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Jun 28 2025 06:06pm
sorri Paragonzi had to read again what was written there.. I'm still recovering from work.

Got lot's of respect for you mate.

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Look, a Berserker kills basically in 1 hit, what is your issue with Ravenfrost mods... Dex / AR that adds more Vitality to your Build if yo equip PB Grief and AR to actually hit and kill off the monster you are attacking just because there is a 0.00001% chance the monster shatters and you can not Horck the body... well for your information, in normal difficulty it would be a problem because they will shatter 99% of the tiem, however, there are a ton of monsters that are Unique, Champion + that will NEVER shatter in Hell difficulty... get to learn about those monsters resistences and the somewhat cold damage of a Ravenfrost ring when dealing MAGICAL DAMAGE AND not ELEMENTAL DAMAGE.

Great advice though, you just need to research Berserk Skill a bit more... Physical (PHYSICAL) damage is converted int MAGICAL DAMAGE... the minor +1to5 cold damage is pittance.



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They shatter 1/3 of the time you kill a Monster with Ravenfrost and No immunity to chilling.
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Jun 28 2025 08:55pm
They shatter 1/3 of the time you kill a Monster with Ravenfrost and No immunity to chilling.


So no such thing as cold immunity, souls, dolls and wisps that have 0 chill effect (can not be frozen or slowed even though they do NOT have immunity to Cold at all) don't exist in the game? What game are you playing and getting your sources from that 1/3 times shatter monsters? How the fuck does RNG come into effect, you know, the one out of 3 attacks kills and shatters monster? how about 5 successful hit chances (without the killing blow) shatters on the 3rd hit chance? well it did not die, so it did not shatter... where is your source of bullshit information? Or are you saying... hey, for every 1 hit killed monster, 1 of 3 will shatter? What the Fuck, so out of 3 Elite monsters killed in a single hit will shatter? What if they are immune to Cold? do they still shatter? ... you want to HORCK Elite, Unique and Champion monsters, not normal monsters that have a lower item level drop rate in comparison... also, the normal ones RUN OFF after howling them, the monsters not affected are the ones you want to kill & horck.
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So no such thing as cold immunity, souls, dolls and wisps that have 0 chill effect (can not be frozen or slowed even though they do NOT have immunity to Cold at all) don't exist in the game? What game are you playing and getting your sources from that 1/3 times shatter monsters? How the fuck does RNG come into effect, you know, the one out of 3 attacks kills and shatters monster? how about 5 successful hit chances (without the killing blow) shatters on the 3rd hit chance? well it did not die, so it did not shatter... where is your source of bullshit information? Or are you saying... hey, for every 1 hit killed monster, 1 of 3 will shatter? What the Fuck, so out of 3 Elite monsters killed in a single hit will shatter? What if they are immune to Cold? do they still shatter? ... you want to HORCK Elite, Unique and Champion monsters, not normal monsters that have a lower item level drop rate in comparison... also, the normal ones RUN OFF after howling them, the monsters not affected are the ones you want to kill & horck.


Test it with pindleskin

Edith: i was wrong, appearantly it's 1/5

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Jun 29 2025 06:11am
Test it with pindleskin


You are joking right? I kill him off all the time with no issue.

Old school rules: Never get the waypoint to ensure that you never lose the red portal killing Pindle and Nihlathock. Never use pheonix or redemption skill is you want to kill of the re-animated dead entering the red portal to kill pindleskin so you get more drops. Use Redemption or Phoenix (switch) when killing off Nihlathok so he can not use Corpse Explosion on the dead monsters etc.

Yeah, Pindleskin doesn't shatter 1/3 kills in hell difficulty.
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Jun 29 2025 06:13am
You are joking right? I kill him off all the time with no issue.

Old school rules: Never get the waypoint to ensure that you never lose the red portal killing Pindle and Nihlathock. Never use pheonix or redemption skill is you want to kill of the re-animated dead entering the red portal to kill pindleskin so you get more drops. Use Redemption or Phoenix (switch) when killing off Nihlathok so he can not use Corpse Explosion on the dead monsters etc.

Yeah, Pindleskin doesn't shatter 1/3 kills in hell difficulty.


Monsters Rest in Peace works too vs Nilathak, No need for phoenix
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Monsters Rest in Peace works too vs Nilathak, No need for phoenix


What does that have to do with shattering his body and horcking it?
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What does that have to do with shattering his body and horcking it?


You brought this topic up
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You brought this topic up


Test it with pindleskin

Edith: i was wrong, appearantly it's 1/5


Who brought up Pindleskin as an example for shattering monsters using a Ravenfrost ring?

Get it right, also, how does Horcking shattered bodies mean that Pindleskin or Nihlathok work? YOu can not horck Nihlathok for extra keys, as for Pindleskin, you can horck his body.... just like you can NOT horck Baal, Diablo etc. Oh... since when does a boss monster Shatter weaing a Ravenfrost or any other Cold damage item huh?

You want to argue simantics, get your facts right, and NO, 1/5 is incorrect as well.
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Who brought up Pindleskin as an example for shattering monsters using a Ravenfrost ring?

Get it right, also, how does Horcking shattered bodies mean that Pindleskin or Nihlathok work? YOu can not horck Nihlathok for extra keys, as for Pindleskin, you can horck his body.... just like you can NOT horck Baal, Diablo etc. Oh... since when does a boss monster Shatter weaing a Ravenfrost or any other Cold damage item huh?

You want to argue simantics, get your facts right, and NO, 1/5 is incorrect as well.


A Monster can be shattered, even If you can't hork it in principle.

A unique Monster, Like Pindleskin , can be shattered If it was chilled when you slay it.
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