Still doesnt make any sense, as i said, after you put the ep mark to a target, there is no way to increase the explosion damage. Otherwise, the trick you do with power pylon wouldn't work.
Certain things can dynamically change the explosion damage and some things are snapshot. Power Pylon (and a few other things) is an example of increased damage that is snapshot onto your exploding palm at the time of its application vs a monster and consequential spreading.
Zei's Gem is an example of a damage buff that is dynamically applied; a monster that is 40 yards that is hit by an explosion will always take more damage than a monster that is hit by an explosion 3 yards away. Convention of Elements is another affect that is dynamically applied so it makes no difference if cold was the active element when EP was applied - only that when you pop the palm explosions you should make sure cold is active.
It's because if you are in the middle of a large group of mobs there are a lot of monsters that are spread out towards the edge of the circle. The monsters in the middle get hit with a fuckton of explosions while the ones near the outer rim get hit with fewer. Zei's Gem helps by increasing the DPS against monsters that are 30-40 yards away but are still getting hit with chained explosions. Plus, Bane of the Powerful becomes much less useful when your focus shifts from killing elites to killing dense trash.
Certain things can dynamically change the explosion damage and some things are snapshot. Power Pylon (and a few other things) is an example of increased damage that is snapshot onto your exploding palm at the time of its application vs a monster and consequential spreading.
Zei's Gem is an example of a damage buff that is dynamically applied; a monster that is 40 yards that is hit by an explosion will always take more damage than a monster that is hit by an explosion 3 yards away. Convention of Elements is another affect that is dynamically applied so it makes no difference if cold was the active element when EP was applied - only that when you pop the palm explosions you should make sure cold is active.
Hope that makes sense.
It's because if you are in the middle of a large group of mobs there are a lot of monsters that are spread out towards the edge of the circle. The monsters in the middle get hit with a fuckton of explosions while the ones near the outer rim get hit with fewer. Zei's Gem helps by increasing the DPS against monsters that are 30-40 yards away but are still getting hit with chained explosions. Plus, Bane of the Powerful becomes much less useful when your focus shifts from killing elites to killing dense trash.