Why Warlock is Overpowered... Ironmace Please Fix Magic Resistance Scaling | Dark and Darker Solos

[@TypewriterChimp]

Can't wait for the next round of Warlock buffs coming today!

[@GoobieFloobert]

I mean you dont gotta keep playing this game, its pretty obvious the devs dont gaf about the game its js gonna keep getting worse down the line.

[@anthonylowney1395]

@@GoobieFloobert ridiculous statement. Clearly there are balancing issues, but the game is in the best state it has been so far, and is hella fun. Do not shit on games you are not good at, or don't desire getting good at. Just go play something else, and keep your silly opinions to yourself.

[@finfen9730]

@@GoobieFloobert The game is fine. First time in a long time I've had fun playing the game.

[@umightlikeme33]

@@anthonylowney1395 silly opinions dont exist when it comes to this game. Whether you enjoy the current state of the game or wish it was back to playtest 4/5, either one is an acceptable opinion. In fact, the person whos video you're watching would more closely agree with goobie than with you, so not sure why you're so sour about it.

[@howiejackson4124]

@@GoobieFloobert who hurt you little guy?

[@woodyseth1155]

Warlock def strong but how much of this is just bc of gear

[@spiffffffffff]

Amen. This game is gear. Since I suck enough to always play normals, I have a different list of complaints.

[@Nephallum48]

The issue is that in solos. Your opponent could be at your same gear level and warlock will almost always dominate regardless of class (save for another warlock)

[@Daddylarz1]

"im not even having fun with this build it's so broken" - ques up the same build another 10 times.

[@1nicesteak109]

laughs the whole time

[@Firebox720]

Chat wanted to see the build some more - pretty simple

[@reallybro1446]

Just coming to make the exact same comment lol

[@Firebox720]

Hope you enjoyed the video! I'm curious what the patch brings today

[@finfen9730]

Yeah, they need to fix MR and to help Wizard, give them a projectile that does physical damage. I'd personally love a classic D&D spell telekinesis. They could go the route of just animating stones and stuff getting grabbed and thrown, or better (more effort) is hurling actual objects like small chests, small enemies like bats, death beetles, torches and so forth.

[@Swoots275]

I don't think Wizards need a projectile that does physical damage. Physical damage Wizard already exists with melee buff ignite, haste, ice shield, arcane barrier

[@alistergoody6869]

CROSSBOW

[@randombot1422]

No we already got bonk wizard it's a wizard, not a barb

[@IjoyI]

They gotta buff action speed scaling no classes can swing their weapons at a functional speed with low gear other than fighter and rogue it's pretty aids for longsword to be stuck on fighter because it's just too slow for warlock or any attacks on cleric you build all the dex you want still slower than 2 hits of a candy crystal sword

[@OSYofRR]

I don't think they are going to balance for low end gear properly but I feel you. Crystal sword swings faster with almost as good range. Warlock is the problem there though, green and blue crystal swords are pretty bad weapons other than with this build. You can run adrenalin rush instead of 2nd wind for when it comes time to trade and will win you fights if you have enough damage. It sounds bad but 2nd wind just can't out heal the damage in this game, its better for ranged trades or a quick reset and to save healing consumables.

[@daddyslothington]

21:40 he is now one of skinny petes elite employees 🦎

[@vannelah4147]

21:45 that guys a gamer holy

[@Ktalukoo]

The Rogue that you thought quit game maybe just crashed. I had few crashes recently too. For no reason, just moving around.

[@Firebox720]

Yeah from his POV it looked like he just froze and died. He didn't quit it was just a joke at the time of streaming

[@rezamortis8004]

this build is so fun bro thanks for hooking me up with it

[@yothatsmanny7383]

"Thats how you beat a barb, its literally that easy" after throwing how many fire bottles at him while playing door and running just to commit after and lose half your life to one swing. Yea box, its that easy....

[@ouzimm]

hey! did the soul crystals get consumed now? i tired it last night and i got wacked and it disappeared. maybe it was a spell? Ill have to try it again

[@LA-hx7iy]

To what extent do you think you're winning these fights because of the gear? The build looks good, but if that rogue had spent half what you had you'd have lost the kit potentially? Very strong build though for sure.

[@OSYofRR]

I did some number crunching and the bell curved scaling they implemented does not even correlate to typical gear unless you have max roll epics or really high roll legendaries which can also get other stats and not be a "loot pinata" as you put it lol. Won't bore you with the math because Firebox essentially explained the problem well.

[@copper0058]

What are the Warlock changes that you would suggest that would balance them while still having them be a viable class to play?

