So yeah, these are my thoughts on the new ST jewel.Įdit: I think the best modifier for a jewel like this would be 1 additional projectile. With just 3 affixes on a rare jewel you could easily get 24% increased damage and 5-7% attack speed, which would be a lot better than the threshold jewel and a lot more reliable too against single target or lesser enemies. Assuming you can pull this off 70% of the time, this damage becomes 22% which is fairly insignificant (30% including the 8% from the jewel).Ĭomparatively a rare jewel provides potentially more damage than 30%. Therefore this 32% increased damage is not certain. Furthermore hitting at least 5 enemies in a row with each projectile is highly unlikely for every hit. A lot of players are constantly moving around to dodge things so to get this 32% increased damage takes a lot of effort in positioning which could leave you in an unfavourable position.
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This requires you to hit 5 monsters with each projectile and for it to hit them on the way back. The second takes 4% increased damage on the first hit and 28% increased damage on the way back. The first enemy that gets hit takes no increased damage and 32% increased damage on the way back. Let's say that the projectile hits through 5 enemies and then hits them on the way back.
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Other Threshold jewels provide unique modifiers to the skill, whereas this just provides additional damage, which could easily be substituted and eclipsed by a rare jewel. I feel the new Spectral throw jewel is really quite underwhelming for a jewel slot.