Quote (bigspot_05 @ May 11 2010 06:01am)

with a 2 socket scepter, you still make all your bps for speed and such.

the only downside to that scepter is range 2, versus range 3 from a flail

Quote (Ass_Hat @ May 11 2010 02:04am)

my smiter uses both a flail and an amp scepter

Quote (elusive @ May 11 2010 06:03am)

range 2 vs range 3
having to put yourself in a melee position for a bit for tvt, 5% is 1/20 hit
not sure on ias BPs, but not having 20-30% on your weapon probably will drop you a frame

overall i dont see the need to neglect a 2 pcombat/30 ias/2 sock flail for 5% amp.  the 3 Fanct helps, but i highly doubt enough to outweigh an optimal smiter weapon

at 30 im fairly sure by the time you smite 20 times, the duel is over.  granted if it procs first 2-3 smites you'll get a huge benefit, but otherwise i cant see it playing a giant factor

Quote (Ass_Hat @ May 11 2010 02:08am)

again, range 3 is only helpful in some situations. A smiter that actually participates in non toe to toe duels should have both a scpeter and a flail. You need not sacrafice anything. ALso, base ias on a war scepter is not needed. You can hit max smite bp with only 40 ias (2 shaels) on your wep.

And...in smite vs smite or smite vs melee duels amp procs probably 1/3 to half of the time.

Quote (Spohnholtz @ May 11 2010 04:18am)