Mina Love Bite on bullet hit damage procs Spirirt Burn

[e1ectro2]

Mina can proc Spirit Burn with the on-hit spirit damage she gains from her Love Bites passive. The damage appears to count toward the required 500 damage threshold that Spirit Burn requires. Not sure if this is intended, due to the interactions the passive has with other spirit damage-applicable items.
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Found this out with my good friend ?.

 

[daavimachaado]

this is not a bug read what love bites does

 

[e1ectro2]

The ability does spirit damage, but items that are procd with spirit damage only proc on the bonus spirit damage. That’s why I asked if it’s intended behavior or not.

 

[steventheeven3]

The ability does spirit damage, but items that are procd with spirit damage only proc on the bonus spirit damage. That’s why I asked if it’s intended behavior or not.

Not sure what the issue is?
Other items work differently, like tankbuster requires a burst of damage at once that's why it only procs only on the bonus damage. But spirit burn just needs 500 damage in 5 seconds regardless.

 

[e1ectro2]

Not sure what the issue is?
Other items work differently, like tankbuster requires a burst of damage at once that's why it only procs only on the bonus damage. But spirit burn just needs 500 damage in 5 seconds regardless.

Sorry, my explanation may have been a bit unclear. Let me rephrase that: Should Minas passive spirit damage in bullet hit count towards the 500 damage threshold of Spirit Burn?

 

[steventheeven3]

Sorry, my explanation may have been a bit unclear. Let me rephrase that: Should Minas passive spirit damage in bullet hit count towards the 500 damage threshold of Spirit Burn?

Yes

 

[e1ectro2]

Alright, thanks.

Yes

Alright, thanks.

 

[Acurrz]

Sorry, my explanation may have been a bit unclear. Let me rephrase that: Should Minas passive spirit damage in bullet hit count towards the 500 damage threshold of Spirit Burn?

im pretty sure its either unintended or a weird inconsistency. Mina Love Bites on-hit damage explicitly does not proc items (despite not saying such), but a few items slip through the cracks like Spirit Burn & Radiant Regeneration

This is a real bug, that also applies to other sources of no-proc spirit damage (like decay, and affliction), who have solved the spirit burn issue but have not solved the radiant regeneration issue.

Not sure what the issue is?
Other items work differently, like tankbuster requires a burst of damage at once that's why it only procs only on the bonus damage. But spirit burn just needs 500 damage in 5 seconds regardless.

Tankbuster does not work on Mina Love Bite on-hit because it cannot proc on it. it is unrelated to it not doing enough damage. Tankbuster cannot proc on mina on-hit because mina on-hit is explicitly stopped from causing spirit damage items.

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[back_biter+deadlock]

im pretty sure its either unintended or a weird inconsistency. Mina Love Bites on-hit damage explicitly does not proc items (despite not saying such), but a few items slip through the cracks like Spirit Burn & Radiant Regeneration

This is a real bug, that also applies to other sources of no-proc spirit damage (like decay, and affliction), who have solved the spirit burn issue but have not solved the radiant regeneration issue.



Tankbuster does not work on Mina Love Bite on-hit because it cannot proc on it. it is unrelated to it not doing enough damage. Tankbuster cannot proc on mina on-hit because mina on-hit is explicitly stopped from causing spirit damage items.

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Why do you think lovebites is not supposed to proc on magic damage effects? I didn't see it mentioned anywhere in the notes or on Mina's love-bites description. I would imagine they are all oversights.

Decay and affliction in specific were changed to not do that stuff (and it's mentioned in their descriptions)

 

[Acurrz]

im pretty sure its either unintended or a weird inconsistency. Mina Love Bites on-hit damage explicitly does not proc items (despite not saying such), but a few items slip through the cracks like Spirit Burn & Radiant Regeneration

This is a real bug, that also applies to other sources of no-proc spirit damage (like decay, and affliction), who have solved the spirit burn issue but have not solved the radiant regeneration issue.



Tankbuster does not work on Mina Love Bite on-hit because it cannot proc on it. it is unrelated to it not doing enough damage. Tankbuster cannot proc on mina on-hit because mina on-hit is explicitly stopped from causing spirit damage items.

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after looking into this, i believe the reason radiant regeneration & spirit burn proc but no other items do is because radiant regeneration & spirit burn dont contain
m_vecProcDamageTypes =
[
"CITADEL_DAMAGETYPE_ABILITY",
]
every item that is not procced by lovebites contains this line, (Mystic Burst, Tankbuster, Mystic Vulnerability, Healbane, Mystic Slow, Escalating Exposure, Suppressor, Lightning Scroll), with the exclusion of Mystic Regeneration of which i am uncertain of how it avoids love bites & other no-proc sources of damage.

buuuut take this with a grain of salt i have like low knowledge of how the game works (like everyone else outside valve)

 

[Acurrz]

Why do you think lovebites is not supposed to proc on magic damage effects? I didn't see it mentioned anywhere in the notes or on Mina's love-bites description. I would imagine they are all oversights.

Decay and affliction in specific were changed to not do that stuff (and it's mentioned in their descriptions)

i can't tell if its a conscious decision from valve because i do not have access to the hardcoded stuff of lovebites (i imagine its both a conscious decision and hardcoded), but even if it was unintended it should stay this way.

could you imagine how awful it would be to lane against a mina who just buys suppressor + mystic regen + healbane and has 24/7 free application of all 3 on both enemies from any range with 0 downtime?

i cant say for sure its intended but if it looks like a dog, barks like a dog, smells like a dog, and acts like a dog, its most likely a dog.