Short Questions Thread

[mortimer_85]

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Note about witchblood is different from spell damage is wrong (same goes to Bacchanalia). I just tested/calculated it all manually and damage bonus from witchblood is just the same as any other spell damage from item while EF/NRG damage bonus to skill is multiplicated by spell damage.
I have my "skill X" damage at 2229 without witchblood and at 2717 with one point in it;
Witchblood adding 64% spell damage;
I have 166% own spd from items;
I have 187% damage increase from NRG... calculate further uself

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Ok, it seems that I wasn't clear enough in what I said:

The numbers you provided are simply proving my point:

Your assumption: WItchblood % acts like regular Speldamage:
damage with = damage without / 2.66 * (2.66+0.64) = 2765

The truth: Witchblood stacks (is additive) with the Synergy % from ene/EF:
damage with = damage without/2.87*(2.87+0.64) = 2726

The small difference to the displayed value 2717 comes due to rounding issues and how d2 is handling numbers in general.

If you want to make sample calculations that are more powerful or show the true nature of Witchblood % use a setup where sd% and synergy% are not that close to each other as in the above case.

[Diaco]

Barbarian stances benefits the summoned spirits?

if you have increased stance radius and they're within range, yes.

How to increase the radius?
Only by putting points in the stance and the spirits is not working, they dont get any bonus from stances.

reading skills when

And you, testing skills when?
It dont works, i tested that too, stance bonus only applies to the character, not the minions, even using that skill.

dude... they work. put on wolfstance and watch your minions move

[Diaco]

is it possible the pierce granted from Sanguine Covenant is not working when casting it as a proc on a non-paladin char? I've been checking on d2stats and pierce doesn't go up when it's active

[Istaryu]

is it possible the pierce granted from Sanguine Covenant is not working when casting it as a proc on a non-paladin char? I've been checking on d2stats and pierce doesn't go up when it's active

Yes, it is very possible. You get the pierce only if you have grim presence. Dont you think it would be way too op otherwise?

[Amantalado]

Are the 5 unique Fauztinville bots worth killing for anything?

Is the Level 120 area in Triune irrelevant or can you do something there? It’s the empty place that resembles the Jail in Act 1.

[Skeptic_Zero]

Just came back after a long break-

Is unholy melee viable now? How much AR is required to have good (85%) hit rate on everything, counting the baked in ignore target's defense from Possession?
Does the melee attack need to hit to trigger spell effects like lemures and blood thorns?

[ParticuLarry]

Just came back after a long break-

Is unholy melee viable now? How much AR is required to have good (85%) hit rate on everything, counting the baked in ignore target's defense from Possession?
Does the melee attack need to hit to trigger spell effects like lemures and blood thorns?

Yes it is. AR isn't needed at all, unless you want to regain life from attacking bosses, but in general it's probably not worth it. Ignore targets defense takes care of staying alive against all non-bosses in combination with that last buff in the unholy melee tree. And no, lemures and blood thorns trigger regardless of whether you hit the target or not.

[Skeptic_Zero]

Are auction autotransfers broken? Haven't received two items now... been several hours. More than enough empty room in my acc.

[Marrt]

Are auction autotransfers broken? Haven't received two items now... been several hours. More than enough empty room in my acc.

They are most probably not broken. You can check your Skeptic_Zen account, as this is the main one on your profile.

[hellgrind]

How to set up loot filter to show me that rare ring/amu/jewel dropped ?