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Feb 22 2018 10:26am
1h and shield
Using veng+ conv max/max
Tried several uniques with big AR and was unsat
Switched to oath and its...ok, but ar still issue
Whats the best solution if i go all out with a runeword?
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Feb 22 2018 10:31am
I would probably use rift. Something with high elemental damage.
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Feb 22 2018 10:32am
Quote (Nykollah @ Feb 22 2018 10:31am)
I would probably use rift. Something with high elemental damage.


you'd think this but no.

as the last step in dmg calc vengeance converts all phys dmg to ele dmg. so the higher your phys, the higher the ele. substantially higher dmg from grief than any other weapon in the game including big stack ele dmg such as gimmershred or deamon arch
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Feb 22 2018 10:33am
I was told in this one instance ebotdz outweighs grief pb, something about how the dmg calcs
Ill go look at rift tho, id never heard of it b4
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Feb 22 2018 10:37am
Your weapon is not the source of a solution for your AR problems, unless you find a bamf fools/ias/cruel weapon. Go for something that hits like a truck, preferably all in physical damage. Get your AR through raven/ar ring/charms/ viso hat or angelic combo if you have to, but the weapon is not the place to make compromises on damage for attack rating purposes.

Rift is an OK option but not good for a vengeance din. Rift would make more sense if you were a zealer with conviction, then the frozen orbs would do pretty decent damage.

This post was edited by maniacalgenius on Feb 22 2018 10:39am
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Quote (maniacalgenius @ Feb 22 2018 11:37am)
Your weapon is not the source of a solution for your AR problems, unless you find a bamf fools/ias/cruel weapon. Go for something that hits like a truck, preferably all in physical damage. Get your AR through raven/ar ring/charms/ viso hat or angelic combo if you have to, but the weapon is not the place to make compromises on damage for attack rating purposes. If you disagree, then make a passion or something because you're never going to find an amazing runeword for damage, and AR.


Not sure how this works but rift adds 20% bonus ar
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Feb 22 2018 10:40am
Quote (maniacalgenius @ Feb 22 2018 11:37am)
Your weapon is not the source of a solution for your AR problems, unless you find a bamf fools/ias/cruel weapon. Go for something that hits like a truck, preferably all in physical damage. Get your AR through raven/ar ring/charms/ viso hat or angelic combo if you have to, but the weapon is not the place to make compromises on damage for attack rating purposes. If you disagree, then make a passion or something because you're never going to find an amazing runeword for damage, and AR.



I hear you, get ar on everything else
So fort + grief?
Or ebotdz +?

Guess what im wondering now is does grief beat ebotd in all situations or is there a case on any class or set up where u use breath

This post was edited by Osiris_Reborn on Feb 22 2018 10:45am
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Feb 22 2018 10:48am
Quote (thesnipa @ Feb 22 2018 10:32am)
you'd think this but no.

as the last step in dmg calc vengeance converts all phys dmg to ele dmg. so the higher your phys, the higher the ele. substantially higher dmg from grief than any other weapon in the game including big stack ele dmg such as gimmershred or deamon arch



I might be wrong but I recall that +damage like on grief doesn’t work with vengeance.
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Feb 22 2018 10:53am
Quote (ATOMICMAN @ Feb 22 2018 11:48am)
I might be wrong but I recall that +damage like on grief doesn’t work with vengeance.



Whoa that would be a big factor, could vengeance be that one case where u use ebotdz?
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Feb 22 2018 10:56am
Beast is also a really interesting option for a vengeance din, throwing that out there if you have the need for speed. I did a little bit of reading and think that grief's +400 dmg does not work but I didn't find anything other than a really old jsp guide which also suggested that weapon ED doesn't work, which I am about 95% sure is a lie based on quick experimentation in town. I believe it is supposed to mean that 40% ed jewels (and therefore fort) in gear don't work.
EBOTD is sounding pretty good after this basic reading.

This post was edited by maniacalgenius on Feb 22 2018 10:57am
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