[@Firebox720]

Change dark reflection to only work when hitting a shield or remove it from the game. Then give magic resist clothing stats to compete with other gear pieces. Now improve the scaling at the lower end of magic resist to not give .1% resistance per point and things look much more balanced.

[@Johntrollston]

Mr scaling was one of may reasons why add damages where less obtainable last patch. Changing MR scaling is fine, but it will hurts wizard carry dependent comps or solo play a lot. I wish warlock wasn't a battle mage that consistently dps but a cc/combo reliant burst mage that uses cooldowns to control the powerful burst cc spells a warlock might have. Like eldritch blast that knocks the frontliner a huge distance.

[@pauljerome01]

the move % is going to get completely removed and how long boc is able to stay active

[@Nephallum48]

Magic resistance needs a buff for sure but i also think true magic should be removed completely. It doesn't really make sense to me that stacking resistance is an option when certain builds will ignore that completely.

[@nithia]

So I think one easy way to fix this would be to make the crystal sword ONLY do magic damage. Bump the base damage up just a little but not more then like an extra 1 or 2 per tier, but remove all of the physical damage from it so you are not adding 50 and 50 between the two damage types. So rather then doing 100 damage a swing you are only doing 50 with decent scaling and requiring BoC to get it over 100. It would make it totally useless at low gear levels even more then it already is but it helps with the scaling. Alternatively just adjust the scaling % for the physical and magic damage it has. Though I suppose most of it comes down to the magic damage and the fact most people only have at best 20% resistance if they dont just have a negative due to one or two bits of gear. I hope they do fix this with the patch even though I am a warlock main. Though I have not had the chance to really do this as I have been leveling my cleric for multiclassing later so also want to try to do this a couple of times at least before I cant.

[@Firebox720]

You don't want this. Mobs have magic resistance. This means mob clearing for every class that uses a crystal sword (wizard) would be useless.

[@satanshousewife3878]

I remember saying a while ago that DnD devs have had the same issues in their game for months (When you include playtests), and that was at game launch. What do you know, we are several months even after that and magic damage is STILL a major issue. Can these devs fix anything?

[@ZachONT]

I would like to add that will contributes greatly to magic Resist, however it’s a lost stat line for a couple points

[@Firebox720]

It does, but will as a stat kind of sucks and isn't worth stacking to get a few points of MDR. It is much better to stack movespeed, health, and damage

[@zTwiztedz]

do you think resourcefulness boc can be a new thing with it now reducing cooldown?

[@loan-gaming9248]

Will gives MDR no way! Bro you gonna tell me next that wizard is a caster?

[@TamasinoTV]

You two tapped my 60% PDR Bard and Took my Grimsmile Rings and I’m sad

[@jghost9]

"That... Seems fun... for him." hahahaha. 14:30

[@paulflory5943]

Yea there is nothing more frustrating than playing a fight perfectly and just dying to an almost unbeatable class

[@OSYofRR]

Who thought a bell curve that is not even fine tuned to typical gear numbers would be a good idea. Slopped together most likely. Iron Mace don't be the slop masters of the dungeon please and fix that monstrosity of magic resistance scaling otherwise EVERYONE is going to multiclass iron will and it will be stale as week old bread.......

[@AnUncreativeUsername]

It's weird how there are junk protection potions you can bring into normals but not junk magic protection potions. They don't exist. I'm sure this might not make a huge difference in many fights, but to me it indicates the overall imbalance between magic and physical damage. Think about before this wipe, where magic protection pots could only be crafted/were incredibly difficult to find

[@shinyrayquaza5180]

I wouldn't say it's overpowered, it's just too easy to play and cheap to itemize for a oneshot potential. If you are half decent at the game and enemy warlock isn't running perfectly rolled items it's REALLY easy to kill them.

[@Katafisin]

amazing video, warlock is so OP... devs love warlock and hate rogue, i hope they nerf it soon

[@keanonborn8955]

If you buff MR, then you will need to do something to help low end caster locks and wizards. Even with 30% MR, without any +true damage, those playstyles suffer hard. You would also need to nerf barb's Iron Will.

[@TheFloorTank]

Every class basically paying a tax because of 1 Barbarian perk. The fact that they didnt use the new wave of armors to try and fix the problem is really confusing whether they are even aware that this is a fairly major problem.

[@anthonylowney1395]

"I think it's time to play warlock" - has like three extra stashes already opened up. Dude, you have been playing warlock all along, why make it seem like you just joined them ? Don't be silly, be honest.

[@YaGoopenstein]

so do most of his other characters.

[@Apostlle420]

10:03 yooo you killed MRPopperz.

