Why use Ele Focus over Slower Proj? Isn't losing out on Shock a significant DPS loss? I suppose if it isn't 20% more dmg then 50% more from Ele Focus is obviously better than 30% more from Slower Proj, but yeah.
My question is this: Would it be better for me to use the 2 other flat ele dmg gems (Immolate & Added Cold) due to how Piscator's doesn't have its own damage? I know the build has quite a decent amount of Lightning Scaling, but I suppose I could spec out of the lightning nodes in favor of more general ones.
1) Shock got nerfed in 3.0, it's like 10-15% dmg increase on high hp bosses, so ele focus is definitely worth it. Also, we get shock from vinktar's.
2) Even with piscator's those flat ele gems give you nowhere near as much damage as something like lightning pen/crit dmg/slower proj.
Remembered about shock from Vinktar's after posting. Also I didn't know about shock getting nerfed.
Also when you say Crit Dmg you mean only when using a Diamond Flask right? Or is it better than Crit Strikes no matter what? The guide says you should switch to Crit Dmg with a Diamond flask, but I know guides aren't infallible.
@crayolamix:
If PoB says your wand is better, then it might actually be. You may want to make sure your PoB client is up to date, but otherwise what it says is probably correct. It probably depends on your gear whether or not Pisc is actually as good as it is for me. Mine has 16 ias and 9.05 base crit chance, which may be why it's so good. Perhaps the Piscator's you're comparing to was set to low stats? I think the attack speed and crit rolls are the most important part in terms of getting the most DPS out of it
Why use Ele Focus over Slower Proj? Isn't losing out on Shock a significant DPS loss? I suppose if it isn't 20% more dmg then 50% more from Ele Focus is obviously better than 30% more from Slower Proj, but yeah.
My question is this: Would it be better for me to use the 2 other flat ele dmg gems (Immolate & Added Cold) due to how Piscator's doesn't have its own damage? I know the build has quite a decent amount of Lightning Scaling, but I suppose I could spec out of the lightning nodes in favor of more general ones.
1) Shock got nerfed in 3.0, it's like 10-15% dmg increase on high hp bosses, so ele focus is definitely worth it. Also, we get shock from vinktar's.
2) Even with piscator's those flat ele gems give you nowhere near as much damage as something like lightning pen/crit dmg/slower proj.
Remembered about shock from Vinktar's after posting. Also I didn't know about shock getting nerfed.
Also when you say Crit Dmg you mean only when using a Diamond Flask right? Or is it better than Crit Strikes no matter what? The guide says you should switch to Crit Dmg with a Diamond flask, but I know guides aren't infallible.
@crayolamix:
If PoB says your wand is better, then it might actually be. You may want to make sure your PoB client is up to date, but otherwise what it says is probably correct. It probably depends on your gear whether or not Pisc is actually as good as it is for me. Mine has 16 ias and 9.05 base crit chance, which may be why it's so good. Perhaps the Piscator's you're comparing to was set to low stats? I think the attack speed and crit rolls are the most important part in terms of getting the most DPS out of it
Ah yep maybe if I had a better rolled piscators it would be better than my wand... my piscators is nothing special. 15% ias and 24% crit
Also when you say Crit Dmg you mean only when using a Diamond Flask right? Or is it better than Crit Strikes no matter what? The guide says you should switch to Crit Dmg with a Diamond flask, but I know guides aren't infallible.
In terms of pure dps crit dmg is always better than crit strikes unless your crit chance is abysmal, but like OP said earlier, crit strikes gives more consistent dps.
Need help with the upgrade. I can do up to tier 15 with ease but guardian screw me over. Should i change the amulet for something with resist's or can i go full mf cuz the drops are really bad.
Need help with the upgrade. I can do up to tier 15 with ease but guardian screw me over. Should i change the amulet for something with resist's or can i go full mf cuz the drops are really bad.
For you as well: Diamond Flask is a huge Damage upgrade.
Otherwise you gear looks fine for guardians. You have to manually dodge some attacks that can oneshot you.
Maybe try to up your total HP, it seems to be rather low.
For you as well: Diamond Flask is a huge Damage upgrade.
Otherwise you gear looks fine for guardians. You have to manually dodge some attacks that can oneshot you.
Maybe try to up your total HP, it seems to be rather low.
Just curious, what are you saying he should switch Diamond Flask with? Stibnite? How much Evasion do you think you'd want without the 100% from Stibnite before you can "safely" switch it out?
As as aside: I remember OP saying the build is reflect safe with enough evasion, but I still die on reflect maps with ~55-60k. I stopped doing them because it's the only mod I can't handle, but I'm just wondering how it's supposed to be reflect safe without getting extremely lucky. Main reason I'm asking is because if you suggest switching out an evasion flask for Diamond, then it seems even less likely to do reflect maps without a LOT more evasion from gear.
For you as well: Diamond Flask is a huge Damage upgrade.
Otherwise you gear looks fine for guardians. You have to manually dodge some attacks that can oneshot you.
Maybe try to up your total HP, it seems to be rather low.
Just curious, what are you saying he should switch Diamond Flask with? Stibnite? How much Evasion do you think you'd want without the 100% from Stibnite before you can "safely" switch it out?
As as aside: I remember OP saying the build is reflect safe with enough evasion, but I still die on reflect maps with ~55-60k. I stopped doing them because it's the only mod I can't handle, but I'm just wondering how it's supposed to be reflect safe without getting extremely lucky. Main reason I'm asking is because if you suggest switching out an evasion flask for Diamond, then it seems even less likely to do reflect maps without a LOT more evasion from gear.
He should switch out the life flask. We almost never take 2 hits before we have leeched back the first hit (especially with vinktars up). And if we do, its probably so fast we couldn't use the life flask in time.
Diamond Flask gives us just so much damage and more damage guarantees killing the bosses while our flasks are up, so it also makes it more safe.
