Support Gem Idea

Support Gem that disables Blink Skills or potentially all Travel Skills for ~15%-30% movement speed bonus. Have to link it to a Travel Skill to work (this is to keep it balanced, since travel skills usually take up a few sockets on builds).

Reason for this idea:

I've noticed some builds want to move fast but don't want to use movement abilities in order to be quicker on the draw and more defensive. Totem builds for example. Countless times while mapping with Totems, I hit Leap Slam or Shield Charge and accidentally rush into a pack of mobs that was offscreen and almost or actually die. But without using those skills, you move too slow. And I noticed that it felt amazing when I found an Acceleration Shrine and I could run fast but not use movement skills so I could always Totem Taunt enemies as soon as they appeared on screen, rather than charge into them, have to run away, and then taunt them. I would imagine the same is true with ranged builds but I don't play those much so not sure.

I wouldn't want this ability on a Unique, I think a gem is the best way to do it to make it more available to builds that want to play this way.

And maybe there are better ways to balance it. Long story short, just think it would be nice to have a more comfortable way to move quickly around the maps for builds that aren't melee.
Last bumped on Feb 6, 2025, 5:16:16 PM

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