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Feb 21 2018 02:06am
I have a javazon right now that's my main on ladder. She's pretty solid currently with griffs with a -5/4 facet, enigma, SS with a 15 ias jewel/3 mana after each kill, etc.

I'm at a crossroads right now. I'm not trying to make a cookie cutter build, I like having enigma and mf on her as my solo char even if it's not the most efficient. I'm considering a change in gear to improve damage though, and there are 3 possible options:

I remove facet from griffs for an ias jewel, Um SS, and instead of resist charms I use 3 more java charms. So I lose -5/4 facet for +3 skills.

I keep facet, remove ias jewel from SS for Um, and add 3 charms. I gain +3 skills, but lose the ias BP (55% ias to 40%)

I keep things the way they are. Keep -5/4 facet, faster ias BP, no extra +skillers.

I know there are other options out there, but of these, which would maximize damage? I feel like having the faster ias bp with +3 skills at the expense of 1 facet is the best. Can anyone confirm this or give an example of how much damage a facet provides vs a +skill?

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Feb 21 2018 07:33am
3skill is ~12% dmg, and possibly +1bolt
ias bp is 10%dps for throw and 12.5%dps for cs.
+4% light dmg is ~3.5% more dmg
-5% res is completely dependent of what you're attacking. Against a 0lr monster under convi, it does literally nothing. Against a former light immune, it's +14% dmg.

options 1 and 2 are just making your build worse but then you add 3 skillers to compensate, i don't get why you don't also add 3 skillers in option 3.
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Quote (lilith0 @ Feb 21 2018 05:33am)
3skill is ~12% dmg, and possibly +1bolt
ias bp is 10%dps for throw and 12.5%dps for cs.
+4% light dmg is ~3.5% more dmg
-5% res is completely dependent of what you're attacking. Against a 0lr monster under convi, it does literally nothing. Against a former light immune, it's +14% dmg.

options 1 and 2 are just making your build worse but then you add 3 skillers to compensate, i don't get why you don't also add 3 skillers in option 3.



Thanks for the feedback! The problem is the only way I can make inventory space for 3 more skill charms is to um my SS for more resists and remove a bunch of resist scs from my inventory. If I kept things this way and tried to add the charms I would have terrible resists in hardcore.
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Feb 21 2018 10:53am
except it doesn't add up?
an um rune is 22@
so it takes as much room as 2 skillers at most?
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Feb 21 2018 01:50pm
Assuming you are not on hardcore...you don't need that much resists. My 95 Java is on HC and her resists are 55, 35, 75, -12. She runs Baal on player 8 with no close calls. Her dodge passives are ridiculously good with max block stormshield. Her set up is almost same as yours with infinity merc. Whatever you do...keep that ias Bp. I like the ias jewel in Ss. I would just play around with mf sc and skillers. Skillers are great but Java already does a crap load of dmg. Mf scs also come with resists too.
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Feb 21 2018 02:02pm
Quote (Lentil @ Feb 21 2018 08:50pm)
Assuming you are not on hardcore...

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in hardcore.


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