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#251
Nov 22 2021 01:37pm
Quote (Exokek @ Nov 22 2021 11:29am)
Yeah, the higher natural resists were what drove me to trying it out at first.
I quickly abandoned the idea.

I'm surprised it's doing better than A2 vs. Stoneskin. That's interesting?


I think cause how much chunkier the damage is and the stun, so less self healing. A5 merc does have way more attack rating since no eth in wep, so demon limb is mandatory.
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#252
Nov 22 2021 03:18pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjAdjbtpmR8

Added a 15/demon damage jewel to andy, so hit the 30 ias break point, def kills faster now.
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Nov 22 2021 03:24pm
Quote (Vessy123 @ 22 Nov 2021 16:18)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjAdjbtpmR8

Added a 15/demon damage jewel to andy, so hit the 30 ias break point, def kills faster now.


Makes me want to mess with budget gear on them again.
CoH Andy is great stuff for life leech.

A5 seems less hopeless here than I remember it :D
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#254
Nov 22 2021 03:25pm
Quote (Exokek @ Nov 22 2021 01:24pm)
Makes me want to mess with budget gear on them again.
CoH Andy is great stuff for life leech.

A5 seems less hopeless here than I remember it :D


I mean they were BM for dueling for a reason lol, their dps must be high if you don't do damage by yourself.
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#255
Nov 23 2021 01:20am
After playing around with a 2os Visionary helm I would definitely say that it is by far the best merc helm available. Hard to find a 2os one with a relevant second mod though (or the rare Circlet or crafted Blood Helm...). If you're still using Demon limb the AR is overkill though.

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#256
Nov 23 2021 01:28am
Quote (Exokek @ 22 Nov 2021 16:24)
Makes me want to mess with budget gear on them again.
CoH Andy is great stuff for life leech.

A5 seems less hopeless here than I remember it :D



There’s that bug with a5 merc dmg with both one handed dmg and +dmg per level or whatever, so eth upg headstriker is insane dmg on them like I was saying before haha. Plus each swing hits twice or some shit, way faster heal, and natural 5% cb :p

E/ still doubt it’ll ever take over mighted ebotdwp tho

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#257
Nov 23 2021 01:38am
Some ideas for low budget a5 setup, eth head striker with amn, black hades with 45 ias jewels and arreats 6% with 15 ias, arreats provides resists and life leech and you can hit the 48 ias bp. Maybe lower ias bp for more stacked resists.
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#258
Nov 23 2021 01:39am
Quote (Vessy123 @ Nov 22 2021 11:38pm)
Some ideas for low budget a5 setup, eth head striker with amn, black hades with 45 ias jewels and arreats 6% with 15 ias, arreats provides resists and life leech and you can hit the 48 ias bp. Maybe lower ias bp for more stacked resists.



Depending on the ias jewels you can hit like 170+ demon damage on chest by itself, so its like a ghetto fort. Lol woops quoted myself

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#259
Nov 23 2021 01:41am
Quote (Footspeedy @ Nov 22 2021 11:20pm)
After playing around with a 2os Visionary helm I would definitely say that it is by far the best merc helm available. Hard to find a 2os one with a relevant second mod though (or the rare Circlet or crafted Blood Helm...). If you're still using Demon limb the AR is overkill though.



I fail socketed a visio wealth circ lol. So close. Yeah based on the maxroll calc visio helm def bis and will smooth out damage gaps which will prevent heals. Also another thing is its not like might aura auto activates so alot of the +skill damage is backloaded or doesnt appear at all.
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#260
Nov 23 2021 01:44am
Quote (Belarathon @ Nov 22 2021 11:28pm)
There’s that bug with a5 merc dmg with both one handed dmg and +dmg per level or whatever, so eth upg headstriker is insane dmg on them like I was saying before haha. Plus each swing hits twice or some shit, way faster heal, and natural 5% cb :p

E/ still doubt it’ll ever take over mighted ebotdwp tho



In my testing the damage is so close between the two with a2 winning against holy freeze and a5 being better at preventing heals due to chunky damage, no fhr and cc attacks, also better against conviction. Honestly its a flavor decision I would say, whether you want guard buddy or barb buddy.

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