I'm getting tired of this...

im sure over the next few leagues even more exceptional gems will be introduced to add more variety fixing the problems that the removal of awakened gems caused for some builds.

minions didn't even get hit the worst... some dot builds lost way more(no +2 from the woke supports, lower multipliers from 3-4 supports, and sometimes more)

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rrogan17#2926 wrote:

I mean awakened gems were removed to add flexibility in future patches and more build diversity.

Removing gems doesn't 'add flexibility'. It removes options, just like it did when they removed all the alternate gems.

You might believe that PR but its 100% a nerf and in no way adds build diversity.

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twostroketom#5281 wrote:

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acco73#3356 wrote:

please someone answer me this question , is awakened minion damage gem doesn't work anymore ???

Awakened gems (except for aw. enhance, enlighten and empower) can no longer drop. But the existing ones in standard still exist

but they still work , right ? they still make minions deal more damage ?

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acco73#3356 wrote:

but they still work , right ? they still make minions deal more damage ?

Yes they still work

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Jhiroth#6006 wrote:

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rrogan17#2926 wrote:

I mean awakened gems were removed to add flexibility in future patches and more build diversity.

Removing gems doesn't 'add flexibility'. It removes options, just like it did when they removed all the alternate gems.

You might believe that PR but its 100% a nerf and in no way adds build diversity.

Believe it or not, nerfs are the bread and butter of build diversity. If strong builds stays strong, no-one will invent new ones and the meta goes stale.

There's always strong builds around that no-one has discovered yet. The pieces are there, but if nobody is incentivized to put them together, then it just won't happen. In other words: Necessity is the mother of invention

Show me a minion build that is actually "underperforming".