Content Update 3.8.0 -- Path of Exile: Blight

"

Resonators can now stack. They have a stack size of 10 in normal Stash Tabs and the inventory, and can the Primitive Resonators can stack to 5000 in the Currency Tab.

"

Bretherezenx wrote:

"

Verfall777 wrote:

"

Bretherezenx wrote:

Now grants increased cooldown recovery speed for your Zombie's Slam Attack as the gem levels, up to 76% at gem level 20 (previously none).

Violent Dead: Can no longer drop or be obtained from quests.

You have got to be absolutely kidding me. This is the largest nerf you could possibly give to Zombies, trying to MAKE them nothing but meat shields, or to pair with the Minion Instability/Minion RF/Aukuna's Will items/gems. Reverse this crap immediately! You're throwing away Zombies as a solid DPS choice in favor of everything else. No. Stop that.

Violent Dead is 100% mandatory for Zombies' dps, and the passive node for them from the Ascendency gave 100% cooldown recovery, not 76%. This is a bogus, huge nerf to Zombies' damage output, meanwhile you're giving Skeletons some huge amount of love? No. Just no.

Nooooo!
I was so freaking hyped about playing a zombie build as my main, how are you compensating the nerf? How can you make zombies useful with this change?

Case-in-point: I won't be.

Their basic attack damage is atrocious and I won't be building around it. After the 76% cooldown at level 20 is calculated in to the mix, their Slam cooldown is 3.8 seconds? That's a huge nerf compared to the 1.25s cooldown you can bring their Slam to in the current meta. Not only that, but you are losing the huge amount of Slam damage increase you can give to them via the Ascendency and the Violent Dead jewels. In addition, their AoE radius is not stated to be baked in to the gem either.

Slam is the only reason to build Zombies as a damage-dealer. It never misses, and even accounting the slow animation speed with the nerfed Multistrike jewel, it's still their best option for dealing damage. I cannot possibly see how Zombies are recoverable without making them the highest 200k health meatshields that you can, and consequently detonating them on enemies. I refuse to play them unless that crap in the notes is reversed.

It's abhorable that they would give such blatantly strong buffs to Skeletons and Spectres, and yet nerf Zombies as a damage-dealer so heavily in favor of making them nothing but a sponge.

"

DarkJen wrote:

There are no Violent Dead jawels anymore.
As I got it from these notes.

"

DarkJen wrote:

There are no Violent Dead jawels anymore.
As I got it from these notes.

"

Pizzarugi wrote:

"

DarkJen wrote:

There are no Violent Dead jawels anymore.
As I got it from these notes.

They can't be dropped or given from quests.

But they might still be able to be found via divination cards. Four different cards have a chance to reward Violent Dead, 2 of which narrow down to unique jewels specifically.

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/The_Garish_Power
https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/The_Eye_of_the_Dragon
https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Jack_in_the_Box
https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Arrogance_of_the_Vaal