Verata's Aura range

I held off Bettletun's undead army quest until I had this skill. Last time I was there I remember lots of Bone Fiend giving us grief. I made the trek to Verata and grabbed Verata's Aura. Then return to Beeteltn and...it didn't seem to work. I cast it and stil got hit by lots of Fiends. When ressurected the Bone Dragn just by the reserrect point had created a half dozen Fiends. I cast Aura and...ONE fiend joined me. Only one, who was standing next to me when I cast it. What's the range on this Aura? Seems a total waste at the moment. I was hoping to use it for Galrath and turn their Fiends against them.

So, does nobody ever use this skill? Not one person can say 'it should grab all minions in your aggro' or 'only those standing right next to you'??

never heard of this skill b4 >_>

i have heard of it. never bothered using it though. when my necro was in this world the NPCs never really used minion spells. no Veratas protecting Galrath, no bone dragon, no nothing. so i never used it.

i had however presumed that the area would at least be your aggro circle if not the mini map. from your evidence however it would seem that it is about the same as heal area. stupidly small when you consider the tiny amount of minions in the game usually.

never heard of it either

From what I understand it only works on "uncontrolled" undead minions. So to use it you would have to kill the Zombie warlocks before using the skill. As far as I can see it's only real use is for a minion master necro with lots of minions who's worried about dying and setting them on their teammates.

o yea i know it when a nec dies you can take over the minions

nope the description is 'all Hostile undead in the area become bound to you'

you don't need to kill the summoner. according to that.

maybe give Veratas Gaze a go then use Veratas Aura. to see if the description is wrong.

I wasn't working from the description just my personal experience. Haven't used my necro recently and never used Aura much but from when I tried it out that seemed to be what made it work. Wouldn't be the first time the skill descriptions were wrong or misleading either.

When I did get one minion it was a hostile minion of the Bone Dragon. Still I can understand why no-one knows. It's not a skill worth having unless you know there's going to be lots of undead summons. And in those cases you can just Putrid Explosion the corpses before the enemy can raise 'em. Seems like I should'a grabbed Bone Fiend instead of Verata's Aura Oh well, I'll have to beat him up again!

OK, here's the deal.

The spell only binds hostile undead to you when it is cast. The 'Aura' part keeps the undead bound to you, it doesn't continue to convert them.

Also, recasting VA while it is still active does not bind ANY undead to you, it has to be a fresh cast.

Either the spell description is poorly worded, or there is a bug in the spell.

so what youre saying is if there are 10 horros on the other team and i use this skill i get those horrors on my side but i wont gain control over freshly spawned minions ? and will i loose those wich i got on my side when i recast ?

Correct.

No, you won't lose any minions when you recast it, but you won't gain any either if VA is still in effect.

You only convert minions when you freshly cast VA.

My 2 cents,

Spells have been failing across the board. My monk, ele, and worrier have encountered failed spells or enchantments that don't work. This is not related to interruptions or exhaustion ... The last update is the first time I recall this happening.

Every update seems to bring disappointment, at least for me.

If you find something thats broken, send a note to the support website and/or post it here. Posting here allows us to dissect whether it is infact broken, or just now working correctly, and then we can tell you to submit a report to ANet

like Carinea stated It only binds raised animated undead when you cast. Recasting does nothing. I've yet to see anyone use Veretas Aura in an impressive way. It seems to just be one of those skills that's "fun" to use. Though I bet you could use it to counter a Minion Master build.


if you just want the experience for the quest msg me ingame and I'll solo it for you.

I tried to use it against the minions raised by the Flesh Golems in Perdition Rock. Didn't work very well, and was promptly removed.

Could use it against a Minion Master build. It would be hilarious, but it would be a gimmick vs gimmick situation.

It never worked for me. Last time I tried using it was in Dreadnought's Drift against the Summit Gnashers. Didn't work. Not a single Undead became bound to me.

I'd only tried it after the update. Has it ever worked before then? Could it have been brokened?

I tried using it before the update, didn't work for me then. Doubt it would now either.