Quote (BerlinerGoere @ Oct 4 2021 10:12am)
can u break it down for me again , im a bit slow u know
2sk = >20%
20% < 2sk
my emath teacher is giving me some hard times here ... looking forward to my math prof.
I stopped responding because I thought you were trolling but I honestly cant tell anymore lol
If you are legit curious, it is because the 20% is added to the 450+% you get from lightning mastery and the 160% for each of the 3 synergies you max out, even if you only max out 2 of them that is still 450+320=770% increased lightning damage. When you add on the 20% from the wand it only increases it to 790%.
Meanwhile a hard point into lightning gives more damage to the base which is then increased by the already very high increased lightning damage.
Play with this a bit here and you will quickly see what I mean.
https://www.d2anya.com/article-35-diablo-2-items-skill-plannersomething like this orb is best in slot for a light sorc
Cold Mastery gives cold resistance pierce instead of increased damage and it is why +cold damage is so powerful on gear and why no rare orb could ever beat death's fathom.
EDIT: Here is someone coming to the realization that a 20% eschutas is garbage lol
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=48964645&f=87&o=0Quote (Crunkt @ Oct 4 2021 02:00am)
there are none yet because they are rarer than finding 10000 jahs
Yeah, there probably wont be for a long time, if ever without bots. I don't think some people realize how the staffmods roll and how rare those things really are. I agree with the other guy, this is only 2/10 compared to other trophy rolls but a 5/20 rare lightning orb is still harder to find than getting a few Bers. I "manually played" 8 chars at the same time for 8+months using all gems and skulls to reroll orbs and best I could get was a +6light/+4light mastery 2 sock blue orb with no fcr on the OG LOD. I found more HRs than I could have a need for in that same time.
For those curious
-At ilvl or quality level 50/60 the base staff mod is tier 5. This is required for the +2 or +3 skill mods.
-You first roll how many skill mods there will be. 30% none, 30% for 1, 30% for 2, and 10% for 3. Imbuing is a bit different and at level 90+ you are basically guaranteed 3 skill mods. I only imbue orbs on high level characters and save diadems for mules or fresh character to rush the quest.
-Then you roll the tier of each, it is 50% to stay tier 5 (lvl 24 skills). This is why +5 blizzard orbs spawn all over. It is only 10% chance to roll -2 and get lightning like here. 20% chance to roll +1 for lightning mastery.
-Then you have to roll for the # of skills. 70%+1, 20%+2, 10%+3
-Then you have to roll for the other prefixes and suffixes. Rolling +2 or +3 skills and 20fcr and 2os after all that is not very likely.
https://www.diabloii.net/forums/threads/staff-mod-generation-qs.709750/The odds drop astronomically low very fast and so getting some of the trophy orbs you see here sometimes are the rarest items in the game. Just getting the 5/20 is pretty difficult and I was pretty excited to say the least. But now the hunt begins for a two socket one.
This post was edited by TwistInTh3Myth on Oct 4 2021 09:20am