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Mar 18 2026 12:05am
Decided to respec from phys bowzon to phys spearzon about 30 minutes ago and was messing around in the tz, apparently the thorns from a herald (level 1 herald whatever that means, it was the first and only one in the game, I didn't use a shard) can just 1 shot you insta out of nowhere :) . Kinda reminded me of reflect maps in Path of Exile.

I'm surprised this isn't more common knowledge lmao, has this not happened to anyone else? Maybe I just missed that discussion, plus I didn't really read the patch notes lol.

Mb on that one guys sorry, wasted like 50kfg of gear there :) (stash full of, 3/20/20s, 10/70/40s etc, lotta irreplaceable stuff).

So PSA don't fuck around with those thorns auras if you do a lot of phys dmg at once. I had fought some thorns heralds before on the phys bowa before and it seemed harmless, but I guess the burst damage was too much even with like 5x more life? I did not have a bone break so there was no extra phys dmg (I had a 15% pdr verdungos on too).

Not sure if/when I'm running it back, I do still have a lot of the expensive glass cannon bowa gear, but I was more excited to run around poking shit lolll ss yall :)
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Mar 18 2026 12:15am
RIP mate.

Respect to off meta building
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Mar 18 2026 12:19am
damn rip. lmk if ya need chant
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Mar 18 2026 12:20am
rip
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Mar 18 2026 12:25am
yeah when iron maiden was a thing, that was fun too lol rip
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Mar 18 2026 12:28am
Decided to respec from phys bowzon to phys spearzon about 30 minutes ago and was messing around in the tz, apparently the thorns from a herald (level 1 herald whatever that means, it was the first and only one in the game, I didn't use a shard) can just 1 shot you insta out of nowhere :) . Kinda reminded me of reflect maps in Path of Exile.

I'm surprised this isn't more common knowledge lmao, has this not happened to anyone else? Maybe I just missed that discussion, plus I didn't really read the patch notes lol.

Mb on that one guys sorry, wasted like 50kfg of gear there :) (stash full of, 3/20/20s, 10/70/40s etc, lotta irreplaceable stuff).

So PSA don't fuck around with those thorns auras if you do a lot of phys dmg at once. I had fought some thorns heralds before on the phys bowa before and it seemed harmless, but I guess the burst damage was too much even with like 5x more life? I did not have a bone break so there was no extra phys dmg (I had a 15% pdr verdungos on too).

Not sure if/when I'm running it back, I do still have a lot of the expensive glass cannon bowa gear, but I was more excited to run around poking shit lolll ss yall :)


Yes as Java I am very cautious against heralds. My condolences m8. Who else is going to bid on melee charms with me now :cry:
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Mar 18 2026 02:25am
I have a (suboptimally geared) Lvl 90 Echo Warlock and encountered a Herald of Terror (Lvl 5) yesterday in a 8 player TZ96 game. It was a Skeleton Archer in the Sewers and I had to go through 13 Full Rejuvs to survive this - and the guy didnt even have a thorns aura.

I have no cta and there was also no bo buff so all I had was my 1800 HP and my Demon with full 20 hard points in Blood Oath.

I almost died to this bitch. These guys must not be underestimated.

This post was edited by Kaltrato on Mar 18 2026 02:25am
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Mar 18 2026 02:39am
Dangg rip

Good to know the thorns are that serious. They definitely rekt my merc everytime

Gotta pack on DR


Edit: did you take any screenshots of your zon? Or her death scene?




This post was edited by Pharaohmon on Mar 18 2026 02:44am
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yeah when iron maiden was a thing, that was fun too lol rip


Oh i remember playing a whirlwind barb in cs, mid ww u get maidened and had to insta leave game before your whirl ended, and rejoin the game on 1 life because you couldnt die mid whirl somehow.
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