MacroBioBoi discusses the issues with the Shadow Blade passive for Necromancers in a critique and feedback video sent to the Developers. The video highlights the current ineffectiveness of the passive and suggests potential changes that could improve its viability.
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Key Takeaways:
- The Shadow Blade passive for Necromancers is currently in a very bad place.
- The damage output of Shadow Blade is extremely low compared to other core skills.
- The blighted aspect and decay aspect for Shadow Blade are underperforming and offer little benefit.
- There is a need for a more balanced and effective passive that allows for build diversity.
Issues with Shadow Blade Passive:
MacroBioBoi points out that the Shadow Blade passive for Necromancers is severely underperforming compared to other core skills. The damage output of Shadow Blade is significantly lower, representing less than 1% of a player’s total damage output.
The blighted aspect and decay aspect, which are meant to enhance the Shadow Blade passive, also fall short. The blighted aspect offers a damage bonus, but its uptime is limited and it is outperformed by other aspects such as the Damned aspect. The decay aspect provides a damage increase, but it only applies to Shadow Blade and does not transfer to other primary damaging effects.
Possible Solutions:
MacroBioBoi suggests two potential changes to improve the Shadow Blade passive. The first suggestion is to automate the consumption of corpses whenever the player crits or deals vulnerable damage, eliminating the need to manually cast corpse explosion. This would allow for easier access to the damage from corpse consumption.
The second suggestion is to introduce a damage over time aspect that scales based on the number of debuffs applied to the target. This would incentivize players to stack multiple types of damage over time and promote build diversity.
Overall, MacroBioBoi emphasizes the need for the developers to address the ineffectiveness of the Shadow Blade passive for Necromancers. While it is expected that the Necromancer skill tree will undergo a major overhaul in the expansion, it is important to address the issues sooner to restore build diversity and improve the class’s viability.
