What does new pierce do exactly?

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I actually forgot what they do now and I will maybe use them after I get jewel fusion. Is it goated as my friends say or just as mid as before

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does the exact same thing it used to but with an added effect of applying a status effect that reduces the targets substats

im pretty sure its still considered ass in pvp but its still the best substat for pve

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Does the armor pierced status effect affect npcs in any way? I’ve noticed some npcs inflict armor pierced as well so I’m wondering if they’re maybe also given random substats

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Considering the fact that most builds for pvp I’ve seen have around 1k defense(so around 2.8k HP) I would think twice

Maybe I’ll do a cheap armor piercing build to test if it’d be effective

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I’m like 90% sure it doesn’t affect defense or power and only does substats. I don’t think it’s that bad cause it can definitely sorta throw off your opponent’s playstyle, but it would’ve been so funny to have this back when agility was a thing, literally imagine slowing your opponent down to a crawl just because you landed a hit

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im not too sure about that, but maybe?

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welp guess I won’t use pierce then

regen, on the other hand… hm.

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I am considering regen as well, a little bit of lifesteal can help for sustainment. Though I need confirmation if regen procs with DOTs

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I can test that tmr

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while doesn’t affect defense directly I guess it technically negates defense as it makes you deal more damage to targets the higher their max hp is

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It does not

As a warlord i’m using that rusted sword that has severe bleed, regen does not get activated

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I have the highest possible defense in the game (7.8k health). No one I’ve tested with has been able to do more damage to me using any amount of pierce instead of power. The only noticeable difference it made was breaking through blocking power, but that was effectively meaningless as no one is just going to be holding block, they’re going to parry, which pierce does nearly fuck-all against.

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Gotten some sample fused gems for calculations. I don’t know if I calculated this correctly (wish gear builder was updated fast oh well) but after trying ~80 regen, I might just ditch that and just go with the latter. Since my size is already good enough, I chose to increase my dex a bit

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Welp, guess that’s a hard no then.

Time for 120+ dexterity and range, hopefully 80+ size, and 60+ haste