On one of the random tip cards it says you can dispel a demon coming out of a rift.
I was slightly disappointed to find that when I tried this with both a mage and a templar, it failed on both demons coming out of a rift. They came out of the rift anyway. They were both Despair demons. So instead of having my mage in position ready to put up a barrier, I ended up being vulnerable to attack from 2 demons. Not cool.
Did I do something wrong? I am on the PS4 version.
in my case I slowly moved time forward until I could see it was labelled as a demon coming through. Any earlier and it would just have been a random enemy drop. Perhaps I was unlucky?
in my case I slowly moved time forward until I could see it was labelled as a demon coming through. Any earlier and it would just have been a random enemy drop. Perhaps I was unlucky?
Too late. You have to do it when it's just a weird green glob, if you see a health bar then you were far too late on the draw.
An easy way to spot which blob you should dispel, is going into tac-cam and looking which blob has a red circle below.
There the demon will spawn.
I tell you this, because some of the green blobs are just decoys.
Too late. You have to do it when it's just a weird green glob, if you see a health bar then you were far too late on the draw.
You know, to quote my own post to explain it better: Think of the globs as a door. When it's just a glob, they're still locked out and are currently trying to lockpick their way in. Dead-bolting the door with a dispel won't work if they've already cracked the lock and opened the door.
On one of the random tip cards it says you can dispel a demon coming out of a rift.
I was slightly disappointed to find that when I tried this with both a mage and a templar, it failed on both demons coming out of a rift. They came out of the rift anyway. They were both Despair demons. So instead of having my mage in position ready to put up a barrier, I ended up being vulnerable to attack from 2 demons. Not cool.
Did I do something wrong? I am on the PS4 version.
By the way, don't abuse dispelling too much. You miss out on drops if you dispel the demon before it becomes an enemy, which means missed materials for runecrafting and research materials. Not to say never do it, especially if it's a really bad rift with a lot of dangerous ones in it. But only really do it if you lost to the rift and you're reloading to try again (assuming you saved right before taking the rift on, which you should).
By the way, don't abuse dispelling too much. You miss out on drops if you dispel the demon before it becomes an enemy, which means missed materials for runecrafting and research materials. Not to say never do it, especially if it's a really bad rift with a lot of dangerous ones in it. But only really do it if you lost to the rift and you're reloading to try again (assuming you saved right before taking the rift on, which you should).
I don't seem to get fewer drops for dispelling demons. It's hard to tell though, since it's RNG.
I don't seem to get fewer drops for dispelling demons. It's hard to tell though, since it's RNG.
Huh? No, they don't drop anything when hit with a dispel. You keep them from ever appearing, which means they and whatever they were going to drop stays in the Fade.
Huh? No, they don't drop anything when hit with a dispel. You keep them from ever appearing, which means they and whatever they were going to drop stays in the Fade.
Oh, I thought you meant the drops from the blob the rift leaves behind would be worse. Actual demons only seem to drop research items for me. In my experience, rifts only leave behind blobs, not demons, so dispelling them changes nothing.
Oh, I thought you meant the drops from the blob the rift leaves behind would be worse. Actual demons only seem to drop research items for me. In my experience, rifts only leave behind blobs, not demons, so dispelling them changes nothing.
Demons themselves drop rune materials, for example terror demons drop spirit essences. Not just with rifts, demons have a set chance to drop certain materials. A rage demon just hanging around the Exalted Plains is just as likely to drop a fire essence as one from a rift, and dispelling a rage demon at a rift makes you miss any chance of it dropping anything.
Demons themselves drop rune materials, for example terror demons drop spirit essences. Not just with rifts, demons have a set chance to drop certain materials. A rage demon just hanging around the Exalted Plains is just as likely to drop a fire essence as one from a rift, and dispelling a rage demon at a rift makes you miss any chance of it dropping anything.
Right. What I should have said is while I get essences when demons are away from rifts, I seldom get them in addition to the rift loot, so I don't care too much about dispelling them. Obviously it's up to the player whether they want potential materials or not.
Demons themselves drop rune materials, for example terror demons drop spirit essences. Not just with rifts, demons have a set chance to drop certain materials. A rage demon just hanging around the Exalted Plains is just as likely to drop a fire essence as one from a rift, and dispelling a rage demon at a rift makes you miss any chance of it dropping anything.
Yes, when alone or in non-rift mobs, demons drop mats. But if spawned from rifts, I've never gotten mats from a direct demon drop, only research items. I suppose this is a game code rule to insure you can't double up on rune mats, since the rift always drops a rune mat, and more than one with a lot of other goodies in JoH.
And regarding the OP, it's another game balancing attempt that you can't dispel a demon you can identify. That would be pretty cheesy, right? Either roll the dice and close the door before you know what's coming through (good analogy, there), or identify the thing coming through once its too late to shut the door.
Personally, I dispel as many as I can. At this point, after multiple PTs, fighting demons to close a rift is just tedious. Except for the Pride and Fear demons, those are fun.
I don't really understand why they have AOE indicators in this game (like for Dispel) that aren't really the correct size for the total area.
I try to dispel as many demons as possible from the rifts. I am usually running Cass and at least one mage, so I can potentially take out a few at a time. Cass is harder to utilize if she is out of position.
I don't really understand why they have AOE indicators in this game (like for Dispel) that aren't really the correct size for the total area.
I try to dispel as many demons as possible from the rifts. I am usually running Cass and at least one mage, so I can potentially take out a few at a time. Cass is harder to utilize if she is out of position.
Totally consistent with the overall style of DAI, right? They force you to choose, even when you don't want to. 
As everyone has said, it is all about timing. Once you get the feel for it the out come can be excellent. I have taken out two at a time at a few rifts.
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