yes 100%, always see ppl say hur hur, cold dmg, but back when i used reapers + ww, it avgs 1 corpse shattered per run or so. Although at high gear levels, the dps output is so much that you don't really need the decrep anymore, and the 1 corpse is noticeable.

I am doubtful, however, infinity is the best option. Maybe it is in HC, but infinity has no ias, which cripples his dps output. With Gangel/kira combo, he's essentially reduced to canceling conviction, splitting aggro, and (sometimes) providing might aura.

My setup is just ebotd/coh/cham'd gface setup, and does just fine tanking conviction essentially by himself. There's something like 23% leech in this setup so it's very difficult for him to actually die.

With this offensive output, you can stop dpsing when there's 3-4 guys left and start horking, thereby shaving off some time.

https://youtu.be/u6PYUcV8yTg

Yeah, I would not go Infinity unless I plan on doing several thousand runs in one ladder, or have a use for it on a second character.

Godlike post

Would you mind sharing your build?

In a nutshell, the build is 2 Grief, Arreats (replace with Shako in SC), Enigma, War Trav, Arachnid, LoH, BK Ring and a rare ring with 10 FCR and mana leech. 2x Hoto on swap. Hoto is for FCR and skills to Find Item. Chuck a Cham in the helmet for CBF.

Merc is running Kiras, Guardian Angel and Infinity. Before Infinity, use Reaper's Toll. RT has cold damage, but you will out dps your merc by so much that you won't see shattered corpses very often. In all my testing, it's been worth for the buff from Decrepify.

In all my testing, I have still saved about 1 second per run using Reaper's/Infinity. However, I didn't do my testing using perfect Griefs and 3/20 small charms etc for absolute optimal DPS. I'm sure you can reach a point where you have enough ED and Dex to where Decrep/Conv doesn't make any difference, but with for most people in endgame, Reaper's will still be worth it. At least from what I gathered in my testing

ty for posting this. I'll make sure i never try that lol.

Budget Option if you don't want shattered corpses: Eth Ariocs Needle. +4 to all skills means +4 Might Aura. 50% ds is no joke. Can socket with amn/sheal or ed/ias jewel depending on rest of the gear.

This post was edited by justAddi on Nov 7 2022 02:07am

Sorry I wasn't very clear. You will of course be slightly faster with reapers, but it still avgs about 1 corpse shattered, not 0. With 75% ish find item, this comes to around a 1/22 loss in efficiency. Which is equivalent to more than a 1 second increase in speed.

As for infinity, I like to warcry/battlecry the mobs anyway before dps, achieving basically a 95% cth if you take into account griefs ITD already and - 25% defence vs the 3 superuniques.

In reality, you're looking at 1-2 corpses every 10 runs with Reaper's. At least in my testing, the time saved more than made up for it

There's either a 20 or 25% chance to shatter from cold dmg (couldn't quite confirm correct number). For him to shatter 1-2 corpses every 10 runs, he's only hitting max 1 monster per run? Very unlikely, unless you have some kind of godlike ww technique I dont know about.

The way I tested was by actually counting the # of corpses horked every run, and it's pretty close on avg to 1 per. Although I will say that I have a gf focused setup, so likely doing a bit less dmg than you (2x near perf grief pb, 10max/gf gcs, but no LoH gores etc).

Ttk is usually 10s or lower.