Clerics do insane damage why?

[MrVasmir]

Past week or so I've run into so many clerics, solos and in teams. They consistently 2-3 hit my barb and 1-2 hit my warlock. I'm running lobbies under 25 mostly but why is it that a cleric is swinging for what feels like more damage than my barb with a slow af weapon. I feel like there is just too many high stat number increases for their melees

[Inopnatum]

cleric is broken atm.

It is the skill called "smite".

Cleric has a perk that increases divine damage and add also slow applied to the enemy with the divine skills.

SO;

if you get hit by smite,

you will get extra dmg

and

Slowed 2 times: one time from weapon hit, one time from perk slow.

Once you got hit you cant run.




Smite duration is 8 seconds and you can see it that hole weapon is shining. (Not the top of the weapon. If top of the weapon is shining it is cuz of the perk called "Blunt Mastery") IF WHOLE WEAPON SHINES, it means smite is active.

[Mky]

This is why a beer build is fun asf. Backed up by a 2 handed maul and voilà

Gear yourself with STR based plate pieces + beer giving you 10 str + smite + holy strike + benediction = big bonk

[effusivemind]

"he doesn't care about balance"—sdf 7/9/2024, in reference to Terrence.

might have something to do with it