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Taurean

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Jun 17 2022 01:10pm

As i wrote.

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Jun 17 2022 01:30pm

Quote (Taurean @ Jun 17 2022 09:10pm)

As i wrote.

So Gmb and pride?

I don’t wanna use strafe, also Strafe is arguably better or not better than multi shot. I prefer multi.

Will do the Math myself but I don’t fell wf+pride and no forty is better than Gmb faith, forty and pride.

I see the point of atlas but the quest is:

For multi shoot:

Faith and pride merc

Or

Wf and faith merc

Wf (with 150ias setup) and pride Merc won’t be superior

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Jun 17 2022 02:57pm

Quote (Realybigfish @ Jun 17 2022 09:30pm)

Wf (with 150ias setup) and pride Merc won’t be superior

It is now with maxed guided arrow. You're never out of range of your faith merc and your base physical damage is always higher than faith setup.

This post was edited by babun1024 on Jun 17 2022 02:57pm

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Jun 17 2022 04:35pm

Quote (Tkamp @ Jun 17 2022 12:30pm)

I'm curious about this too. Also are there other considerations? Can A5 frenzy Merc rock beast + lawbringer? Decrep and fanat full time sound good to me. Then amulet can be highlords. Atmas may be needed/wanted at higher levels, but if you're used to kill speed from any other class, you won't be patient enough for it to proc and matter. I prefer decrep for this reason, but I understand it's an absolute numbers game for what you're looking for.

Sorry, this is more questions/anecdotal opinion than the concrete answer you're looking for but I'm not a specialist on that stuff.

an act 5 merc cannot run beast. beast cant be made in swords, and a5 mercs cannot equip axes. sanctuary from lawbringer only helps with phys imunes when the mob is also undead.
the problem with what you wrote is dealing with phys imunes. you want amp to drop their immunity and I've noticed when running reapers, is that the decrypt (33%ctc) easily overwrites your amp (5%ctc) which is unwanted on those phys imunes.

This post was edited by C4NTWO on Jun 17 2022 04:36pm

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Jun 17 2022 05:34pm

Quote (C4NTWO @ Jun 17 2022 04:35pm)

Ah, copy that, didn't do a lot of hw on new mercs.
Decrep will remove phys immunity? I think amp is more DPS, but again, if amp doesn't cast due to low ctc before monster dies, then it doesn't really help. That's why I prefer reapers/lawbringer for decrep

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Jun 17 2022 05:48pm

Quote (Tkamp @ Jun 17 2022 07:34pm)

decrypt wont remove the immunity. when fighting them, i would literaly see the phys imune text flicker on/off as decrypt and amp would alternate on/off the target.

what your saying is true, atmas is basically useless until its does cast amp, aside from maybe the poison res, however, with strafe on high health targets, it will successfully cast, and overall on average, you will do more dmg with it.

like, if your the type of player to skip the phys imunes, then ya i can understand not using atmas, however it is still sweet to cast amp on high health targets like diablo/baal despite them not being phys. imune.
they just melt once they're cursed with amp.

This post was edited by C4NTWO on Jun 17 2022 05:52pm

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