Damnation?

Aralaya

So I noticed the damnation post in here is around 2 years old at this point, has there been any changes that change how to get one off (since I nearly can) or can I still use that as a way to do it?

Antonius

Core mechanics on Damnation haven't changed, it still requires damaged head and hellsight. However, there have been a lot of other changes to mechanics that affect it, notably:

• Weaponmastery was introduced along with standardisation of weapon stats.
• Hellsight is now cured by smoking valerian rather than elm.
• Hellsight now gives slickness (also cured by valerian) immediately. That's two afflictions cured by smoking valerian given at the same time.
• The weariness affliction (from the vernalius venom) which prevents using fitness is no longer focusable (now only cured by eating kelp).
• The nausea affliction (from the euphorbia venom) now guarantees parry bypass.
• Arc can now be targetted to hit a single person, and has a substantially shorter balance cost when doing so. If you don't have an Aldar diadem/talisman, it will be only a little bit longer (0.2 seconds) than the equilibrium cost on hellsight.

There are a couple of things you can do as Sword and Shield with the unique mechanics that make Damnation quite a bit easier when you don't have artefacts, since you can prone on a leg break without sacrificing afflictions with shieldstrike low and can force off focus balance with smash high. Happy to run you through how it all works in-game.

Atalkez

Break leg/prone, break head with slike/smash high (off salve balance), hellsight/arc asthma, ferocity hit with clumsiness.

Next balance is a kill if they don't manage to get out with passive/tree because of the slike etc. Double stacked on the smoke and the kelp at that point.

SNB obviously!