New Support Gems Coming to The Fall of Oriath Beta

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WizBlizz1994 wrote:

For those of you that cannot see the purpose of Brutality, as one who loves making builds more than actually playing I'd like to share with you some possibilities.

it's not more MELEE physical, it's just physical damage so it can possibly make certain items shine and certain builds flourish, especially those that struggled to find needed damage or sources of synergy. It also opens up new potential builds for people adventurous enough to try them out. Know that just because a gem might not be top-tier, it doesn't mean there won't be many people who'll enjoy it.

Static Strike, Lightning Strike and other attacks that work in two parts could benefit from a gem like this. Static Strike with Multistrike and Brutality could apply poisons and bleeds more effectively for example, since the shockwaves/projectiles do both lightning AND physical. Maybe Deadeye Rangers that can chain lightning arrow with their ascendancy could rapidly apply poisons using Lightning Arrow and Brutality. Physical Bow builds in general benefit from Brutality, and who knows? Maybe someone could find a way to make a Glacial Cascade poison/bleed assassin with Brutality while using glacial cascade's gore mtx?(that's stretching it abit but still.) Or have the gore mtx on lightning arrow and make a lightning arrow bleed build maybe? These new gems grant many more possibilities.

People have fun at least trying to make a cool, unique build and Brutality just opens more windows for them. Personally it's my favorite gem right next to Unbound Ailments, I like that one too. I'll be trying out that lightning arrow build too when the new gems are out in the beta.

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aleksandor wrote:

Bleed is affected SOLELY by the weapon's physical damage now-- what the skill's physical damage is is what the bleed's damage will be based on. There's no double dipping like before.
So it doesn't matter if the Physical support only affects Melee, since melee is the only thing that will dictate the bleed damage of the skill.

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MaykellenBalosa wrote:

I haven't read a single thing about the Maim support. Do you guys not realize it's essencially a 30% more multiplier at lvl 1?
Since enemies take 20% increased dmg means you deal 20% more dmg, 10+20 is 30%. There are no drawbacks on the gem either, and maiming is great defensively too.

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devon752 wrote:

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MaykellenBalosa wrote:

I haven't read a single thing about the Maim support. Do you guys not realize it's essencially a 30% more multiplier at lvl 1?
Since enemies take 20% increased dmg means you deal 20% more dmg, 10+20 is 30%. There are no drawbacks on the gem either, and maiming is great defensively too.

It's not a 30% more multiplier since it has a 30% chance of maiming. Aka if you take that into account it's ~10% more overall.

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KaseyM21 wrote:

Brutality isn't limited to melee as melee physical is is the main point. Also for physical builds you don't have elemental dmg added to your gear at all. If you do its simply not your end gear and only temporary the loss of those small rolls is negligible.

Also, (I could be wrong as I haven't tested) but I don't thing melee physical effects bleed? Bleed isn't melee damage. Only straight %physical has an effect as far as I know.