is "slows target by %" capped in hell at 50%?

[superdave]

trying a slowazon build....
link to original post is here http://www.rpgforums.net/showthread.php?t=319493
maybe thrugg or RTB can help out?

[RTB]

There are hard caps on slow, which is 85% for attack speed and 75% for run/walk. Furthermore the maximum amount a source can slow a boss is 50%. Decrepify is a seperate way of slowing.

[superdave]

thx rtb that was exactly the info i had but was quoted the 50% cap in hell by another member on the zon forum....thx again i will post a link there to your numbers

[Rianna]

Monsters never seem to completely stop.

My Merc has +50% holy freeze and I cast decrep +50% slow on a monster. It still moves etc but rather slowly.

[RTB]

That is because of the caps.

[krischan]

If you are summoning a clay golem and give your merc a Kelpie Snare (eth and upped, if possible), enemies will get even slower - the animation will be something like two steps per second. IIRC, my old ladder skellimancer never lost a single skeleton to any act boss up to and including hell Baal. He might have lost a few of them to the Ancients, I'm not sure about that.

BTW, you shouldn't use a HF merc for a skellimancer, but a might merc because your minions will deal far more damage then.