So on d2 legacy if I want to use a grief pb for a smitedin or a vt for pvp, what is the max ias I should have on it for dueling well? I mean while including the fact that I’m going to use a glove with 20 ias.

with level27+ fanatism on:

- a 30ias Grief Pb will reach max Smite speed without any additional ias needed on gear [a total of 6ias is required so 30ias from Grief Pb is plenty enough]
- a 30ias Grief BA will reach max Smite speed with 20ias from gloves (or Highlord) [a total of 50ias is required so Grief BA alone can't do it but a 30ias Grief BA paired with 20ias gloves or Highlord can]

typically Grief Pb is used vs most casters, with TO gloves (you want 75+fcr to catch casters), while Grief BA + 20ias 10cb gloves are used in match-ups where you can afford to play at a slower cast rate but need extra range / damage (i.e. versus barbs or other smiters).

This post was edited by Consoude on Jun 19 2023 12:19pm

I see, but I’m also thinking about being slowed down by an opponent that uses holy freeze, if I get slowed down by holy freeze then how much ias should I use with grief pb and grief zerk?

hmmz then you might want to read gel87's post here: https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=101176500&f=87
it might help you calculating what you seek

but what I get from gel87's explanation is that it's basically pointless to try counter that kind of slow % (from Holy Freeze or Clegaw's gloves) as it requires a high amount of ias, so high that you'd sacrifice too much really. Worth calculating if you have time to dig into it though.

also note that both Holy Freeze and Clegaw's are considered BM (for a reason...) so perhaps a smiter isn't the best pick if you're sure you're gonna be facing a BM 'tard using HF and/or clegs...