Synthesis Gem Information

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Bowspin wrote:

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Nestrior wrote:

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Bowspin wrote:

Bane looks straight up stupid. insane base damage AND Applying curse AND getting insane multiplier for each (comparable to conc effect or controlled destruction without drawback) AND spell damage scaling AND curse effect AND works with curse nodes like +40 AoE?

You should just have said "deletes the screen" it would have been quicker.

My problem with Bane is that they have to be linked. So if you go for a 4 Curse setup, Bane included, you are left with max two other sockets for supports. Might be enough like this, but you sure want Swift Afflictions and Void Manipulation. That's the six link right there, but I wonder about any other supports for the curses.

On that note: Malevolence's Increased Duration actually helps with that, in case things live too long. Cast Bane, throw Soulrend in and the last few things should die quickly. Since you surely want to have Despair in that. Making me wonder if Bane will be affected by the Despair it applies or if you have to recast it. Also Mana Cost.

If i'm reading it correctly every curses linked give you a 47% MORE damage multiplier. it's even better than your void manipulation and swift affliction, with no drawbacks btw.

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Dontfear wrote:

If a skill inflicts 1k DoT over 10s and does not stack, I basically do 100 dmg/sec no matter how many times I cast that skill within 1s.
If I now reduce the DoT time to 1s the DoT does 1k over 1 second.
If I reduce the DoT time to 0.1s the DoT does its 1k dmg over 0.1 seconds and I can apply 9 more of the DoTs for the rest 0.9s => I have increased my dmg per second.

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Nestrior wrote:

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Bowspin wrote:

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Nestrior wrote:

My problem with Bane is that they have to be linked. So if you go for a 4 Curse setup, Bane included, you are left with max two other sockets for supports. Might be enough like this, but you sure want Swift Afflictions and Void Manipulation. That's the six link right there, but I wonder about any other supports for the curses.

On that note: Malevolence's Increased Duration actually helps with that, in case things live too long. Cast Bane, throw Soulrend in and the last few things should die quickly. Since you surely want to have Despair in that. Making me wonder if Bane will be affected by the Despair it applies or if you have to recast it. Also Mana Cost.

If i'm reading it correctly every curses linked give you a 47% MORE damage multiplier. it's even better than your void manipulation and swift affliction, with no drawbacks btw.

You know PoE players. We want to turn things up to 11. :) And the "drawbacks" of Void Manipulation and Swift Afflictions are decreased Elemental Damage and less DoT duration respectively. One doesn't matter, the other makes things deal their damage faster. I had hoped to "cheese" it by using Vixen's but doesn't look like that will work.

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Lothrik wrote:

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Dontfear wrote:

If a skill inflicts 1k DoT over 10s and does not stack, I basically do 100 dmg/sec no matter how many times I cast that skill within 1s.
If I now reduce the DoT time to 1s the DoT does 1k over 1 second.
If I reduce the DoT time to 0.1s the DoT does its 1k dmg over 0.1 seconds and I can apply 9 more of the DoTs for the rest 0.9s => I have increased my dmg per second.

This is completely wrong. Reducing the duration of a DOT does not increase the damage per second it deals. DOTs do not have a fixed "damage" number, they have a fixed "damage per second" number. You could increase the duration from 1 second to 1 year, and it would still deal the exact same amount of damage in 1 second in both scenarios.

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Nomorenamestopick wrote:

Hey melee players! Take a look at Life Leech Support (O% more damage). Then take a look at Energy Leech Support (39-63%) more damage. Then go take yourself out behind the shed.




I don't care that they said they will address melee in 3.7. GGG needs to spread out their changes across playstyles so expansions have something for everyone.

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Xenombra wrote:

Bane look amazing guys. 47 more spell damage for EACH curse link + duration and now with Intensify... A very big AoE... This skill is the new number one spell for me.

Curs that can be very useful : Despair, Enfeeble, Temporal chain, Warlord Mark... and it's easy to get way more 188 more spell damage... OK!


But lets say only 3 curse is enough, you have Bane + 3 curses + intensify + Efficacy or swift affliction

Start to get a lots of damage for not much mana because they cost nothing and no mana multiplier for each curse.