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How does one view that in not tiny size?

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JohnNamikaze wrote:

I dont think that the stats are good enough for the downside, and that you will get destroyed unless you have ridiculous lightning resist(topaz flasks etc.) and are using Fairgraves. If you were to get these, you could avoid almost 40% of all damage. Kinda cool unique.

Lol, gg chest.

That drawback is trivial at endgame.

Hoho, really like that one (I already was a fan of Cloak of Flame). Nice job, pretty powerful, and fortunately a drawback different from "no life on it". Getting 195 lightning resist will be tough, but so worth it.

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Gravethought wrote:

Lol, gg chest.

That drawback is trivial at endgame.

There are actually two drawbacks. The obvious one is the negative lightning resist, which can be geared around/specced around.

The less obvious one is the extra chance of shock stacks (which is hugely significant). The easiest way to deal with this is of course Fairgraves Tricorne, but you are giving up a fairly decently-sized stat spot for an otherwise near-useless helm. You can also get anti-shock flasks, but that requires quick reaction times.

Evasion or hybrid eva-armor characters actually have an easier time dealing with this than armor specs (despite the fact armor benefits the most from phys damage conversion). This is because of 3 factors: getting hit less, getting crit less when you do get hit (look up evasion mechanics if you don't believe me), and access to the status ailment reduction nodes on the right side of the tree.

Really not worth the downsides of -40 life -500 or armor/evasion and -60 LR for 1-30 lightning damage. =/

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JohnNamikaze wrote:

Having no res is a drawback, having res be negative is a massive drawback, and having to take 40% phy dmg as lit dmg is another drawback. I really cannot see any good stats out of it. Not OP, not UP, but a rock bottom item.


Those who wear it, prepare your buttocks.

It's actually extremely powerful if you can work around the negative resists and shock, as you will be reducing the converted damage by up to 91% (or even more with that unique flask), and of course any armor you have is MUCH more effective.

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Redblade wrote:

Really not worth the downsides of -40 life -500 or armor/evasion and -60 LR for 1-30 lightning damage. =/

pretty much this, I'd try it on my eva ranger just to see how it goes... but 1-30 lightning isnt much.. :\

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Redblade wrote:

Really not worth the downsides of -40 life -500 or armor/evasion and -60 LR for 1-30 lightning damage. =/

The lightning damage was suggested by the folks at GGG as a flavor addition. It was not even in the initial design I proposed, and is definitely not the "power-point" of the item.