Grim Ward

Patch 2.4

Blizzard wrote:

Grim Ward

• Radius baseline value increased

• Now also Slows and increases Damage Taken for nearby enemies.

• Find Potion synergy added: +5% Damage Taken per level

Undocumented 2.4

itsreally_notthatbad wrote:

• Grim Ward can now break physical immunities. It's literally a physical resistance reduction just like Amplify Damage or Decrepify.

• Grim Ward baseline is only 25% at all levels which is not very noticeable, the rest of the damage reduction comes from the synergy with Find Potion (120% at max level).

Grim Wards can't be created from the remains of the following monster types:
- Bone Fetish
- Finger Mage
- Flying Scimitar
- Frozen Horror
- Oblivion Knight
- Skeleton
- Skeleton Archer
- Skeleton Mage
- Willowisp
- Wraith
- Static ( Catapult, Gargoyle Trap, Mummy Sarcophagus etc.)

Tested it today: Works on ghosts, removes the physical immunity, at least from Minions, or if leveled enough on ghost bosses too.

Grim Ward overwrites other flee-effects like hit causes monster to flee, Terror or Howl.

This Skill Is a Great Safety Option for Double Throw Barbs in Hardcore Mode.
Worth at least 1 point investment.

Grim Ward is a "curse like" effect and may overwrite or be overwritten by a similar effect.

Trang Oul wrote: 1 year ago

According to the Amazon Basin,

When different curse is cast on a cursed target, it will normally overwrite the previous one. Exceptions are as follows:

• Grim Ward can only be overwritten by Confuse and Attract
• Fleeing effects have their own hierarchy; those higher on the following list cannot be overwritten by those lower:
  1. Grim Ward
  2. Terror
  3. Hit Causes Monster to Flee
  4. Howl
• Confuse cannot overwrite itself or be overwritten by any of the following:
  • Attract
  • Dim Vision
  • Grim Ward
  • Hit Blinds Target
  • Taunt
  • Terror
• Attract cannot be overwritten by anything, including itself.

Grim Ward is a very useful skill to deal with the Baal waves 2-4. When you have killed the first four monsters of the first wave in front of Baal you can use the corpses to summon several Grim Wards. Once the last monster of a wave is killed the corpses disappear, however the Grim Wards will remain. The second wave will land on top of the Grim Wards and they can be dispatched without a problem. Once you have killed 3-4 summoners you need to summon the Grim Wards again, before killing the last standing monster of the wave. In most cases the third wave will then simply not move, only the super unique will not be impacted. Repeat the same procedure for the fourth wave. In case you have summoned 4-5 Grim Wards this wave will also be standing still. The fifth wave is not impacted by the Grim Ward. In Chaos Sanctuary you can also use the Grim Ward to your advantage. On your way to the Lord de Sais and Venom Lord seals simply summon some Grim Wards with the dead bodies of Venom Lords along the way. In cased they are put in strategically correct positions the seal monster packs can be easily dispatched. For example, sometimes the Lord de Sais pack is just standing still facing against the wall of the edges.