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Mar 10 2026 12:42pm
So this jewel only works properly on a weapon in which no build in the meta uses a socketable weapon? :rofl:


Hehehe yeah thats a stupid jewel

But other than that just -10% physical and 10-30 damage makes it the best jewel for melee in the game
Just forget about the 50ed it doesnt work unless you use grandfather or death cleaver cause you like style
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Mar 10 2026 12:44pm
Hehehe yeah thats a stupid jewel

But other than that just -10% physical and 10-30 damage makes it the best jewel for melee in the game
Just forget about the 50ed it doesnt work unless you use grandfather or death cleaver cause you like style


ICEMAN USED THE GRANDFATHER AND HE SAID HE FELT LIKE A GOD
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Mar 10 2026 12:44pm
Hehehe yeah thats a stupid jewel

But other than that just -10% physical and 10-30 damage makes it the best jewel for melee in the game
Just forget about the 50ed it doesnt work unless you use grandfather or death cleaver cause you like style


Ok, so the jewel does work just not the 50Ed? You made it sound like it breaks the entire item calculation. As someone said earlier, wouldn't it still be good in a 30frw/3os with 2x40/15ias then? or am I missing something here. I know you lose the 15ias, but if u were to utilize this jewel, there no other place to socket this on a PvP zon.
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Mar 10 2026 12:49pm
Like fonzy explained
but not only bugging the ed% from the jewel, also bugging any existing ed already in the item
which is why the 2 cases I talked about were funny fails

There's people who spent big bucks on some perf/near perf Ars Dul Meph and protector jewel for their echo lock
They expected to gain big dmg
But instead, they removed the 115 ed% already in there, which is huge as it multiplies very high base dmg from echo, also multiplied by 10 as you got 5 echoes going out, 5 going in.
So they got some really low bonus min/max dmg, but lost multiple Ks of dmg.
And I mean... even the guide on maxroll made by one of our favorite noobs is making this mistake, misguiding so many people.
Look at that XD
https://maxroll.gg/d2/guides/echoing-strike-warlock-guide
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Mar 10 2026 12:49pm
Ok, so the jewel does work just not the 50Ed? You made it sound like it breaks the entire item calculation. As someone said earlier, wouldn't it still be good in a 30frw/3os with 2x40/15ias then? or am I missing something here. I know you lose the 15ias, but if u were to utilize this jewel, there no other place to socket this on a PvP zon.


the 40ed/15ias become 15ias jewels effectively
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Mar 10 2026 12:51pm
Ok, so the jewel does work just not the 50Ed? You made it sound like it breaks the entire item calculation. As someone said earlier, wouldn't it still be good in a 30frw/3os with 2x40/15ias then? or am I missing something here. I know you lose the 15ias, but if u were to utilize this jewel, there no other place to socket this on a PvP zon.


Well if you put it in an items having %ed like the Mephisto book then yeah the %ed on the item will be trash now

Its not only the jewel %ed that is broken, its the whole %ed from the item including the 50 from the jewel

So this jewel might be good in a shako or a skullder or any weapon

But definitely the WORST possible choice for the Meph book for warlocks

ICEMAN USED THE GRANDFATHER AND HE SAID HE FELT LIKE A GOD


No wonder, style matters
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Mar 10 2026 12:52pm
Like fonzy explained
but not only bugging the ed% from the jewel, also bugging any existing ed already in the item
which is why the 2 cases I talked about were funny fails

There's people who spent big bucks on some perf/near perf Ars Dul Meph and protector jewel for their echo lock
They expected to gain big dmg
But instead, they removed the 115 ed% already in there, which is huge as it multiplies very high base dmg from echo, also multiplied by 10 as you got 5 echoes going out, 5 going in.
So they got some really low bonus min/max dmg, but lost multiple Ks of dmg.
And I mean... even the guide on maxroll made by one of our favorite noobs is making this mistake, misguiding so many people.
Look at that XD
https://maxroll.gg/d2/guides/echoing-strike-warlock-guide


Well we all know macroboi is a big noob. You would put jewel in circlet and Um in shield cause Um gives +22 on a shield. He just a rand influencer xD but I get it now, it bugs the entire ED% making the circlet 30frw/3os useless.

This post was edited by lnacer on Mar 10 2026 12:54pm
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Mar 10 2026 12:53pm
Like fonzy explained
but not only bugging the ed% from the jewel, also bugging any existing ed already in the item
which is why the 2 cases I talked about were funny fails

There's people who spent big bucks on some perf/near perf Ars Dul Meph and protector jewel for their echo lock
They expected to gain big dmg
But instead, they removed the 115 ed% already in there, which is huge as it multiplies very high base dmg from echo, also multiplied by 10 as you got 5 echoes going out, 5 going in.
So they got some really low bonus min/max dmg, but lost multiple Ks of dmg.
And I mean... even the guide on maxroll made by one of our favorite noobs is making this mistake, misguiding so many people.
Look at that XD
https://maxroll.gg/d2/guides/echoing-strike-warlock-guide


Lmao even Macrobiobio doesnt know this? F:ck I thought he had some cool knowledge
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