Here you go: https://d2.maxroll.gg/d2planner/1x010652

I played around with the calculator a bit more to see why you were getting different values and noticed that the golem's base AR is tied to character level so its going to be a bit lower for most people.

Yea I think that's accurate actually. Seem's like there's a per-clvl bonus to AR that's hidden skill. If you hover over the actual Iron Golem skill, it says 60AR lol.

I tested this by iron goleming a weapon with elemental damage (so it shows up) and vs hell a1 monsters, it hit most of the time.

Has anyone tried a variant using Lacerators + Double Swing? It seems to work decently well, although takes a bit of microing. Something like this:
https://d2.maxroll.gg/d2planner/wz01063o

I used griefz, although I imagine Beast could work as well if you want merc to primary dps.

The attack rating on double swing is a bit low, and the 50% fear on lacerators is annoying. Here's the what I ended up doing:

1) telestomp on council group
2) cast wary cry to immobolize non-boss council to prevent fleeing
3) try to swing only on council boss (these can't be feared)
4) swap weapons when there's a few guys left (let merc finish off) and hork

Takes some runs to get used to the mechanic, but the wary cry works surprisingly well (although not perfect).

Problem is kills often happen while you're in Lacerator & you lose out on the EG
yes it's fine, but it's not ideal

I tried this a lot, just like I messed with Brand (LOL)

Yea this would never be ideal for gold per run, but could be faster than gavel overall if you use lacerator + 6xlem offhand?

So I had an idea that I've wanted to try forever but never was able to find the right item to enable it. I bought it today and it's consistently shaved off 5s from each run:




I do the a3 townwalk, but I imagine even for you a5 repair guys this would shave off some time.

Yeah I did that a while ago. It's much worse for a4 bois
You incidentally can swap fcr belt for 80eg 30mg gwrap

It's always felt a bit overkill but maybe it's the move.
Lose 60gf for 30mf/mobility

This post was edited by Exokek on Sep 9 2022 04:21pm

yea I tried simulating it in a4 but it's awkward with the pillars in the way. Maybe takes a lot of practice.

This post was edited by daanno2 on Sep 9 2022 04:25pm

it's actually a discussion post, and it's still relevant.
i've seen your legendary tears all over this forum.

anyway, how does this build fare in d2r? any changes people have personally made to improve run times and so on? i always did enjoy this build

I have some updates in the profile for the Merc-based build.
Big fan of Beast atm on most setups, but it's personal preference.

A lot of people since 2.4 have been using a DPS-centric approach that doesn't maximize Find Item % as much (for rune drops) but still hits very good clearspeeds.

The increased odds of Find Item due to synergy make goldcap take roughly 15-19mins now. Mileage may vary due to loading times + how much stuff you ID (Magic Pelts/Orbs, Rares, etc.), if you have a dump tab, etc.

This post was edited by Exokek on Sep 13 2022 07:54am