Short Questions Thread

Kutol wrote:Yes. But how much? Context: Im experimenting with flat dmg reduction.. and diffrent builds for me and a merc.

It depends on the amount of %DR and flat DR you're using against them. You won't be able to make them do zero damage.

Aero wrote:
Kutol wrote:Yes. But how much? Context: Im experimenting with flat dmg reduction.. and diffrent builds for me and a merc.

It depends on the amount of %DR and flat DR you're using against them. You won't be able to make them do zero damage.

Yeah sadly zero damage is abit farfatched (was that corecct spelling?) ;-|

There must be a random number input befor the dmg reduction calculation begin?

i recently rolled a nice circlet with psicrown oskill and i like that skill quite a bit. trying to get the most out of it, i went with an unholy pala. massive attribute bonus lets me go all energy and cast rate is pretty nice plus passive spells and pierce. its quite mana intensive, i havent found a way to spam it, but combined with shatter the flesh oskill from

Hand of Frost

Hand of Frost
Sorceress Orbs
'GlaGhalXeth'
Runeword Level: 100
5% Chance to cast level 44 Frigid Nova when Struck
+(4 to 5) to All Skills
+(40 to 50) Spell Focus
20% Combat Speeds
Wintertide Cooldown Reduced by 1 seconds
+(20 to 25)% to Cold Spell Damage
-25% to Enemy Cold Resistance
Cold Resist +50%
Cold Absorb (3 to 5)%
Physical Resist 5%
+(75 to 100) Life when Struck by an Enemy

, the kill speed is quite decent. any other good ideas how to utilize this skill? i was thinking maybe an eagle stance barb or some kind of sorc to use mana sweep.

eagle stance barb / embalming necro / mana sweep sorc or any other build capable of good mana regeneration . last time i've used in with an assassin build . overall it looks great but it's not very efficient later on in destruction without godlike gear and 500 sigs eaten so you can have lots of energy for it to deal mnore damage . viewtopic.php?f=4&t=18769&p=174536#p174536

you should aim for +16 to it in order to get more damage per point into energy .

You'll know when dark portal is possible to use when you have a red glowing orb above your head. That's the aura that allows you to use dark portal. what build are you playing? TSW or SP?

I managed to get the overhead globe in destruction after killing talik and got into the red portal, but not in terror. I'm in SP, ancient hand barb build

coennek wrote:any other good ideas how to utilize this skill? i was thinking maybe an eagle stance barb or some kind of sorc to use mana sweep.

There's an entire mana sorc guide

Do summons benefit from lion stance? (magic damage is based off of strength and weapon damage increase not even sure if it benefits summons)

barbarian class of course ^^

they benefit, magic dmg depends on your strength

Kurne wrote:Do summons benefit from lion stance? (magic damage is based off of strength and weapon damage increase not even sure if it benefits summons)

barbarian class of course ^^

This is a great doc for such questions. Its listed abit down.. PS, i cant do the "code to do a clean url"
https://docs.median-xl.com/MXLU_vXVI_Do ... stats.html

Kutol wrote:PS, i cant do the "code to do a clean url"
https://docs.median-xl.com/MXLU_vXVI_Do ... stats.html

edit: might need " " around the url-web-address part