IMO, 1.1.5.1’s nerfs to affliction are rather excessive.
No longer the niche pick-up it used to be, affliction might as well not exist on the devotion map.
Here’s a summary of the balance changes affecting affliction:
It gained…
- 20% retal damage
- 20 flat acid retal
- 2 OA
It lost…
- 18 DA
- 10% acid res
- 20% of the proc’s effective firepower
While Affliction is by no means a bad constellation, 2 things make it overshadowed by other retal constellations:
- The aforementioned nerfs
- Its low affinity yield
My suggestion is for any one of the following:
- Keep the nerfs to the proc, but buff affliction’s retal stats while toning down its non-retal stats,
- Keep the nerfs to the proc, but double its affinity yield
- Return its 10% RTA proc