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[2019] Question for the Devs Regarding a Timeless Jewel's Functionality (Supreme Ego)


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I was wondering if I could get some official developer clarification regarding the Keystone Supreme Ego from the Timeless Jewel Elegant Hubris (sacrificed in the name of Chitus) and its interactions with Ascendancy-based Auras.

For example, if I were to pick up Supreme Ego, what aspects of Master of Metal (Champion Ascendancy) will be affected by Supreme Ego's "50% More Aura Effect"?

Will sufficient increased Aura Effect combined with the Keystone's more Aura Effect allow you to surpass the Champion's 2 extra Impale hits? Will Supreme Ego also affect the flat added physical damage per impale on the enemy?

I am working under the assumption that "Master of Metal" itself is an aura for a couple of reasons. It affects allies as well as the player (all parts except the 20% chance to impale and the 2 extra impale hits). It also states on the wiki that some "Ascendancy passive skills" can be counted as Aura's but it is hard for me to verify which ones do. https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Aura

I am also curious if the downside to Supreme Ego will also be applied while under the effects of Master of Metal, meaning that you can only have that Aura and no other Auras. However, that can be easily tested.

I appreciate you taking the time to read this and I hope I can find some answers here as it would open up some very interesting build possibilities!

Thanks!

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

For example, if I were to pick up Supreme Ego, what aspects of Master of Metal (Champion Ascendancy) will be affected by Supreme Ego's "50% More Aura Effect"?

Supreme Ego does not grant "50% More Aura Effect". It grants "50% more Effect of Auras from your Skills on you". As the text implies, this only applies to auras that come from your aura skills, not from the passive tree.

The same is true of the limitations "You can only have one Aura on you from your Skills" and "Your Aura Skills do not affect Allies".

Master of Metal grants two auras (one is permanent, causing added damage against impaled enemies, and one is only conditionally active and grants armour). Master of Metal is not a skill*, so no skill-specific modifiers can apply.

*Technically is is correct to say it a "passive skill", but the term "skill" in stat descriptions exclusively refers to active skills.

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

Originally posted by pdoughboy

Would the Death Aura from Death's Oath be considered an "Aura on you from your Skills"?

Yes, Death's Oath grants a level 20 Death Aura skill.

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

Originally posted by Amongalen

Yes, Death's Oath grants a level 20 Death Aura skill.

I assume that you're only stating that it is "from your skills". What about the part saying "on you" - " 50% more Effect of Auras from your Skills on you" and " "You can only have one Aura on you from your Skills" ?

I'd guess that Supreme Ego does not increase the effect of the aura in question (as it only affects enemies, and not you nor your allies) but at the same time you are not able to cast / use any other aura from skills. Am I correct? And I think the same will go for Pride aura as well?

Those two stats are referring to different things.

In "50% more Effect of Auras from your Skills on you", the "on you" part is tied to "Effect" - it's a stat of the same form as "x% increased effect of Arcane Surge on you" or other similar stats. It's specifying that it only modifies the effect that matching auras have on you, not the effect they have on anything else.

In "You can only have one Aura on you from your Skills", the "on you" part is referring to "Aura" - it's specifying that this restriction only applies to auras that you have on yourself, and thus doesn't prevent you also having an aura from your skills on a different object (such as an aura totem).

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