WW, Wastes, and Rend--A Response

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@JEB90-1994

As far as i understand it, area damage always fires at 50% frequency. Increasing area damage just boosts how hard it hits, not how often. Increasing ad power shouldn’t have any impact on lag (if this isn’t the case, then ad would obviously be a bad thing to boost).

It’s actually 20% frequency. You’re right, though, that having 200% AD should not generate any more lag than having 1% AD.

That said, Blizz does not seem to be in the business of doing very much with AD. There’s the +AD stat on items, and that’s it. I don’t know why they do things that way, but it does seem to be the case. No item modifies the way AD works in any way, and AD is not included in any set bonus.

@JEB90-1994

At the very least, rend adds another damage over time calculation. It might not add any appreciable lag, but I don’t think we’ll know for certain until we see things in a live environment.

Sure. Free and I were pretty clear in our proposal that any and all of our proposed “List 2” changes would need to be tested in a PTR.

@Free-1746

Since Rend can’t crit or proc

Rend can’t crit, but it CAN proc AD.