Speaking of the mythical version, yes the item was kind of OP as it had too many good things packed into a single item and being an Amulet, it also had too much versatility.
But now, pretty much the only reason you’d want to go for it is if you want a manaless Primal Spirit with a -4 sec CD.
The +1 projectile and some electrocute dmg to familiar would have been nice IF it was a part of the new Bysmiel’s Trinkets set. But if you wanted to focus on familiars then you would be going for that set either way.
Then the +skills. Other than the +2 to PS for max capping, not much that would make it more attractive than the competition.
Then the chaos resistance which might help if you are starved for resistance.
I am not saying that the item is trash and should be deleted now. No, it still remains decent. And ofcourse not every item is going to have the same power or anything either.
But personally, I kind of feel that it deserves a bit more at the very least. Especially when compared to its past glory.
If you ask me, I’d probably say something like permanent PS…
But that is probably not happening.
I could say something like, 100% Ele > Phy dmg conversion for pets.
But that is probably not happening either.
Maybe double the -4CD to -8 CD on PS? or something focused on that particular pet?
Or maybe the item is fine as it is and I am just overthinking this and stuff, idk…
This change made me so sad because I just found this ammy today for my Conjurer and I could finally drop that dumb yeti.
The raven is a good pet since it’s a ranged and it’s easy to see when Thornie would lose aggro on a boss.
I understand there will be a new set with an item that adds +1 Familiar, but it won’t just drop on March 27 and also would probably remove other important build options.
I think the amulet deserves some good skill boost now, I don’t know.
Maybe Lightning Strike +3 since that skill is hard to get to max Ultimate rank.
Haven’t seen many items with +skill level to Lightning Strike
actually, the change is about the first time conjurer isn’t shafted in comparison with cabalist. A shockingly positive development from the same Crate which traditionally oversupported new masteries with gear.
(I guess it’s simply the OK’s turn now to be OP/Oversupported )
Edit: I’d rather MWOB be something like a lightning primal spirit amulet personally.
Agree. Bonus to Overload seems rather irrelevant. Bonuses to Lightning Strike as well as base node of Summon Familiar are needed to comfortably use it on Beastcaller and have one raven but nice and maxed. I would even consider adding the mod from the familiar conduit (the one with raven projectiles passing through, that nobody ever used) and scrapping the conduit. Occultist needs other kinds of conduits anyway (aether/chaos rr to CoF already…!)
In my opinion it became outright useless for Conjurers as extra pet from Mythical Heart of the Mountain is better and you can cover resistances in any case.
It’s basically a placeholder until you find something better.
Add a new permanent pet whose damage is mostly lightning based.
Change the way the raven attacks - i would suggest either increasing the radius of lightning strike significantly or having the attacks of the raven pierce though enemies and split (kinda like chain lightning)
This would allow the ammy to still be somewhat useful in the end game for lightning pet builds and would be an alternative to having two ravens
I found on Beastcaller’s build that Will of Bysmiel is still at about as effective as Sovereign Ruby of Domination. It’s not BiS anymore, but it’s far from terrible.
An extra one projectile for Familiar and improved Primal Spirit uptime. You used to get an extra 4 or 5 projectiles(i.e. an extra bird), but one is still something. Also +2 Primal Spirit can be relevant.
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