block chance reduction gem nerfed by 10% across the board

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mrmagikboy wrote:

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GreenDude wrote:

I like the changes overall. My only concerns:

-Puncture is unchanged.
-Life is scarce. Fights will be short and 1 shot heavy
-EK is just getting more and more benefits all the time. im scared how it will end up.

I feel like the last change to EK was a nerf. With the decrease in damage it made granites much better of a counter.

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GreenDude wrote:

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RANK____ACCOUNT______CHARACTER_______WINS__LOSS__GAMES PLAYED
2.______Lordsidro____LordOfTheDumpster____13_____1_____14

It seems puncture destroys more matchups than you let believe. You always act like puncture is weak against all melees which is absolutely not the case. Puncture build loses against one maybe two very specific builds and absolutely destroys everything else. Furthermore, in teams, puncture always wins the game (in a non-tournament environment ofc*). I won;t argue if it is the best build or not, but it has a ridiculously high amount of favorable matchups and thats just fact.

Also puncture builds are not done yet. They can get strong by getting +1 arrow on bow and quiver so they can drop LMP for more damage. They have a nice choice of quivers to corrupt as well like Brodestroke (inexpensive and has nice damage bonus due to how puncture works) or even Readguard for defensiveness (that armor and block.....) As well as just improving gear in general. AND in 1.2.0 all bows have received a damage upgrade (source: i played Taiwanese clients and all bows starting by short bow have all had their low end/high end improved and in some cases the crit/atk spd also improved)

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andkamen wrote:

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mrmagikboy wrote:

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GreenDude wrote:

I like the changes overall. My only concerns:

-Puncture is unchanged.
-Life is scarce. Fights will be short and 1 shot heavy
-EK is just getting more and more benefits all the time. im scared how it will end up.

I feel like the last change to EK was a nerf. With the decrease in damage it made granites much better of a counter.

we were referring to LLD EK

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MrEnzyme wrote:

The most amusing change to me is that now it's possible to make a shadow with EK, puncture, clever construction and phase acro while having all the damage passives benefit every skill (ek, bear trap, puncture). So as good as puncture was at range before, now it gets to swap to EK wand/shield and have 40% block/dodge up close, with unbreakable bear traps that now get 77% extra damage from the new phys passives. Can't say for sure without testing, but I'd be shocked if that isn't the new best build.

That's also in combination with the fact that every melee will go duelist now to get block pen/RT, so none of them will have acro to contend with puncture (and the apparent bow buff lol).

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hitreza wrote:

guys tbh block reduction combined with sword is still very very powerful.

you can still have around 70 reduction combined with passives that should be enough to kill block builds with swords ...

or am i wrong? :)