Do the special bonuses on a unique piece of equipment occupy the aspect slot or are they baked in to the item?
If they are an aspect, can they be removed and placed on something else?
Not an aspect, and cant be aspected.
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So it can neither be stripped/moved nor can it hold another aspect bonus?
I’m gonna have to tweak a couple things
Correct, uniques is uniques, cant be modified like aspect items.
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Uniques are like the old legendaries and uniques from previous games, they are imprinted on the item, can’t remove the power from them to put into another.
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Well that’ll change a few things for sure!
I wonder if its worth getting the melted heart amulet then, barring the 50% bonus power slot for another offense aspect is a big deal.
Definitely want Shako and Temerity at least with regard to blocking defense/utility aspects. I’m not worried about losing those + the unique bonuses make up for it quite well.
I’m wondering about Shako though. It could actually break my build if its adding +4 to all skills including ones with 0 points in them, enabling them to be triggered in other ways since they are now acquired.
I think you need to have at least an item with a bonus to a specific skill before it gains a bonus from an item with bonus to all skills
Partially confirmed that is not true.
I used an amulet with +all conjure AND +all defense in beta, saving myself a ton of skill points with 0 allocated to most of them while enabling all of them. Tons of options at the base level. I only had to put one point in if i wanted the enhancement and upgrade beyond access to the base skill.
+specific skill (like on helm, gloves, pants) or +all in a school definitely enable use of the skill with 0 naturally assigned points
if +4 all skills literally adds 4 ranks to every skill, even unassigned ones, that could be problematic
there are no aspects on uniques
well, there is a unique affix which is obviously the origin of aspects
also from your question you seem to assume that uniques roll random affixes, they dont, they have predetermined affixes, they are always the same
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I assumed the affixes were set + varied in power based on IP, tied to level of/when you found the item.
Wanted to know about the ‘aspect’ aspect lol
and my next question about +all skills from Shako (not just plus to a school or + to a specific skill)
If I’m not mistaken, Unstable Currents only casts randomly from the skills you have access to (aka not zero points in). So Shako adding +4 to skills you dont want could be a detriment to your build.
Or does it randomly cast based on the shock skills you have on your bar (core conjure master restricted as per UC description)?
Shako will be nerfed, for sure, its too damn powerfull
My plan is to find a +4 Shako sometime during my life! 
Follow-up question… can they be socketed? (If they don’t already have a socket, that is)
Unique items can’t be extracted, imprinted, or enchanted. It can only be improved by upgrading at blacksmith/gem crafter.
No, Unstable Current casts Core, Conjuration, and Mastery Shock skills randomly even if you don’t have skill point in them.
If UC casts anything at random even un-assigned, then it kinda sucks.
That means to make use of it, you would need to spend about 3 points on each of the skills within those schools so that you can unlock, enhance, and upgrade them. Maxing out damage of each isn’t necessary especially with the shako providing that benefit to all, but you would want to get at least the mechanic benefits.
It still does a lot of damage because it casts those skills on top of the Shock skill you’re casting with 25% attack speed bonus and no Crackling Energy charge consumption.
also uniques can’t have an affix rerolled at occultist.
i didnt test one, didnt get cleaver but online various websites say rare/legendary
Just smith and socket/gemstone upgrades afaik