Minions and Trigger Gems, The question.

And here we go!

Are minions going to be able to use trigger skills we link to them?
Are we going to have a swarm of lightning warp zombies and frost nova skeletons?

I don't even know how to fully contemplate the possible interactions at this point.

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IlluminaBlade wrote:

And here we go!

Are minions going to be able to use trigger skills we link to them?
Are we going to have a swarm of lightning warp zombies and frost nova skeletons?

I don't even know how to fully contemplate the possible interactions at this point.

We've not seen a "minion gains skill" trigger gem yet, so I suspect your examples aren't exactly correct.

What we might see are zombies that can cast frost nova, or whatever, when they take damage, or when they kill an enemy.

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iamacyborg wrote:

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IlluminaBlade wrote:

And here we go!

Are minions going to be able to use trigger skills we link to them?
Are we going to have a swarm of lightning warp zombies and frost nova skeletons?

I don't even know how to fully contemplate the possible interactions at this point.

We've not seen a "minion gains skill" trigger gem yet, so I suspect your examples aren't exactly correct.

What we might see are zombies that can cast frost nova, or whatever, when they take damage, or when they kill an enemy.

IIRC the gems said that you can't cast attached spells by yourself, so as soon as you add summon zombie to such a gem you can't summon those zombies anymore, but when you get hit it will summon a zombie ;) At least i understood it that way in the video, i might be wrong though.

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Sony_Black wrote:

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iamacyborg wrote:

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IlluminaBlade wrote:

And here we go!

Are minions going to be able to use trigger skills we link to them?
Are we going to have a swarm of lightning warp zombies and frost nova skeletons?

I don't even know how to fully contemplate the possible interactions at this point.

We've not seen a "minion gains skill" trigger gem yet, so I suspect your examples aren't exactly correct.

What we might see are zombies that can cast frost nova, or whatever, when they take damage, or when they kill an enemy.

IIRC the gems said that you can't cast attached spells by yourself, so as soon as you add summon zombie to such a gem you can summon those zombies anymore, but when you get hit it will summon a zombie ;) At least i understood it that way in the video, i might be wrong though.

Interesting, I didn't even take that into consideration.

One could take the trigger gem out, summon the zombies, and then put it back in perhaps? It might not even be a problem though, as we have no idea how the exact mechanics will play out.

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Baronfuming wrote:

One could take the trigger gem out, summon the zombies, and then put it back in perhaps? It might not even be a problem though, as we have no idea how the exact mechanics will play out.

Nope, that wouldn't work as changing the gems wouldn't alter the already summoned minion.

Ideally there'd be minion specific trigger gems.

I'm also curious about the interaction between Trigger on Damage Taken and Dominating Blow. Would dominated enemies be able to trigger skills?

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IIRC the gems said that you can't cast attached spells by yourself, so as soon as you add summon zombie to such a gem you can't summon those zombies anymore, but when you get hit it will summon a zombie ;) At least i understood it that way in the video, i might be wrong though.

I think this is correct. Once you link that gem your character will actually summon zombies on damage taken or melee kill.

If it does work in the other way this could open up some very interesting support combos with zombies.

I was mainly thinking detonate dead, traps, or even being able to trigger an aura? (Aura holding zombies ftw)

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iamacyborg wrote:

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Baronfuming wrote:

One could take the trigger gem out, summon the zombies, and then put it back in perhaps? It might not even be a problem though, as we have no idea how the exact mechanics will play out.

Nope, that wouldn't work as changing the gems wouldn't alter the already summoned minion.

Ideally there'd be minion specific trigger gems.

I'm also curious about the interaction between Trigger on Damage Taken and Dominating Blow. Would dominated enemies be able to trigger skills?

Now that would probably work.
Also the main question - will the triggered spells cost mana? Also I'm feeling they might become drop only gems that are rarer than exalt :'D

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battled wrote:

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iamacyborg wrote:

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Baronfuming wrote:

One could take the trigger gem out, summon the zombies, and then put it back in perhaps? It might not even be a problem though, as we have no idea how the exact mechanics will play out.

Nope, that wouldn't work as changing the gems wouldn't alter the already summoned minion.

Ideally there'd be minion specific trigger gems.

I'm also curious about the interaction between Trigger on Damage Taken and Dominating Blow. Would dominated enemies be able to trigger skills?

Now that would probably work.
Also the main question - will the triggered spells cost mana? Also I'm feeling they might become drop only gems that are rarer than exalt :'D

They don't seem to cost mana, at least judging from the video.

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Sony_Black wrote:

They don't seem to cost mana, at least judging from the video.

I wonder what would happen if you put an aura there >:)