This could mean a few things.
Lets break it down.
- Sacrament, often just used as a supplement to additional property damage buffs
This here could mean that:
- Sacrament in most cases is just used for its property attack bonus (similar to blessing), since most builds/characters/classes prioritizes skill attacks over auto attacks.
Or
- Sacrament is only ever seen being used in most cases for auto attack builds.
I believe the former is much more prominent than the latter.
Now the next part of that sentence
- is saying goodbye to the downward compatibility with Blessing"
More specifically lets focus on the “downward compatibility with Blessing” part
This could be referring to how additional property attack damage is similar to how blessing works. A.k.a. how it adds flat damage to every line (only difference being it is affected by property resistance). Hense just a lower version of blessing.
When you think of it that way and bring the sentence back together you get something like:
“Sacrament, often just used for its bonus additional property damage, is saying goodbye to its similarities to blessing.”.
Now if we say, hey mabye it could’ve been the “Sacrament is only ever seen in most cases only for auto attack builds.” part of my breakdown, then you get a problem in itself. The change would become somewhat redundant and nerf auto attack builds. Sure, skill based characters would get more damage from sacrament now, but it would still be similar to blessing.
Again this all based on the information at hand (what has been seen and read). Take this with a grain of salt. Do not treat this as fact until more can be tested and provided.
@Wolfy Can you check/test this when you go back on Ktest?
Edit: To avoid double posting
Yes and no.
In the case of skills, this would definitely be a nerf, but a very abysmal one in the grand scheme of things.
When it comes to auto-attacks it’s a different story. This is because it is all based on how many lines of damage you have in one auto-attack instance. If you only had 3 lines of damage or less, then this a direct buff. However if you had 4 or more lines this is a direct nerf.
Auto attack line dmgs that can be gained (that I know of):
Normal Attack
Aspergillum
Sacrament
Last Rites
Enchant Fire
Cafrisun Set effect