Some time have passed since confusion damage was nerfed (and it was good imo), and i made some observations. Looks like direct damage atm is simply better, and winning.
I tested direct damage build (with items, etc) and hybrid (direct + confusion) build. And direct damage is much better.
The reason is that confusion “fall down” from victim too fast, especially if victim have melandru runes + lemongrass food. Then, confusion simply don’t work, and in all cases loose to retalation.
So, may be confusion need time length increasing, to make direct damage and hybrid damage near the same?