Light Radius

[byebry]

Light Radius

I have been trying for quite some time now to track down information related to light radius. "Cloak of Shadows" appears to reduce light radius causing potential attackers to not notice the Assassin. I am wondering if this same effect can be achieved through the use of "- Light Radius" items. The "Veil of Steel" is a prime example of what I'm talking about. According the the Arreat Summit, "The base Light Radius is 13. The Max Light Radius you can have is 18 so anything more than net +5 to Light Radius will not matter."

So my questions are as follows:
- Is there a minimum light radius? If so, what is it?
- Are the effects similar to Cloak of Shadows?

My intentions are to use this knowledge to make a sort of stealth zerker barb.

 

[sirpoopsalot]

Re: Light Radius

Sadly, it doesn't work that way. -Light Radius items will not affect when a monster becomes 'aware' of your character -- those items simply reduce how far your character can "see".

I'm not sure of the mechanics behind CoS, but the reason that it does work can't be applied to -Light Radius items. They're two different things.

 

[Borje]

Re: Light Radius

Cloak of Shadows works like the Necro curses so it's rather from that type of mechanic the "monsters can't see you"-effect comes from. The reduced light radius is more like a visual effect - just for the looks. It's more comparable to "Hit blinds target" and the necros Dim Vision curse..