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Sticky this

doesn't the ebotd merc hit the 6 fpa bp already thanks to the +60% ias from botd?
and why WP? For its damage? Because there are faster 6 sox polearms/spears

This post was edited by Hydro_gen on Aug 17 2009 03:10pm

Yea, that's a miscalculation I made

I know that there are faster ones, but it's the most used one, due to its damage

This post was edited by TheUndyingGod on Aug 17 2009 03:15pm

What do prefer generally? Better ias breakpoint or weapons with better average damage? Depends on the stats?

The ebotd merc for gold find baba with:
WP (105.5 avg damage)
Forti
cot socket with lem for the goldfind because 15ias doesn't let him hit another bp
= 6 fpa = 3,57 attacks per second

vs

giant thresher (77 avg damage)
forti
cot socket with 15ias (for bp) jewel with a nice prefix (ed or res)
= 4.5 fpa = 4,54 attacks per second


EDIT:
hmm, actually I reduced it to simply math already now.
With WP: per sec avg 376,64 damage
With giant thresher: per sec avg 349,58 damage

right?

This post was edited by Hydro_gen on Aug 18 2009 11:48am

Your calculations are fine for the base weapons, but BotD gives 400% ED.

you're right yes

But the proportion / ratio doesn't change if you compare them when they are ethereal and get 400% bonus damage from the runeword (because they get it both). So since WP has more base damage the hard damage difference only grows with an advantage for the WP.
So comparing the base damage per sec will result in the best weapon?

(Only difference between the weapons is their damage combined with their speed, but you got rid of those differences by looking to the damage they do per sec)
(Yes, I'm very addicted to get the best characters and mercs )

This post was edited by Hydro_gen on Aug 18 2009 12:31pm

I'll roll one of each on single player when I get the time.

Once I get the min-max damage of both I'll figure it out and let you know

Daily bump

Bone Nec Merc

Boss killing machine and CE corpse gather

Act5 barb Merc

Death collosus Sword
Fort Armor
Gface Helm

85% cb , 60% deadly strike
with amp+deadly 6-24K damage

This post was edited by Master_Zappy on Aug 19 2009 02:10pm