There is a lot of bad info floating around for Explosive Trap of Shrapnel, and as part of the league start guide I'm working on I wanted to go over mechanically why it is vastly superior to the normal gem in bossing content. It ended up being a bit too long as a segment in the build guide, and it would help out people who are making build guides right now with bad information, so I'm giving it to you early.

PoB for the minmaxed build at the end of the video: https://pobb.in/9bCDunvwC0ye

See you on the beach!

0:00 Intro 0:31 The Truth 1:15 Uber Boss Demonstration 2:04 Mechanical Overview 3:05 Shrapnel Overview 3:24 Reason 1: Mobile Bosses 3:40 Reason 2: Ailment Effect 4:28 Reason 3: Hitboxes and Overlaps 5:17 Reason 4: Overlaps again 6:25 Reason 5: AoE and Random Throws 7:28 Conclusion