You suffer 40% less damage and give up 30% more damage support for chain projectile?

i dont get it

thats like 60% less damage total

clearly you guys dont think about people playing long session have to manual aim every single mob

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sinhpoe#7522 a écrit :

i dont get it

it's great on Essence Drain where you don't care about the hit damage but need the extra targets to ensure it finds its way to your contagion target.

lots of niche supports like this in the game, if it looks like it doesn't make sense then it's probably not designed for your build

With +2 chain you hit (at least) 3 targets for 60% damage each, which is more than hitting 1 target for 100% damage.

Obviously it's not for hitting single targets.

Ah you have fallen for the same trap I did. You thought that support gem was generally useful.

It's not.

It's useful for a narrow set of builds. Very narrow. Even more narrow than what you just thought about.

It also requires those narrow and "specific" builds to be at a certain gear level before it doesn't feel bad. Think very good gear. No even better than that.

In fact I can't think of a single build where I found that gem worth using. I'm aware of a few builds that use it after they are decked out in gear, though.

It's sort of like spark. Spark sucks until you get to endgame, and until you can scale it past other builds.

Regardless, good luck on your journey of discovery. There are many more bad gear traps out there. There's also bad skill and bad unique item traps. Enjoy.

You guys are quite dense.

The support is great for skills like Armour Piercing Rounds and other skills that don't rely on pure damage. Pretty obvious, tbh.

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Prügelprinz#6281 a écrit :

You guys are quite dense.

The support is great for skills like Armour Piercing Rounds and other skills that don't rely on pure damage. Pretty obvious, tbh.

I played armour piercing last league and I did not like the chain support gem on it AT ALL. I thought it would be good because the league prior a I had unique crossbow that gave all my shot chain. That crossbow was awesome for Act 1. Tried chain again hoping to replicate and saw my damage get massacred. It took forever to kill anything.

So I respectfully strongly disagree. It's a trash support gem.

+1:

Agreed. Too many supports have significant drawbacks to them. You'd think "Oh, I'm ranged I'd LOVE 3 projectiles instead of 1". No. It sucks. PLUS, you read the actual mechanic and it says projectiles cannot chain from projectiles that pierce or fork. This makes synergy between all of these ass.

They just need to curb the insane no life builds that cheese the game, and encourage more diversity. Not gutting the builds, just tuning them down a bit to level the game experience out while raising the others to match.