Right now I am leveling with a Barbarbarain and I’m using Cleglewaws Gloves which Slow enemies by 25% when I hit them. Well I also have this Rouge mercenenary who has this bow I found called Riphoook which Slow enemies by 30% when she hits them. My question is do these Stack together?!
Is that a yes or a no? Please thank you 
They add together. Limited to 90% on normal monsters and 50% to everything else. Dual wielding slow target weapons = just the weapon striking applies.
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Ty so much…so cleglews 25% and riphoook 30% makes it 55% slow on a boss
not in your case.
Quote from amazon basin:
Slows target for ~30 seconds (not reset when target makes successful attack). ST from separate units does not sum: first percentage applies to velocity (subsequent applications before expiry will reset duration for which this first percentage is applied, even if different, until last applied expires), while most recent applies to actual attack rate. Different percentages applied by separate units or attacks may result in attack rate desynchronisation: while the most recent percentage is always applied server-side, the first continues to be applied client-side until last applied expires.
So it doesn’t and it causes desync bugs apparently.
So I should only use Cleglawlaws gloves and the Barbarbarain mercenenary instead? I have a Litesaber and Lawlawbringerr sword I can use on the barbabrain mercenenary?
Sources of Slow from two different characters do not stack and cause “issues” so it’s best to keep character sources of Slow to one. When dual-wielding two weapons with Slow, only the Slow on the Weapon that makes the strike applies. Any sources on Armor(ex: Arachnid Mesh) or Skills(ex: Holy Freeze or Impale) stack and applies up to -90% Slow on Normal Monsters and -50% on everything else. Meaning, in general, its best to shoot for 50% Slow as everything above that is redundant for the targets that matter. You get 50% Slow on level 12 Holy Freeze(Doom Runeword), level 9 Impale or Decrepify. That’s why Act 2 Holy Freeze Merc is so nice because they can get above level 12 and effectively hit that 50% Slow softcap while also having Reaper Toll to go even higher(even if you don’t need it thanks to Holy Freeze). That’s not to say A5 with Lawbringer is a slouch though.
They only stack on the same character/merc. I switch to a Kelpie Snare and Black Horn’s Face for 95% slows target on my act 2 merc when I fight hell Baal. It prevents him from using all his special attacks - he cannot move - which makes it easy to mow him down with whirlwind.
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Omg it’s so confusing
The way you want it to work, doesn’t - stacking between character and merc - and it may cause desync problems.
Stacking on a merc does work when it is a helm and weapon, but not when it is 2 weapons on an act 5 merc.
Stacking on a character when it is a single weapon, and helm, and belt, and gloves does work.
When two weapons are used they will not stack off each other, but a helm and belt will stack on each weapon. Example: Coldsteel Eye swords have 30% slows target, wielding two of them on a barb will not give you 60% slows target, but adding Arachnid Mesh belt will stack onto each sword an additional 10% for 40% total for each sword. This gives each sword 40% when they individually hit, it doesn’t give 70% – two swords and a belt. Nor 80% – 2 swords + belt stack onto each one.
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you don’t need 95% for that. -50% from Woestave or Reaper’s Toll’s Decrepify do the job just fine.
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I do need the 95%, and Reaper’s cancels my Amp curse. Amp is better.
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95 is not better against baal than 50. You won’t notice the difference
I do notice a difference, a big difference, hence why I use 95% and not 50%. Also, Woestave is enhanced by freezes target.
Stop pretending you know what you’re talking about because you read it somewhere and test it for yourself.
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I disagree there is a 50% hard cap. Decrep slows them by half, but a source of 1 cold damage slows them more still. That’s bosses and everything in my experience
On p8 with Kelpie and Blackhorn Hell Baal cannot move, and he cannot cast anything. The only thing he can do is tendril attacks and they are about once every 10 seconds.
Woestave is not as effective.
Try it for yourself.
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This is why I wish Cham did 20% Slow on Weapons as opposed to Freezes Target. The Slow you could add to certain Weapons would be insanely strong and that goes for both Melee and Range weapons. Doom in particular would be insanely OP with 70% Slow(50% from Holy Freeze + 20% from Cham. Holy Freeze adds Cold Damage too so there’s that to consider). Hands of Justice would actually be way stronger with 20% Slow while Pride isn’t complete crap for the cost and Plague would be thematic with the Poison acting like a Slow.