#The Spectral Blade+Shocker combo doesn't work the way it used to.

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bold copper
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When the Shocker mutator first dropped, Spectral Blade could reliably proc it with one special attack, but now it seems to only hit once in the entire AOE. Considering it was fixed/nerfed to no longer scale with range... If this is a bug, please fix it? If not, it's a balance change that would be nice to see (i.e., make the special attack hit 5x instead of one big hit).

Edit: It still procs on one enemy up close, but the edge of the AOE no longer does. This change happened several patches ago post Awakened King.

true thorn
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Spectral Blade: Ability to scale with AOE/Aura traits has been removed. DEV NOTE: Spectral Blade was never intended to scale with AOE/Aura and is now fixed

bold copper
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The point is that ONE enemy should be able to proc Shocker (and does, if you're literally touching the enemy, but not at the edges), even with the base range

astral wave
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Spectral Blade NEVER hit 5 times it takes to proc the mutator. Idk what your personal experience was pre-patch but everyone else will tell you it hit (and still hits) once at range or twice at point blank.

Maybe you were using Bore and Energized Neck Coil pre-patch? That lets you hit enough times to proc it.

bold copper
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Come to think of it, it might be a really weird case of 'enemy has multiple hitboxes' like the bore thing.

astral wave
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It hits twice because the mod and the blade itself.

bold copper
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yeah, probably not a bug, just weird little interaction with some enemies

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twice isn't enough, sometimes it'll just proc in one hit - I think it's because some enemies legit just have a separate hitbox like the root heart guys