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Does Strength of the Automaton buff the bleed from vMA's Merciless Charge?

tyggerbob
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Does it count as a 'bleed ability' or is that restricted to stuff like your Growing Swarm and Cutting Dive?
Looking at a bleed build and if it works, that extra 400 on all those would be a nice buff. However, I don't want to farm it all only to find out it doesn't do much!
If anyone knows, please advise?
Thanks
TB
Edited by tyggerbob on 12 February 2022 01:16
  • NeeScrolls
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    tyggerbob wrote: »
    Does it count as a 'bleed ability' or is that restricted to stuff like your Growing Swarm and Cutting Dive?
    Looking at a bleed build and if it works, that extra 400 on all those would be a nice buff. However, I don't want to farm it all only to find out it doesn't do much!
    If anyone knows, please advise?
    Good question and unfortunately i don't have that set yet to give you a proper definitive answer....HOWEVER, i was able to find this related thread for you: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/538461/strength-of-automation-untouched ....if maybe it helps?
  • Larcomar
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    Pretty sure it does yes. Just looked at it on my stamsorc. Tool tip with 5 pieces of automaton is 10920, take off one piece of automaton and replace with a similar item (purple, divines, stam enchant) it goes down to 9856.
  • macsmooth
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    The answer is yes it does

    Funny story I have never seen the tooltip say bleed damage as well that must have been a change I never noticed since returning and moving to PC

    I took my stamplar who has automation on currently and checked the bleed on vma perfected 2h and checked a bleed skill carve. I change the arm piece for same type/level/trait and there was a decrease on the bleed tooltip on the 2h and bleed skills

    I will be honest I will be removing automation next patch because I had soul trap as my multi dot skill but with the next patch there will be no physical damage dot in the game but I never checked bleed skills so trap could be swapped for a bleed skill but none come to mind that functions like soul trap did
    Edited by macsmooth on 12 February 2022 16:23
  • tyggerbob
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    Thank you for the responses! Much appreciated
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