Encrypted Mythic+ Affix Explained (Season 3 Affix) - Choose Your Own Group Buffs
The Season 3 Affix Encrypted allows you to choose what buff your group will receive as a reward multiple times throughout the dungeon. Does your group want a massive amount of movement speed and a 10 second stealth, some cooldown reduction. or a Haste buff?
New Automa Added to PacksWhen the Encrypted affix is active, three relics are added to various packs throughout the dungeon and all bosses. These relics will activate when you engage in combat with the pack and have very little health.
The RelicsOne of each relic is placed into pre-existing packs and all bosses in the dungeon. The relics have very little health but have some effects while they are alive.
The Urh Relic will periodically deal damage via Energy Barrage to players while alive. The Wo Relic will buff the nearby pack with Defense Matrix reducing their damage taken by 15%. The Vy Relic will buff the nearby pack with Acceleration Field buffing their haste by 15%.The relevant buff is removed when the relic dies. Which one you kill first is important and we describe this below.
The BuffsThe three relics each correspond to a specific buff depending on which relic you kill first.
By killing the Urh Relic first, your reward will be Decrypted Urh Cypher. 150% movement speed buff for 45 seconds, and Stealth for 10 seconds. By killing the Wo Relic first, your reward will be Decrypted Wo Cypher. 20% increased Haste for 45 seconds. By killing the Vy Relic first, your reward will be Decrypted Vy Cypher. 25% increased cooldown rate for 45 seconds.If you're fighting a boss, you probably don't need the movement speed and Stealth so you'll probably want to kill Wo first for Haste, or Vy for Cooldown Reduction. If you're fighting a trash pack and want to skip
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