Quote (Koston @ Jun 26 2013 10:05pm)
I personally keep hearing blackthornes arent really good for WDs, they bring down your ehp because of no all res/no armor. I know the massive amount of vit on blackthornes always looks appealing seeing the green +8373 life or whatever in the tooltip, but you can't forget about balancing the other stats too. Plus, your life is like 63k, which isnt bad and oculd be slightly reduced in favor of other stats. After I was recommended to switch from my blackthornes (which had 100 int/200 vit/2 soc/LOH, similar to yours but with sockets) to rare pants with like 150 int/200 vit/2 soc/armor roll, I find I actually survive better. And after looking at your stats, they do confirm you could use like 300 more armor to be comfortable, and all res. I dunno, maybe someone will vouch me here. But if you're worried about a minus in life after switching from Blackthornes to rare pants, consider crafting better bracers that have at least all res or vit on them, which is not hard to do. And shoulders with a % life mod.
And honestly if you put 2 slots with pickup radius, I don't think you'll really need 24 movement speed. 12 will be fine because your SW is going to be up 24/7 anyway..
Blackthornes are usually better ehp but it depends on your vit. Alot of vit multiplies well with %life. Also the quad stat is very good for defense. My Bt pants have 285vit, 215int, 100 str, 99dex, 12%life, 350 loh. The enormous amount of hp, str. dex, and loh beat every rare in ehp of comparable price.
As for movement speed, I prefer 24. It will help escape frozen, arcane, etc much easier at the end of elite fights when SW isn't refreshing as quickly.
I wouldn't say the gem in weapon is a personal preference, just go to d3up.com, simulate both marq gems and use the one that provides the most dps.