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Is there a limit of stacks that can be gained from herald of agony?

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luluch wrote:

So, Caustic Arrow got nerfed since Ziggd's showcase.

actually you're right, a significant nerf at that.
on showcase the gem was 71.5% base damage at level 17, and now its only 64.4% at gem lvl 20. i know i'll still be building around its hit damage

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insilopeh wrote:

Nothing for curses which was hinted before incursion even hit. Theyre still utterly useless.

well it wasn't hinted they'd be changed/fixed in this patch. they just said they're looking to change how curses are/work, so it was open ended statement. as long as it happens any time in the future then it holds true to what they said.
i personally can't wait for the change though. right now curses are garbage. they're not worth using vs what they're useful against (trash mobs) and they're useless when they'd have most use (bosses)

Literally ZERO SPELL ?

Nerfing shield charge wasn't bad enough. I guess I'll just HAVE TO play the new builds

Or not

So sexy and I know it :P

Mmmm, none of these tickly my fancy, but I'll surely give them a try.

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Yadeehoo wrote:

Literally ZERO SPELL ?

Nerfing shield charge wasn't bad enough. I guess I'll just HAVE TO play the new builds

Spells were doing quite well. I'd even go as far as to say spells were a LOT better off than most (certainly not all) ranged options and especially melee.


I do wonder if Shield charge got THAT much worse. I mean, they mostly wrecked Brightbeak.


If the other movement skills are now closer, it might be a nice change of pace.

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HackAShaq wrote:

Is there a limit of stacks that can be gained from herald of agony?

The limit is 40 Virulence, assuming it's still the same as in ZiggyD's video.

So since herald of agony has the spell tag, i can increase its damage with spell modifiers? Also Illuminated Devotion's Spell damage leeched as life would work with this? Increases to critical strikes with spells increases the crawlers crit chance?

toxic rain looks intresting <3

Question.
Does Less duration gem reduce tiem for scouring arrow to be fully charged?

I wonder if Herald of Agony minion buffs are affected by Ascendant->Elementalist (40% increased effect of heralds on you) or Elementalist (25% increased effect of heralds on you, 25% reduced mana reservation for heralds)

Effects per Virulence (Agony Crawler buffs) with Ascendant->Elementalist:
attack speed: 3 * 40 * 1.4 = 168
increased damage: 19 * 40 * 1.4 = 1064
added damage: (45 + 84)/2 * 40 * 1.4 = 3612