I'm using a Fury Druid (L82 with an Oath Ethereal Feral Axe at the moment).
At first my end goal was to get an Ethereal Breath of the Dying (but at the moment I don't have base or a Zod...
Someone suggested me to use a Death instead of Breath of the Dying as it is cheaper and it would be almost as good (I don't have the base either yet... but have the runes
As I started to compare both runewords and did some calculations with my Druid,
it seems to me that Death will actually be better than Breath of the Dying in my case
Am I missing something? Or are my thoughs rights?
Comparison:
* draw / close values / not relevant:
- Indestructible: Both give
- Mana Stolen: Both give
- Life Stolen: Only Breath of the Dying gives, but Fury Druid doesn't need it on equipment (thanks to Feral Rage)
- Prevent Monster Heal: only Breath of the Dying has, but I do not have it now and I'm not missing it yet... anyway I may use something on the off-hand/inventory with Prevent Monster Heal or equip something with Open Wounds.
- 30 To All Attributes: For me at the moment damage has priority over the extra life.
- Bases: Breath of the Dying has more options, so may be easier to find one Ethereal, but I will probably find a Death Ethereal base before a Zod anyway...
And about the damage/speed of the bases, Death may be done of a Silver-Edged Axe which have the same average damage as Great Poleaxe (and for the Druid the 2h axes are faster
* Death wins:
- Total damage (it's the debatable one): They have similar "Enhanced Damage". Additionally Breath of the Dying has 60% Increased Attack Speed and 30 Strength, while Death has 40+% Deadly Strike which seems to have more effect in the end, at least with my equipment and skills (on my calculations a minimum roll Death does just a little less damage than a max roll Breath of the Dying, while an average roll Death superpass it)
- Attack Ratting: Death gives a little more.
- Crushing Blow: only Death have, and is very high
- Crowd Control: on paper at least, the Glacial Spike On Attack, seem like a very good extra
* Breath of the Dying wins:
- Enhanced Damage: Breath of the Dying wins (buy not for much... and on "Total damage" Death wins
Calculations:
https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/yh01vont
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