Are slave drivers in A5 bugged?

Why do they suddenly do more damage than act bosses? And the animation appears to have been changed? Did they just get completely reworked skill wise under the hood? Never paid attention to them before but they are chunking health like never before. Kinda looks (VFX wise) like an exceptional skill gem that was shown in the previews, but it's hard to say.
Last edited by Selenti#1482 on Mar 7, 2026, 9:57:17 PM
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Didn't notice myself. Is it possibly to do with something on your build that might be different on this play through, than what you normally play? I noticed there was changes to some mob types in the patch notes, but can't remember seeing this one.

Was it happing on numerous mobs, or just one. Could be something to do with the mods or getting crit?

I know they are a popular choice for spectres during the campaign, because of some of the properties they have, maybe if there was a change it relates to that.

"Monster Changes

Reduced the damage dealt by Rusty Crusher's shock rifle ability by ~50%."

Is all I see in the patch notes for this league.
Last edited by Belegur85#5784 on Mar 8, 2026, 6:10:45 AM
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Didn't notice myself. Is it possibly to do with something on your build that might be different on this play through, than what you normally play? I noticed there was changes to some mob types in the patch notes, but can't remember seeing this one.

Was it happing on numerous mobs, or just one. Could be something to do with the mods or getting crit?

I know they are a popular choice for spectres during the campaign, because of some of the properties they have, maybe if there was a change it relates to that.

"Monster Changes

Reduced the damage dealt by Rusty Crusher's shock rifle ability by ~50%."

Is all I see in the patch notes for this league.


Yeah, I don't know. Maybe I'm taking crazy pills? I could have sworn they used to do a fire attack, and when I googled it I found people talking about them applying a burning debuff. I've been playing since before Oriath patch, I've done that campaign so many times, and never seen them hit as hard as they do now, and to me it seems like their attack/skill/spell animation has been changed, but if no one else noticed I guess I really am just losing my mind.

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