Short Questions Thread

Semigloss wrote:Do batstrike familiars benefit from Shadow Dancer or Laserblade passives? Since they are weapon based.

They get Shadow Dancer, Perfect Being, and ways. They don't get Laserblade or Prismatic Cloak.

Semigloss wrote:Would a SoR proc from something like
Finis Terra
Finis Terra
Falchion (4)
One-Hand Damage: (7 - 8) to (8 - 9)
Required Level: 5
Required Strength: 49
Item Level: 10
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
2% Chance to cast level 2 Shower of Rocks on Melee Attack
Adds 5-8 Fire Damage
Adds 5-8 Lightning Damage
Adds 5-8 Cold Damage
+(24 to 40)% Enhanced Damage
Fire Resist +(11 to 15)%
Poison Resist +(11 to 15)%
Socketed (1)
One-Hand Damage: (22 - 24) to (25 - 28)
Required Level: 24
Required Strength: 79
Item Level: 31
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
4% Chance to cast level 6 Shower of Rocks on Melee Attack
Adds 15-25 Fire Damage
Adds 15-25 Lightning Damage
Adds 15-25 Cold Damage
+(58 to 75)% Enhanced Damage
Fire Resist +(21 to 25)%
Poison Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: (42 - 45) to (49 - 54)
Required Level: 42
Required Strength: 160
Item Level: 51
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
6% Chance to cast level 10 Shower of Rocks on Melee Attack
Adds 45-75 Fire Damage
Adds 45-75 Lightning Damage
Adds 45-75 Cold Damage
+(92 to 109)% Enhanced Damage
Fire Resist +(31 to 35)%
Poison Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (3)
One-Hand Damage: (54 - 58) to (64 - 70)
Required Level: 52
Required Strength: 319
Item Level: 77
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
8% Chance to cast level 12 Shower of Rocks on Melee Attack
Adds 140-220 Fire Damage
Adds 140-220 Lightning Damage
Adds 140-220 Cold Damage
+(109 to 126)% Enhanced Damage
Fire Resist +(36 to 40)%
Poison Resist +(36 to 40)%
Socketed (3)
gain benefits from Barb's Aftermath skill?

The proc version of SoR is a different skill so I don't think so.

Tesseract wrote:Is Lylia's curse still bugged? I've got around 10 of each max C/L/P, but no luck with fire.
IIRC fire is bugged like that in general...

Yes. I've fixed it for the next patch (probably 2.7, I don't think we plan to do another hotfix).

How viable is poison or hunting banshee/avalanche druid? Thinking about playing one SSF and I'm wondering if I won't hit a wall early

masochista wrote:How viable is poison or hunting banshee/avalanche druid? Thinking about playing one SSF and I'm wondering if I won't hit a wall early

Dunno about poison, Banshee/Avalanche relies on a kinda common SU

Eyes of Septumos

Eyes of Septumos
Circlet (Sacred)
Defense: 505 to 571
Required Level: 80
Required Dexterity: 262
Item Level: 105
1% Chance to cast level 10 Cold Fear on Death Blow
+(80 to 150) Spell Focus
-(15 to 20)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+(14 to 22) to Avalanche
(10 to 20)% to Energy
Elemental Resists +(15 to 25)%
Socketed (4)

(with very unreliable rolls, avalanche and sf most important imo) as well as 2 kinda specific and more rare staves

The Biting Frost

The Biting Frost
Flamen Staff (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: 48 to 51
(Druid Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 240
Item Level: 120
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Strength)%
Ember Spirit Nullified
+2 Hunting Banshee Projectiles
+(9 to 10) to Druid Skill Levels
+150 Spell Focus
25% Cast Speed
+(25 to 40)% to Cold Spell Damage
-(20 to 30)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
15% to Energy
Physical Resist 5%
5% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (4)

(to boost bossing ability with banshees) and

Spire of Sarnakyle

Spire of Sarnakyle
Gnarled Staff (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: 59 to 62
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 218
Item Level: 120
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.15 per Dexterity)%
+(9 to 10) to All Skills
+(26 to 50)% to Cold Spell Damage
-(29 to 35)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+(10 to 20) to Avalanche
Poison Length Reduced by 50%
+(201 to 250) Life after each Demon Kill
50% Bonus to Defense
Cannot Be Frozen
25% Gold Find
Socketed (4)

(to make avalanche great) as well as a lot of jewelcrafting in the beginning to maintain 1250 spell focus (again, to make avalanche great), you kinda want the avalanche stuff before you start using the skill, you might get off with just the circlet, the 1250 sf is mandatory to make the skill useful though.

to cap it off you may want the

Relic (Avalanche)

Relic
Required Level: 75
+(11 to 20) Spell Focus
-(4 to 6)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+(6 to 12) to Avalanche

and/or

Relic (Hunting Banshee)

