I recently got a Burning Axe of Sankis with the following stats (this is for an earthquake build, I have a devastator to go along with it):
2186.5 DPS 1444-1920 damage
1.3 attacks per second
1175-1422 fire damage
18% fire skills
8% damage
740 strength
Obviously, I intend to reroll for a socket; the question is strength or damage %. I know right now damage % doesn't affect the fire damage, but with the fix for that imminent I'd like to treat it as if it did. By the same token, I want to count Rampage's strength bonus, and I'll assume I have it maxed out at 25%.
So, if I did all the math right, the following weapons are my options:
Keeping Strength:
2149.6 DPS 1424-1883 damage
1.3 attacks per second
1175-1422 fire damage
18% fire skills damage 925 strength (counting rampage)
Open Socket
or
Keeping Damage %:
2321.8 DPS 1538-2034 damage
1.3 attacks per second
1269-1536 fire damage
18% Fire skills damage
8% damage
Open Socket
Unfortunately one last complication: if I keep the damage % I would use the axe in my main hand, but if I keep the strength I would use my devastator in my main hand. The devastator is 1447-1951 damage (no damage % so it won't change on the patch). For HOTA that won't matter but for earthquake it means losing the damage % does a little less than it otherwise would.
That's as far as I can get. I've tried a few of the DPS calculator websites and spreadsheets but they all seem to have quirks that make it difficult or impossible to get the answer I'm looking for. Does anyone know a good method to figure this out? Is it even close? I just don't know how to value the stats properly. I don't even know if any more information about my stats is needed to solve this, let me know if it is and I can provide them.
If I am thinking of this the right way you can find out if its worth it simply by comparing the strength from the axe to your total strength.. Given 8% more strength is (just about) 8% more damage, you can compare those values, so that strength is better if it is more than 8% of your strength without the axe. Doing some of the math, the strength should be better than the %damage if your strength without the axe is less than 9250.
Rampage doesn't matter for this calculation because it increases both the strength from the axe and your overall strength, so they cancel out for comparison reasons.
Is it that simple? My strength with just the devastator equipped is 8124. Even allowing for that to get higher as I gather better gear while weapon damage stays constant, being more than 1000 away from the break point would indicate the strength will be better for a while.
I think it is, because strength is a flat % boost to your damage per point, increasing your strength by a certain % will increase your damage by that same % (Yo dawg...). But yeah, the more strength you get the less powerful it becomes compared to %damage, that's how any stat works when it stacks additively with itself but multiplicatively with other stats. It is just a matter of comparisons and a little math.
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I recently got a Burning Axe of Sankis with the following stats (this is for an earthquake build, I have a devastator to go along with it):
2186.5 DPS
1444-1920 damage
1.3 attacks per second
1175-1422 fire damage
18% fire skills
8% damage
740 strength
Obviously, I intend to reroll for a socket; the question is strength or damage %. I know right now damage % doesn't affect the fire damage, but with the fix for that imminent I'd like to treat it as if it did. By the same token, I want to count Rampage's strength bonus, and I'll assume I have it maxed out at 25%.
So, if I did all the math right, the following weapons are my options:
Keeping Strength:
2149.6 DPS
1424-1883 damage
1.3 attacks per second
1175-1422 fire damage
18% fire skills damage
925 strength (counting rampage)
Open Socket
or
Keeping Damage %:
2321.8 DPS
1538-2034 damage
1.3 attacks per second
1269-1536 fire damage
18% Fire skills damage
8% damage
Open Socket
Unfortunately one last complication: if I keep the damage % I would use the axe in my main hand, but if I keep the strength I would use my devastator in my main hand. The devastator is 1447-1951 damage (no damage % so it won't change on the patch). For HOTA that won't matter but for earthquake it means losing the damage % does a little less than it otherwise would.
That's as far as I can get. I've tried a few of the DPS calculator websites and spreadsheets but they all seem to have quirks that make it difficult or impossible to get the answer I'm looking for. Does anyone know a good method to figure this out? Is it even close? I just don't know how to value the stats properly. I don't even know if any more information about my stats is needed to solve this, let me know if it is and I can provide them.
Rampage doesn't matter for this calculation because it increases both the strength from the axe and your overall strength, so they cancel out for comparison reasons.