Daily Unique upgrade rework #6: inferno stride

General Discussion
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Once again improving the Unique based on it current stats and the Spirit of it, it’s perceived lore

From

Infernostride demonhide boots:

5% Chance To Cast Level 8 Blaze When Struck
20% Faster Run/Walk
Adds 12-33 Fire Damage
+120-150% Enhanced Defense
+15 Defense
10% To Maximum Fire Resist
Fire Resist +30%
40-70% Extra Gold From Monsters
+2 To Light Radius

To

Infernostride wyrmhide boots:

5% Chance To Cast Level 10 Blaze When Struck
10% chance to cast level 10 corpse explosion when struck
20% Faster Run/Walk
Adds 100-150 Fire Damage
+200-250% Enhanced Defense
+80 Defense
10% To Maximum Fire Resist
Fire absorb 10%
70-100% Extra Gold From Monsters
+5 To Light Radius

Changes detail:

  • doubled the values unchanged affixes

  • kept movement speed the same because of Blaze new speed perk

  • changes fire resist to fire absorb since it’s the superior version

  • wanted to add corpse explosion “per steps” but don’t want it hard to create, struck acts the closest because when you walk, your defence is zero and block is 1/3rd, therefor more likely to get hit

  • why corpse explosion? “Inferno”+ “stride”… so I wanted steps that generate inferno, but the D2 one is lacklustre and clunky. So thethe closest thing was Diablo 1 Inferno spell
    https://youtu.be/aSYEj-1WfWo

I feel that in this form, this pair of boots could rival gore/goblin’s cb and treks for melee build due to its new ctc which makes getting hit a perk and adds some aoe when doing so. It’s also done in a way where melee’s flaw resides, “closing the gap”. Melee is weaker than caster because cast can attack who ever they want instantly on the screen, but melee have to walk toward them, making them slower and less efficient

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As always, values# are there for demonstration purpose, it’s the affixes, mechanics & themes that are the topic

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If you want a certain Unique to be reworked through the upgrade system, please share which one, it’ll be fun to thinker on how to make it more interesting and endgame viable

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Recap on what the Unique upgrade rework is:

Lore wise, there is no such thing as norm/nm/hell as much as normal/exceptional/elite. Everything is on the same tier, so it makes sense that if there is an elite version of Death web there is an elite version of Ice blink with hell capabilities

and set that can be upgrade now have alternate versions

Meaning a Normal Unique now has a Exceptional and elite version

Tldr: Hell is the real difficulty, norm and NM are tuned down difficulty to train and progress. Your character when you first spawn in hell A1 is the start of the real story. Meaning all previous tiers, norm& exceptional, are tuned down. Upgrade recipe allows them to gain back their true nature

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You have demonhide boots on both, should be wyrmhide boots on one of them.

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Oh thanks for the heads up, forgot to change it when I copy pasted the original version to alter it

Can I expect your version later today?

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Nopenopenopenopenope

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I like the idea, but it kind of doesn’t fit the fire theme. It would be a cool idea for a new pair of boots or item though.

Also I like these posts. It helps get the message across to Blizzard that a unique rework/buffing pass would be very beneficial to the game.

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How does corpse explosion doesn’t fit the fire theme?

50% of its damage is fire

It’s like saying druid fire skills aren’t fire skills

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Ok I should have said it doesn’t fit the Inferno name of the boots.

Inferno

a large fire that is dangerously out of control.

“the inferno had swept through the city”

Corpse exploding doesn’t really seem like it fits there.

But it’s a good idea for new boots called Gore Shrapnel

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Probably not, maybe tomorrow.

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Go look the YouTube video I linked

It’s Diablo 1 inferno

It’s basically fire explosions

That’s why I chose corpse explosion, it has a similar explosive AOe

And it’s also not screwed by the lack of synergies

Adding any other skill as Ctc would be a waste unless it has 100% ctc or lvl 50-60

Any special item request?

Gear slot request?

Was maybe going for a set item tomorrow

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lol, so basically just stand there while everything around you dies? Those would be op boots

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Not sure you understand how corpse explosion works

And even if it was like that… talk about a painfully slow gameplay style

Pacifist Paladin is a thing… but it’s not something efficient either

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Feel free to post what you prefer, but i guess you would have to post whole set.
Is this just about upgrading or you also plan to modify base version of item in some cases? Like i did with ice blink. Also would be fun to fill the gaps with this series. There is plenty items without unique version.

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yeah I do lol,Im not sure if you know how it works.Its the strongest skill in the game.Take a corpse explosion necro into a cow game and you dont have to do anything cause you can take down a group of like 4o cows in a matter of a second

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That’s the point, that’s why I said you don’t know how it works

It requires corpses

You claim that it can be op just standing there and getting hit

Wrong

You need to kill monsters too to at least generate a first corpse

Also, standing still you are less likely to trigger corpse explosion since you are full def and block

We are also talking about a build that requires to stand still to kill in a game where people move quickly from a pack to another… it’s a super inefficient build you are talking about

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My comment flew way over your head dude,Im done with you now.You dont understand what Im even saying in the slightest.Im still here on earth and your minds already past Pluto in a different direction.Bye,Im not arguing with someone that doesnt understand anything I mean.Yeah we all know it requires a corpse…DERP but yeah still flew way over your head.Have fun.Im not going to sit here and explain cause Ive been wasting my time with to many people like you on here.

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You are not going to explain because there is nothing to explain, you started an argument where there was none and with a pretty low level narrative

You prefer to get out slamming the door rather than assuming you were wrong

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Ive made players in LOD with a character editor messing all kinds of stuff like this.Go make one and use normal items and just add 10% corpse explosion on an item.Youll see how OP it is.You just dont understand cause you have never done it.Its simply called ignorance on your part.Simple as that.you can assume you know what you are talking about but since you have clearly never added that to an item to test now the assumption is all on you.Sorry,its just how it is.If you want to make posts about item reworking go make the item with the new stats and test out for yourself if you want to see if something will be OP or not.I have lol

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Tried to do it this morning but set have too many ramification between each items to do them individually lol