Detonate Dead has trouble targeting minions/corpses

Possible bug. I'm using sacrifice to detonate my minions with DD, not sure exactly what is causing the issue but very often i will target a corpse or a minion and cast dd and nothing happens. it seems to be tied to certain map layouts with the issue not really happening in large open maps.

I can see the game highlightning the corpse or minion but when pressing DD it just does nothing. im using wasd with mouse and keyboard.
Last bumped on Dec 24, 2024, 3:58:55 AM
I want to target my minion to sacrifice and trigger Detonate Dead (DD), but if there are any corpses on the ground, it becomes impossible to target my minion. Even if I place the cursor directly over my minion, DD prioritizes a corpse on the ground instead, resulting in lower damage. I want to detonate my powerful minion! Please consider making it easier to target minions for this purpose.
This has also been my experience: even if you mouse over a specific minion while having the Sacrifice buff active, Detone Dead will always prioritise any "nearby" corpses.

I hope this bug can be fixed.

It should always select whatever is under the cursor and only fallback to searching for nearby corpses when there is none under it.

Here is a recording showcasing the issue with corpse/minion targeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT9IjcE3Fi0

(Cross-referencing similar subject: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3644955)
Last edited by ShadowsKiller#0911 on Dec 23, 2024, 6:18:53 PM
I experience this issue (failing to cast DD somehow) on a regular basis.

And I noticed the issue happens a lot more on Crypt, Augury, on Rituals and Breaches.

Just from my experience alone, I suspect it might have to do with the targeting searching for a nearby corpse instead of where my mouse is, and the corpse being out of line of sight/line of effect. But it could be something else entirely such is in the case of Rituals and Breaches (too many units blocking the corpses/minion? not too sure).

This is impacting my experience playing Sacrifice + Detonate Dead, to the point where I actively avoid rituals and breaches just due to dying multiple times from not being able to cast Detonate Dead (not because of being swarmed or permastunned, just somehow unable to properly cast it off)

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