I tested some of the new uniques (Guiding Palms, frog quiver, Adonia's Ego). Here's the conclusions.
* Guiding Palms: Very cool visually, and interesting thanks to the Gain as Extra. Unfortunately, there's absolutely no way to scale the damage. It doesn't count as coming "from you", which means all scaling vectors are off the table. No poison, no conversion, no gained as extra, etc. The only thing I can see scaling the damage is lowering resistances and sources of "increased damage taken" on enemies. Whether there's an autobomber there, I'm not sure. I need to figure out whether the shrine effect scales with area level (I suspect it does) which may keep it relevant later. If anyone is crazy enough to try a Doryani's Prototype autobomber, let me know. Thinking a bit more creatively, the fact that the damage doesn't come from us at all might mean that we can cause elemental ailments even in cases where we're forbidden to do so, if that becomes relevant in the future (i.e. an unique that says "you can't shock"). * Murkshaft (frog quiver) is fantastic. The frogs are the ultimate form of deathsplosion, because they actually home on the next enemy. With enough poison damage and monster density, it's an endlessly chaining cascade of frogs. This quiver is BiS for poison clear with a bow, and honestly a joy to use. Maybe most interestingly, nothing about the toad actually *requires* poisoning, it's just a trigger on kill that creates a homing, exploding toad. This may find the ability a home in non-poison builds if you need clear and are willing to sacrifice useful quiver affixes. * Adonia's Ego: People were theorycrafting using this on the swap, but unfortunately it just doesn't work that way. The buff is only active while you hold the wand, so you've got to commit. It's a bit of a bummer and I think really hurts the viability of the wand, to the point it will likely only find a place in a janky invoker build with Unbound Avatar. However, that janky invoker build with Unbound Avatar looks straight up my alley, so I might try to cook it. Landing every ailment at 100% efficiency constantly may be a great way to get consistent uptime on Unbound Avatar.