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Area Damage and Multipliers

Nubtro made a post over at the official forums on something he found out while testing Rend and the Area Damage affix. He discovered that apparently a bug prevents some multipliers are not working properly with that affix. Something to keep in mind for those who like to run that affix as a bonus damage multiplier. Read a preview of the post below, or the entire thread here.

While testing Rend Bloodbath and Area Damage, I noticed something weird. The Rend ticks (every 12 frames), substracted from monster health bar numbers (not the displayed ones you see every 48 frames), only dealt 1/6 of estimated Area Damage.

This didn´t make sense at first, but then I noticed I had Wastes (2) set bonus equipped, which is a 6x Rend damage multiplier, so maybe Area Damage was unaffected by that.

So I made a non Wastes (2) test with an unboosted Rend and there Area Damage worked just fine, cause there was no Rend buff.

I was chatting with page about this and we were wondering next if it only applies to the Wastes (2) multiplier or to other multipliers as well, so I began testing IK6 with Rend and then with other skills as well.

Long story short:
Wastes (2) Rend = 1/6 of Area Damage
IK6 + Insanity with Weapon Throw = 1/3 of Area Damage
IK6 + with Weapon Throw = 1/2 of Area Damage

Area Damage seems to be unaffected by certain separate multiplicative damage bonuses. (continues...)

1-70 in a Minute

DatModz uploaded a video showing some incredibly fast leveling session. Granted, he had 3 players helping him and probably some pretty high-end gear that's unatainable for new players, but still an impressive feat, and a very fun video to watch. Check it out!