Synoid Heliocor (aka the buddy hammer) creates ally specters when an enemy dies by a melee strike during a channeling attack. The specter will stay alive for up to 30 seconds or until it's killed. Similar to how Nekros SOTD works now, you can't kill them and replace them with a better specter if you accidentally didn't get the enemy you wanted. You must wait 30 seconds or until they die. (Talking to you DE!!!) All and all it's very, very fun and it might be my favorite melee now in the game. I still have yet to try the sydon, and the last three though but i am in no rush.
As a weapon, it does great damage as well but the 10% crit chance means going for status is probably better, even though you will miss out on berserker speed buffs.
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