interesting fact about slow

[void]

hi, i want to share with you a finding i had when fighting uldy baal.

so you know slows target% has a limited time when it works before it wears off? how it works is the amount of slow you apply first is the amount of slow you are going to have until it wears off even if you change the amount of slow during that time. and you are even going to have that high slow effect if you suddenly have less slow by swapping items. at the same time you are going to keep the low slow when you forget to apply it properly.

what that means in practice is that you only need to apply the high slow once (for example from

Void

Void
Weapons
'Sur'
Runeword Level: 75
Adds 7-13 Damage
+(58 to 72)% Enhanced Damage
Slow Target 20%
Regenerate Mana +15%
Cold Resist +40%
Physical Damage Reduced by (11 to 15)
+(3 to 5) Mana on Striking
2% Reanimate as: Random Monster

by switching weapons quickly) and then you just need to keep hitting with any amount of slow (not sure if it works with 0 slow since i had triune charm in inv with 10% at all times) to get the full effect.
this is nice to know since you spend less time applying it, since it simply isnt necessary after you first activate it for the first time, and its also good to know about this so you dont accidentally hit a boss first with lower amount of slow, since that would mean that you need to wait for it to wear off to get the full slow effect.
hope someone finds this informative

[Darthaghar]

yeah but wouldn't the low amount of slow get overwriten when you apply higher slow ? also that sounds like a bug by the way if your reapplying low amount of slow on an enemy that is slowed by high amount then it should speed up the enemy at least thats how Its supposed to work...

[void]

yeah but wouldn't the low amount of slow get overwriten when you apply higher slow ? also that sounds like a bug by the way if your reapplying low amount of slow on an enemy that is slowed by high amount then it should speed up the enemy at least thats how Its supposed to work...

that would make sense, but thats not what actually happens so its nice to know about how this mechanic really works

[Jampula]

That is very nice to know, I too always thought that lower slow would overwrite the higher immediately. Quickly delete this topic so they don't fix this.

[Solfege]

lol @ Jampula. My thoughts exactly.

[aerial]

Another interesting slow mechanics is that item slow stacks with skill slow.
Practical example, if you hit laz with 50% slow (melee target or target), and screaming eagle him for 40%, he gets ultra slowed.
I don't know exactly how it works, because sometimes, longer you fight him, he gets so ridiculously slow, that it literally takes him 10s to perform one spell cast (teleport or summon).
If barb had access to fear skill like sin, so you could get rid of grupies that walk all over the place and arent as slowed (they only get screaming eagle slow), you could land multiple purifies to laz that doesn't even move from one spot.

Little sample.
Excuse weird setup, using snake to get slow, didn't want to waste xis to make 40% slow void rw. This spec would get better with eagle stance, for the insta heal after tremor.

[void]

guys pls, share all knowledge for the sake of the community and honestly also for the sake of the mod, even if it means less cheese under some circumstances

Little sample.

omg thank you aerial for actually making the video, i was way too lazy to try it for myself so this is ridiculously delicious to watch

[aerial]

guys pls, share all knowledge for the sake of the community and honestly also for the sake of the mod, even if it means less cheese under some circumstances

Little sample.

omg thank you aerial for actually making the video, i was way too lazy to try it for myself so this is ridiculously delicious to watch

I tried kill him in one go, got him to 20%, my best run.
I'm rusty You could probably do it pretty easily with this trick, since if he sits in one spot so long, it is extra time for purify drain.

[void]

I tried kill him in one go, got him to 20%, my best run.
I'm rusty You could probably do it pretty easily with this trick, since if he sits in one spot so long, it is extra time for purify drain.

lol it looks like someone whos rly good could do 3 without clearing
mmh i hope not all of this stuff gets removed honestly, this is the kind of stuff that makes median great

[aerial]

Is there a way to get 50 slow with throwing axe other than xis void + triune?
I tried to run with krys gloves, 75% melee slow, one item caps it, but that 10% ctc cone of cold fucks you over sometimes, so it is not reliable.

This fight is still kinda random, sometimes dodges 5x in a row. Sometimes stops teleporting, spams totems forever. It takes lot of rng to go your way, even if you play well.