Simplicity’s is the go-to gem for GoD. Nothing strange about that.
The Bane of the Powerful though, that stands out. The “normal” gems for GoD are Simplicity’s, Teaguk, and then Bane of the Trapped or Zei’s.
The same as seeing someone clear a GR 52 in 14.59; it makes absolutely no difference to my game and how I play it.
But on followers? How does that work?
On their followers? Are those gems emanating? That still wouldn’t be enough for a 1:20 GR150.
Oh, we’re talking about Followers? As far as I know the only gems that work on followers are Mutilation and Esoteric. The others don’'t.
I talked about gems on followers 
Maybe it’s not the problem, but it’s surprising.
Some folks in my clan did in-depth testing to find the exploit so they could report it and hopefully get it patched but they couldn’t figure it out through their combined efforts.
Whatever, the mysterious exploit is, it’ll have to be more widespread, and someone will spill the beans. Until then, it’ll be just a few folks standing out.
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They don’t have to emanate, it’s just a ascertainment.
Has anyone checked if taking a set piece off and on while momentum is built leads to any kind of “snapshot” irregularities?
People who know how this is done have reported it privately to Blizzard already. Since exploits shouldn’t be posted publicly I won’t say more. I have no way of proving that this is the case, but hopefully Blizzard will take this seriously and act soon. The unfortunate thing is that this was reported before season start and they either didn’t take it seriously or decided to launch the season with a known exploit anyway.
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Actually almost every single Gem works on followers. What most people fail to recognise is that all the gems which provide extra damage are irrelevant as their damage is too low without sets to begin with. Gems which provide damage resistance dont seem to do anything because they most likely have the immortality relic on anyway. Speed gems dont seem to work because the follower will always match your speed no matter what or just teleport to you if you do go to far ahead.
Where it IS possible to notice other gems do work is with Gems that provide special damage like the Poison Gem. You can actually see that the enemies are poisoned. The Ice damage gem clearly Chills the enemies. The Smite Gem is also clearly visible when the follower uses it and as I write this I realise that this might be something to think about. Effects like Smite can give you the ability to insta kill enemies once they reach a certain life points level. If these types of effects are used correctly with the right gear on followers it might lead to bugs that could wipe out entire screens in one shot.
The old idea that only the two damage resistance gems work on followers is just not correct. I have asked a couple of the big youtubers to test this and prove it to be true but so far no takers. It needs a high profile player to get it out there.
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It has been tested previously (Maxroll) and the only gem other than Esoteric & Mutilation that has any effect is Enforcer, and that just gives the additional toughness.
But, not impossible that the current patch / soul shards have fully SNAFU’d the gem mechanics in some way and enabled the exploit.
What about Efficacious Toxin that they both use in EU leaderboards?
The thing is that the Gems I have tested personally might not show up as effective on Maxroll.
The gems which place effects on the ENEMIES specifically. Like the one that poisons enemies or smites them or chills them. They 100% effect the enemies, I have been able to clearly see their visual effects on the screen.
The thing about the new DH glitch I find weird is that these guys were suddenly able to do it immediately after the update and only on non season. This tens to make me think it is a glitch related to Legacy items perhaps interacting with Followers using the Gems I mentioned to create huge insta kills. Its just an idea of course but as good an idea as any other at this point given how little we know about it.
Neither of the two on the US server had Efficacious Toxin on themselves however if their follower was using it as I suggested it could be a part of the puzzle yes. I honestly do not think its the players characters themselves as the both have different builds built around God. God is clearly a key factor but something else is playing a roll and its not anything they are wearing.
The only other idea that seems to be gaining weight is the Lag glitch someone suggested. Where you force the game to lag like crazy and then it glitches out when you build up Momentum stacks and basically blasts you through the entire map and obliterates everything in one shot. If they have figured out how to do this intentionally then its gonna be hard for Blizzard to fix.
Looks like the GoD exploit finally made it to the EU leadeboards!
Blizzard has to BAN these exploiters instantly and remove their times from the leaderboards and fix that EXPLOIT! NOW!
Otherwise S25 is RIP!
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Damage over time or crazy amount of damage ticks do that. Such as Efficacious with Pain Enhancer, Strafe- Icy Trail or Elemental Arrow- Ball Lightning.
Yes now that you mention it the first guy on the US server to do it was using Icy Trail. It stood out as strange because nobody ever uses it on a God build. If they are putting enough Damage over time effects on at once it could be doing some crazy stuff.
I did try something similar about 6 months ago. It was great fun for killing huge mobs but I couldnt get it to work at high levels. They may have figured out something.
This was only working in Non Season up until last night. Are you saying it is now working in Season play too?
Yeap.
2 players 150(with DMG DH ) 1min 9s
Solo 150 DH - 2min
GG S25
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