I find it weird that basic attack skills are discriminated this way. In d3 there are successful primary skill builds and I think that’s a good thing, adding more variety to the game, instead of the default thinking that only core or mastery skills deserve to be your main damage dealers.
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There are plenty of gear with +basic skill damage modifiers. I was using 2 rares with +6.5% basic skill damage each, also had a legendary with +13% basic skill damage.
I think they mean no +x to the rank of basic skills, the way you might get +1 to Upheaval or +2 to Hydras on gear.
But you are right, +13% to basic skills is even better than a +1 to all basic skill ranks.
I heard that some players pushed their hydra to 11/5, and I don’t think simple % basic skill damage can match that
So they had +6 ranks from gear, obviously multiple pieces of gear. 6 ranks gives you +60% damage.
5 pieces of gear with +13% basic attack damage like the poster above mentioned would give you +65% damage on your basic attacks. Doesn’t sound much different to me.
I hope that’s the case
I really hope they have Depth Diggers as a unique item. I really like basic attack builds
i dont remember +basic skills on items but there was a leggo with some crazy amount of attack speed for basic skills. im thinking theres gonna be ways to build for strong basic skill for sure.
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I was playing arc lash sorc the entire beta last week, was fun and after some good gears I managed to bring my dungeon boss kill speed to 5s, and managed to solo butcher once
But it’s a crit intensive build, so not beginner friendly
And not tanky enough, because I don’t drop the lego that allows % damage reduction after hitting enemy with basic attack