You seem like the stalker imo. Referencing my trophy in multiple threads.

if i were a betting man id bet on this guy




if i were a betting man i wouldnt bet on this guy

impale doesnt share the same category as item/golem slow

you can use 50% gear slow on a zon and you will hit 2 different sources of slow with impale

i also quite recently found out about this

also impale slow is like 10 seconds maybe, and gear slow is 30 sec duration

This post was edited by Stefbef on Jan 21 2026 05:26pm

if i were a betting man i woulda lost my money

u need to stop betting m8

There’s like no data on the slow from impale.
All I see listed all the time is 4 slow types, but yeah I assumed impale was grouped with golem.

https://www.mannm.org/d2library/faqtoids/slow_eng.html#slow

I haven’t explicitly tested impale.. but if it’s a different 5th source that can stack then it’s even more busted than I thought it was lol

ive never ever seen that site in my life

i dont think its grouped with golem tho, cos im fairly sure golem is grouped with item slow

what i think so far (not sure, tho):

5 sources:

1. % slow items, golem slow
2. decrepify
3. holy freeze
4. impale
5. chill

the thing is (what makes me think it is) every type of slow has their own duration

golem slow and item slow lasts 30 sec

holy freeze lasts like 2 sec iirc

decrepify depends on skill level

chill duration depends on resist and other factors

impale only lasts like 10 sec (havent checked the exact time with a stopwatch, but fairly sure its 10 seconds)



it's like a weird unique duration, it doesnt last 30 seconds like normal item/golem slow either, its like they added a new category

could be wrong though

whatever exactly it is, im having a blast with my max impale 10 slow missile 50% slow plague zon

1 impale hit does the most absurd amount of slow, most other chars cant do shit (even smiters i can just impale then run out of their smite before it lands)

its kinda bonkers

Assuming a smiter is reaching max ias with precisely 72 EIAS
Then if impale stacks with slow% from items you could drop him to -28, which would be 15 fpa

If they don’t stack, then he would drop to 22 EIAS, 9 fpa

Impale could easily be tested by just trying it in combination with all other slow types.

You most likely need 4 different slows to drop about any melee build to the -85 cap (80 fpa for smite lol)

This post was edited by SinsOfTheSun on Jan 21 2026 06:34pm

hes gonna bm everyone with this info