07-24-2003, 11:18 PM
The critical only applied to the physical part of the damage.
I may not have understood that quite right, though.
For example, Mephisto's old "snowball of death" was, IIRC, like the Oblivion Knight's and Abyss Knights and Andariel's elemental bullet attacks, half physical and half elemental. True also with Diablo's LBOD: part physical and part elemental.
So, while your point is interesting, I do NOT believe that Holy Shock, the aura, gets doubled by a critical, rather, the damage from the regular attack gets doubled.
As for conviction, oh yes, Conviction Boss and Holy Shock near enough to each other can KILL! I lost an HC Assassin in Hell Durance, having skipped past Bremm, to an LE Ghoul Lord Pack in Wayand's little room, thanks to Bremm having been hanging around near the wall. It took one hit: not sure if it was an LE spark from my Shadow master's attack or the Meteor that hit me, but after the Red Screen came on, while I sat there in shock, I noted some movement . . . Yep, Bremm being skipped has its risks . . .
I may not have understood that quite right, though.
For example, Mephisto's old "snowball of death" was, IIRC, like the Oblivion Knight's and Abyss Knights and Andariel's elemental bullet attacks, half physical and half elemental. True also with Diablo's LBOD: part physical and part elemental.
So, while your point is interesting, I do NOT believe that Holy Shock, the aura, gets doubled by a critical, rather, the damage from the regular attack gets doubled.
As for conviction, oh yes, Conviction Boss and Holy Shock near enough to each other can KILL! I lost an HC Assassin in Hell Durance, having skipped past Bremm, to an LE Ghoul Lord Pack in Wayand's little room, thanks to Bremm having been hanging around near the wall. It took one hit: not sure if it was an LE spark from my Shadow master's attack or the Meteor that hit me, but after the Red Screen came on, while I sat there in shock, I noted some movement . . . Yep, Bremm being skipped has its risks . . .
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete