The item has an armor buff and attack speed debuff that stacks 4 times.
50 percent armor and 20 percent attack debuff… both on the player. This actually makes you stand still and do nothing. Sure you have incredibly high armor but cannot play. I expect making the item useless was unintended that makes it a bug. The armor buff is nice for extended torments but it is unplayable as is. The only person who would use this is a bot farmer with Thorns because standing in one place and letting the enemy kill itself is what they do best.
This is not a bug. It was intended to use it with root immunity items, skills. Items such as Ice Climber or skills such as Iron Skin, Akkharat’s Champion, etc.
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Not a bug.
Stone Gauntlets provide a benefit (increased armour) and a penalty (the slowed movement and attack speed). The intention is that you’re expected to utilise other items or abilities to remove the penalty but keep the benefit. For example…
- Equip or Cube the Ice Climber boots
- Use an Invigorating Gem at Rank 25 or higher
- Maintain 100% up-time on your class’s uber-ability, e.g. Wrath of the Berserker on a Barbarian, Akarat’s Champion on a Crusader, and so on.
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