Blood mage ascendacy passive reworks are really questionable

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Arathatron#7342 wrote:

One thing to consider that I think you are not noticing.

It says "Gain 1% of Damage as Physical Damage..."

This means is gain as extra damage. It doesn't mather what kind of damage you do, if you have 100 flask charges, it gives you 40% of the damage you do as extra physical damage, not 40% increase phys or 40% more phys.

40% gain as phys.

So if you do 1000 chaos damage, you will do 1000 chaos + 400 phys damage.

For bleed or poison builds, is perfect, as phys counts toward bleed and poison damage.

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TOP_BOMJIK#4977 wrote:

hmm wording in that one is wierd.

you wont get much leech from that tho, like leech is general sucks unless you have big numbers in phys

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Arathatron#7342 wrote:

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TOP_BOMJIK#4977 wrote:

hmm wording in that one is wierd.

you wont get much leech from that tho, like leech is general sucks unless you have big numbers in phys

Yes, the wording is awfull. And yes, it will only be usefull if going full phys (hit base, bleed, poison, etc.)

I think it will be good when hitting high base added lighting damage on rings or weapons, as it has the higher damage rooftop between all the damage types.

We will need to test it

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AverBeg7#1689 wrote:

Sorry but if you're sustaining blood mage costs with flasks you are doing it wrong, and if you think that node is weak/ too specific then you have a fundamental misunderstanding of how extra damage works.

After you do all your damage, the extra is applied as a % of that amount. Meaning the only thing you won't be benefitting from that you otherwise would as someone not doing phys, is curses and exposure.

It is an incredibly strong node, it is pretty easy to get 125+ flask charges which is approaching 50% extra damage. I feel the need to point out most blood mages don't care about their flasks at all. They use leech and regen to fully offset their costs, so they can actually benefit from overleech.

I think you are the only person in the world playing no overleech flask sustain BM.

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LanPirot#0141 wrote:

I wonder why nobody talks about a crucial factor: the duration. How long is the duration ? 3 sec ? 3 sec * flask charges ? How long does it take to refill your flask without investement ?


Flask works like a "oh shit" button, esp. needed on high risky situation like bosses.

In worst case scenario you get your 3 sec buff on an invuln phase from bosses, leaves you exposed with half of the flask lost and now you have to deal with the same situation, but with no or less "oh shit" buttons. And on top of that: your character power was balanced around the factor, that you have that buff in this situations.