(Former) VD Appreciation

I'm probably alone on this front, but I'm a pretty avid Volatile Dead user and I'm a little surprised they killed off the consuming an extra corpse. Not a bitch post, I hope. More of a in memory of post and hoping someone sees something that I don't.

I did love the skill though. I'm sad to move on from it.

Maybe there is something I'm missing but 10 max orbs and consume 10 corpses feels like too low a ceiling.

Time to move on. You've served me well VD.
Last bumped on Dec 7, 2023, 6:23:32 PM
just another build bites a dust :) welcome to a club. every single poe player have a build they loved and got killed on a spot :D .
for me it was sunder and its ironic that we get it back as it was in old old days
Interesting. I thought VD was pretty much destroyed along with when GGG killed poets pen a few years ago. How disappointing nonetheless, further example that fun is not allowed in POE.
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Interesting. I thought VD was pretty much destroyed along with when GGG killed poets pen a few years ago. How disappointing nonetheless, further example that fun is not allowed in POE.


It was still doable. I've ran it most leagues for a while now, even after the change. I suppose it is still doable but it's a pretty significant damage hit.
Spellslinger in campaign with the 10 ball VD sounds super fun. Full VD enjoyment is for standard players only now with the helmet enchant.
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DiabloImmoral wrote:
Spellslinger in campaign with the 10 ball VD sounds super fun. Full VD enjoyment is for standard players only now with the helmet enchant.


Yeah, I don't really touch standard so I'm saying goodbye to it.

My only hope is Desecrate gets a buff to maximum corpses and then take the hit on buying Awakened Spell Cascade.

What the hell happened to desecrate? Not mentioned in vanilla gems or tansfigured.
Nubatron if you are a VD chad can you explain what the first trans gem does :p is it making one ball that doesn't move and it explodes where it was? It doesn't make much sense to me when I factored in the radius of the ball.

The 10/10 one also looks really fun but I gotta say this is a good example of where a build will lose significant power from the changes just due to the lab enchant being worth so much.

In GGG's place i'd probably have tweaked it and baked the helm enchant in or at least given it a little push.
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Draegnarrr wrote:
Nubatron if you are a VD chad can you explain what the first trans gem does :p is it making one ball that doesn't move and it explodes where it was? It doesn't make much sense to me when I factored in the radius of the ball.

The 10/10 one also looks really fun but I gotta say this is a good example of where a build will lose significant power from the changes just due to the lab enchant being worth so much.

In GGG's place i'd probably have tweaked it and baked the helm enchant in or at least given it a little push.


Yeah, I read that one a few times and it wasn't clear if it homes and follows and explodes at 1.5 seconds or stays in place and explodes after 1.5 seconds.

It doesn't matter. Without the movement speed increase, 1.5 seconds isn't a lot of time to home. And waiting 1.5 seconds to explode if it doesn't home is not a fun mechanic to deal with. I view that one as DOA no matter the interpretation.

I know I've been playing a niche skill and hipster build for a while now, it was bound to end.
One of VD have stationary balls. Think of a DD, but in addition to corpse explosion you create ball (where the corspe was) that explodes and deals extra damage.
Hmm PoB says ~23% more base damage and added damage on the stationary one with a bigger explosion. Seems it's a boss gem swap for the few remaining Spellslinger VD legends out there. I still don't see the radius being big enough for you to want to use it on any circle mechanic. I assume it puts a bomb on the ground that explodes after 1.5 seconds of waiting. So, a trap but worse.

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