Favorite zon builds

ganseng wrote: 18 hours ago

So guys I did make another zon
Spearzon this time.. obviously Breath of the Dying to be equipped
And question is,

Matriarchal Spear or

Matriarchal Pike?

Pike deals 12.5% more dmg, and build will prly have at least 95 IAS and lvl 12

Fanaticism.. so will there be a substantial advantage in breakpoints with the

Spear on

Jab and

Fend?

There are basically 3 options for the base each with their own tradeoffs:

*

Matriarchal Spear: good consistent damage, fastest attack speed, +skills
*

Matriarchal Pike: high damage, slower speed, +skills
*

Ghost Spear: high damage, fastest attack speed, no +skills

All three hit hard and are perfectly viable options (assuming ethereal of course).
I've run Chaos with all three of them and the difference is negligible (players 1 online).

ganseng wrote: 3 hours ago

hmm made botd out of an ethereal

Matriarchal Pike.. not sure it's optimized in every possible breakpoint, but it certainly feels godly!

It's fine for general gameplay at that breakpoint but not ideal like you said. If it really bothers you, you could try a Hustle (mat or ghost)

Spear on swap.

Fend can proc the

Burst of Speed fairly easily (esp. if surrounded) and once proc'd you'll have optimal attack breakpoints when you swap back to your

Pike.

thanks! i think the

Pike is pretty close to optimum with 60 ias on botd, 20 on gloves and lvl 12

Fanaticism from the merc.. maybe just 1 ias jewel missing

Duriel and meph took about 3 seconds each

btw if tooltip says max dmg 13k that means the very best you can get per hit is 52k (x2 from crit and x2 from amplify dmg), correct?

sor wrote: 59 minutes ago

ganseng wrote: 18 hours ago

So guys I did make another zon
Spearzon this time.. obviously Breath of the Dying to be equipped
And question is,

Matriarchal Spear or

Matriarchal Pike?

Pike deals 12.5% more dmg, and build will prly have at least 95 IAS and lvl 12

Fanaticism.. so will there be a substantial advantage in breakpoints with the

Spear on

Jab and

Fend?

There are basically 3 options for the base each with their own tradeoffs:

*

Matriarchal Spear: good consistent damage, fastest attack speed, +skills
*

Matriarchal Pike: high damage, slower speed, +skills
*

Ghost Spear: high damage, fastest attack speed, no +skills

All three hit hard and are perfectly viable options (assuming ethereal of course).
I've run Chaos with all three of them and the difference is negligible (players 1 online).

ganseng wrote: 3 hours ago

hmm made botd out of an ethereal

Matriarchal Pike.. not sure it's optimized in every possible breakpoint, but it certainly feels godly!

It's fine for general gameplay at that breakpoint but not ideal like you said. If it really bothers you, you could try a Hustle (mat or ghost)

Spear on swap.

Fend can proc the

Burst of Speed fairly easily (esp. if surrounded) and once proc'd you'll have optimal attack breakpoints when you swap back to your

Pike.