Feeding Frenzy Support
Now gives minions from supported skills 25% chance to grant Feeding Frenzy to you on hit at gem level 1, up to 44% at gem level 20 (previously 25% at all gem levels).
No longer causes minions from supported skills to deal more damage while you have Feeding Frenzy.
if the minions won't deal more damage while have feeding frenzy, why do we need that skill?
did they actually made the skill useless, or i got it wrong?
thank you

Last bumped on Mar 11, 2020, 1:37:27 PM

Posted by
Ofirdr78
on Mar 11, 2020, 5:00:33 AM

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Feeding Frenzy Support
Now gives minions from supported skills 25% chance to grant Feeding Frenzy to you on hit at gem level 1, up to 44% at gem level 20 (previously 25% at all gem levels).
No longer causes minions from supported skills to deal more damage while you have Feeding Frenzy.
if the minions won't deal more damage while have feeding frenzy, why do we need that skill?
did they actually made the skill useless, or i got it wrong?
thank you

Still the only way to get aggressive minion ai, which is how most minions should be by default. Basically they make minions a 5 link to get the proper ai.

There's no powercreep here. Creep implies it's slow and could be overlooked, this is a full out sprint.

Posted by
cpurdy777
on Mar 11, 2020, 5:03:42 AM

They still get the movement speed and attack speed.
Agree on the aggressive thing though, it's annoying to waste a gem slot on that.
Maybe they should do away with the movement and attack speed, and change Feeding Frenzy buff to make minions aggressive. That way you dont need to waste a socket on every non-golem minion.

Posted by
Asmosis
on Mar 11, 2020, 5:07:10 AM

Posted by
blesedOne
on Mar 11, 2020, 6:48:40 AM

Link FF to any Golem +Maim and you get the global benefit of Aggro and Attack Speed for all other minions.

Posted by
ArisFuser
on Mar 11, 2020, 7:03:17 AM

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Feeding Frenzy Support
Now gives minions from supported skills 25% chance to grant Feeding Frenzy to you on hit at gem level 1, up to 44% at gem level 20 (previously 25% at all gem levels).
No longer causes minions from supported skills to deal more damage while you have Feeding Frenzy.
if the minions won't deal more damage while have feeding frenzy, why do we need that skill?
did they actually made the skill useless, or i got it wrong?
thank you

Only the bonus to supported minions got removed, that means the one Line on the gem that reads:
(1) 'Minions from Supported Skills deal (5-14)% more Damage while you have Feeding Frenzy'
Players will still get feeding frenzy buff which is a global effect that gives the following:
(2) 'While you have the Feeding Frenzy buff, all of your minions have 10% more minion damage, 15% increased movement speed, 15% increased attack speed and 15% increased cast speed'
So that means that if you used feeding frenzy as a support on your main damage skill you will be losing up to 14% more damage (at gem level 20) with that skill
If you used feeding frenzy on a secondary minion (stone golem for example), you will still get the global bonus (2) on your main skill too
Hope that clarified it for you

Last edited by smichal52 on Mar 11, 2020, 12:34:29 PM

Posted by
smichal52
on Mar 11, 2020, 12:31:11 PM

Still a big nerf, together with the skeleton nerf.
You need the agressive at skeletons to make them teleport. Otherwise clear speed is, ahm, a bit weak.

Posted by
Llyrain
on Mar 11, 2020, 12:48:06 PM

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Still a big nerf, together with the skeleton nerf.
You need the agressive at skeletons to make them teleport. Otherwise clear speed is, ahm, a bit weak.

How do you mean.. 'weak'
My highest level character last season was a Necromancer at level 95. The nerf feels very justified and warranted. You use FF on secondary minions anyway, so what issue do you take with that? Just link it to your Carrion Golem and slash away.
Besides, minimum investment skellies dealing millions of damage was just OP.
Try the new spectres if you are unhappy with skellies. Have some fun.

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Posted by
ArtCrusade
on Mar 11, 2020, 12:50:43 PM

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Still a big nerf, together with the skeleton nerf.
You need the agressive at skeletons to make them teleport. Otherwise clear speed is, ahm, a bit weak.

Might be a bit of a hassle, but you could try a few tricks, like using feeding frenzy for clear, and swapping to DeathMark for tougher bosses
Deathmark should be much better for both AI and Damage (for single target) than feeding frenzy was pre-nerf

Posted by
smichal52
on Mar 11, 2020, 1:04:09 PM

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Still a big nerf, together with the skeleton nerf.
You need the agressive at skeletons to make them teleport. Otherwise clear speed is, ahm, a bit weak.

