# Why nerf Pious Cut-throat **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Feedback\ **Created:** [October 20, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/why-nerf-pious-cut-throat/113791 "2025-10-20T19:27:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Exitus0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9a140/32.png) [@Exitus0](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Exitus0)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/why-nerf-pious-cut-throat/113791/1 "2025-10-20T19:27:37Z")
I know the patch notes added a dev note that said it was due to uptime, but this really doesn’t make much sense when you consider the Zealot has access to ALOT of crit. The tradeoff was that it only lasted 2 seconds as opposed to 3 on Invocation of Death. They were at least competitive with eachother. Now it’s not even a contest. This really messes with builds that wanted to go down to get Inexorable Judgement but not grab one of the other side talents. It’s particularly bad when you factor in Perfectionist not working most of the time. It just seems short sighted. But I guess I’m gunna grab Invocation of Death because it’s a no-brainer. ---
**Author:** ![Spagett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Spagett](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Spagett)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/why-nerf-pious-cut-throat/113791/2 "2025-10-21T21:15:19Z")
I feel the same way. I was enjoying playing a non-crit, non-backstab build using 2-handed weapons and inexorable judgement. That ain’t exactly meta, but it got nerfed. It feels like the crit build and loadout is being strictly enforced. Not good for build diversity. ---
**Author:** ![alsozara](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/alsozara/32/6944_2.png) [@alsozara](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/alsozara)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/why-nerf-pious-cut-throat/113791/3 "2025-10-21T21:32:18Z")
> [@Exitus0](#): > > They were at least competitive with eachother. Now it’s not even a contest. I believe you’re making this statement from pure gut feeling, with little to no analysis or data involved, but feel free to prove me wrong there. I’m just going to repost one of my responses to this issue from the patch thread: I mean IoD was and will remain the better option for relatively fast weapons with higher crit consistency. I think there are likely a lot of weapons and builds where PCT will remain the better option even after nerf. Again I feel people are probably overestimating the uptime of IoD on a lot of melee weapons, especially if you’re not running Blazing Piety. Was the PCT nerf necessary? Probably not, but the condition is probably the easiest and most consistent in the game, and if you actually crunch the numbers on cooldown times this nerf is delaying a base 30 second cooldown ult maybe 2 seconds at most, and that’s worst case assuming full uptime, it’s less than that for anything under 100% uptime, so will be felt even less than that in practice. ---
**Author:** ![Taranok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@Taranok](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Taranok)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/why-nerf-pious-cut-throat/113791/4 "2025-10-22T02:02:33Z")
Probably because it’s too easy to keep 100% uptime on in a fight. Personally, for my non-crit non-backstab build, I run martyrs. For my backstab build I also ran martyr’s purpose anyways because a martyr build appears to be the best way to get reliably one-shot or near-one-shot damage on bosses. At the end of the day it’s a meaningless nerf because of the nature of +cooldown generation versus -cooldown time required. Personally I feel cooldown reduction of any form should just be removed since it obviously breaks the game. ---
**Author:** ![Vror](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/vror/32/97172_2.png) [@Vror](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Vror)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/why-nerf-pious-cut-throat/113791/5 "2025-10-22T03:39:34Z")
Well the answer is kinda simple Chorus Chorus is essentially the reason why it got reduced, because PCT allowed you to have basically a 100% uptime outside of when you’re using book, but if you were to use IoD with book, then the moment you use book you basically NUKE your crit chance down to 30-35%, losing lots of uptime I’m still gonna take PCT when I run book, but if you wonder why it was nerfed, basically that’s probably the reason ---
**Author:** ![DornIvanotic](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/dornivanotic/32/84585_2.png) [@DornIvanotic](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/DornIvanotic)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/why-nerf-pious-cut-throat/113791/6 "2025-10-22T03:43:56Z")
Because it is on hit ---
**Author:** ![alsozara](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/alsozara/32/6944_2.png) [@alsozara](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/alsozara)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/why-nerf-pious-cut-throat/113791/7 "2025-10-22T23:22:17Z")
What is up with people who post threads on these forums then immediately disappear forever? Are they just embarrassed when it turns out people don’t agree with them? ---
**Author:** ![xeonzs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a88e4f/32.png) [@xeonzs](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/xeonzs)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/why-nerf-pious-cut-throat/113791/8 "2025-10-23T01:53:22Z")
Because it was way too strong, it essentially allowed permanent uptime of cooldown reduction. You can still have permanent uptime, it’s just slightly less reduction, but still permanent if you keep fighting, thus still crazy powerful. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/fatshark/original/3X/3/1/319a2f41b73f03a4d9360defbe43058888a33c8c.png) [@system](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/why-nerf-pious-cut-throat/113791/9 "2025-11-06T01:54:10Z")
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