[@kirouac666]

He kill my boy Poppers😢

[@StaticStyx]

that passthrough at 22:49 lol

[@bouldering122]

Id argue cleric can also utilize mr builds, ive got a 60% mr kit that comes with 40% pdr snd 70% spell power locus swarm slaps haha

[@ssholeEater]

Looks like they didn't nerf anything other than warlocks will by 2.

[@Mojenn__]

as a solo longsword enjoyer I have a 10% winrate against warlocks, but I guess this is my counter

[@HamesAW]

I've been teling people magic will kill this game. The devs refuse to fix scaling or give any counter play to the 2 zap 3 curse gigga juicers and even if you are their "Counter" class you still get 2 tapped. all they do is change base numbers and refuse to touch scaling for god knows what reason

[@sworn-atracts5044]

Any class can 2 tap someone all I see from video is move speed meta is busted I agree on Mr though

[@SamuraiTom043000]

Phantomize should remove all buffs and special Atks when entering phantom

[@randombot1422]

Oh wait for people to say its perfectly balanced instead of addressing the issue

[@DaDinkler]

i think theyre gonna give druid some anti magic damage options

[@erich1380]

This is why ive just been playing normals. The balancing is so bad

[@miselneral]

Uses best in slot gear Is then surprised when he two shots someone Who would have guessed its all about gear right?

[@Firebox720]

This is not BIS gear lmao

[@BoBagsGaming]

And this is even after the BoC nerf and melee Locks still dominating solos? Man.....

[@randombot1422]

They just nerfed the time and not the problem

[@BoBagsGaming]

@@randombot1422 I thought the magical dmg amount on BoC got lowered?

[@randombot1422]

@@BoBagsGaming oh yeah they did. but the problem is not with the base damage but the scaling of the damage they should make it true damage.

[@IjoyI]

Aaand maaan counter attack should just be a default blocking mechanic without it blocking is complete dogshit since you can never hit back cause it gives you no opening without it

[@aodhwyn5105]

You just had to add the longsword clip didn't you... lolol

[@Rooster70]

Nerf Iron will and make it easier to build magic resistance.

[@Constrict0r]

It's not just magic resistance. Its massive double and triple scaling on things like boc/magic dmg weapons/ignite. Expect it to get worse when multiclassing comes as people can stack multiples of these.

[@Nadestorms]

Does anti magic still not work against warlock curses?

[@LordStyxDnD]

No it works

[@Nadestorms]

@@LordStyxDnD it never used to. Did they say it in patch notes?

[@LordStyxDnD]

@@Nadestorms No I try with my friend . Only except divine magic (Cleric).

[@knightofwhale2834]

​@@Nadestorms unless they changed it in the most recent patch antimagic still does not work. Tested it the other day. Magic resist in general does, though!

[@DA_KITTEN_DaD]

malice scales your MDR even more I have a 70% MDR set bc of it LOL

[@kegcodex]

I'm honestly so tired of the warlocks

[@notableWINGBLADER]

Why do you sound like kripparian

[@ouzimm]

Out of curiosity what class do you play? I feel like every class hits hard with the right gear. I got one tapped as a mage while against a barbarian. no buffs just a headie

[@tylermar1557]

Still so freaking sad you let this build out of the bag been using it since last wipe

[@Freyaundergrowth]

Wow this is so op I can’t believe this let’s nerf rogue and cleric again they’re clearly the problem

[@Schweinegulasch]

I stopped playing because of this. Just rage quit and never touched the game again

[@akirite1361]

not only the best class but the most boring also!

[@tacesinclair9008]

wawlawk so stwong, nearly gets one shot by a dagger hit, yeah okay bud

[@Terragon99]

this and more is the reason i dropped the game

[@KevOfPeen]

bard is stronger in solos. its not even close

[@getinstafinished1526]

Maybe at the highest level of play it is

[@1nicesteak109]

@@getinstafinished1526 yeah atleast u need skill as a bard

[@getinstafinished1526]

@@1nicesteak109 yeah warlock just runs at you phantomized and two taps every class besides barb

[@clout6209]

why is your aim shaking everytime you hit their heads ? you on controller or smth ?

[@creepyoutdoors4451]

HEAD DEVS favorite class is warlock does it show?

[@Zak-jt6nk]

i love getting curse or pained one time by a warlock in greys and greens and losing 80% of my health on a geared rogue and that doesnt even touch this build.

[@akirite1361]

i really dont understand scaling for ar. like it seems very simple make ar and mr scale higher at the low end and then make bonus percentage needed to hit caps. seems like a pretty fair solution allowing squishy classes to stack armor to around the 30-40% range rather than being stuck at 20% but making it harder for classes like fighter and warlock to be so oppressive