Relic
Required Level: 75
1% Chance to cast level 60 Hunting Banshee on Death Blow
+(17 to 29) to Hunting Banshee
Cold Resist +30%
+1 Hunting Banshee/Ember Spirit Projectile while Carrying Seer Spirit Relics
(Ember Spirit - Hunting Banshee)

+

Relic (Ember Spirit)

Relic
Required Level: 75
1% Chance to cast level 60 Ember Spirit on Death Blow
+(17 to 29) to Ember Spirit
Fire Resist +30%
+1 Hunting Banshee/Ember Spirit Projectile while Carrying Seer Spirit Relics
(Ember Spirit - Hunting Banshee)

respectively. kinda specific al well. so SSF-Friendly... kinda not? relics are not that important but will improve the build considerably.

avalanche plows through farming areas (even scos, not tried labs yet).

metasequoia wrote:
masochista wrote:How viable is poison or hunting banshee/avalanche druid? Thinking about playing one SSF and I'm wondering if I won't hit a wall early

Dunno about poison, Banshee/Avalanche relies on a kinda common SU
Eyes of Septumos
Eyes of Septumos
Circlet (Sacred)
Defense: 505 to 571
Required Level: 80
Required Dexterity: 262
Item Level: 105
1% Chance to cast level 10 Cold Fear on Death Blow
+(80 to 150) Spell Focus
-(15 to 20)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+(14 to 22) to Avalanche
(10 to 20)% to Energy
Elemental Resists +(15 to 25)%
Socketed (4)
(with very unreliable rolls, avalanche and sf most important imo) as well as 2 kinda specific and more rare staves
The Biting Frost
The Biting Frost
Flamen Staff (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: 48 to 51
(Druid Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 240
Item Level: 120
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Strength)%
Ember Spirit Nullified
+2 Hunting Banshee Projectiles
+(9 to 10) to Druid Skill Levels
+150 Spell Focus
25% Cast Speed
+(25 to 40)% to Cold Spell Damage
-(20 to 30)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
15% to Energy
Physical Resist 5%
5% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (4)
(to boost bossing ability with banshees) and
Spire of Sarnakyle
Spire of Sarnakyle
Gnarled Staff (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: 59 to 62
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 218
Item Level: 120
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.15 per Dexterity)%
+(9 to 10) to All Skills
+(26 to 50)% to Cold Spell Damage
-(29 to 35)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+(10 to 20) to Avalanche
Poison Length Reduced by 50%
+(201 to 250) Life after each Demon Kill
50% Bonus to Defense
Cannot Be Frozen
25% Gold Find
Socketed (4)
(to make avalanche great) as well as a lot of jewelcrafting in the beginning to maintain 1250 spell focus (again, to make avalanche great), you kinda want the avalanche stuff before you start using the skill, you might get off with just the circlet, the 1250 sf is mandatory to make the skill useful though.

to cap it off you may want the
Relic (Avalanche)
Relic
Required Level: 75
+(11 to 20) Spell Focus
-(4 to 6)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
+(6 to 12) to Avalanche
and/or
Relic (Hunting Banshee)
Relic
Required Level: 75
1% Chance to cast level 60 Hunting Banshee on Death Blow
+(17 to 29) to Hunting Banshee
Cold Resist +30%
+1 Hunting Banshee/Ember Spirit Projectile while Carrying Seer Spirit Relics
(Ember Spirit - Hunting Banshee)
+
Relic (Ember Spirit)
Relic
Required Level: 75
1% Chance to cast level 60 Ember Spirit on Death Blow
+(17 to 29) to Ember Spirit
Fire Resist +30%
+1 Hunting Banshee/Ember Spirit Projectile while Carrying Seer Spirit Relics
(Ember Spirit - Hunting Banshee)
respectively. kinda specific al well. so SSF-Friendly... kinda not? relics are not that important but will improve the build considerably.

avalanche plows through farming areas (even scos, not tried labs yet).

Thanks for answering. You think it's possible to quite comfortably go through game and early farm with just hunting banshee and RWs/set/crafts?

With set or +1 banshee rw you can go smoothly until 130's. Fauzt and especially Scos will be simply slow without Avalanche.

How rare is the Golden Cycle in Triune?

From season stats, it seems not a lot of people find it, but I was wondering if the drop rate for it is actually all that low.

I farmed the area quite a bit and usually found regular Cycles, but on one day two of the Golden ones dropped back to back an hour or so apart and I was wondering if I was just perpetually unlucky, or it's really rare and I actually got super lucky that day. (Happened in Sigma 2.4 I think)

can someone explain Anathema Assassin skill for me? like how it works exactly. especially the -20% enemy elemental damage part....

More pierce if you go innate elemental instead of physical.

BoneZone wrote:More pierce if you go innate elemental instead of physical.

Srsly !?!?
I've been using that on trapsin since 2.4 because the tooltip says "reduce damage" not "reduce resist" of nearby enemies.

I'm reading this wrong then lol someone else may be able to chime in. Looks like an innate buff but -20 damage to nearby enemies looks like it reduces your damage.