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Feb 16 2026 02:30pm
apparently blood oath redirects like 99% of dmg you take to your minions at level 48. even with 1 pt in it you can get 50% dmg reduction


best physical dmg
best magic damage (
most tanky
has minions
massive minus res


this
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Feb 16 2026 02:44pm
they basically use a necromancer teeth that has 5 blades and also returns back to the user that deal 100k+ physical dmg each

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Feb 16 2026 02:49pm
they basically use a necromancer teeth that has 5 blades and also returns back to the user that deal 100k+ physical dmg each


Perfectly balanced. MrLlama approved ;)
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Feb 16 2026 02:55pm
Perfectly balanced. MrLlama approved ;)




smiling like a moron like he couldnt have prevented this
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they basically use a necromancer teeth that has 5 blades and also returns back to the user that deal 100k+ physical dmg each


lul
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Feb 16 2026 02:57pm
Did some offline testing with blood boil
This is what my tooltip was saying (+3 base void, ars baal, +3/20/2 circlet, +2 ammy, 2x soj, arach, magefist, 8x skillers, torch, anni, cube- so I could get another +2 skills from charm & ammy, and had 3 facets total no guardian jewel);



Honestly for PvP's sake I'm kind of happy to report the tooltip is lying
The blood boil radius is definitely not 22 yards, which would be ~2 screen radius (level 30 holy shock on auradin is 23.3 yards)
Instead blood boil seems to have a range comparable to nova, centered on each demon, and based on damage I'd guess only hitting each target once even if in range of multiple demons but I'd like to make sure about that
No way to test exact numbers but I'd guess actual radius of blood boil is more like ~8-10 yards. Its clearly failing to hit targets just outside of a nova-ish range from demons

Of course, you can still hit at any range with death mark -> blood boil and you're already teleporting around with 2-3 tainteds spamming fireballs for 36k+ damage (I was using consume tainted in that tooltip, but you could just go 3x, idk)
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Feb 16 2026 02:59pm
mind that's still like having an instant hit undodgeable nova with no missile time that's dealing 5300 physical + 7100 fire with some -% pierce, that can also be cast displaced from max range, while your thunderstorm deals 74k or 111k damage per hit
still utterly broken, but not "you would die instantly for stepping one foot into blood moor" broken
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Feb 16 2026 03:16pm
apparently blood oath redirects like 99% of dmg you take to your minions at level 48. even with 1 pt in it you can get 50% dmg reduction


suprised I dont see more of this, blood oath is like demon ES but 2% every point. Level 49 goes to 101%

like guides suggesting to dump extra points into consume for max hp but oath is RIGHT THERE soul link to IMMORTAL DEMON
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Feb 16 2026 03:27pm
It’s almost like playing an Open Bnet Char for PvM and Pvp.

I already Converted 3x Expansion chars to RotW due to New Contents :o

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