First of all, learn to send msg in topics
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, nubs. Unless, you are both too lazy to keep the needed informations because it makes an annoying spam and nobody can know what you're talking about...
Quote (di3tc0ke @ 28 May 2022 04:45)
you have not checked IAS tables. This is crucial to many melee builds including wolf. and some %ias bonus in gear doesn't work at all in LoD ¹ (an example given below).
As for Phoenix, its Firestorm interrupts your attacks ², while Firestorm from Torch doesn't. (This has been fixed in D2R afaik) And this is why Paladins or Assassins don't use Phoenix in LoD, be it as a weapon or a shield.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of Phoenix and use it on Sorc and Zon.³
And werewolf or werebear shapes are always slower than human shape. is based on what? ¹
Now let me take LW PB (no off weapon IAS) as an example:
Human 14 frames
lvl 2 werewolf: 11 frames (which doesn't change with either lvl 20 werewolf or 100 off weapon ias) (and 11 frames attack is too slow to my taste)
Hope what I wrote helps you understand some aspects of this great game :)
Second, I play this game for a while and I'm expert:
¹ Melee characters of any sort always need a high %ias even in LoD. If you take a shapeshifter druid as an example, then it means your shapeshifter needs more %ias with gear and his main werewolf skill once maxed. Unlike as shapeshifters, characters of any sort can usually hit faster than them except those shapeshifters got super high stats with skills (werewolf, feral and fury) and gear. I already test normal attack vs shapes of any sort (wolf or bear) especially in low level and the %ias is slower.
² Phoenix works fine for melee druids especially with the added %ed and fire damages against physical immunes. I don't know what you're talking about with
interrupt. The high druid firestorm can probably and randomly roll a Diablo's firestorm depending how fast the shapeshifter hits.
³ Sorceresses cannot care for %ed, only aura and fire absorb. Spirit shield is better for sorceresses with the life/mana bonus and skills.
At last,
Quote (Zionite @ 28 May 2022 06:09)
You're going to shit on eth ribcracker in the same breath you're suggesting last wish ¹? Which has 0 ias?
I'd recommend you stop giving out shit advice for things you don't know about. For starters, shapeshifter can benefit from ias off weapon now. Which means last wish is actually viable but so are things like an eth ribcracker. Easy af to hit frames with highlords. Which you do seem to know about but then completely ignore when you're making your argument?
Secondly, you can get 50% from goblin toes and g face ². More than enough for ubers, assuming your fury druid has good AR. That's the downfall of fury in ubers.
Thirdly, go try doing ubers on a smiter without a grief with 100% crushing blow ³. You'll drain their health very quickly and then it will take forever to finish them off. You need physical damage to finish the last mile.
¹ If a shapeshifter wears a Ribcracker (with low %ias), then his needed item for life tap is mainly a dracul's grasp (5% life tap only). So, a Ribcracker (with high %ias not ethereal) would be better to roll the low life tap. Last wish doesn't add %ias, but the character doesn't need an item with low life tap %. So, a Last wish Uber hunter can get more %ias with a crafted gloves (and another added items) depending how the character has been build.
² Goreriders are higher than Goblin's toe, because it can add crushing blow and deathly strike including faster/run walk (unlike as Goblin's toe).
³ Ubers will die very quick because crushing blow kills the Ubers, not damages. Btw, Godly Uber characters must be fully geared with super high stats (Crushing blow, deathly strike, life tap, resistances, life, Summons (optional), Elemental damages (optional)...).