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phxcityslick

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Skill Rune - Shattering Throw
Fragment weapon damage decreased from 333% to 170%

Does this effectively make the Captain America build much less feasible?

How much will Towering Shield offset this nerf
 
I'm not certain on this one. Original tool tip for this was 50% not the 333% that they are claiming it was reduced from. It increased to 170% according to prior till tip
 
pewpewLazor said:
Blessed Shield

Weapon damage increased from 340% to 430%


dont cry pls
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Who is crying.. I'm asking a simple question....I'm figuring this makes thew initial impact at higher damage but the shatter effect much lower.

phearxcore said:
I'm not certain on this one. Original tool tip for this was 50% not the 333% that they are claiming it was reduced from. It increased to 170% according to prior till tip
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good catch.. Only thing i can think of is that they are speaking of the original damage output of the skill
 
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I think someone did the calculations and found out:

Multiple target damage in the best case scenario is reduced to 85% of what it was (all fragments hit a mob)
 
I don't know where you got your information but blizzard change log said;

Shattering Throw : When the shield hits an enemy, it splits into 3 small fragments that bounce between nearby enemies, dealing 170% weapon damage as Holy to all enemies hit. (Up from 50%, damage element now specified)


phearxcore said:
I'm not certain on this one. Original tool tip for this was 50% not the 333% that they are claiming it was reduced from. It increased to 170% according to prior till tip
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Agreed.

Only one thing we can compare which one is correct is to hear from someone who actually has been using it. If he/she sees the decrease in Blessed shield, shattering
Throw actual damage, then it was decreased. If not, then Blizzard claim is correct.
 
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stud4fun said:
I don't know where you got your information but blizzard change log said;

Shattering Throw : When the shield hits an enemy, it splits into 3 small fragments that bounce between nearby enemies, dealing 170% weapon damage as Holy to all enemies hit. (Up from 50%, damage element now specified)
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Read the official notes, the datamined notes are using the pre-hotfix number, the shards were buffed to 333% dmg in a hotfix a while back.
 
mitre27 said:
Read the official notes, the datamined notes are using the pre-hotfix number, the shards were buffed to 333% dmg in a hotfix a while back.
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Oops.... I didn't see that one.

Who has been using Blessed shield Shattering Throw? Could you tell us how much damage difference you see now?
 
I was using it for my Cap America build but i'm only a 500K dam 10 mil tough and i'm currently at work so i can't tell
 
phxcityslick said:
I was using it for my Cap America build but i'm only a 500K dam 10 mil tough and i'm currently at work so i can't tell
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Please let us know if there is damage deduction or increase when you come home . I am very interested about this. I guess many people does.
 
at 1.8m dps (champion mode) with +40% holy skill damage, each fragment now does around ~2m damage per bounce (4~6m at 1m dps champion mode before patch). In rift T5, it takes forever to "melt" packs.

However, when dealing with single elite targets (i.e., rift boss), i now do about 15m damage for the initial ricochet (6~8m damage at 1m dps before patch), & of course any subsequent bounces do about ~2m damage.

Overall, it is a huge nerf. Definitely switching to other holy build.
 
Well I heard people are moving over to the fire rune, but I'm not sure how much better it is considering I don't have a full set of fire gear to just fuck around with. Blizzard killing hundreds of hours of work in the span of a patch as always.
 
blaxh said:
at 1.8m dps (champion mode) with +40% holy skill damage, each fragment now does around ~2m damage per bounce (4~6m at 1m dps champion mode before patch). In rift T5, it takes forever to "melt" packs.

However, when dealing with single elite targets (i.e., rift boss), i now do about 15m damage for the initial ricochet (6~8m damage at 1m dps before patch), & of course any subsequent bounces do about ~2m damage.

Overall, it is a huge nerf. Definitely switching to other holy build.
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Thank you for detailed info. anyone else?
 
Blessed Shield with Shattering Throw rune got nerfed hard, the bounces were doing almost the damage of the original hit, so prior to patch it could clear packs with just a few throws.

Now the initial hit is bigger, so for single target it is slightly less painful.


Fist of the Heavens is very good now especially if you have Darklight 1-Hand Flail:
NZJThtE


Blessed Hammer is now also very good for 1-Hand weapon versions because it has a very high cast speed, with new Fervor passive.


Conclusion: Overall if you had a Jekangbord crusader shield, you will feel the effects, it is not as powerful as before. The new buffs to damage and passives have opened up new doors however. Witch Doctor is looking really good now with all the new passives.
 
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