In another, legendaries were introduced to further increase it. In one patch, their baseline damage was raised.
With that mindset, it is much easier and more logical to remove the primary and replace it with another skill that either generates resource, mitigates damage taken, or improves damage output.įrequently, skills can be found that combines two or more of these, completely rendering primary skills outdated.īlizzard's response to this has been to increase the damage output of primary skills in some way.
When most people generally build around their spenders, primaries are the first thing to go, for the obvious reason that two active damage skills cannot be cast at the same time. The reason behind it is simple - because of having limited button space, primary skills fight for justifying themselves on a character's action bar. While each type of spec on its own is certainly valid, and certainly fun to play, this state of things ignores the loss of potential build variety. The second type of spec typically dispenses with primary skills (See Kridershot, Shotgun, Wasteland WW, Firebird's, Jade Doctor, Tempest Rush) and achieves resource regeneration through other sources. In the present time, this situation only exists at the lower levels of play, generally for new accounts and/or players.Īt mid-to-endgame levels, the differences between primary skills and spenders become much more pronounced, eventually splitting into two different types of spec: one that focuses on primary skills as a source of damage (via legendaries, Depth Diggers, and the Simplicity's Strength gem) and another, more common type, that focuses on spenders. The current place that primary skills occupy in Diablo 3 is a curious one.Originally, they were meant to generate resource for spenders, or in the case of the Intelligence classes, to be cast while waiting for resources to refill. This post is originally taken from my blog.
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