Quote (Goomshill @ Apr 28 2022 06:00am)
to put numbers to it
say you have a very barebones build of;
>arreats (could/should be crown of thieves, but for damage comparison lets be more favorable)
>highlords
>wealth
>laying of hands
>2x dwarf star
>hsarus belt (upgrade)
>hsarus boots
>2x ali baba on swap
barb torch, but no anni (I'm speculating on availability)
with 1 point ww / 1 zerk and 20 mastery, so you can max bo/find item/find potion and get 1 pointers. you could skip bo for more ww, though it won't help zerk.
that all winds up with +530% ed from skills/items, then whatever strength, and ~47% ds/cs
assuming average damage rolls, upped gavel has ~261 base damage and 253 str req with 1.1x scaling but hits at a pathetic 10 fpa, oath in any of the ~48-49.5 bases like ettin/cs/small crescent can be 278 damage and +75% global ed and hits at 2 fpa, and grief pb hits 437 with 20% ds and ~170%+ global ed.
oath should have no problems hitting 5-6x the dps of gavel in that setup, BUT the big issue is that you lose amp damage or ali babas. And amp makes you deal 3x the damage, so the dps comparison isn't that far off. Might be 2x the dps for oath ww in that setup, and 1/3 the dps for your merc
You can reasonably get reaper setup on merc in early ladder (reaper non eth, guardian, kira) that lowers the need of amp (just zerk the immunes) and no longer have to visit the vendor.
D2:R