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Feb 28 2026 10:55am
Since the start of diablo 2 its been the case that %damage to demons/undead on weapons (or non-weapons) counts as non-weapon %ed
This is an important note on grief since it gives +185% ed to demons. Its the difference between it giving +60 base damage on a 33 damage phase blade, and +808 pre-crit damage on a 437 damage grief


i stopped playing d2 for a very long time and forgot about all this stuff, could you ELI5 please?
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Mar 6 2026 04:22pm
Yep, Fortitude is just convenient with 25fcr, but dmg wise this is #1
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The top 3 BiS options were not even compared in this list.
But yeah, I was also masturbating in front of big numbers the first few days RotW came out. Guilty!

Now all I can say is that anyone not using insight/ondals/obsession is a joke. And the joke will be even funnier when they fix echo to perform a hit check and use durability.
At least those who were using stuff like eth insight polearms will still have a use on merc. But stuff like eth Fort TM?

Non-eth archon will become BiS if they patch it like I believe they will for next season. I can’t see the future, this is purely speculative, but it’s my best guess. If they don’t do it for next season, then I guess blizz will just abandon the idea and will leave us with mosaic 2.0

Why archon?
Small gap between min/max, making it easier to standardize the amount of hits required to kill X or Y target
50%ed vs undead
You get a huge bonus to ar% and the highest crit chance, which will be more valuable when the base dmg from (non-eth)weapon is suddenly less valuable in the final equation.
And even if you can fix your mana with leech/siphon, having meditation for tele is just nice.
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Mar 6 2026 08:39pm
The top 3 BiS options were not even compared in this list.
But yeah, I was also masturbating in front of big numbers the first few days RotW came out. Guilty!

Now all I can say is that anyone not using insight/ondals/obsession is a joke. And the joke will be even funnier when they fix echo to perform a hit check and use durability.
At least those who were using stuff like eth insight polearms will still have a use on merc. But stuff like eth Fort TM?

Non-eth archon will become BiS if they patch it like I believe they will for next season. I can’t see the future, this is purely speculative, but it’s my best guess. If they don’t do it for next season, then I guess blizz will just abandon the idea and will leave us with mosaic 2.0

Why archon?
Small gap between min/max, making it easier to standardize the amount of hits required to kill X or Y target
50%ed vs undead
You get a huge bonus to ar% and the highest crit chance, which will be more valuable when the base dmg from (non-eth)weapon is suddenly less valuable in the final equation.
And even if you can fix your mana with leech/siphon, having meditation for tele is just nice.


what makes you think think they'll nerf it next ladder?
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Mar 11 2026 08:06am
But what about the people spending 500fg on 6os TM.... Lol


Nevermind that rip to the people paying thousands for an Eth 4os TM fort lol
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Mar 11 2026 08:08am
and here i was just throwing a +4 ondals and melting mobs.


Dude that shit still rips ! I threw a Lo in for the deadly strike
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Mar 11 2026 08:09am
i havent even made a warlock yet, nerf is going to happen, they said so

something like "changes to scaling for balance will happen later"

This post was edited by Osiris_Reborn on Mar 11 2026 08:16am
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Mar 11 2026 09:52am
Dude that shit still rips ! I threw a Lo in for the deadly strike


Even P8?
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Mar 11 2026 10:42am
With those kind of numbers, it doesn’t even matter what is used.
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