How good are Scales of Ulcama proc for melee?

Hello,

Never used this devotion. I want to know if it’s decent heal for a melee char in late waves of Crucible Gladiator. Going to have 90% of that vitality damage converted to fire too, so I am guessing it’s going to be a big damage number despite having little %vitality damage on the char (it’s a fire char).

And while we are here, how does damage conversion on non weapon damage stuff work? Let’s say I convert 50% of Vitality to Fire and I have 1000% fire damage. Does it mean that 100 Vitality damage spell/devotion proc, I get 50 vitality damage and 550 fire damage?

If you manage to force it deal your main damage type, then it will be decent healing, at least.
But its main power is energy leech, which might solve your energy problems

Yes, conversion for weapon and non-weapon damage works just the same.

Will %damage to converted damage affect the value of the damage it is being converted to? For example spell/devotion proc does base 100 vitality damage. I have +100% vitality damage, 50% vitality to fire conversion and 1000% fire damage. Does this mean I will get a tooltip of 200 vitality damage, 100 of which is going to be converted to fire and boosted by % fire damage and become 1100 fire damage?

If you have 100 Vitality damage, 100% vitality damage (increase), 50% conversion and 1000% fire damage (increase) you deal 100 Vitality damage (50 + 100% = 100) and 550 Fire damage (50 + 1000%).

The converted damage is not in the damage you converted it from anymore. Also, the conversion applies BEFORE damage boosts.

Ah, so the % damage of the damage that I am converting from doesn’t matter for the converted damage, it takes the base value.

I smell a defiler in the works :stuck_out_tongue:

It’s been leveled few days ago, but making it waves 150-170 compatible is a painful balancing process. Devotions were the hardest part. Guide is due this week tho.