Ravens

[ShadowHM]

As a crude test I took my level 73 druid into nightmare and saw that the ravens (one point plus adders) blinded almost everything.  In hell act five they blind almost nothing.  Of course this could have to do with chance to hit as much as chance to blind.

Hi Lavcat

(Against all advice) I have been using my Fire Druid for some Hell MF runs of late, so he travels with a mere plus one to all skills from a Tarnhelm and thus has only 3 Ravens to deploy. But they do indeed blind targets for him at times, including at least some of the bow using skeletons who can spawn at the base of the stairs by Shenk.

I would love to know more about the mechanics of how 1.10 ravens work, but I could not turn up much information either here or on the basin.  If a coven of high level ravens can shut down non-boss ranged attackers, I for one would consider putting in the points.

Although it is too late for that character, I too would like to know more. VolcanoShadow was glad to have them for his questing days, but knowing more of the mechanics and AI of them would help figure out optimal point deployment for the next Druid I make. B)