Arcanist Brand
" Usually things like this don't tend to work too well with channeling skills, if they even work at all. Last edited by Exile009#1139 on Jun 3, 2020, 11:53:18 AM
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" Yeah that's a point. Also, let's see how is the damage penalt on this skill. AFter all, if they do a shit job here, mines, traps and totems will still be the thing. =s My end, it justifies my means, All I ever do is delay, My every attempt to evade, The end of the road And my end.... Last edited by imLuCaSsS#6273 on Jun 3, 2020, 11:55:42 AM
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I am guessing this will make spell totems obsolete.
(I am assuming by the name, that arcanist brands will be spell only.) With totems you dont get leeching (by default), dont get on kill effects, duration tree nodes dont make totems last longer, your totems can be one shot by a boss, etc. I am thinking elementalist, with lots of golems for buffs, arcanist brand with your favorite elemental spell. Think about freezing pulse arcanist brand... When attached to a boss, the range is always zero, so max damage! I am assuming arcanist brand will not work with minions, totem, traps and mines, nor cwdt (that would be so So SO OP). But it could work with channeled skills...winter orb, flameblast (as mentioned in a previous post), divine ire, oh, the possibilities! And then there is the support possibilities... Cursing...link to curses, cast once and forget, one less gem needed than with a curse on hit support gem. Wave of conviction for lowering resists. Wither for lowering chaos res, no need to worry about your wither totems getting one shot by the boss. And much more I have not yet thought of. Last edited by Odif#4251 on Jun 3, 2020, 1:22:16 PM
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There are a lot of interesting options.
Firestorm brands - insane number of procs bladefall poison brands. ice nova/shock nova brands for elemental goodness. Any spell that fires or shoots in an area or nova would benefit greatly. I'm really curious if discharge brands could be a thing, but I doubt the charge requirement would be maintained. Also very very interested in dark pact brands... after understanding how the "life" part of DP is calculated with brands. It's really awesome for brand lovers (me :). I'm super excited to play around with it. |
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Man the posts here are all over the place.
It casts spells in a sequence. This means it will not cast totems or channeling spells or melee skills. It also means that the spells will not be cast simultaneously. Curses probably are an option. The cycling is going to be relevant for something like ice nova + shock nova for EE proccing or frostbolt and ice nova. Totems will not be obsolete because totems can cast channeling spells. |
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I still mainly want to know if it will work with for example Whispering Ice (Icestorm). Bex commented on it on Reddit but it's extremely unclear. She says "Only linked spells" as a reply to a question about Whispering Ice... but Whispering Ice works as a linked spell for like every other case so idk.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/gvfpd2/path_of_exile_harvest_official_trailer_and/fsohmtv/ I don't see any reason for it to not work and it would just be disappointing if it didn't, since all other mechanics work fine with it like CwC or totems. But I see a lot of people taking this as confirmation that it doesn't work. Last edited by Kashou#2868 on Jun 3, 2020, 8:06:39 PM
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the nerfs of brands mechanic will counter any new brand skills they push out, brands were destroyed
[img]https://imgur.com/a/GRkTKl6[/img]
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