Most broken skills: Overpowered or Useless?

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Crash wrote:i stopped reading chuck's garbage after he said rock shock was good and "xis apostasy".


Wow you had quite the patience. I didn‘t get that far.
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Crash wrote:Plus, aren't you the one who built an assassin with abandoned crafts to beat laz within 1 day and quit for the whole season? Don't be so quick to call others out.


How ironic, aren't you the one who is calling people out first? And as a moderator you sure love dissing newbies out in discord.
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ChuckNoRis wrote:Suffix +(18 to 24) to Shadow Blade 82 99 40 217 Throwing Knives - overpowered

I barely remember using this a long time ago... Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Shadow Blade a single knife that can't really do anything in crowds? How would this skill be used, and why is it overpowered?
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it deals a shitload of (magic) damage to 1 target . mostly 1-shooting stuff . it doesn't have to be a crowd killer ,not all skills are designed for that , but since it's 1-shooting stuff , i am counting it on the overpowered skills list . also , since it's 1-shooting stuff , you can throw it in all directions around you if you spin your character , so it's not bad vs small packs either .
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ChuckNoRis wrote:it deals a shitload of (magic) damage to 1 target . mostly 1-shooting stuff . it doesn't have to be a crowd killer ,not all skills are designed for that , but since it's 1-shooting stuff , i am counting it on the overpowered skills list . also , since it's 1-shooting stuff , you can throw it in all directions around you if you spin your character , so it's not bad vs small packs either .


But it doesnt 1-shot everything anymore. That was changed a couple of patches ago to "only" 5k or 10k magic damage. I don't remember the exact value. Reason for that was that the proc killed everything easily with Maelstrom/Whichwind in a matter of seconds.
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Hmm... That sounds like it might be a decent skill for throwsin astrogha runs. Thanks for the info!
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it's 6500 flat magic damage in Sigma + the damage added to weapon from the ways , it is quite a lot considering you can access it quite fast from a craft (late nightmare/early hell) . it takes a lot for the wotg or wotp to grow as strong in comparison , so at that stage of the game i say it's OP - it can still 1-shot regular opponents . you can't farm ubers like duncraig or fauztinville with it since it's not a build designed for crowds , i did not claim that , but in some of the ubers where the aoe/multihit skills are working against you , it can shine - example below

AzureGladiator wrote:Hmm... That sounds like it might be a decent skill for throwsin astrogha runs. Thanks for the info!
if you want to avoid destroying the statues by accident , yes , it's a viable option
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titan015 wrote:And as a moderator you sure love dissing newbies out in discord.


I hardly use discord anymore.

If you have more to say, send a pm. im not going to argue anything more about this here.
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All skills based on magical damage because there is no magic damage pierce
Like the psicrown. It's based on base energy and deals magic damage. There is no way to increase it above 7k dmg or pierce resistance
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Useless skill: >>>>>>>>>>>>>Fire Elemental<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Just throw the whole skill away and give amazons a dodge passive. They had 3 different dodge/avoidance passives in Vanilla D2 and a critical strike. Now they're glass pistols.

#MakeAmazonsGreatAgain