Opinion: Single Player Infinity Base

justinman114 wrote: 3 days ago

Yes, the sometimes up to 2 second delay to apply it to enemies. I thought that was gone if self wielding, maybe I'm wrong?

You're not wrong about the delay, but's far less noticeable when it's on you compared to your merc because you're carrying it and... most importantly, you get your -45 to -55 LR instantly. With a sunder, you're hitting lightning immune monsters for decent damage even without Conviction hitting. Honestly, Conviction is a secondary feature of Infinity when self-wielding. I think Conviction offers like -17 LR to immunes. Far less than you're carrying... especially if you have a colossus jewel, renewed sunder, griffons, facets, etc.

I would probably self wield Infinity even if it didn't have Conviction aura. The natural competitor would be Crescent Moon and a 4os Monarch with facets. Which you could get up to -55 LR and then have +20% lightning damage (which is not much because it stacks with Lightning Mastery). Yea I'd still go Infinity for the MF and run/walk.

departure wrote: 3 days ago

justinman114 wrote: 3 days ago

Yes, the sometimes up to 2 second delay to apply it to enemies. I thought that was gone if self wielding, maybe I'm wrong?

You're not wrong about the delay, but's far less noticeable when it's on you compared to your merc because you're carrying it and... most importantly, you get your -45 to -55 LR instantly. With a sunder, you're hitting lightning immune monsters for decent damage even without Conviction hitting. Honestly, Conviction is a secondary feature of Infinity when self-wielding. I think Conviction offers like -17 LR to immunes. Far less than you're carrying... especially if you have a colossus jewel, renewed sunder, griffons, facets, etc.

I would probably self wield Infinity even if it didn't have Conviction aura. The natural competitor would be Crescent Moon and a 4os Monarch with facets. Which you could get up to -55 LR and then have +20% lightning damage (which is not much because it stacks with Lightning Mastery). Yea I'd still go Infinity for the MF and run/walk.

I might try my current setup (Crescent Moon Runeword with Spirit) and do what someone else suggested and dump points into Warmth instead of ES. Maybe do a half HP half MP setup too. Idk, I will have to tinker. Eventually I can forsee having the runes to make another Infinity anyways lmao

justinman114 wrote: 3 days ago

departure wrote: 3 days ago

justinman114 wrote: 3 days ago

Yeah it will be slightly sketchy with Conviction delay but I guess it's still gonna be pretty OP.

What do you mean Conviction delay? Just the time that it takes for Conviction to affect surrounding monsters?

Yes, the sometimes up to 2 second delay to apply it to enemies. I thought that was gone if self wielding, maybe I'm wrong?

Common misconception. It applies to all auras, it’s just how the game code was written. You can tell when you tp around with Infinity it takes a moment for the enemies around you to show the green Conviction aura even if you are self wielding.

justinman114 wrote: 3 days ago

I might try my current setup (Crescent Moon Runeword with Spirit) and do what someone else suggested and dump points into Warmth instead of ES. Maybe do a half HP half MP setup too. Idk, I will have to tinker. Eventually I can forsee having the runes to make another Infinity anyways lmao

Self wielding the Mancatcher with ES will be better. That is unless you're absolutely strapped for FCR.

20 from gloves, 20 from head (something like hellwardens maybe?), 30 from vipermagi, 20 from rings. You still need 15 at the amulet unless you have arach or gheeds... I guess you could craft a Belt though.

departure wrote: 3 days ago

justinman114 wrote: 3 days ago

I might try my current setup (Crescent Moon Runeword with Spirit) and do what someone else suggested and dump points into Warmth instead of ES. Maybe do a half HP half MP setup too. Idk, I will have to tinker. Eventually I can forsee having the runes to make another Infinity anyways lmao

Self wielding the Mancatcher with ES will be better. That is unless you're absolutely strapped for FCR.

20 from gloves, 20 from head (something like hellwardens maybe?), 30 from vipermagi, 20 from rings. You still need 15 at the amulet unless you have arach or gheeds... I guess you could craft a Belt though.

FCR wouldn't be a problem, I was just assuming that str/dex req would leave me with a lot less hp/mp. It might not be so bad though.

D369 wrote: 21 hours ago

I would shy completely away from Self-wield and just make a Merc Infinity.

Nova sorc is about +skills and having Infinity on merc is amazing say on a Mang Song Nova or even Eschuta does well. You also can't really make a powerful Javazon without one on your Merc.

There's just too many builds where Infinity Merc is BIS

Yeah I forgot to update, but I went ahead and made it in one of my Eth Mancatcher s

D369 wrote: 5 hours ago

mikelessar wrote: 19 hours ago

D369 wrote: 21 hours ago

I would shy completely away from Self-wield and just make a Merc Infinity.

Nova sorc is about +skills...

No, Nova Sorc damage is not just about +skills. Equally important is minus enemy lightning res. That's what a self-wield Infi provides. -45% to -55% to enemy light res is huge! And you don't get that if your merc wears the Infi. If a Merc Infi were enough, Nova Sorcs would use Hoto or Crescent Moon Runeword + Spirit (more offensive) or Phoenix (more defensive). Mang's is too weak for a Nova Sorc. She has many better options.

The numbers just don't show that. The minus enemy res on the Infinity clearly is helpful and goes without saying on that side of things. The funny part is - recent numbers show that to non-immune targets - Mang Song's is stronger and the strongest Cow farmer over Self-wield Infinity. To immune targets that need to be broken - Infinity wins there. Due to much of the game being non-immune, and having FCR on the weapon - Mangs is extremely competitive as an option. I know the old guard doesn't like this being the case but the data is there and can't be argued with.

here's a Onedrive link (hope it's allowed) to an Excel sheet with the damage numbers:

https://1drv.ms/i/c/f7b0d703893d72e4/IQ ... Y?e=VZapY7

Mang Song's was considered a bad weapon before RotW and it only became relevant for WL since he can use it with one hand.
A sorc has always better options.

When clearing general areas, Infinity wins. When looking at specific areas, like cows, then thins like Obsession can beat Infinity and they will always surpass Mann Song's.

The issue with Excel based "proof" is that it's average damage is not the right Metrik, you have to take a look at kill speed. If you deal 10x the damage of their life pool to one enemy bot 0 damage to another, your average damage looks great but you kill speed sucks. So it basically comes down to: how fast can you kill the enemy with the highest resistance towards your build.

If you want to prove your claim, you have to get out of excel and do enough runs and measure the actual clear speed.