To Whoever Suggested the 'Blind' Effect

I love you, we need more gems like this.
While i see a lot of people scoff at blind and dismiss it due to its initial 6%, i've recently started using it on my bow templar and it is my new favourite support gem.

I LOVE this gem. More people need to give it a shot.

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Xendran wrote:

I LOVE this gem. More people need to give it a shot.

Quoted for Truth. I remember playing around with a paladin on D2 waay back in the day who had a unique shield (Umbral Disc) which added among other things 'hit blinds target', and more recently in the Torchlight 2 beta having fun with the engineer's flashbangs (yep, you can 'bang and clear' rooms now!).

So what does the gem do exactly? If you want more people to try it you should explain it a bit ;)

From the 0.9.11 patch notes:

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Added a new Dexterity support gem - Blind: Associated skills have a chance to blind their targets for 4 seconds. Blinded monsters have 75% less chance to hit (multiplicatively).

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/39594/highlight/

I know whose unique spearheaded the introduction of the mechanic but I'm not sure if he actually suggested it.

I love it too. :)

If only I had a 5l instead of a 4l, I would use blind all the time on freezing pulse. Hopefully one drops in the near future.

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DDSSEE wrote:

If only I had a 5l instead of a 4l, I would use blind all the time on freezing pulse. Hopefully one drops in the near future.

Yeah i have it linked with my elemental hit, and it just steamrolls melee bosses.

Summon Skeletons + Blind is so absurdly defensive that it blows my mind. It's better than Frost Wall + Totem imo.

If only I could get the damn gem, I would love to try it. Can we add a gem store please? Heh heh

Shadow gets it as quest reward on multiple occasions.
I am using two of them, one is attached to my tempest shield and other to whirlwind strike to make groups more manageable.