Does ennemies immunities prevent on hit/crit effect ?

[Dieu-Sama]

Hello community,

 

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More specifically, I rerun a skald/tricker harbringer and I plan to use Squid's and Rust's. Maybe not the most optimal weapon combo, but double build-in legendary = less adra ban headache later.

 

But with this combo comme the obvious flaw : pierce damage only. Not a problem since i'm part skald, I mostly want crits to feed my phrase count to spam Her Revenge/Seven Nights/The Killer, but will pierce immunity vessels will prevent me for instance to get 50% chance phrase-on-crit because of said immunity ?

[Okkes]

I'm pretty sure crits will give you phrases even they deal no damage. You should try this weapon for instead of rust btw: https://pillarsofeternity2.wiki.fextralife.com/Kapana+Taga

gives more accuray with every engaged enemy very useful and 2 damage type.

[Boeroer]

If you want crits to feed your phrase count you should consider Sun & Moon. Also legendary, but it has two separate attack rolls, both can crit. Skald's mechanic only allows 1 phrase generation per "strike" max, so you won't ever get 2 phrases even if two crit happen during one swing, but the chance to get a phrase in the first place with two attack rolls is significantly(!) higher than with only one attack roll.

It's also better with Confounding Blind (which generates more crits). 

Second weapon can be whatever, Squid's Grasp, Katana Taga, Rust's Poignard has an additional attack roll that doesn't proc on every attack but only occasionally - but that additional roll also raises the chance to get a phrase a bit. Another good weapon is Rännig's Wrath - it's not legendary but comes with +4 extra accuracy and is faster. Faster attacks = more crits in a given timeframe.

 

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 07:22 PM by Boeroer

[Chaospread]

20 hours ago, Dieu-Sama said:

but double build-in legendary = less adra ban headache later.

This is a great point. Even in SOLO it is a good tip because in this way you can save precious Adra Ban for scroll of abjuration... and only god knows how much them can be useful!

20 hours ago, Dieu-Sama said:

but will pierce immunity vessels will prevent me for instance to get 50% chance phrase-on-crit because of said immunity

I think so, damage immunity --> no damage -->  no crit. But you can try that easily, can't you?