Started a new seasonal character in PTR with Demon Hunter. Quickly went to find a shrine/pylon in normal difficulty, at level 2 I was able to 1-2 shot enemies but when I spawned a shadow clone it was doing like 0 damage to enemies, couldnt kill anything by itself. How do their damage work exactly?
I was under the assumption that they would deal the same amount of damage as you’d do. Idk.
Update: touched shield pylon at Level 11, clone still does zero damage, cant kill anything by itself even tho I can attack and kill mobs.
Update #2: Spawned shadow clones at level 17, finally my clones are doing damage and killing enemies 1-2 shots. Idk how or why tho.
I suspect between level 11 and level 17 you obtained a legendary item (e.g. Leoric’s Crown seems to be a popular drop around these levels) and the first damage boost the clones seem to get is when your hero has a legendary on.
Earlier testing when the Shadow clones first were available to test. It was found that around level 15 to 17 your clones start to actually do damage, which also coincides with the lowest level of the available skills they have in their list. They do also gain or at least proc some buffs from certain legendaries. The relevant thread linked here