates a Dark Effigy tethered to you. Damage you take from enemy hits is taken from the Effigy's life before yours, and 200% of damage the Effigy takes from enemy hits is taken from your life before its own. The Effigy is destroyed if you get too far away from it. The effigy is not a minion. Its life scales based on your character level.

Does this mean when the effigy stands in the Sirus meteor I will die? Also how fast is this going to move?

Effigy takes damage instead of you, you take damage instead of Effigy in a double amount.

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Mistaclean3 wrote:

Does this mean when the effigy stands in the Sirus meteor I will die?

Yes.

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Mistaclean3 wrote:

Also how fast is this going to move?

It doesn't move.

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MonaHuna wrote:

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Mistaclean3 wrote:

Does this mean when the effigy stands in the Sirus meteor I will die?

Yes.

I mean... this assumes you couldn't tank a double damage Sirus meteor. So your not exactly wrong lol

Jokes aside, sounds like an interesting skill. It is effectively a hit only Steelskin esque barrier with 100% absorption, but needs to be positioned correctly to prevent backlash. Very risky with decent payoff if done correctly.

Due to the "hit" only wording, this likely also means that placing the effigy on an existing DOT area will damage and/or destroy the effigy without causing damage to the player.

Depending on the range, could be interesting during an ultimatum.
However, with the range of ennemies projectile... I'm not so sure this is worth taking.
It really depends on the range, but if it's less than half a screen, this is just not worth it. Anything remotely dangerous will probably hit it.