Flukenest bugged against Failed Champion?

[Boksha]

So I was just trying to beat Failed Champion for kicks using a spell casting build (Flukenest, Soul Eater, Soul Catcher and Spell Twister). This build lets me cast Flukenest 6 times, which should add up to around 480 damage. Yet no matter what I do against the Failed Champion, even hitting the full load of flukes 6 times, I can't even bring him down once. Dropping Flukenest and Soul Catcher for Shaman Stone and Grubsong, I need only 4 hits of Shade Soul before he hits the floor. I didn't even need a second try to win after dropping Flukenest.

The heck's going on here? Even assuming I'm damaging him twice with each cast (which I'm quite sure isn't the case) that should only be 4*2*40=320 damage. Does Flukenest just not work against him?

[Darc Vader]

That’s weird, since according to the wiki Shade Soul + Flukenest should do twice as much damage as Shade Soul Shaman Stone. Are you firing from a distance, or point blank?

[Boksha]

Point blank.

[Boksha]

I'm noticing exactly the same behaviour with the Crystal Miner; no damage seems to be done whatsoever. Switching getting rid of Flukenest makes the battle beatable again.

[Aeternalis the Abyssal Alchemist]

Publicado originalmente por Boksha:

I'm noticing exactly the same behaviour with the Crystal Miner; no damage seems to be done whatsoever. Switching getting rid of Flukenest makes the battle beatable again.

Are you using Defender's Crest at the same time as Flukenest? Currently the Fluke Defender charm combo is glitched and does no damage on impact.

[Darc Vader]

Publicado originalmente por Abyssal Alchemist:

Publicado originalmente por Boksha:

I'm noticing exactly the same behaviour with the Crystal Miner; no damage seems to be done whatsoever. Switching getting rid of Flukenest makes the battle beatable again.

Are you using Defender's Crest at the same time as Flukenest? Currently the Fluke Defender charm combo is glitched and does no damage on impact.

Is it supposed to do damage on impact? The damage value for Flukenest Defender’s Crest on the wiki only lists tick damage.

[Aeternalis the Abyssal Alchemist]

Publicado originalmente por Darc Vader:

Publicado originalmente por Abyssal Alchemist:

Are you using Defender's Crest at the same time as Flukenest? Currently the Fluke Defender charm combo is glitched and does no damage on impact.

Is it supposed to do damage on impact? The damage value for Flukenest Defender’s Crest on the wiki only lists tick damage.

Prior to Hidden Dreams, I think it did about 46 damage on impact. But I could have missinterpretted the data.
I think this is a bug, but I guess it could just be a change to how its damage is calculated.
The reason I think its a bug is that it doesn't seem to apply damage to enemies correctly.
I tested it on my Shade and it took no damage at all. I also tested it on the Hollow Knight and Radiance, and they only took poison damage very inconsistantly.

Also, I took a look at some of the damage values on the wiki; Did Flukenest get nerfed at some point? Its max dmg with Shaman Stone used to be 144 damage, but now its 112? When did that happen?

[Boksha]

Nope, not using the Defender's Crest charm.

Publicado originalmente por Darc Vader:

Publicado originalmente por Abyssal Alchemist:

Are you using Defender's Crest at the same time as Flukenest? Currently the Fluke Defender charm combo is glitched and does no damage on impact.

Is it supposed to do damage on impact? The damage value for Flukenest Defender’s Crest on the wiki only lists tick damage.

I think the reason it only lists tick damage is because that's how it works now (even if it's apparently not supposed to?).

[Aeternalis the Abyssal Alchemist]

Publicado originalmente por Boksha:

Nope, not using the Defender's Crest charm.

Publicado originalmente por Darc Vader:

Is it supposed to do damage on impact? The damage value for Flukenest Defender’s Crest on the wiki only lists tick damage.

I think the reason it only lists tick damage is because that's how it works now (even if it's apparently not supposed to?).

I don't know if it ever did impact damage to honest, I might have just misinterpretted the data.
But Defender Fluke most certainly is bugged. As I said, when testing the charms, my Shade took no damage from it. And the HK and Radiance didn't seem to be taking poison damage on consistant ticks like they should.

[Darc Vader]

Publicado originalmente por Abyssal Alchemist:

Publicado originalmente por Darc Vader:

Is it supposed to do damage on impact? The damage value for Flukenest Defender’s Crest on the wiki only lists tick damage.

Prior to Hidden Dreams, I think it did about 46 damage on impact. But I could have missinterpretted the data.
I think this is a bug, but I guess it could just be a change to how its damage is calculated.
The reason I think its a bug is that it doesn't seem to apply damage to enemies correctly.
I tested it on my Shade and it took no damage at all. I also tested it on the Hollow Knight and Radiance, and they only took poison damage very inconsistantly.

Also, I took a look at some of the damage values on the wiki; Did Flukenest get nerfed at some point? Its max dmg with Shaman Stone used to be 144 damage, but now its 112? When did that happen?

144 does sound familiar to me, but I’m not sure. Did it used to be stronger than Abyss Shriek?