Unbelievable damage from summoners, need some nerf maybe

[NavLord]

In the new patch, the summoners build was as amazing as the witch gods.

For instance, I saw a hellhound killed boss/elite enemy like a trash dog, deal 4632293 damage with one single hit. Images below:

Benefit from such crazy-level damage, speed of summoners build’s farm was also amazing, SR75-76 clear time was 3:17, and clear that within 3min , as said was :“be easily archieved”.

Here’s the SR75-76 clear video & build calculator link.

Build link: Cabalist, Level 100 (GD 1.2.0.5) - Grim Dawn Build Calculator

Video: 恐怖黎明 1.2.1 测试服 散件疯狗骷髅秘术 75-76 3分17s_哔哩哔哩bilibili

(You may have problem with open this video link from CN community.

Wish you have fun~

[NavLord]

By the way, if you may notice ,in the video boss named Benn’Jahr the Colossal only survived 4~5 seconds.

images below:

[Kurapika]

They already made nerfs, i think attack speed helped the damage. Now its slower so damage is less

[NavLord]

Unbelievable damage from summoners, need some nerf maybe

They already made nerfs, i think attack speed helped the damage. Now its slower so damage is less

“Now its slower so damage is less”, well, this is now, damge not “less” at all.
Got some nerf already ,yeah, but they got way more strong, powerful buffs. We can say the attack speed nerf didn’t change much of the case.

[Gnomish_Inquisition]

are you on latest update?

mastery pet basic attacks have been reverted to their v1.2 values

[NavLord]

Unbelievable damage from summoners, need some nerf maybe

are you on latest update?

Yeah, it was the latest update.

[Farnsworth]

Unfortunately akt speed would be a minor nerf when your doing millions of dmg with the pet skill.

[mi023]

After recent updates, pets’ Attack Speed has decreased from ~180% to ~120% on average (for my 3 pet builds), which means ~30% less DPS from pet base attacks. As pets’ base attack speed reduced by ~10%, 40% DPS loss in total.

But the % Damage has almost doubled (70%~80% more), i.e., not only the special attacks but also the base attacks become higher than before. Don’t forget Veilpiercer and Halion. They both give Hellhound more Damage Modified.

Compare Hellhound’s current DPS to v1.2:
base attacks - 0.6(AS) * 1.8(%DMG) * 1.3 * 1.25(Total Damage Modified) = 1.75, almost double
special attacks - 1.8(%DMG) * 1.3 * 1.25(Total Damage Modified) = 2.9, almost triple

For other pets, AS losses and %DMG gains could nearly cancel out. But Hellhound gains too much.

[NavLord]

Unbelievable damage from summoners, need some nerf maybe

After recent updates, pets’ Attack Speed has decreased from ~180% to ~120% on average (for my 3 pet builds), which means ~30% less DPS from pet base attacks. As pets’ base attack speed reduced by ~10%, 40% DPS loss in total. But the % Damage has almost doubled (70%~80% more), i.e., not only the special attacks but also the base attacks become higher than before. Don’t forget Veilpiercer and Halion. They both give Hellhound more Damage Modified. Compare Hellhound’s current DPS to v1.2: base at…

Wow, almost triple, impressive. Didn’t realize hellhound got that much cake from patch.

Remind me of three-headed dog, The legendary hellhound.

[Avyctes]

I feel that the real culprit of the current (hilariously) overpowered hellhound is the fact that there’s total damage modified available in 4 slots, which reinforce each other. Other pets either don’t have more than one of those (briarthorn), or none at all (the rest). That’s the main difference and if I had to make a guess is where the nerf hammer will fall soon enough.

[Kurapika]

@Avyctes

I feel that the real culprit of the current (hilariously) overpowered hellhound is the fact that there’s total damage modified available in 4 slots, which reinforce each other. Other pets either don’t have more than one of those (briarthorn), or none at all (the rest). That’s the main difference and if I had to make a guess is where the nerf hammer will fall soon enough.

The Briarthorn is too powerful and too common in endgame while the Hellhound isn’t. So that’s probably why they emphasize the pet so much to a point where it’s worth using