can anyone explain giant thresher value for me?

I found an ethereal 4os one in the pits, looked it up on

Arreat Summit as I normally find CVs, threshers, CAs etc and saw the damage is lower, so I was surprised to sell this for a

Lo, (ladder) why are they so coveted? thanks

best speed for max dps

Thresher or

Giant Thresher

Andariel's Visage + ias jewel
Treachery

ok, that makes sense, speeds are listed as [-10]
D - Very Fast
N, P, S - Fast
Ama, Asn, B - Normal

gosh, learnt something today

And you cannot get 4 sockets with

Larzuk quest (

Thresher 5,

Giant Thresher 6), that increase their price a little too

Renton212 wrote: 4 hours ago

ok, that makes sense, speeds are listed as [-10]
D - Very Fast
N, P, S - Fast
Ama, Asn, B - Normal

gosh, learnt something today

When reading item speed, the lower the number, the better. So -10 is really fast, 0 is slower, 10 is even slower, etc. I kinda still like

Thresher better just because it looks cooler lol. I think in most cases you are splitting hairs with which one is effectively better.

justinman114 wrote: 3 hours ago

Renton212 wrote: 4 hours ago

ok, that makes sense, speeds are listed as [-10]
D - Very Fast
N, P, S - Fast
Ama, Asn, B - Normal

gosh, learnt something today

When reading item speed, the lower the number, the better. So -10 is really fast, 0 is slower, 10 is even slower, etc. I kinda still like

Thresher better just because it looks cooler lol. I think in most cases you are splitting hairs with which one is effectively better.

aesthetics are important, I rolled a Coven in a

Demonhead and felt ashamed till I got a

Bone Visage version

Renton212 wrote: 3 hours ago

justinman114 wrote: 3 hours ago

Renton212 wrote: 4 hours ago

ok, that makes sense, speeds are listed as [-10]
D - Very Fast
N, P, S - Fast
Ama, Asn, B - Normal

gosh, learnt something today

When reading item speed, the lower the number, the better. So -10 is really fast, 0 is slower, 10 is even slower, etc. I kinda still like

Thresher better just because it looks cooler lol. I think in most cases you are splitting hairs with which one is effectively better.

aesthetics are important, I rolled a Coven in a

Demonhead and felt ashamed till I got a

Bone Visage version

Bone Visage >

Demonhead all day

justinman114 wrote: 3 hours ago

I kinda still like

Thresher better just because it looks cooler lol.

Sadly, it's not visible on Desert Merc...

Trang Oul wrote: 3 hours ago

justinman114 wrote: 3 hours ago

I kinda still like

Thresher better just because it looks cooler lol.

Sadly, it's not visible on Desert Merc...

This is true lol. I do appreciate getting to see it on my

Nova sorc though (well, it's a

Scythe, but still)

There used to be theses and publications about which polearm in which combination has the best DPS, and how things could be situational depending on whether your main targets would be boss fights or mob packs, etc etc. People argue about that stuff with formulas and spreadsheets.

That started to die down quite a bit after Sunder Charms were introduced, as many toons could then effectively take care of business themselves, and merc DPS isn't that crucial anymore - they became more of the aura(s) providers.

Then with how OP Warlocks along with their bound demon are in RotW, the importance of merc goes down further. So many times I wish my merc would just cower in a safe corner holding up that aura stick, and don't go suicide charging towards a T5

Herald pack. His dps along with the weapon he is using become negligible.

So yea, different polearm bases still have different valuation, but not as drastically different as before.

Bisu wrote: 2 hours ago

[..] So many times I wish my merc would just cower in a safe corner holding up that aura stick, and don't go suicide charging towards a T5

Herald pack. [..]

No kidding..A2 mercs learning to just gtfo instead of suiciding on every

Thorns

Herald would be phenomenal.

Schnorki wrote: 2 hours ago

Bisu wrote: 2 hours ago

[..] So many times I wish my merc would just cower in a safe corner holding up that aura stick, and don't go suicide charging towards a T5

Herald pack. [..]

No kidding..A2 mercs learning to just gtfo instead of suiciding on every

Thorns

Herald would be phenomenal.

Like a moth drawn to a flame... smh

Bisu wrote: 2 hours ago

So many times I wish my merc would just cower in a safe corner holding up that aura stick, and don't go suicide charging towards a T5

Herald pack. His dps along with the weapon he is using become negligible.

We all know the the merc AI is asinine. My smiter's A5 merc goes full looney toon on one specific occasion. Uber Duriel. I don't know what it is but 9 times out of 10 he won't attack

Duriel. He will just stand there. Sometimes getting hit sometimes not. Sometimes he will putz around or just stand there. But almost never engage Uber Duriel. Literally any other monster or boss, he acts like his normal suicidal self.