Greaves of Ill Omens

Grim Dawn Public Test Discussion
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These boots were from a time when it was significantly harder to get stun resistance and the %elemental damage on them allowed for a decent amount of flexibility between damage types.

They have been noncompetitive for a while now.

  • After the phys res changes, boots without phys res must be doing something very powerful to make up for this deficit
  • Stun res has become one of the easiest page 3 resists to access
  • The boots do not support elemental dots
  • While pack CC can be welcomed in higher SR shards there are still situations where the confusion is annoying, even after the CC pass (bit of a mixed bag on this one imo)
  • Other boots that support in-mastery RR align with the %damage on the boots. These do not: Death sentence does not grant elemental or vitality RR

With esoteric skill bonuses, no phys res, and generally weak stats these boots have vanished from the meta and I cannot personally remember a time where I had even bothered to read the rolls when it drops in-game before dynamiting them.

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to hardcap soulfire (and not even sure those boots are the optimal itemization even for that :woozy_face:)
that’s when i used them last, ages ago/revisited on blazerush update, and is about the only time i remember actually ever using them deliberately

the only “recent” build that shows up in GT search is Marcus’, which surprise is an EoR build too :sweat_smile:, a 9.8 updated for 1.2.0.2, Builds using Mythical Greaves of Ill Omens item - Grim Dawn Builds
besides that’s it’s a single 9.8 entry a 9.7 aaand down memory lane times we go

so yea, seems fair to say they haven’t been used meta in a while

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Proc sucks, and generally poor stats compared to other stuff. Like in what situation do Greaves of Ill Omen outshine Boots of Primordial Rage or even half assed rolls on Stoneplate greaves?

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A sure sign that those boots do indeed suck :sweat_smile:

On the topic: Ujib is right, those boots are outdated and their skill bonuses are awkward. Not even once I looked at their direction while min-maxing dozens and dozens of builds.

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sooo you’re saying

boots aren’t even the right choice for the consideration of hardcapping soulfire either/afterall? :sweat_smile:

man… poor greaves, getting bashed and mocked left and right :grin:

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I would love to use them on my Vitality EoR Oppressor but they lack just about everything apart from that Soulfire bonus. And you can cap Soulfire on Fire/Lightning without them.

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