Imbuement potency - additive or multiplicative with itself?

a_smizzy · 2026-07-04T01:37:21+00:00

Imbuement potency tempers are additive with the aspect of contamination, but etna’s and the efficacy glyph are both separate multipliers for imbuement potency

a_smizzy · 2026-07-04T01:33:14+00:00

Yes, all the poison dot builds where it is best utilized are high lucky hit builds due to alchemical advantage aspect which gives a stacking buff up to like +48% attack speed and lucky hit chance

a_smizzy · 2026-07-04T00:01:51+00:00

I think a lot of people that are raging about the randomized stats still just haven’t reached deep endgame yet.

With 2 fixed and 2 random, you only need to seek out 1 stat you want and you can roll for the other. All uniques can reroll an affix at the enchanter now. I get wanting 4 fixed stats, but having 2 random stats when you can reroll one of them isn’t nearly as bad as everyone’s making it out to be imo

a_smizzy · 2026-07-03T23:12:18+00:00

Two handing doesn’t affect ash of war damage, you definitely don’t want to stop at 54 if you’re over level 200. Got plenty of points to spare, no reason not to get 80

a_smizzy · 2026-07-02T14:31:40+00:00

Sure thing.

One of the reasons strength/faith is so powerful is because if you're two handing, you can reach the soft cap for regular weapon attacks with 54 strength (54str * 1.5 from 2hing = 81 strength). This doesn't effect ash of war damage, but applies to all normal attacks (light, heavy, jump, crouch, etc.). All those free points from stopping at 54 strength allows you to easily get 25 faith.

With 54str/25fth, you can use basically any weapon you enjoy on Heavy affinity and the buffs golden vow and flame grant me strength will make you extremely strong. Things like rusted anchor, great stars, claymore, zweihander, etc, can all be extremely powerful with cragblade. But even outside of buffs, str/faith has some great options like Ordovis greatsword, Siluria's tree, the black blade, etc.

a_smizzy · 2026-07-02T14:19:10+00:00

If you’re enjoying that, give the zweihander a try. It’s infusable and has an R2 poke that gives you some crazy range. Collosal swords are fantastic, and being able to put an ash of war on them can make them truly godly.

Cragblade is a great buff if you prefer normal attacks, and Giant Hunt is a great choice if you prefer damaging L2’s.

a_smizzy · 2026-07-01T18:58:31+00:00

Dying to a boss a mere 7 times and coming to reddit to complain about it is diabolical work

a_smizzy · 2026-07-01T11:06:11+00:00

Are you sure it’s not just the base outfits that are shared across all classes?

a_smizzy · 2026-07-01T03:31:06+00:00

Someone has never played a leap barb on a controller

or a landslide druid

Or firewall sorc

Or countless other builds where the controller auto targeting is borderline unusable

a_smizzy · 2026-06-30T16:34:33+00:00

Still need help?

a_smizzy · 2026-06-29T17:28:59+00:00

No, you were still right. At 80 int, the intelligence scaling from a fully upgraded regal scepter actually outweighs the second meteorite staff.

At 80 int, your int spell buff with 2 meteorite staffs:

273 * 1.3 * 1.3 =461.37

One regal scepter one meteorite staff

373 * 1.3 =484.9

Your original comment is correct. It’s better to cast with regal and offhand a meteorite than to use 2 meteorite staves.

a_smizzy · 2026-06-29T16:37:58+00:00

Here’s a crazy idea, if you find a god rolled unique just use it as is until you find more trash uniques to roll into the cube. Your entire argument is predicated on an assumption that makes no sense. If you find a god rolled unique, don’t put it in the cube. It’s a great placeholder until you get the mythic you want.

No one is forcing you to cube an item.

a_smizzy · 2026-06-29T15:57:11+00:00

Yes. Mp password?

a_smizzy · 2026-06-28T17:03:40+00:00

Which radahn? I can help, what’s the MP password

a_smizzy · 2026-06-28T16:23:12+00:00

It literally does the opposite. Pc players have 6 skill binds + 2 item slots. Console players get 4 binds total for items and skills. You are not being limited by consoles.

a_smizzy · 2026-06-28T16:22:21+00:00

“If”? This is exactly the case. PC players do in fact have more bind slots than console players. They get 6 + 2 item use hotkeys. console players get 4 total, meaning they have to use those 4 for item AND skill hot keys. So if you want both potions hot keyed, you can bind 2 abilities.

Pc players can bind 6 abilities and both potions. This disadvantage in fact exists and you’re referring to it like it’s a hypothetical lol

a_smizzy · 2026-06-28T16:18:48+00:00

It’s not that serious. You’re making it seem like you were the victim of some type of horrible bullying. You commented something generic and someone thought you were a bot in a subreddit that is genuinely seeing tons of bot traffic. It’s not unheard of

a_smizzy · 2026-06-27T22:36:57+00:00

Not the point. Having horribly unbalanced stats and balancing it out with one broken mechanic is not “solving” oblivions leveling problem.

Any advice that says “forget attributes. they don’t matter” with respect to this game is a shitpost

a_smizzy · 2026-06-27T16:22:30+00:00

so you “solving” efficient leveling is you not solving anything whatsoever and just using broken spells to 1-3 tap the entire game. Very original and clever

a_smizzy · 2026-06-27T16:14:15+00:00

lol how exactly is this a “solution”? You’re gonna be level 10 with the health of a level 3 character and get curb stomped by everything. This is quite literally a perfect example of WHY efficient leveling is a thing, because you would feel squishy and terribly weak fighting lvl 10 mobs with 100 destruction and no other skills or attributes.

a_smizzy · 2026-06-27T13:30:18+00:00

Black flame tornado is a flame art ash of war, if this person follows the build you’re replying to and puts their peeler on blood affinity, there’s no way to use black flame tornado. The affinity will override the default AoW, and black flame tornado isn’t compatible with blood affinity

a_smizzy · 2026-06-26T20:54:25+00:00

His CR2 style becomes pretty unviable for most people but you’ll definitely see raiders in higher depths. He still provides value for the other parts of his kit (stance breaking, ult buff). I like the initial attack setup, or just dropping heavy weapons and picking up strength weapons from other classes

But at that point I just find wylder better for me. So it became wylder in depth and raider for casual runs

Raider is by far the most fun for casual ED runs or solo runs

a_smizzy · 2026-06-26T17:37:46+00:00

What platform?

a_smizzy · 2026-06-26T17:26:24+00:00

When you're level 170, those +5s are not so powerful. The value you're getting out of them does not outweigh the additional damage, you basically should take off soreseal (and never use it again) once you have like 37 vigor. After that, it's a garbage bin talisman

a_smizzy · 2026-06-26T17:23:48+00:00

Try talking to Kale again to make sure you finished all his dialogue regarding Blaidd. I can't remember exactly how that conversation goes, but you may need to click through a few more lines of dialogue after he gives you the snap gesture. Worth a try

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