Elemental Equilibrium and Auras
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Just a quick question about the interaction between Elemental Equilibrium and elemental damage auras (Wrath/Anger):
I have seen builds that use elemental damage auras to proc the Elemental Equilibrium effect. If I have Elemental Equilibrium and hit an enemy with Infernal Blow while Wrath and Anger are active I can imagine three possible outcomes: Outcome 1 (all damage is separate) - Enemy takes lightning damage from Wrath - Enemy gains +25% lightning resistance, -50% fire resistance - Enemy takes increased fire damage from Anger due to reduced fire resistance - Enemy gains +25% fire resistance, -50% lightning resistance - Enemy takes reduced damage from Infernal Blow due to increased fire resistance Outcome 2 (elemental damage is grouped) - Enemy takes lightning damage from Wrath - Enemy gains +25% lightning resistance, -50% fire resistance - Enemy takes increased fire damage from Anger and Infernal Blow at the same time - Enemy gains +25% fire resistance, -50% lightning resistance Outcome 3 (all damage occurs at the same time) - Enemy takes lightning damage from Wrath and fire damage from Anger and Infernal Blow - Enemy gains +25% lightning resistance and +25% fire resistance Which of these outcomes (if any) is correct? -Ius | |
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None. Anger and Wrath never, under any circumstances deal any damage.
They add damage to your attack, in this case infernal blow. Infernal blow is the source of all the damage, just the amount of fore and lightning damage it does is enhanced by the auras. All damage from a hit is applied at the same time. EE relies on this - it is explicitly about which types of elemental damage were or were not present in a hit. If you hit something with Infernal Blow while under the effect of anger and wrath, then you hit them with fire and lightning damage, but not with cold, meaning the defender will gain resistances to fire and lightning, and loose cold resistance. | |
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Honestly, I would go halfway across the tree to pickup a Keystone that made me immune to *other player's* auras. This would make EE far more usable for group play than it is at present.
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Thanks mark, that clears things up
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