Hey guys, I just got a very nice ethereal Heaven's Light with 300ed and 2os (yes, I'm psyched) for my Frenzy Barb with EthStormlash in other hand (I know Grief is better than everything else, but I play with Mace Mastery).
My question is, other than the obvious Zod rune, what would you recommend as the second socket? For the sake of simplicity, let's assume all ias breakpoints are met. What would be best? Ohm? Lo? Ber?
Hey guys, I just got a very nice ethereal Heaven's Light with 300ed and 2os (yes, I'm psyched) for my Frenzy Barb with EthStormlash in other hand (I know Grief is better than everything else, but I play with Mace Mastery).
My question is, other than the obvious Zod rune, what would you recommend as the second socket? For the sake of simplicity, let's assume all ias breakpoints are met. What would be best? Ohm? Lo? Ber?
What do you use your Frenzy barb for? PvP/pvm? Specific farming or just fun smashy-smashy?
Ps i love maces too! Such a satisfying crunch when they connect
Heya, I do strictly PvM, almost never ubers and mostly focus on TZ, Chaos and Cows. I like to play different builds to keep the game "fresh", so I don't mind if they're not as good as Grief, as long as they work and are fun.
I always wanted to play with Mace-mastery types on D2R, since they're my favorite in any game that utilizes medieval weapons. So far I absolutely recognize that they're a lower tier than the aforementioned power-house that's dual Grief pbs, but it's just so fun to just reject the meta and explore alternatives.
Right now I'm inclined to go for Zod+Ohm on the EthHeaven's Light and pair it with EthStormlash on the off-hand, but I'm flexible and open to suggestions!
How about IAS jewel if it helps you reach the next breakpoint?
That's a good point, I forgot to mention the ias is taken care of due to act 1 rogue scout with Faith.
I'm not sure how to compare the dps I'd get from an Ohm in it versus a Lo, for example. Does the Lo double the tooltip damage when DS triggers or is the calculation different?
What’s all your other critical/deadly strike odds?
An extra 20% might not even add any value
If you’ve already got a good chunk from weapons mastery (probably 30%), then more from things like high lords and gore riders the extra 20% might only really increase your odds of doing double damage by like 12%… in which case increasing your base damage would actually increase your dps more significantly.
And if your not going up against bosses or high player counter elites very often the crushing blow wont help as much compared to pure ed
If you could wrangle your hands on a +30%ed, +9 strength, +9 Dex and any other mods rare jewel, it would be even better than an Ohm
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with 2/20/10 craft gloves (7-10), g-face (35) and gore (15) Heaven's Light (33) you take 90% crush and blow
deadly strike on Highlord and mastery enough
To my opinion better option is 15/40 jew and Ber and Lo are better included in the purchase price
if no need IAS how you say I forgot to mention the ias is taken care of due to act 1 rogue scout with Faith - better option Upped DMG - Ohm
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What’s all your other critical/deadly strike odds?
An extra 20% might not even add any value
If you’ve already got a good chunk from weapons mastery (probably 30%), then more from things like high lords and gore riders the extra 20% might only really increase your odds of doing double damage by like 12%… in which case increasing your base damage would actually increase your dps more significantly.
And if your not going up against bosses or high player counter elites very often the crushing blow wont help as much compared to pure ed
If you could wrangle your hands on a +30%ed, +9 strength, +9 Dex and any other mods rare jewel, it would be even better than an Ohm
Heya, my crit strike from mastery is 31% and I only have 15% DS at the moment. This is what I'm running, although I'm very flexible with gear:
with 2/20/10 craft gloves (7-10), g-face (35) and gore (15) Heaven's Light (33) you take 90% crush and blow
deadly strike on Highlord and mastery enough
To my opinion better option is 15/40 jew and Ber and Lo are better included in the purchase price
if no need IAS how you say I forgot to mention the ias is taken care of due to act 1 rogue scout with Faith - better option Upped DMG - Ohm
Thanks man, I'm also leaning towards Ohm right now. Will probably be socketing it today, so I'll let you guys know the verdict.
If your rocking Metalgrid you could try running a HustleIron Golem to get fanatism, then switch your merc to act 2 might, not as strong as Faith for ias, but if your frenzied it’ll probably still be close to if not at the same breakpoint, as long as you keep Battle Orders up your Iron Golem should be ok (but i’s not that expensive if it dies).
Ohm still is probably best in that case but a 40/15 would be a consideration as well
I think Iron Golem without Summon Mastery won't last much, but you have a good point. If I'm wearing the amulet anyway and the RW (Hustle) is cheap, why not try it anyway? Only problem is I play NL and Hustle weapons aren't exactly abundant. I'll make an attempt with a random weapon at first, just to see the survivability of the golem.
I love high min. damage on weapons too. Why the Cryptic Sword scares me lol.
haha, that the reason why I love Cryptic Sword. when I have Eth based Oath on hand, with my 500+ max demage, I can see the fears from these monsters miles away.
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