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They were confirmed to count as minions in another thread before Blight. But it doesn't count towards the five minions for Radiant Crusade to give onslaught. GGG pls fix so my snowflake guardian can work

Edit: looks like GGG was looking into this. Would be great to have an update: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2630085/page/1

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almost 5 years ago - /u/Mark_GGG - Direct link

The issue here is that non-blocking things aren't found by the code that looks for targets in an area - they're not "taking up" any space, so they're not "there". We can't just change that because it would cause a performance hit - a lot more objects would start needing to be iterated over constantly for various auras and similar effects, so this has to have a more complicated fix. I've got an issue noting it, but it's likely to be a long-term thing due to the ratio of work and ongoing performance cost compared to benefit.

almost 5 years ago - /u/Mark_GGG - Direct link

Originally posted by CycloneSP

out of curiosity, how are 'non-blocking' things different from things affected by 'phasing'?

Phasing only affects pathfinding - it lets you move through other things as though they weren't blocking, but it doesn't stop you being blocking - monsters can't also walk though you - it's a one-way thing.