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The following is based on my only Seraphim (level 126): On PS3, unless you are doing BFG or a caster, do not take Concentration. Battle Stance is the only buff I can recommend. Divine Protection is so powerful as to render Warding Energy worthless, and I see virtually no reason to use Cleansing Brilliance. You really need to work Armor Lore in there somewhere, and get it mastered ASAP. I would drop either Sword Weapons or Combat Reflexes. Add Armor Lore and get as many Divine Protection runes as possible and nothing other than the Nameless Guardians will be able to touch you. Dump as many points as possible into Tactics Lore and DW, followed by EWF. I have Pelting Strikes slotted and use it as my primary attack. In the beginning, it will continue with regular attacks while it is recharging. I am at the point now, that it does PS constant. I would advise caution with LL%. I have doubts whether it works on PS3.

I went back to visit my friend Kral again. This time, I plugged a full size keyboard into my laptop and ten-keyed the yellow damage figures as they scrolled across the screen. Kral had 298,963 points and my sword damage totaled about 275,290 (the first three hits all I got were the thousands and hundreds places). The sword damage falls 23,673 points short of the overall HP, but I realized that I was forgetting the reflect damage caused my Battle Stance buff. It was generating a steady stream of 500-600 HP of damage. I'm going to try it again without Battle Stance and see how it goes, but I doubt I'll be able to conduct this test without BS. The very last Additional Damage message still showed "8", so I think it is based on starting HP not current HP.

With the speed my DW Seraphim swings that two-handed sword, I have no trouble counting actual hits by simply watching for the damage numbers that appear.

Last night, I ran a couple of more tests. First, I took out Kral again. This time, I destroyed the Energy Stations and then retreated so he could regenerate (which took forever). Then was the Facettelion. Here are the numbers (using averages and approximations since I could not record the exact damage per hit). Kral 295,425 hit points Additional Damage 8's & 10's Regular hits 4-5k damage Deathblow (27.7%) 11k damage 51 hits total Total regular hits: 166.5k (37 * 4.5k) Total deathblow hits: 154k (14 * 11k) Normal total: 320k 3% LL damage: 452k (51 * 8862) Grand total: 772k Facettelion 413,942 hit points Additional Damage 12's & 14's Regular hits 4-6k damage Deathblow (27.7%) 9-14k damage 81 hits total Total regular hits: 295k (59 * 5k) Total deathblow hits: 253k (22 * 11.5k) Normal damage: 548k 3% LL damage: 633k (81 * 12418) Grand total: 1181k Based on these approximations, it seems to me that LL% was not working as I expect. I did have 100% HP the entire time. Is it possible that LL% only works if your character HP is below 100%? wolfie2kX: No, I did not take any damage. My DP and damage mitigation is high enough that I did not lose any HP. Dragon Brother: Based on the numbers I posted at the top of this post, I don't think HP regen can explain this. vaskov17: I went and re-read the wiki page but did not find anything to explain this. I watched the video but was not able to make out the Additional Damage values. I did notice the blue streaks when she was attacking, which tells me that is on a newer patch than the consoles run. chattius: If I understand you, you are saying that LL% is based on the enemies current, not initial, hit points. The wiki is quite specific that it is based on initial hit points, although I cannot say if that is accurate. I can say that the Additional Damage values I see do not seem to change as the target HP are reduced.

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When you say "Tree Boss", you don't mean the Forest Guardian do you? Kral gives almost 4 times the XP with only 2/3 the hit points, and Kral doesn't heal himself. Even the elite demons in Kral's pyramid give almost as much XP as the Forest Guardain. Edit: Sorry, I didn't answer the original question. I like to start at the Archaeologist's Camp and fight my way to Kral's pyramid. After clearing the pyramid, I teleport to the southern end of the Dryad Island and fight my way north. If I'm in a hurry, I'll teleport directly to the dock at the north end of the island and skip directly to the Facettelion.

Does Ll% Work Properly On Consoles?

Until recently, I believed that LL% worked properly on the consoles and that the Additional Damage displayed on the screen was just off by 3 decimal places. A recent discussion on this forum made me question that, so I conducted a little experiment. I dug a 3% LL two-handed sword out of my chest and went to kill Kral the Winged Demon. I first destroyed the four Energy Stations that occupy the corners of his arena. In the process, Kral took a small amount of damage when he got too close (thanks console targeting). Kral had 340,875 hit points, so I would expect a 3% LL to drain 10,226 per hit and to kill him in 34 hits (assuming 0 regular damage). The Additional Damage messages all showed 8 or 10. It took 47 hits to kill Kral. My overview is showing 2566-3322 damage for this sword. 47 hits for minimum damage would be 120,602. Overall, this simply bolstered my doubts about LL%. Does my conclusion sound reasonable?

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I just used a 3% LL two-handed sword to kill Kral the Winged Demon. He had just under 300k hit points, so I would have expected a LL of 9k. The Additional Damage numbers shown were a stream of 8's and 10's. vaskov17, how did you determine that the LL% does not work? I cannot think of any easy way to prove/disprove that it works.

I'm a huge fan of RpH, so I know it's working. I don't have much experience with LL%, since the weapons that have it are not in my DW seraphim's repertoire.

Cool deal! Hmm.. Are you seeing little orange streaks heading back your way when you hit a target with it? If so, then you are getting something out of it. Those orange arcs indicate you're leeching the target's life points. Blue streaks indicate Regeneration Per Hit. Blue streaks? I've never seen any blue streaks.

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I'm pretty sure I found a LL% shuriken in silver as a random drop (no EP). I've read that on the consoles, the points shown on the screen are not correct, and are off by several decimal places.

The OP seems to be taking Concentration for the sole purpose of running Cleansing Brilliance together with Battle Stance. I just cannot help but wonder if it would be better to skip Concentration/Cleansing Brilliance and go with another skill.

Do you think Cleansing Brilliance is worth using?