I have a chest with dex/vit/ar and sentry+15%, i need some input regarding that though, 840 dex vs 15% sentry ? any thoughts ? which would be more benefical ? im thinking the dex...but the chest rolls is already up to a Million per attempt
Not even a question - Dexterity by far - If its a Marauder continue rolling if not don't waste more gold.
I'm an EQ barb so this might be a dumb question since I gained almost 30% elite damage + 18% fire dmg from the stone of Jordan + 7% cool down but no CC or CD - The sheet dps is a 20% damage loss putting on the SoJ but clearly is the better ring - unless I'm missing something else? (I rolled fire on the soj because it was cold, hence why I don't have CC)
Managed to get a usable physical SoJ. Does more damage than lightning, probably overall more than fire. Crits aren't as large as fire but overall damage appears to be higher due to the rockets. I gotta say I like the feeling of fire better, assuming Cindercoat as the one non-set piece. Maybe that would change if I had a tasker and theo for my physical build but I don't and Kadala doesn't seem to have them in stock. Still prefer the lightning I've been running over both. Spotting an elite pack and killing it almost exactly where you saw it on T6 is a good feeling. I experimented going physical while running with my friend and HIS survivability (barbarian) was noticeably lower. There's a toughness increase that you're not going to see on your character sheet when things simply can't attack you.
Nice feedback bro! I like the feeling of physical more than anything. I run lightning build when I have a low toughness t6 group to help them - although mobs take longer to clear it definitely lowers deaths by a large margin. I just got my taskers and theos last night but I don't have maraduers chest piece yet so I have to wait to test out but I can only imagine its going to boost my dps even more when I run physical. At this point I don't see myself returning to fire unless I need a change of things (due to boredom)
I picked up a 10%dam nats bow with socket 2602dps, the max hit on it is the min hit from my ballista.
I can test it later but the problem i see is you lose your soj or granduer. Can only replace the boots or the chest and keep your 6pc maurader.
"One question, why Buriza? Does the additional pierces work for sentry firing spenders like DA and MS?"
multishot always pierces so it doesnt matter, Da is a generator, not a spender so sentrys wont cast it.
The 1h Nat's will not be better, you told me this in-game that 1h take 5 mins+ to kill t6 rift bosses. If any bow for T6 it would be calamity for its 20% damage buff not a Nat's.
Like i said, in equal gear the phy build will pull ahead due to pets damage.
Why do ppl use TA? Id rather use hot pursuit since sentrys and pets proc it. But there are much better choices unless speed farming bounties.
I will agree, the lightning spec even with all the lightning gear you can muster, is definitely not going to out damage physical or even fire. I consider it a utility build and has allowed me to do T6.
As far as why I personally use TA, I want the speed boost when I need it when I use my "get out of dodge" cooldown. Speed from hot pursuit is nice but if it's not on when I need it to be on there's not much I can do about it other than die.
Nice input. What about your thoughts on fire vs physical. I myself prefer physical.
Unless you have less than 250% Crit damage without Manticore, this can't be, since even crit multiplier will only be 10% higher than without the 35% cd at this point. If you got more crit damage, it falls off even more, while the 10% damage affix ALWAYS gives a flat 10% damage increase in noncrits AND crits.
So even in this case it's more efficient than the critdmg. And this doesn't even factor in the dodge chance you get from dex
i crit 50% of the time, and im seeing 1-2m more dmg than my hellrack. People are overrated with the %dmg thingie.
Sheet dps may look nice, however ...
Your crits will be higher, since you have 35% more crit damage bonus, but the noncrits, which are the 50% of your shots, will be lower.
As andreaseis says, the global overcome of the situation favors 10% dmg over 35% cdb (with 50% crit chance, the inflection point is in at 150% cdb). Also, it does not depend on speed, movement, time spent dpsing, elemental damage... it's just flat damage averaged over all your shots, so "sheet" damage is accurate in this case.
Actually what I am saying is that even your crits will be lower with 35% crit damage than with 10% damage once you get over +250% critdmg.
With 250% critdmg your crits will do 350% of base dmg, so with additional +35% critdamage, you will deal 10% more damage with crits. Once you get more crit damage, the increase will be even less. But with +10% damage on your weapon, you will always do 10% more damage with crits AND non crits
so are you saying a high end damage hellrack w/ 10% damage is not as good as a lower end damage manticore with 35%cd?
I'm not convinced that the Marauder set actually exists haha!
The only set piece I have ever seen drop is Blackthornes despite five level 70 characters and constant DH play. . .so the notion that some people have a 6-set bonus (5 pieces assuming you use the ring of grandeur) is insane to me lol.
haha it took me some time I got the shadow set almost twice over before I got 6 piece Marauder. I got my boots, leggings from Kadala and my gloves from a friend although Kadala gave me a better pair later on.
I have yet to try lightning - do you mind linking me your lightning build that you tested with. I have a lightning soj + lightning amulet - I would just have to get some lightning bracers. I agree I'm very content with my physical build and I don't think I will be switching anytime soon - I play with groups 90% of the time i'm on.
Some of that is obviously personal preference. This is with a Kridershot. I've tried it without a Krider and substituted EA in for Rain. I'm aware of the turret "bug" that causes them not to fire as effectively / utilize your IAS when using EA. The point of this build, for me, is to keep them stunned and away from me, not blow them up immediately.
If you're more twitch than I am, you could swap out smoke screen for vault. I like smoke screen because I'm old and slow. If you don't like rain but have a Krider and like everything else, you can put whatever else you want in that slot as long as it's not MS or Impale, as those will then cycle into the turret fire, causing them to shoot less stunning shots. If you don't have a Krider or don't want to use it but want the turrent to shoot the stunning EA, put the EA where Rain is and pick the generator of your choice.
The passives are, again, somewhat personal choice. TA is pretty mandatory IMO and there's no good reason not to choose Archery but the other two are survivability and help keep me alive when I derp into some ground effect. I'll often switch out Awareness for a DPS passive, especially if I'm not on T6.
This is certainly not the most damaging build, even with all gear being equal I don't think you could make this hit as hard as fire OR physical, but there's no way anything else is going to keep stuff as stunned as this does.
Its all gear dependant, i gain 100% crit damage and 800 vit in fire gear.
I'm not happy with this Chad. You clearly stated that "Physical" was best and you voted "Fire". I don't have a fire SOJ so I have to wait to test fire.
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