Quote (Legolas-III @ Mon, Jun 9 2008, 07:11pm)
I'm still curious as to why you still support CoA given my analysis.
CoA is only worth it if you don't have to spend massive points in strength.
For this build i need everything coa has to offer
2 sockets (2x 40/15)
+1 skills (for passive and BO)
30% fhr
15 dr
30% res
Any stats that are lost in vitality due to the high strength are made up by the fact that you can tanke more dmg because of res and dr and have +1 extra to bo
Having high str also allows for spirit with cta meaning another + 1 to BO skill
if you used a hel'd ss ons witch lets say and got rid of the coa, you would say 40 stat points, thats 120 life. It was mentioned to use shako as the helm, first off i would have to switch to ias gloves, after doing that i would need to get 5x fhr sc(to hit the 52 bp, 86 is unnecessary) , giving up 100life, i would also be giving up 5% dr and 30 res all. Would gain about 100 life with shako and would get + 1 extra skill with bow out but wouldnt be able to use a spirit because of the low str.
You do in fact have more overall life with shako, i agree with this! however in doing so, you just gave up 5% dr and 30% res all, both of which are in short supply on an amazon. You could get that resistance back, but it would require you to give up 6x 3 max dmg sc. Plus the damage you lost by useing one les 40/15
In the end you have less damage, a little bit more life, the same resistance, same fhr, same ias (but gave up slow on your gloves), lost 5% DR, up one skill with your bow out, but lost that skill when it comes to BO because you cant use spirit.
I prefer to have the extra DR and better damage, maybe you would like to have the extra life up and a less damage.
This post was edited by Spartikis on Jun 9 2008 06:33pm