Prism Guardian - Chaos Inoculation

Hey Guys,

I've a little question.
Prism Guadian is a unique shield that grants bonusses for aura's but the equiped gems reserve life instead of mana.

How does this work out in a CI build?
I guess if you use a hard number aura like grace, it kills you.
But how about the % based aura's like Hatred?

30% of 1 HP is still > 0 HP. So it shouldn't kill you.
But I hope someone can confirm this :)

Thanks in advance,

Marcvz

reserving any percent of 1 rounds down to 0 and you die

That's not correct you can use Emph. Edge with CI.

The unique onyx amulets that reserve life are also possible.


I can't confirm but somebody stated in HC that 40% reserve will kill you, while everything lower is fine( He tried to activate auras on a Blood magic map)

Maybe the only other thing he tested was Tempest Shield because Midnight Bargain rerves 30% HP and can't be used with CI(suicide prevention?)

Hmm, I asked the same question on a Dutch forum and there they said that 0.5+ rounds to 1HP
But many different answer and no clear confirmation so far.

I guess speed level on SC and using Blood Magic SPG with aura and CI is the quickest way to get a clear answer..

Well in CB any Aura you used on a CI charakter in conjunction with a Blood Magic Support gem instantly killed you, i have no idea if or when this got changed but i didn't read anything in patch notes.

I did the same experiment in CB before with CI.

Used level 19/20 RMC and Blood Magic with Tempest Shield. Worked out to be around 36% reserved but still instakilled me.

The thing about Eph Edge and Chayula is that they reduce your max life, they don't reserve it.

Reserving probably kills you outright if you're CI, especially since Midnight Bargain specifically says can't be used with CI characters.

Reducing is not reserving. You can reduce your maximum life by 100% and you won't die because your life is SET to 1. It becomes 1. No matter what your +/- changes to maximum life are, it's always 1.

Reserving your life removes a percentage of your CURRENT life which gets rounded down to 0.

CI does not allow you to reserve any life or use blood magic it can't be any less clear than this there are thousands of threads on this subject, sheesh. There is no ambiguity.

RF Totem = 0 Mana works with Blood magic and CI.
There are always loopholes.


There was such a discussion in HC global during closed beta.

Sadly I already deleted the logfile because it got too big.

Somebody stated that Reducing and Reserving is limited with CI, if you got more you will die.
I can't confirm it.


But reducing too much will round up to 1 and kill you too was his point, iirc he stated 2 emph. edges and carnage heart got him killed.


I don't know anybody who tested it on a BM map or took both keystones to test it.

But till the last patch using reserves with bm gem killed most users messing around even without CI.