So I was grinding nightmare dungeons yesterday when this weird thing happened. My Hail of Verglas rogue build just… stopped doing cold damage? Like the stupid ice shards wouldn’t trigger no matter how many combo points I dumped. Got wrecked by trash mobs twice. Pissed me off proper.
Here’s Exactly What I Tried (Step by Step)
First thing? Restarted the whole damn game. Closed Diablo 4, even rebooted my PC because why not. Jumped back into a cellar – still nothing. Skill showed the animation but zilch on damage numbers. Felt like slapping enemies with wet noodles.
Checked the forums next. Saw a bunch of folks screaming about the same crap. Most said “respec dummy” or “fix your gear”. Fine. Went back to town:
- Unequipped EVERY piece of gear (pants, gloves, the works)
- Stripped ALL skills from the tree (felt naked, really)
- Made a lousy coffee while assets reloaded
Put gear back on piece by piece. Tested basic attacks after each item – still broke. Desperate now, I randomly decided to reset ALL Paragon boards too. Spent 10 minutes re-pathing while muttering curses. Slotted Hail back into my bar…
Went to Fractured Peaks, pulled some skellies. Held my breath, hit the skill…
BAM! Ice shards everywhere, frostbite stacks piling up like crazy. Nearly spilled coffee on my keyboard. Still don’t know if it was the full respec or stripping paragon boards that did it. Works now though – probably just Blizzard spaghetti code untangling itself.
Moral of the story? When magic ice fails, throw everything out the window and start over. Works better than yelling at the screen. Mostly.