This bug has been around for over 25 years. I don't think they are ever going to get to it. There are plenty of bugs from LOD that they have known about for over 2 decades and ignore.

This post was edited by Homosexual419 on Mar 28 2026 03:18am

Yeah, I've realized it's very old bug. I played a lot in the old years but rarely melee and somehow I missed this information (or I forgot).
But this RotW expansion is a new chapter (and resources in Blizz), I believe Blizz commeted this bug officially in their forums last month.

This post was edited by Therion36 on Mar 28 2026 03:23am

I choose to believe what you're saying/saw, because that would be awesome

Off-weapon ED, and the min|max on the item itself, don't interact with each other directly in the calculation, bug or not.
First, min|max is added to the min|max sum (min|max of the weapon + min|max from all sources).
Afterwards, off-weapon ED is added to the off-weapon ED sum (ED from all sources).

This post was edited by xhul on Mar 28 2026 04:43am

I understood some of those words.

It's late, I'll re-read tomorrow haha

This post was edited by Homosexual419 on Mar 28 2026 04:43am

I should point out that protectors stone is also one of the strongest things you can put in your merc's helm or armor, or weapon if its not a runeword. Same glitch applies, but notably the one-uber-jewel limit is separate with your merc, which is non obvious. Hence your merc can get 1% ctc fade, the min/max damage after the bug and up to 10% physical piercing which makes it a huge damage amplification against most pvm targets. If its an insight/infinity and cure/flickering flame merc, the only life leech armors as alternative to chains of honor are skin of the flayed one, boneflesh and greyform. Flayed has higher leech but your merc will only have 62% resists (fire or poison from helm). Boneflesh only upside is disabling regen via open wounds. Greyform on a cure build gives max fire/cold/poison resist, but not maxed lightning. The protector's stone gives nearly as much physical damage as the +240/140/40% ed CoH gives against demons/undead/animals on a might merc.

O wow sweet . Didn’t know merc can also use one