Mercenary's Ethereal

[Drumadin]

Doing a prismatic challenge without taking damage? Isn't that just saying "you'll never get this ability so we wasted our time making it"?

[Magical Purple Man]

It is pretty rediculous, especially considering the ability it's self is pretty naff if you ask me.

Only caveat is that Topaz Brooch barriers go above 100% hp which means you can take hits as long as you got the barriers to sustain it, provided the trail has any.

[Raptros]

Yeah, seems pretty absurd. I guess we'll have to wait on a trial with very little wisps and play perfectly

[Drumadin]

Originally posted by Raptros:

Yeah, seems pretty absurd. I guess we'll have to wait on a trial with very little wisps and play perfectly

And get every shield item there is. Tougher times is barely worth anything in that scenario

[Sotanaht]

The ability is pretty trash. Less damage in the long run (no attack speed scaling), hard to aim, and no iframes. If shields don't count though, all you need to do is get a prismatic trial with Transcendence at the start.

[Magical Purple Man]

Originally posted by Sotanaht:

If shields don't count though, all you need to do is get a prismatic trial with Transcendence at the start.

Blue shields still count as hp and count against the challenge if you get hit, since they're part of your hp pool.
Barriers from Topaz Brooch and the such are stacked on top of your regular hp, allowing you to get more than 100% hp at a time, which is why taking damage with them still allows you to complete the challenge.

[Kensei]

Originally posted by Sotanaht:

The ability is pretty trash. Less damage in the long run (no attack speed scaling), hard to aim, and no iframes. If shields don't count though, all you need to do is get a prismatic trial with Transcendence at the start.

You should play with it more before saying that nonsense. It's a really good ability. The proc rate on it is insane and since it hits 3 targets at once you are basically launching a nuke into a group late game even if it doesn't scale with attack speed. A single sentient meat hook will basically break the game with this special.

And yes getting it will be tough. The prismatic trial that was around during the launch of the update happened to be really well suited for the challenge. Took me 3 or 4 tries to get it. Topaz Brooches are a must.