Most of us have skipped over the 30% life steal on attack command anointment. I know in the past I’ve tried it for a minute or two then put it away without really bothering with it. That was a mistake.
This anointment works like the ASE life steal anoint as far as I can tell. It has twice the value of an ASE anoint @30% instead of 15%, comes on shields as well as weapons, and can be used with all actions skills equally as effective.
Most importantly, for Rakk builds, coming on a shield means you don’t have to give up a 100% Rakkslag weapon for life steal. You can replace a 50% elemental ASE, and as long as you aren’t using weapons that create bullets from elemental damage, you’ll gain 50% damage and have twice the life steal.
BTW, my pet missed most of the attack commands it attempted, and the anointment still activated. It doesn’t need to hit enemies to take effect. Check out 00:24.
The reason people don’t use it is because it’s unreliable. A lot of times pets don’t respond to the attack command, other times they take forever to do it and it doesn’t activate unless they hit something, and theres how clunky doing the attack command is in the first place.
Not that I don’t disagree, but look at the benefits. You lose half the damage and gain twice the life steal you would over using ASE. And some pets are definitely more responsive than others with Attack commands. For some reason Sidekick Jabber has no issues throwing that barrel when I tell him to.
Also, they don’t need to hit anything. I’ll timestamp it.
I think it may be worth more experimentation at the least.
Some things might have changed since then. 2 months ago Gamma burst wasn’t working with attack commands and now it is. As much as I hate to say it, you never know what’s changing under the hood with this game.
Still, I trust you’ve tested more than I have. If I get a decent shield with it I’ll see how it works in my play through. It may just be that I have patience with attack command wonkiness that no sane person should
Nope if it was reliable 30% would be more then enough. As is, the amount has nothing to do with why I wouldn’t use it. Doesn’t matter how much it heals for if I’m dead because my Scorcher decided to backpeddle and take 5s to reposition when I’m below healthgate.
Again, it’s something you could plan for and play a build focusing on using attack commands and keeping it up all the time or something, but again - it’s not replacing ASE in most builds.
Fair enough. I’m not expecting anything on that level. I do just think it has merits for certain builds, though of course I am extremely biased since I’ve gotten used to the way attack commands work.
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How long does the life steal last? If you have this on your shield and constantly proc AC, will it be helpful?
I use a Kyb’s with this anoint on my “1 shot” FA setup as an emergency survival weapon. It’s pretty useful when trying to survive during FA cool down. I wouldn’t use it on my Rakk setup though.
No offense, but it’s cumbersome to use. In a open area, the pet has difficulty with path finding. The countess is the best, but still very cumbersome to use. Fl4k’s best life steal option is frankly queen/kings call. If you can get a 100% ASE with megavore, it’s pretty forgiving.
OR red fang swap out/friend bot combo. That takes care of survivability during shafts and takedown when you need it most.
