patch 2.08 is out

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by SurvivalistMerc:
I heard somewhere that paralyze gets a bonus to penetration. At least that was what folks were saying when calling it the "SC killer" pre-patch 2.08. No idea whether that is still true or not since I haven't patched...too many stories of things going wrong.

The reason it has a penetration bonus is that it's astra 2, so an astral 4 mage gets a bonus of 1, while you need an astral 5 mage for bonus penetration with soul slay. The other reason it was too effective is that it hit the target twice for every cast. As for upgrading to 2.08, the only problems I see are those with the Utgard theme.