The way it see it now, its seems to be part of a trend to nerf the weighting of loh and maybe shift gear itemisation and priority to other healing stats like life steal, life after kill...etc.
Just look at the nerf to Wiz's ww, barb's Crushing Advance, Devil's Anvil, and now DH Jaggered Spikes.
No longer requires player to not be damaged for 3 seconds to regenerate 1% of maximum Life per second
Oh well, with all these nerfs the spec is dead. Too much damage sacrifice for something that won't keep you alive against elites anymore. It's sad caus it was refreshing to play a DH this way.
Well, Jagged Spikes does a TON more damage now* so maybe the Life Leech from Shadow Power will offset the healing lost from LoH (it'd also in theory make Life Steal a lot more valuable).
*I'm just assuming it is, the wording implies it's getting a buff however I've played Blizzard games long enough to know that what sounds like a buff could end up being only a small buff.
Well, Jagged Spikes does a TON more damage now* so maybe the Life Leech from Shadow Power will offset the healing lost from LoH (it'd also in theory make Life Steal a lot more valuable).
*I'm just assuming it is, the wording implies it's getting a buff however I've played Blizzard games long enough to know that what sounds like a buff could end up being only a small buff.
I know the data mined information showed a damage increase, but there was speculation that this was simply a rewording of the skill's tooltip. Furthermore, the only change listed in the patch notes to Jagged Spikes is: can no longer trigger procs.
im running http://eu.battle.net...YglP!XVe!.ZbYaa atm, against large groups cluster grenades works just as good as gas grenade due to the insane disc regen through nightstalker. will test bait the trap rune after patch for more dc regen, should still work, if not i will just try to get sentry into the spec somehow.
For trash sure it will probably still work, but what's the point of playing a build that requires little effort/awarness on trash and still get face rolled against elites/champs. How do you expect topping your health without those 5x1k-1.5k loh ticks from caltrops, even shuriken cloud will regerenate 3 times less health.
It's a pity caus this tanking build was really fun. You could alternate between ranged and melee style when you wanted and simply tank a few elites/champs packs without feeling you worked overnight for a few blues. Guess I ll go reroll a barbarian.
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If this applies to the Life on hit effect it's gonna ruin the day for a few. Did bliz comment against DH tank?
Just look at the nerf to Wiz's ww, barb's Crushing Advance, Devil's Anvil, and now DH Jaggered Spikes.
Skill Rune - Shuriken Cloud
Weapon damage increased from 30% to 34%But then-
Oh well, with all these nerfs the spec is dead. Too much damage sacrifice for something that won't keep you alive against elites anymore. It's sad caus it was refreshing to play a DH this way.
*I'm just assuming it is, the wording implies it's getting a buff however I've played Blizzard games long enough to know that what sounds like a buff could end up being only a small buff.
I know the data mined information showed a damage increase, but there was speculation that this was simply a rewording of the skill's tooltip. Furthermore, the only change listed in the patch notes to Jagged Spikes is: can no longer trigger procs.
Don't get your hopes up for a buff on this skill!
They don't want it so it's buh-bye.
Conform or be cast out.
My Demon Hunter: http://tinyurl.com/anufqzj Yes, THAT Analogkid- pissing off Hunters since 2007.
For trash sure it will probably still work, but what's the point of playing a build that requires little effort/awarness on trash and still get face rolled against elites/champs. How do you expect topping your health without those 5x1k-1.5k loh ticks from caltrops, even shuriken cloud will regerenate 3 times less health.
It's a pity caus this tanking build was really fun. You could alternate between ranged and melee style when you wanted and simply tank a few elites/champs packs without feeling you worked overnight for a few blues. Guess I ll go reroll a barbarian.