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The YouTube video discusses the challenges faced by Darkness skills on the Necromancer in Season 5, focusing on the Shadow Blade's mechanics and the complexities of balancing crit damage and damage over time effects for optimal damage output. It highlights the underperformance of certain aspects in character builds, suggesting alternatives like Damned and Starless Skies. The video also delves into the impact of a Shadow blight buff on damage output and proposes splitting Shadow Blade for gameplay enhancements. Additionally, it addresses the issue of inadequate rewards for damage over time key passives, advocating for improvements to promote build diversity and enhance the overall player experience.
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In this segment of the video, the content creator discusses the issues faced by Darkness skills on the Necromancer in Season 5. They mention a critique and feedback video for the developers due to the current poor state of the Darkness Necromancer. The focus is on analyzing the changes to Shadow Blade, particularly its Shadow blight damage mechanics and how they interact with crit damage and damage over time multipliers. The discussion highlights the challenge of balancing crit damage with damage over time effects in building an effective character, affecting the overall damage output of different skills. The video aims to provide a detailed analysis of the skill interactions, emphasizing the complexity of optimizing build strategies for maximum damage.
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In this segment of the video, the content creator discusses a character build’s damage output and effectiveness in Season 5 PTR. The primary focus is on the Shadow Blight Croc ability and its associated passives, such as the Blighted and Decay aspects. The Blighted aspect requires triggering the Shadow Blight key passive 10 times for a 100% damage bonus, providing insights into its uptime and effectiveness. Additionally, the Damned aspect is mentioned, which doubles Shadow damage upon cursing a target. The video emphasizes the underperformance of certain aspects compared to other build options, highlighting the intricate mechanics and considerations when optimizing damage output.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses various aspects in the game, focusing on their impact on builds and damage multipliers. Blighted Aspect is deemed ineffective due to changes and alternatives like Damned and Starless Skies are highlighted. Sacrificial bonus and Great Feast are introduced as superior options, providing better damage increase percentages with 100% uptime. The speaker emphasizes the lack of aspect slots for Blighted on Darkness builds and introduces Decay Aspect as a potential alternative. Efficient resource generation is also mentioned, ensuring a constant essence percentage throughout.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses a Shadow blight buff that increases damage by 90%, stacking up to five times for a total bonus of 450% to Shadow blight proc damage. They analyze the impact of this bonus on total damage output and suggest improvements for Shadow Blade in the future. They propose splitting Shadow Blade into options that automate corpse consumption and scale damage based on debuffs, aiming to enhance gameplay and address current limitations.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the issue of damage over time key passives not being rewarding enough. They suggest improvements such as rewarding stacking multiple types of damage over time, converting damage types, counting debuffs on targets, and enhancing build diversity for Necromancer class. The speaker urges developers for changes and emphasizes the need for addressing the key passive issue soon to enhance player experience and build diversity before the expansion. They express concern about the current state of the Necromancer skill tree and advocate for timely updates to improve gameplay.