Mechanical Questions Thread

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bridgeburner wrote:

Does increased AOE (from any source) affect the distance that Contagion/Essence Drain will travel when it jumps to nearby enemies? Or is the "nearby" a set number?

Yes, Contagion spreads itself and Essence Drain within it's area of effect when an aflicted enemy dies.

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Ravine wrote:

How does the Enchantment "of War" Creates an animated copy of your current weapon. ( http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Decree_of_War ) interacts with The Dancing Dervish when it's in Manifest Dancing Dervish ?
(I unfortunately cannot test it right now, otherwise I wouldn't pollute the questions thread)

I'm confused by the wording, as the Decree states "of your current weapon". However, when Dancing Dervish is active, it disables the weapons slots, so what is the "current weapon" at this stage? Is it still The Dancing Dervish (even though it's disabled)? Is it "nothing" (meaning that we're not getting any effect from the Decree)?

While your weapon is disabled, you are unarmed, and do not have a current weapon. Skills that require a weapon, such as the "of War" skills, cannot be used while unarmed.

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Ravine wrote:

Same question with the Decree Of Reflection (http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Decree_of_Reflection "Creates a clone of you that attacks with your weapon."). If this spawns a close with the Dancing Dervish when Manifest Dancing Dervish is active, or does it spawn a clone unarmed? If I'm using Facebreaker, does the clone uses Facebreaker as well?

It will summon a Clone, but be unable to give it (a copy of) your weapon. The Clone does not have any of your other gear, so will be unarmed and deal it's base unarmed damage.

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zzang wrote:

if you are using righteous fire which says you burn for 90% of your max life and 70% of your max energy shield when you are using eldritch battery.
Does the Energy shield still count and both will add up and burn your life for that (70% ES + 90% Life)?

Yes. Energy Shield is still Energy Shield, regardless of what it's protecting.

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zzang wrote:

Is the mechanic the same with blood rage?

Yes.

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IchiMorghulis wrote:

I'm running a vortex build with pyre ring. Is the degen base off the damage dealt or the damage a monster takes?

Those are the same thing.

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IchiMorghulis wrote:

I'm currently using elemental weakness but I think Vulnerability is better. Is this right?

That depoends on what other modifiers to damage taken are on the monster, and what it's resistances are.

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PinkPummy wrote:

When I combine the unique Belt Auxium
http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Auxium
with the passive keynote Eldritch Battery
http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Eldritch_Battery
Does it still count my ES for the chill and freeze duration

Yes. Eldritch Battery does not say anything at all about removing your ES. It just changes what ES protects. You still have exactly as much ES as you had before taking Eldritch Battery, it's just doing something else now.

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derberherbert wrote:

Does the Slower Projectiles Support Gem and %increased Projectile Damage passive nodes increase the damage of the Explosive Arrow Explosions?

Yes, the explosions deal projectile damage.

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Harest wrote:

Are there restrictions regarding some prophecies got from Navali and which ones ? I've the feeling some prophecies can only be obtained from a specific act, is it the case ?

No. Only character level and difficulty affect which prophecies can be generated for a character.

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Jackinthegreen wrote:

Based on Abyssal Cry's lack of mentioned damage effectiveness, can we assume the effect is at 100%?

Yes

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Jackinthegreen wrote:

Does the cold damage, or other flat added damage, actually get added to the explosion?

Yes

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Jackinthegreen wrote:

Would flat added spell damage like on Apep's Rage work on Abyssal Cry?

No. Abyssal Cry does not deal spell damage, so additional spell damage can't apply. The explosion is secondary (non-spell, non-attack) damage.

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Jackinthegreen wrote:

Along those lines, what about (Vaal) Detonate Dead and Infernal Blow? Does flat added spell damage apply to their corpse explosions too? And at 100% effectiveness?

They are the same - the explosions are secondary damage, not spell or attack damage.

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Jackinthegreen wrote:

I've also noticed Explosive Arrow can be supported by Added Cold. Obviously the weapon attack portion of it benefits from the support, but what about the secondary explosion? Does that get any benefit from added cold, or other "adds X to attacks" or "adds X to spells" mods? What about generic added mods like on some boot enchantments?

This is also the same.

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Jackinthegreen wrote:

What gems without the spell tag benefit from stuff like Added Cold?

Any that hit something for damage. This includes, but is not limited to, all attack skill gems.

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SirDragos wrote:

Quick Aside: I understand how it uses the first 40% of the total 'cast time' to wind up and the remaining 60% to evenly shoot the total projectiles, however many there are.

You really seem to be overthinking this. There is no reason to call this the 'cast time', as Barrage is an attack, and is not cast. Attacks do not have a cast time, they have an attack time. The base attack time is defined by the weapon, and is modified by attack speed modifiers.
Barrage is exactly the same as a normal attack in this respect. It's not doing anything special at all, just acting like any other attack.

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SirDragos wrote:

How is the 'cast time' for Barrage modified by attack speed?

As mentioned above, there is no cast time, nor anything like it. Barrage has an attack time in exactly the same way as any other attack - the base comes from the weapon and it's modified by attack speed modifiers. Just like (almost) every other attack.

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SirDragos wrote:

Does base weapon speed interact at all with Barrage?
I don't understand where this fits into the equation, as there is no equivalent in spells.

Yes. There's no equivalent in spells, but there is in attacks, which Barrage is.