i find amply to be used on a weapon that is supposed to oneshot you.
a rare bow with amply is very nice coz it need x hit to kill you and one of these could proc amply (5 time out of 100 hit!)

the low level, as already stated, is a clear 13/10

its not about the amp, its about the 1str that works like enchannted dammage and replenish life because merc might get hurt

yeah indeed, but my statement was related on the fact that amply on rare weapon =/= autotrophy.
on some weapons is more useful than on others and, unfortunately, this is the best example of a weapon where amply is useless

Both Crap

no

if only ghoul had 2 sockets and repair mod

Stats:



Speed:
my merc hits 6.5 frame attack with simple 120/45 helm and 40/15 in wepeon

Even if you used ebotd you would only be reaching .5 frame faster than me... so the ias is really unecessary to be honest, I make up for it with rest of gear



Damage:
I already told you, even though ebotd does 63% more enhanced damage than mine after I jewel pike, it makes up for it with 5% chance of EVERY CONSECUTIVE HIT to be double damage... way more valuable than 63% more ed


Aura:
I'm using this on a paladin that uses blessed hammer.... why do I need conviction aura? why do I need meditation if I'm a paladin with redemption and meditation?
Exactly....
My paladin doesn't needa merc with an aura... his Might is plenty


Deadly Strike:
Everyone said to Lo rune this, which I might change my mind and do this, If I get a deadly strike hit with amp damage it could reach upwards of 40k damage per swing max

Crushing blow:
Yes this item lacks crushing blow, but so does every other viable option for mercenary, Instead of lowering the boss life by percentage it just does so much damage it takes percentages of life out per swing


life leech

I already get 8-10% life leech from helm, when you are doing this much damage it doesn't need more than that... when your using amplify damage it essentially gets doubled anyways
basically, if my merc is doing over 10k-20k damage with amp it is healing for 1k-2k life per swing... why do I need more life leeching than he has total life? pointless









those are my reasons why this is better than ebotd

Also, This is a trophy forum... How can you compare a rare priceless pike such as this to something as common as Ebotd?

Why not just look at the beauty in an item that isn't "Common" and is more one of a kind

And this is on hardcore, the trophy's you guys normally are used too are all on softcore, this is a different realm where stuff like this just doesn't really exist

How are you using a 120/45 helm and yet also getting LL from helm? #mindblown

Literally everyone in the subforum told you the lvl 13 pike was trash, how did you even think it was a idea to post it in the trophy room

Garbage. For PVM a Reaper's & Gulli setup is superior.

For PVP people use things like this https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=73165612&f=340, that's if they aren't using an act 5 merc.

The LLD Pike is terrible, even a non-eth Pike with 6 x 20/15 has 238 damage. Long range weapons are crap for chargers due to the knock-back range and being stuck in normal attack animation, not to mention anyone with a shield will tear you up. The only time people use eth Pikes is hardcore VLLD for 1 shot potential e.g. https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=73058891&f=100

5% ctc Amplify Damage on a 1 or 2 shot stomp char is mostly inconsequential.

This post was edited by Marieusz on Jan 9 2019 02:42pm