What happened to Decrepify Size from the Profane Innovations manual? It appears to be removed. Was it moved someplace or is it just gone?
decrepify and iron maiden size have been combined into curse size
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Well, file this under “DUH!”. Thank you for pointing out what should have been obvious. Unfortunately, this affix has no effect on the Cursed Aura aspect, even with a max roll of 45%. I’ve been trying out Cursed Aura and while it’s nice to free up a skill slot, having to be in melee range to curse enemies is a non-starter for a minion necro.
I’m going to report this as a bug but even if they fix curse size to affect Cursed Aura, I’m dubious as to it’s utility for a build that’s intended to be more at range than melee.
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They should make curse size the same as malignant heart and be effected by temper.
Why are the devs so afraid of fun?
run the curse aura with 0.3s for it to spread, maybe temper a little curse duration, and it spreads like wild fire amongst targets within melee range of each other.
Its actually fun.
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I just got the max rolled aspect last night and have noticed that it does indeed spread quickly. As you suggest, a little curse duration will help.
I’m usually fairly close to most stuff anyway, them spiders and arachnid hosts tho…
im playing skeletal mages, so i run tryeal’s might and shako which gives me a lot of tankiness. then with the insane healing provided y Iron Maidan when monsters die makes for a smooth melee experience.
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It’s interesting you mention the Abhorrent modifier for Iron Maiden. I assumed that Cursed Aura would apply any modifiers to Decrepify and Iron Maiden, if skill points were assigned, but I only had the Iron Maiden skill point, no modifiers. Removing ALL points from Decrepify and Iron Maiden, I see I still have the aura. Is this just base Decrepify and IM? And if I want any modifiers for either, I need to put in the points?
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You assumed correctly.
The aure will cast both base curses even if you don’t have points in them.
Yes.
Yes.
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If I have points in that auras. Did aspect cast that version, or it will be still basic?
if you put points in the skill tree curse upgrades the aura will gain those upgrades.
More points in the curses themselves eg 5/5 would also be applied, but that would need testing as its not immediately clear like with the upgrades.
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If you have spent points on the upgrades the aura aspect will cast the upgraded version. So for IM it will have the essence per cursed enemy, and heal on killing cursed enemy, IF you had put points in those upgrades.
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Thx for info. In that case it is atleast usefull for afk build.
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Thanks for the confirmation. I did quite a bit of “live” testing last night and at this point, Cursed Aura is almost a must for Helltides. You’re in melee whether you want to be or not and there’s no way I’d be able to curse everything, or even the majority, with cast curses, and certainly not both Decrepify and Iron Maiden. Having the Abhorrent modifier for Iron Maiden is definitely giving me more “tankiness”, especially with the mob density in Helltides; it’s just healing me through everything.
I’ve also been trying out Aspect of The Great Feast. Because I don’t have to slot a curse anymore, I have room for Reap and I Reap away, weaving in Raise Skeleton, and that combo, along with Abhorrent, is making this melee minion necro more than viable. Heck, I even did a NMD with the dreaded spiders and arachnid hosts and just waded through everything. You could see the healing out-pace the poison.
This is a fun playstyle and definitely different and more engaging than the “Lazymancer” style, with Ring of the Sacrilegious Soul and Howl from Below, that I played last season. I just hit level 100 and I’m looking forward to getting some good gear. If they would only fix that 60 Aether bonus chest in Helltides…
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Yeah Great Feast annoyed the hell out of me untill I got Crused Aura, now I’m getting essence for days with enhanced IM. Now I would get a Core skill running but I have no points to spare. 
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About them points… I’ve only had to spend 3 points for Decrepify in the past, now I’m spending 6 points for both Decrepify and Iron Maiden. That chafed, as I had to take some points out of the Bonded in Essence branch so my minions are a little squishier. I had an event where it spawned nothing but bloated corpses. The minions took a beating and I was spamming Raise Skeleton pretty much the whole time, but we won.
I’m still in “evaluation” mode with these new aspects and current points allocation but so far, so good.
Can’t you take out ponts from something that is less valuable, or that you don’t realy need?
Here’s my current skills build if you have any suggestions:
This is still very much a work in progress. I’m experimenting with new aspects and adjusting skills and paragon as I go.
Wait I don’t even have any points in Bonded, and my skelys never died, and did not find Hardened bones yet either. Do you have enough max life, armor and res? Res is always top priority to cap for me, or my skelys will not have a chance, than life and armor.
Oh, I need lots more armor, I’m only at 6.8k. Life is 22k and resists are 60-70% As I said, I just hit level 100 and I’m gathering gear. I’m waiting for some pieces with armor to drop and I could temper a piece with armor. Last season, I actually had too much armor, well over 10k. Until I can get the right gear and maybe tempers, I’ll probably put some paragon points into armor.
With 9.2k armor and resists capped, I can probably play around with skill points some more. Exploding Bloated Corpses is physical, right?