Bone armor CD and duration

Necromancer
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For reference I’m playing this necromancer:

And cube options are actually bloodtide blade, rorg, mantle of channeling and scythe of the cycle. I do not care that its suboptimal, I play lazy and like it.

I’m trying to understand how the display of the Bone Armor CD and duration is being displayed on the icon because it seems weird, maybe buggy. Although there is possibly a mechanic I’m not aware of at play as well and if so I want to understand how that works. I’m interpreting the bone armor remaining duration as the solid progress bar on top of the icon and the CD is displayed as the sweep. I hope that I’m correct in that.

What I’m noticing is that the duration will frequently go from half duration remaining (25-30+ seconds remaining) to expired in a eye blink and that the CD will go from almost all time remaining to ready to cast right now, and that will happen even when I don’t have an empowered shrine or channeling pylon buff.

I’m guessing that when I cast blood siphon which triggers the “free” death nova and my simulacrums mirror the death nova it results in the duration reduction from scythe of the cycle even though I didn’t personally cast death nova myself. The simulacrums seem to get my death nova damage buffs, I guess its only fair that they can trigger the duration reduction assuming that is actually what is happening. Is it?

As far as the CD progress being erratic… I have no clue. I don’t have any skill or item or cubed power equipped that should reduce any CD’s. Anyone have any insight on why its happening?

It bugs me.

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Yes, it’s scythe of the cycle that’s eating up the duration when you channel.

For CD, I don’t know. Afaik no mechanic in that build that resets cooldowns like that, but I’m not super familiar with it… All I can think of:

  • There’s the triune circle that increases CDR (green or teal, never remember which one…), but shouldn’t be a sudden jump, just double the rate while you’re in the circle.
  • There is a passive that reduces CDR by 20% when you lose life, but you don’t have it, and it’s not from full to ready.
  • Clicking a channeling pylon resets all cooldowns, and a cooldown shrine will last 10 minutes with gloves of worship, but you said it wasn’t that (and that shrine can’t proc from potions).
  • Otherwise there’s gear that resets cooldown like reaver (on kill), obsidian ring (on hit), in-geom (on elite kill), but you don’t have any of those equipped, although it doesn’t show your 4th cube slot.
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Forgot about the triune thing. I can rarely see those dumb circles. It’s probably the triune thing like you said or just me not being as observant as I think I am.

Thanks dude.