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Jan 13 2017 11:10am
Quote (Schwegs @ Jan 13 2017 10:09am)
Less damage than what?

40ED/9 str would be best overall damage output?

I am saying what would be ideal for vs say a necro where AR is totally irrelevant, what jewel will do the most possible damage in either a g face or arreats ?


well, less than almost anything.

if for example you put it in a helm it would increase your max dmg by exactly 15 and multiply your MIN dmg by 40%. so all of the 3/xx/20s in your inventory would NOT be multiplied by the 40 ed.

unless you're using some sort of strange inventory your best choice is likely 40-9str in terms of dmg, in terms of best build you'd need to provide a lot more to be certain. like how many jewels total you're socket-ting and what gear are you using.

Quote (Belarathon @ Jan 13 2017 11:07am)
You could also consider using a 40ed/7fhr jewel if it would allow you to make other beneficial gear swaps that would outweigh the ed from str. Just something to think about.


perfect example of needing more information and what goals your build has

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Jan 13 2017 11:14am
100% perfect gear, GOD, BOD, nigma trangs arachs hlords, 33x 32020s and 4x 5fhr/11lites

Only sockets would be in the helms, coa, arreats, gface. Figuring coa for pubs/phys damage.... arreats vs elemental damage and hammerdins... g face vs necros.... trying to find the right sockets for each accordingly

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100% perfect gear, GOD, BOD, nigma trangs arachs hlords, 33x 32020s and 5x 5fhr/11lites

Only sockets would be in the helms, coa, arreats, gface. Figuring coa for pubs/phys damage.... arreats vs elemental damage and hammerdins... g face vs necros.... trying to find the right sockets for each accordingly


any preference for your FHR bp?

the last time i built an HLD bvc, in like 1.10 or 1.11, i found gface to be the best option in all duels except vs. phys (bowas mainly as chargers are a joke matchup). I never saw the reason to wear arreats over it. but given that i had no hybrids i'm sure some people can chime in with more recent knowledge.

just at a glance it seems you could trade the 5/11 for a 3/20/20 with a rarejewel, didn't look up automods to see if that's possible, then maybe come out ahead.
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Jan 13 2017 11:26am
Quote (thesnipa @ Jan 13 2017 01:19pm)
any preference for your FHR bp?

the last time i built an HLD bvc, in like 1.10 or 1.11, i found gface to be the best option in all duels except vs. phys (bowas mainly as chargers are a joke matchup). I never saw the reason to wear arreats over it. but given that i had no hybrids i'm sure some people can chime in with more recent knowledge.

just at a glance it seems you could trade the 5/11 for a 3/20/20 with a rarejewel, didn't look up automods to see if that's possible, then maybe come out ahead.



Well each of those helms offer 30 FHR, so if I keep 4x FHR scs, I'll always be at the 48 breakpoint. High defense hammerdins I though arreats might be better, and 30 resist vs sorcs sounds nice too, that's only times I would pick arreats. I should have a few 5 resist or 11 resist scs for safe keeping so that and the extra 18-20FHR are like two birds to me
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How about 30max jewel. I got it in my GFace and it added more than 750 damage in the character screen.
In my build it makes more damage than 40ed/9str (49%ED).
My total ED = 2400+%
So with eTomb setup i will have + 750 max damage from 30max jewel, or i will have 110 to min and 507 to max damage with 40ed/9st jewel.
750 to max damage = 375 average damage
110-507 damage = 308 average damage
375>308
I also got 17min/14max jewel which even better than those.
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50 max jool what I use
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