So, as I said, the first example was in the simplest form

and the context is my main post, and if people understood, don't need to give any damn example

You are just talking bs dude.

Your first "example" was comparing a 10-20 Weapon to a 19-20 Weapon. Do you at least now see how insanely stupid that is?

Also whats "forgotten trivia" here? Do you think that D2 is special in that regard or what?
Heres a little secret: EVERY game ever made in the history of mankind works exactly that way. Okay? You got that?

This post was edited by Kaltrato on Mar 16 2026 08:43am

i think you just referred to me as a “smarter [person]”

I was hoping you’d notice
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Lol
Sorry mate but your exemple in first post is the worst possible
Though having a higher min for same average is indeed good in pvm

But it has been known since 20+ years
Thanks for contributing though

The choice depends on the skill. HIgher average damage is higher average damage. The question is the frequency of attacks. Low min damage means very high burst max damage for skills like zeal or WW. For ES you want high min damage because the fpa is low.

This post was edited by babun1024 on Mar 16 2026 10:37am

If min dmg is better than max dmg, does that mean min dmg is better than ds/crit? Because ds/crit dmg is basically just max dmg with extra steps.

If oneshot probability is the main factor, higher min dmg (for the same average) isn't always better.
It actually all depends on the mob's life pool, which is hard to control anyway (as a variable):

life : 2
oneshot proba - raw dmg 1-5 : 80%
oneshot proba - raw dmg 2-4 : 100%

life : 5
oneshot proba - raw dmg 1-5 : 20%
oneshot proba - raw dmg 2-4 : 0%

Interestingly, if life = avg dmg (exactly), higher min dmg can be better:

life : 3
oneshot proba - raw dmg 1-5 : 60%
oneshot proba - raw dmg 2-4 : 67% (up-rounded)

This post was edited by xhul on Mar 16 2026 11:39am

what will really be funny is if they patch in durability loss to ES weapons, 90% of warlocks gonna be using worthless weapons lmao

I think whats more important than the oneshot probability is the fact that for leaching purposes, sometimes it's necessary to do high dmg to basically refill that life, for instance against ubers. For an extreme example, if your damage is like 1-10k, and you roll 1 twice, you can get deleted without significant life leach as you get hit the second or third time. If your damage is like 4999-5001, even for the same avg damage, we can all see how that allows you to consistent leach your life back between hits from an uber