I'm considering trying out a melee wizard build for Inferno (now that monsters in acts 3/4 don't hit quite as massively!) but was wondering one thing…
I know that Lifesteal (weapons with 2.5% damage turned into life) gets an 80% penalty (IE. it's only 20% effective) in inferno difficulty to curb the potential invulnerability from the stat early on like D2 had.
I was wondering if the wizard skill Spectral Blades with the rune Healing Blades (on a crit, get 8% of the damage back as life) gets this same penalty, or can I be sure to get that full 8% returned?
If it takes an 80% penalty it's totally not worth it. But if it doesn't it looks promising.
Best Answer
It penalties, you're better of going for Life on Hit. Here is some life on hit tables for various Wizard spells and runes that may help.