Hello all,
It seems the only desired auto-mods for paladin shields are the all resistance ones.
are there any cases in which the enhanced damage auto mods would be considered useful, or perhaps even super valuable?
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Hello all,
It seems the only desired auto-mods for paladin shields are the all resistance ones.
are there any cases in which the enhanced damage auto mods would be considered useful, or perhaps even super valuable?
It seems the only desired auto-mods for paladin shields are the all resistance ones.
are there any cases in which the enhanced damage auto mods would be considered useful, or perhaps even super valuable?
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Simply put, if you need the res, then yeah, that'll win. If you don't bother with physical attacks (hammerdins and the like), res also wins.
If you get the res elsewhere but do actually use physical attacks, then ED/AR will win.
For an uber smiter, you're typically going to prefer res, even more so if you don't want to invest into Conviction or Salvation, meaning you actually need to hit 300 (or 305 with typical gear) to Cap against Mephisto.
But for other physical builds, say an allrounder zealot or even some constellations of uber smiter gearing, you are set on res and want that extra ed/ar.
If you get the res elsewhere but do actually use physical attacks, then ED/AR will win.
For an uber smiter, you're typically going to prefer res, even more so if you don't want to invest into Conviction or Salvation, meaning you actually need to hit 300 (or 305 with typical gear) to Cap against Mephisto.
But for other physical builds, say an allrounder zealot or even some constellations of uber smiter gearing, you are set on res and want that extra ed/ar.
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Most people don't think of the enhanced damage being viable but that's only cause they're smiters. Yes a Shields ed won't effect Smite but Zeal, Charge, Vengeance all do.
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Actually, off-weapon ED works just fine with Smite. Even though the LCS doesn't show it.
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Really ? Cause my Eth Exile has 55%ed Akaran Rondache does same damage as a plain Akaran Rondache. And my upped HoZ still does more than either.
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It does do more damage. However, it..Cinomed541 wrote: 4 years agoReally ? Cause my Eth Exile has 55%ed Akaran Rondache does same damage as a plain Akaran Rondache. And my upped HoZ still does more than either.
a) does not affect the base Smite damage of the shield (so the shield itself shows the same dmg, unlike a weapon with ed would) but works the same as any other off-weapon ED (e.g. Fortitude)
and b) does not show that improved damage on the (lying) character screen (aka LCS)
The same is true for Grief's flat +damage for example which is fully added to your base Smite damage but doesn't show up on your character screen.
Smite is a bit annoying to really work out in that regard because some things work, others work but don't show on your stats screen so they seem like they don't work even though they do and some others don't work at all.
See https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=3532193 for example to get a better idea of all of those annoyingly confusing differences.
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I'm gonna be so happy in an hour when I get home to test this. I thought I made a stupid trade getting this Exile and not seeing any buff. I've had it since around Thanksgiving, bought my friend a couple beers for it and it's kinda just sat in storage ever since. Now if that's the case what gloves should I use instead of dracs ? Lol, threw my whole idea of Shields upside down.
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Well, you may not be able to really see a difference, especially with an Akaran Rondache.
The more ED you already have (fort, auras, ...), the less of a real difference the comparatively minor ed on your shield really makes. If you combine that with a shield that has a variable dmg range (such as your Akaran Rondache), you may have a hard time really seeing a difference, even though it is there.
There's other pieces that make it fairly obvious though, such as adding a Grief for the flat dmg bonus from it (night and day) and adding a Fortitude when your only other ed so far was your Fanaticism for example. You can very easily immediately tell the difference in those cases.
Something like a Zakarum Shield makes it easier to tell as well, thanks to the extremely stable damage it provides.
As for the gloves, once you get Exile to cover Life Tap needs, Steelrend remain my personal favorite for a smiter. Before Exile, it obviously remains drac's.
The more ED you already have (fort, auras, ...), the less of a real difference the comparatively minor ed on your shield really makes. If you combine that with a shield that has a variable dmg range (such as your Akaran Rondache), you may have a hard time really seeing a difference, even though it is there.
There's other pieces that make it fairly obvious though, such as adding a Grief for the flat dmg bonus from it (night and day) and adding a Fortitude when your only other ed so far was your Fanaticism for example. You can very easily immediately tell the difference in those cases.
Something like a Zakarum Shield makes it easier to tell as well, thanks to the extremely stable damage it provides.
As for the gloves, once you get Exile to cover Life Tap needs, Steelrend remain my personal favorite for a smiter. Before Exile, it obviously remains drac's.
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Cool, I have all of those but use CoH since the Exile doesn't have res, just to be safe for Mephisto even with TGods. Was just gonna smash Diablo a couple times and see what my TTK is.
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