# Abyssal Armor Decay: Killing Blow Required

**URL:** <https://forums.funcom.com/t/abyssal-armor-decay-killing-blow-required/247310>\
**Category:** PC Bug Reports\
**Tags:** steam\
**Created:** [December 24, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/abyssal-armor-decay-killing-blow-required/247310 "2023-12-24T17:19:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![heaven13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@heaven13](https://forums.funcom.com/u/heaven13)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/abyssal-armor-decay-killing-blow-required/247310/1 "2023-12-24T17:19:48Z")

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> ## Basic Info:
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> Platform: Steam  
> Issue Type: Gameplay  
> Game Mode: Online Private  
> Server Type: PvE  
> Map: Exiled Lands  
> Server Name: None  
> Mods: None

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> ## Bug Description:
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> Abyssal Armor now requires you to make the killing blow to receive time back. Previously so long as you hit things, the timer counted. This change means that followers who steal the killing blow prevent your armor from getting durability timer ticks, making sorcerer authority builds pointless.

Noticed initially in a pve private server with mods. Switched to singleplayer, no mods, issues persists.

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> ## Bug Reproduction:
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> Become a sorcerer, summon abyssal armor, take follower to kill things, watch your timer. Now test without a follower.

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**Author:** ![Eniguman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/eniguman/32/98389_2.png) [@Eniguman](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Eniguman)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/abyssal-armor-decay-killing-blow-required/247310/2 "2023-12-24T18:30:57Z")

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This hasn’t changed…  
It’s been this way since it was introduced in AoS chapter 1. All the Abyssal gear has always needed you to get the final hit to get a timer refresh.

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**Author:** ![heaven13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@heaven13](https://forums.funcom.com/u/heaven13)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/abyssal-armor-decay-killing-blow-required/247310/3 "2023-12-24T18:41:28Z")

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Interesting. I don’t remember it working this way in AoS Ch 3 (last time I played a sorcerer). I played with my partner who was also a sorcerer and had followers and I don’t remember either of us ever struggling to keep our armor topped off.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/original/1X/8d85ca8a66fb78fa7574e255b50aa722d634177b.png) [@system](https://forums.funcom.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/abyssal-armor-decay-killing-blow-required/247310/4 "2023-12-31T20:42:10Z")

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Closed on December 31, 2023, 8:42pm UTC

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