All the ways you can abuse barrels!

[omgFIREBALLS]

Make 'em known.

 

* Barrels count as enemy kills for the purposes of leveling up Blightcaller Blightheart.

* Ciphers can use Borrowed Instinct on barrels, and they have 0 defenses so it's probably a guaranteed crit.

 

Note that gunpowder barrels have 21 defenses though. The gunpowder gives a barrel an immune system, sentience and the ability to deflect attacks and dodge abilities. Luminous Adra has nothing on gunpowder, really. Gunpowder Bathhouse idea already taken though, so move along.

 

More! Give us more!

 

P.S. Sigils and naga totems can be abused in similar fashion.

Edited July 6, 2018 by omgFIREBALLS

[ManifestedISO]

Give Mirke that fire protection ring, Flagellant's Path her way to an amphora, oil barrel, or gunpowder during combat, could be entertaining

[gkathellar]

okay but seriously why are normal barrels not just containers

 

they dont do anything

[omgFIREBALLS]

They're waiting to be filled with gunpowder and become living things!

[Teukros]

* Barrels count as enemy kills for the purposes of leveling up Blightcaller.

Leveling up Blightcaller? What do you mean? 

Edited July 6, 2018 by Teukros

[omgFIREBALLS]

Uh, Blightheart, my bad. For the last improvement you need to kill 10 enemies with empowered attacks.

[Enoch]

* Barrels count as enemy kills for the purposes of leveling up Blightcaller Blightheart.

Marux Amanth (soulbound dagger) also has a "kill 10 enemies" level-up requirement.  I haven't tried it, but I'd be surprised if it works differently.

 

Barrel-smashing triggers a Barbarian's Bloodlust ability. 

[Dr. Hieronymous Alloy]

Red Hand counts destructibles as kills also.

[bugarup]

They can also serve as noisemakers if you need someone be absent from the place you want to sneak past.

[omgFIREBALLS]

* Barrels count as enemy kills for the purposes of leveling up Blightcaller Blightheart.

Marux Amanth (soulbound dagger) also has a "kill 10 enemies" level-up requirement.  I haven't tried it, but I'd be surprised if it works differently.

Yeah probably. I level that to max before I even leave the dungeon floor where I got it though :D

 

They can also serve as noisemakers if you need someone be absent from the place you want to sneak past.

I had a cipher sneak up on a barrel and try to charm it. While that didn't work, mobs did congregate around the barrel to investigate.

[arkteryx]

If you have Berath's curse for betraying her in POE1, destroying barrels counts as kills for removing it.

[arkane83]

There is a warhammer, Resounding Call, that gives you thunderous blows on destroying barrels in combat.

[dunehunter]

Ciphers should have a spell to telekinesis items like barrels, just like how it works in Divinity original sin 2

[fable123]

It does in fact count towards the soulbound dagger’s kill requirement. “Battery” related objects also seem to count.

Edited July 19, 2018 by fable123

[Ophiuchus]

Ciphers should have a spell to telekinesis items like barrels, just like how it works in Divinity original sin 2

Barrelmancer was so much fun.