For real though.
It’s kind of ridiculous and annoying that these WD doctor pants with a WD legendary power is BiS for vast majority of LoN builds.
People that don’t have a WD or like playing them need to find someone to gift them a pair or they need to make an alt to farm/gamble for them, then spend a bunch of mats trying to reforge to ancient and pray they have the right element for your build.
I’m surprised 2.6.6. did not include any kind of new pants for many classes. Even taking something old like no one uses or ones that don’t have a legendary power and reworking it or adding a legendary power.
Just wondering if this is something you guys have considered or kept an eye on after all this time?
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People use Pox Faulds with LoN as well… Not for fart jokes of course but it triggers a damage proc when you’re surrounded which is much needed for any spec that use LoN.
The benefit from Pox Faulds is negligible compared to Swamp Land Waders. I agree with the OP in that there needs to be a class-free alternative pants with elemental damage or something similar.
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Yes Pox Faulds or Depth Diggers can be useful with a LoN build if there is not a class-specific pants that are more useful.
If there is a craftable legendary pants though they should have a high priority to gain a classless legie power next patch, i agree with the TC about Swamp Land Waders. They shouldn’t be BiS for non-WD builds. I wouldn’t even complain if they removed the roll of elemental damage from them, they should ideally only ever be used with a WD that makes use of Sacrifice.
The fact that monks use them for a build because of the elemental bonus while ignoring the WD legendary affix can be pointed out as a flaw with itemisation i.m.o.
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Beat me to what I was going to say. I have literally never seen anybody use Pox pants apart from Crusaders who gamble them to help with lvl’ing up quickly.
I just don’t understand with all the feedback they were asking for lately how we barely got anything this upcoming patch.
I know for wizards they have been looking for shoulders as well that are an alternate to the channeling ones. Something that would buff Hydra/Blizzard would work great in that slot.
Have to mention Yan’s Hexing pants here. Although the +25% damage is lumped into the DIBS slot, it is also potentially less diluted than the elemental damage slot at this point. Absolutely doesn’t work for some builds but is great for shoot n’ scooters or pet based approaches.
Do the Hexing pants have like a half second lag between moving and standing still or something? Because there currently seems to be a WoL Monk build that uses them but it’s impossible to cast WoL on the move.
I don’t really see how they can be useful for anything other than movement skills like Whirlwind or Tempest Rush, and perhaps also for an irritating “stay on the move” pet build.
Yes, you get 0.5 second after stopping movement before your damage falls off. This necessitates stutter stepping with a lot of skills one might use.
That makes sense. They should really make that clear in the legendary affix description though if that is working intentionally and is not a bug.
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This is a super annoying mechanic, imo and just janky all around to play like that. For necro at least all I’d ever use Hexing Pants are for thorns RGK build and even solo thorns I’d rather have the golem pants.
Hexer’s work pretty good with LoN singularity mage, where standing still might get ya kilt.