zerith-var corpse abilities

Necrotech_Master · November 2

zerith-var is supposed to be a necromancer and some of his skills are supposed to generate corpses he can use, however as far as i can tell it doesnt seem to actually do anything if you are not actively on a necromancer

im on my main which is a DK, and have zerith-var using the skill "strands of the lattice" which is effective his variant of detonating siphon, however ive never seen him use this ability in combat, even with dead enemies around and running his variant of beckoning armor (perigean armor) which supposedly creates a corpse after the effect expires

this is either really bugged, or does the companion really have completely useless skills if your not actually playing a necromancer?

Necrotech_Master · November 2

as an update with further testing, i think ive seen him use this skill once during a fight that lasted over a minute

i think i saw a corpse create during the expiration of his armor, and it only happened once during the fight

if he cant consume corpses of enemies and only the one generated from the armor then his strands of lattice ability is utter garbage

Necrotech_Master · November 4

after a few more days of testing, the strands of the lattice and his corpse generation is just plain weird

enemies do not generate corpses for him, only his armor skill, so if you do not use the armor skill, do not include strands of the lattice in his bar setup

the other thing i tested too was skill order, if you put the armor skill earlier in the prioritization than strands of the lattice, he will almost never use strands of the lattice (i had the skills slotted in slots 2 and 3 for this, initially i had the armor in 2 and strands in 3, and he rarely used strands, i switched their slotting and he used strands more often then, but the skill overall felt like it wasnt very effective)

ZOS_Kevin · November 5

HI there, @Necrotech_Master. Thanks for noting this. We are aware of the issues noted and will be fixing them in the next incremental patch. I'll update the known issues list shortly to reflect this.