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https://pathofexile.fandom.com/wiki/Ballista_Totem_Support

The Ballista Totem wiki article has incorrectly listed the less multiplier as 33% less damage for 2 patches now despite the fact that in 3.13 it was buffed to 20% less. You can find this change in the 3.13 patch notes AND at the bottom of the page in the patch note history AND in game.

Today in the 3.15 patch notes is the current line:

Ballista Totem: Supported Skills now deal 42-36% less Damage (previously 42-33%).

GGG intended to nerf Ballista totem by 3% less damage but are now accidentally nerfing it by 16% less damage because they don’t even know the actual numbers of the gem.

Can this get rectified?

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over 3 years ago - /u/Community_Team - Direct link

You are right that what is listed in the patch notes is incorrect. It should be Supported Skills deal 32-24% less Damage (from 32-20%). We are updating this now.

over 3 years ago - /u/qarldev - Direct link

I strongly suspect this was from whoever doing the patchnotes, rather than who did the balance changes. The person doing the changes likely did a bunch of before and after testing. (Also possible they did the changes to what felt right, and then used the wiki in the commit note, but that seems unlikely).

Haven't been involved in the process there for a long time, but that would be my guess as to what happened here.

(Sorry to whoever did the patch notes if I just did you wrong )