Skill Preview: Dark Pact

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Stephen_Netu wrote:

I have ALWAYS wanted an ability like this! Saccing health for damage! WOOT!

U know BM?

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morbo wrote:

I don't like summoner gameplay, but this looks interesting. Hopefully it will be "viable" as self cast too.

For map clearing maybe Self-Cast better, 2 free sockets!
But for Bosses, Wither BiS, 7*20 = 120 MORE CHAOS DAMAGE!

You can use Wither with Spell totem, but Self-casting Skeletons and New skill? I doubt that!

Unless you can have 2 totems active at 1 time:
1) Totem with Wither.
2) Totem with Summon Skeletons.
Than you can spent on 6L chest all chaos damage amplifier support gems!

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CBEToffOP wrote:

and FIRE damage isn't good synergy with this build which is CHAOS

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Please GGG, make it stronger with skeletons then solocast! Don't let it become another generic "click-on-mob = win" thing.

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PhillipJokar2 wrote:

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CBEToffOP wrote:

and FIRE damage isn't good synergy with this build which is CHAOS

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

???
Just think of it!
1) You sacrifice 35% of Skeletons life to deal 33% FIRE damage!
This fire damage will be reduced by enemy resistance, and you don't take any FIRE related nodes!
2) New skill says it takes some part of Skeletons life to deal CHAOS damage! (the same meaning as sacrifice)!

So questions goes:
Why should i sacrifice 35% of Skeletons life do deal HALF (or more) assed FIRE damage when i can sacrifice this 35% life to cast New skill few more times which will be amplified by all different support gems and passive nodes?!

It's a bit like Guild War's Dark Aura used with a sacrifice spell like Dark  Pact Even shares the same name with one of the skills.

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PopeJo wrote:

I wonder were you got the idea from...
same name, same mechanic: http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Slark#Abilities
*thinking*

Nice catch!

think about vaal summon skeleton :O would be massive !!!

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The skill doesn't do damage to you or your skeletons, it instead instantly removes life, so the skill does not work with Cast when Damage Taken and other self-damage setups

That's a shame, it would open up some interesting builds with Vaal Molten Shell and the like, but I suppose it would be very difficult to balance, which is why you've prevented those mechanics.

most likely not a HC skill :/