Archon Staff vs Ca vs Cv, whats the best damage?



Also, if thunder maul fortitude is the best base, is there a 2nd best thats comparable?

thunder maul is the highest average damage but it has low minimum, what actually matters is to oneshot the most amount of enemies, archon has the highest min afaik

Irrelevant. All of them do infinite damage

cv at beginning cause no dex req, later on I actually want to upgrade to eth archon staff insight

I’ve always been a fan of the eth colossal bulge.

This post was edited by JeremyFisher2k26 on Mar 1 2026 12:54pm

Fortitude is wild when you can just self wield insight with the big fcr and still one shot everything. Then your merc can literally be anything you want

Ca or cv for insight
Ppl go forti thunder maul, mainly cos it gets 110% bonus dmg from added str whereas everything else gets 100%

I personally can't stand thunder maul visually and I wouldn't spend the ridiculous price to get one atm either so I use war pike.

Chars doing 60 to 140k dmg and destroys p8 tz anyways, unless u wanna spend 4-5k for a random thundermaul forti, go War pike is my advice

How are you guys getting that high of dps. Trying to follow build guides but I’m only at 6800-16k right now with just cv insight

Pride merc with default might aura
Fana hephisto

7 x eldritch sk
Torch/anni
Forti eth war Pike
+9sks from rest of the gear
125fcr

max levitation.
consume the goat
act 2 might aura
pride on merc
phoenix

BAM 100k dmg
no skillers/torch needed