0.11.0 Patch Notes

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oowarpigoo wrote:

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Poutsos wrote:

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oowarpigoo wrote:

you need to think about what this is gonna do to the crit shadows who already flood pvp, armor is basicly worthless against anyone who has high crit multiplier/crit chance so that means with the life nerf these people will still be penetrating all your armor + they get a MASSIVE dmg boost from increased crit nodes and basicly all the dagger nodes give good physical dmg, basicly what this means is crit melee builds(mainly shadow/witch) are gonna dominate pvp in merciless until GGG realizes that they do to much dmg and will be 1 hitting anyone who doesnt have a koams or doesnt have at least 5k hp without it(and with the nerf that will be even harder than it is now)

As a 56K DPS flicker strike crit shodow(lv84),i can tell u that i get owned way too much for u to worry about it.1)hopeless against blockers2)extremely vulnerable to elemental status effects and stun.yeah there are uniques to counter these but u sacrifice alot.Plus a hard hitting marauder with heavy strike doesnt let u attack at all with the knowckback.3)bear traps4)cant use potions5)All in all if u dont crit and istant kill your opponent u are as good as dead by an expirienced PvPer

an experienced pvper knows that anti stun/freeze is a MUST in pvp so even thinking about not using that would be a dumb idea. and as for heavy strike maras......you have a 56k flicker? knockback wont do shit to you, and if you get another flicker to combo it with most people will die within 1-2 flicker if you really have 56k dps.... no pots?? granite + quicksilver immunity pots are all you need as a CI crit dagger build, and if you get in trouble WB WB WB WB 5 seconds later your back to full health, its not that hard to get 5-6k ES which would be enough pool to be able to take a hit or to from the very top maras. and bear traps are pretty easy to counter if your a good pvper you will always carry an arc with you for anyone that stoops to BT to win. and as for block builds, thats probably the biggest counter to shadows as there can be. that being said all it takes is 1 crit from punture to land and they could die.

shadows in pvp have a pretty big advantage now considering that dmg from end game melee pvpers will most likely be completely mitigated becides a % or two, i admit they are restriced by gear a little bit but since they can get a huge amount of pool on chest/shield/helm/boots thats enough to get more than anyone who has stacked alot of HP pots but doesnt have a koams or godly HP gear.

All in all, this patch is a bigger buff to melee/crit builds more than any other. i just wish they would add some crit nodes around the bottom of the tree so its possible for duelist/ranger melees to take advantage intead of being forced into resolute technique.

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Wooser69 wrote:

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kory1979 wrote:

They only just added the increased burning damage gem that gave that specific playstyle a huge damage boost. Have people really been making use of that build since that gem was even available?

If u use RF build supported by INCREASE BURNING DAMAGE support gem it will also increase the damage u take from RF.... means u need more life regen and life to sustain RF

Well, they could probably change that, if RF burn aura for your main DPS is indeed a build that people want to make but is being stifled.

As for RF users concerns over the EA nerf, I'm not strictly for or against it. I can understand making EA less of a super necessary node, but GGG should probably add other ways to gain max resist and fast. Possibly as an affix on jewelry or through more nodes.