1. Diablo 2 Decrepify Vs Amplify Damage
2. Decrepify Vs Amplify Damaged
3. Amplify Damage Vs Decrepify

Am I the only one who thinks that the Decrepify Curse used by Oblivion Knights is too OP vs. Summoner classes?

Diablo 2 Decrepify Vs Amplify Damage

Does Amplify Damage work on spell damage as well as physical damage? No, only Physical Damage. Reduces the damage output of monsters and makes monsters more susceptibile to physical damage. The slowing effect of Decrepify is a separate calculation from the slowing caused by cold damage and Slows Target By% items and effects (like, say, the. While it isn't displayed on the Character Screen either, this Resistance reduces Physical damage just like the Elemental Resistances lower or increase Elemental damage. On items it is displayed as 'Damage Taken Reduced by x%', and Amplify Damage lowers this by 100%, Decrepify by 50%. It is then lower capped at -100% and upper capped at 50%.

If we look back in patch 1.13, Blizzard removed the Iron Maiden curse due to it pretty much negating melee classes from touching that content effectively. I feel like Decrepify should be treated the same since it completely negates any summoning class in a similar fashion.

Let's face it - druid and necro summon classes are not a speed killing build and never will be so why should it have such a hard counter to deal with in the game that slows it down even further? I am very thankful that druids now have flame dash so I can at least teleport on top of one, but the problem is those fuckers just run away so stupidly fast that my pets can't kill it and they always run behind their army, so I have to wait for another opportunity once my teleport is off cooldown. It's awkward gameplay that made my first tier 1 map experience absolutely awful - full of Oblivion Knights and couldn't push the content effectively at all.

Hiring the Act 3 merc for cleansing aura is not a fix to the problem. First, it forces players to use this merc vs. the A5 merc that has might aura, which is already heavily needed due to the weaker killing speed of summoners. Also, who wants to have to swap back and forth between A3 and A5 merc depending on the content being farmed? It's hugely inconvenient. Also, these mobs spam their curses so even if cleansing aura removes decrepify quicker, it only buys a small amount of time before it is spammed again.

Decrepify Vs Amplify Damaged

Lastly, using the Horadrim Sigil that prevents Grizzly Bear from being cursed is not a solution either. First, it sucks. Second, my grizzly bear is often body blocked by the rest of my summons especially in tight spaces since it likes to casually move vs. wolves who actually move quicker.

Amplify Damage Vs Decrepify

TLDR: Decrepify is OP. Remove it from Oblivion Knights. -signed already slow pet classes.