Skill Reveal: Lancing Steel and Shattering Steel

And here I thought GGG couldn't possibly be any more out-of-touch with their own game.
This is a buff™
They seem basically the same and with built in support gems.

New mechanics sounds interesting, but could be too similar to bleed.
Looks cool an all, but all these "melee" skills just make me long for an actual generic melee totem support gem. ;)


P.S.: You care so much about identity in ascendancies even if it completely kills diversity (block, poison..), yet 1 of the three RPG archetypes (melee) doesn't get one.
Perception is reality.
Last edited by widardd#5398 on Nov 18, 2018, 10:47:46 PM
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LumpsIsHigh wrote:
Does it matter that it isn't melee? It's "melee." It uses melee weapons, can leech, and is just yet ANOTHER AoE "melee" skill.

I've made a few posts, but the general issue I (and others have made) is this is just a continuation of the same problem while ignoring others.


Why wouldn't it matter? It's just like Spectral Throw if it's not "melee". Spectral throw is projectile skill that "uses" melee weapon and therefore anything with melee damage or melee physical damage won't work with it.

Multistrike won't work with it either. It's also not an "Aoe" skill. It's a projectile attack skill from the looks of it.
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kyuuichi wrote:
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LumpsIsHigh wrote:
Does it matter that it isn't melee? It's "melee." It uses melee weapons, can leech, and is just yet ANOTHER AoE "melee" skill.

I've made a few posts, but the general issue I (and others have made) is this is just a continuation of the same problem while ignoring others.


Why wouldn't it matter? It's just like Spectral Throw if it's not "melee". Spectral throw is projectile skill that "uses" melee weapon and therefore anything with melee damage or melee physical damage won't work with it.

Multistrike won't work with it either. It's also not an "Aoe" skill. It's a projectile attack skill from the looks of it.


Yep, the skills both look like Spectral Throw to me, just different projectile patterns.
Well need a skill that makes 2H melee weapons viable! The Delve league saw prices for Starforge hit 5c! Nobody is playing 2H sword build and the Atziri Disfavor axe cyclone is one of the oldest builds around.


GIVE US A 2H MELEE SKILL FOR SWORDS THAT DOES NOT SUCK PLEASE!
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starforge hit 5c not because its a 2hander but because pure phys is completely trash
Uninspired work, at first glance, other than the impale business. Looks pretty much like pure physical versions of frost blades and a melee version of barrage.
Jul 27, 2011 - Sept 30, 2018.
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widardd wrote:
Looks cool an all, but all these "melee" skills just make me long for an actual generic melee totem support gem. ;)


You don't want that, trust me. Totems have already displaced self-cast spellcasters completely. If they were added in for 'true' melee skills as well, that'd be the final death blow to the concept. No one would ever play them without totems.
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