Might be a bit of a hassle, but you could try a few tricks, like using feeding frenzy for clear, and swapping to DeathMark for tougher bosses
Deathmark should be much better for both AI and Damage (for single target) than feeding frenzy was pre-nerf

Yes, we get so lazy that we lose sight of the fact that we should do more gem swapping between mob clearing and boss single targeting.

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Posted by
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on Mar 11, 2020, 1:37:27 PM

Alongside the release of the Blight expansion, we're introducing the Carrion Golem and a handful of new Support Gems that let you customise your minions.

Summon Carrion Golem

The Carrion Golem is a well-rounded attacker, using a rapid melee attack, a leap slam to get into the thick of combat, and a powerful cooldown-restricted multi-cascade slam. As its passive Golem buff, it grants added physical damage to all non-golem minions, including their attacks and spells. It has a unique feature among golems, gaining more damage for each of your non-golem minions around it, up to 80% more damage.
A single Carrion Golem fits well into established Minion builds as an extra bonus to all of your necromantic minions. It can also be invested in more heavily by taking various sources of additional golems (including a new notable passive) and using multiple golems alongside a swarm of zombies or skeletons.
There are also four new support gems that you can place on minions to change their behaviour and function:

Feeding Frenzy Support

The Feeding Frenzy support gem makes supported minions aggressive, increasing the range that they'll seek out enemies. It also gives hits from the minions a chance to give you the Feeding Frenzy buff, granting more minion damage and increased minion attack, cast and movement speed. While you have the Feeding Frenzy buff, the supported minions deal even more damage.

Meat Shield Support

The Meat Shield support gem makes supported minions defensive, causing them to only attack enemies that get very close to you. It also gives the minions a chance to taunt on hit, reduces the damage they take, and causes them to deal more damage to enemies close to you.
If minions are both Aggressive and Defensive, those effects cancel out, returning the minions to their original behaviour. All other bonuses from the support gems still apply.

Deathmark Support

The Deathmark support gem grants supported minions more damage, and grants you the Deathmark skill. Casting Deathmark on an enemy causes all minions supported by a Deathmark support to prioritise attacking the target, and gives them a further damage multiplier against that enemy. Casting Deathmark on a new enemy removes any existing Deathmark.
You can Deathmark to have precise targeting for specific minions, and the Deathmark targeting will override Aggressive or Defensive behaviour while it is active. The minions will fall back on their regular targeting if no Deathmark is present.
Different combinations of these three support gems let you use different minions for different roles. An example might be using your Zombies with Meat Shield to protect you, your Carrion Golems with Feeding Frenzy to clear groups of enemies, and the Deathmark Support on both of them so you can send all of them in after bosses while you evade the bosses abilities from a distance.

Infernal Legion Support

The Infernal Legion support gem causes supported minions to take a large percent of their maximum life as fire damage over time. They all gain a burning damage aura, dealing fire damage over time to nearby enemies. The effect doesn't stack, but is modified by minion damage increases and other support gems.
This support can be used to deal damage to large groups of enemies, and is available at quite a low level, so is an alternative to Melee Splash for some minion types. It also works well alongside the Minion Instability keystone, letting you use your minions as walking time bombs.
We'll be revealing further minion changes, including the new wand base type, Necromancer ascendancy, and passive tree in the upcoming teasers and news. In the meantime, check out a video of the new gems:

Posted byNatalia_GGG
on Aug 22, 2019, 3:55:06 AM

dank

Posted by
dattemayo
on Aug 22, 2019, 3:59:13 AM

OK i get it im going summoner next league geez!!!!

Posted by
RockLeesWW
on Aug 22, 2019, 3:59:48 AM

looks like they are making everything possible for necromancer to be the next fotm..
I guess sooner or later I had to try out necromancer..

Turning players into payers.
Have 'fun' alpha testing this league. I may or may not play this league after they are done 'listening' to feedback.
The same people laughing at the dead horse for W3 reforged mysteriously ignores that every new league TGGG releases is a W3 reforged.

Posted by
Xystre
on Aug 22, 2019, 3:59:48 AM

Is this something you'll have to pay for? Will the next fotm get nerfed as well?

Posted by
Stokes1
on Aug 22, 2019, 4:04:58 AM

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Posted by
Valmar
on Aug 22, 2019, 4:06:01 AM

Are these gems going to work with the Dancing Duo Minions GGG?

Posted by
LoboX7
on Aug 22, 2019, 4:06:27 AM

Posted by
KrimsonKatana
on Aug 22, 2019, 4:07:34 AM

This is the minion buff we were all hoping for! This all looks amazing.

Posted by
BurninBodies
on Aug 22, 2019, 4:08:19 AM

Awesome shit! Looking forward to being a necro again

Posted by
Tyrm
on Aug 22, 2019, 4:08:56 AM