What is the point of Plague Infusion On Melee Weapons?

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I mean this infusion seems in every way, shape or form inferior to every other infusion.

Does it trigger build up mechanics when applied? What does it do when the plague bar is full on enemy? Does it just add damage that’s not physical?

I have been messing with a plagued dagger build all day and it just seems utterly useless.

Does anyone know anything to add to this?

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as I understrand so far espacially with the enchantment it decreases enemies stagger resistance way more than other infusions aspecially when applied with rune attacks

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I’ve been noticing nothing with the daggers, maybe daggers are just the wrong tool for stagger even though some of the rune attacks seem to suggest that they should stagger.

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I mean the point of it is to do more damage, no?
Admittedly I haven’t messed with it yet, still trying to cap off my Icebreaker build and missing a rune but point being is it not functioning as noted in the patch notes?

It’s a payoff condition instead of a just damage, seems like it could be cool to play around.

Figure that’s because of the increased damage done on hits because of the condition or ?

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Yeah, I think I was just frustrated that my build was performing like potatoes compared to lightning. For some reason I had it in my head that plague reduced stagger resist and the mobs were not being staggered so I was like wtf is this even doing.

Moral of the story, don’t invest in a melee plague build. Well if you do and it works, please share.

Well at least the rogue looks cool.

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It’ll definitely be on my list of things to try since one of my previous builds was a strength sword n board + 2H plague build.

Might only be super noticable in boss fights since most everything else will fall over before or at the same time as the buildup occurs.

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I was counting on it having a noticeable stagger effect on the boss, but it doesn’t.

I don’t know, it was just disappointing.

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I think that it is broken in its current state. I agree that it has no noticeable effect. When we have plague affecting our character we lose damage at a rate comparable to fire buildup, but I don’t notice any effect on enemies. It’s like their immune to it.

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