So much fuss about the headline damage nerf, with plenty lamenting the fact it needs to hit now.

But... won't that mean it it now procs "on strike"?

It still hits each monster up to ten times per cast, so cast amplify damage on strike could be a faster way to apply than before. We might see changes to how crushing blow and other things work too.

And introduce hit delay as other abilities?

energy shield buff?

Would be cool if

only if, but still dat nerf of amp reduction to 5% procing kind of destroy what ever shadow buff they might add to es.

There is no mention in the patch notes that they will re-activate ctc%
They’re aiming to nerf it hard, I doubt they will decide to give secret buffs at the same time

But even if they do
How is that a buff?
You’re gonna equip some dreadfang lol?

Maybe rift build will rock now. It has 5x to proc on the first throw and another time on return. Total 10x

Except if you have ctc..

There’s a ton of “ifs” that need to be known.

If they are making it essentially a melee skill, then cb/ds/ow and ctc could all potentially now work.

ES spread the sheet damage over all 5 hits tho, it didnt hit for lets 100k per hit, it hit for 20k per hit 5 times. If you miss 1 of those 5 hits now, its 20k less damage for that example.

This post was edited by Kaltrato on Apr 11 2026 12:12pm

If they deliberately decide to re-activate ctc% on ES (they won’t), then think of it like multishot. Prob just gonna be the middle projectile.