From the latest patch notes, apparently now Desecrate will only generate corpses up to the level requirement of the gem.



This kind of kills any hope of making DD a primary self-cast skill. Even if you sit through the hours and hours of grinding out a level 20 gem (doing so with really low-level corpses no less), you're rewarded with maybe as high as level 68 corpses.



Of course you still can use the corpses that are made through normal gameplay, but the key to Desecrate was that it meant you didn't need to fallback onto a secondary skill for situations where the map's corpses weren't enough, such as anything that has enough health/resists to survive more than a few explosions. I was thinking, "Wow, that's great, DD builds can actually kill those tough-to-kill enemies with their primary skill now!". Post-patch? Level 68 corpses on a level 78 boss will be as effective as wet tissue.



One step forward, three steps back GGG. IGN: Ikimashouka, Tsukiyattekudasai, DontCallMeMrFroyo