You aren't the only weirdo who get annoyed with this topic so no worries.

This guy didnt have balls to post this here so he PMed hahahahaha

I found a black horns the other day and stashed it! What do you use for life steal on the merc?

UPDATED WITH MAT AND SHADOW FAITH RESULTS TOO

I just happened to have 45IAS 120ED and 45IAS 45Max Damage tiaras right now so showing you guys the difference between them in terms of actual damage.

With 2.4 buff on zon skills, max damage jewels got some more buff since each max damage scales more with ED buff from skill synergies.

You can see 4545 does a lot more max damage.

People always ask so hope this shed the light on that.

All tests with Pride 20 Might Merc.

Fanaticism + Concentration +Might Aura all stacked.

GMB Faith 15/2/3 330ED
Strafe:
4545: 1793-10k
45120: 1883-9724
Multishot:
4545: 1227-6956
45120: 1294-6648

Mat Faith 15/2/3 345ED 3AR
Strafe:
4545: 2427-7993
45120: 2559-7394
Multishot:
4545: 1662-5456
45120: 1755-5058

Shadow Faith 15/2/3 345ED 3AR
Strafe:
4545: 1913-9128
45120: 2011-8575
Multishot:
4545: 1317-6251
45120: 1389-5901

You can tell the skill damage difference is larger as you get to lower weapon damage bows since each max damage means more to the low weapon damage bows like Mat and Shadow.

I don't know why but act 1 rogue merc doesn't die at all even without life steal.

I should put on CoH on her but I just put on some random Fort that i had in my stash.

CoH would be the best.

The only time she dies in many runs is the fire damage from seal boss and diablo when I misclick and not reposition her.

She's all maxed out in res already so I'm probably gonna put Vex on blackhorn.

This post was edited by KimSulki84 on Jun 20 2022 01:57pm

Cool damage comparisons! I guess for mat faith if I use a 2/20/2 open socket helm, the 30 max may be better than 80 Ed as well.

Of course!

4015s are better for PVP. For pvm, 4545 is perfectly sound. I already have 4545 on diadem in NL so made 45120 for my main zon that I'm not selling haha

Tried wf with faith merc for a couple of days, still couldn't like it and switched back to mat faith in hands + reaper merc. Maybe a bit less damage but way more controlled and easier to play imo.
Drooling over that perfect shadow bow faith that's on sale right now

I kinda strafe more with wf spec. It does hit harder and kb definitely helps with staying put and shoot.

Still prefer faith on me and reapers might merc though. The gameplay is definitely smoother for some reason.

That isn't a bad price for bin. I would have binned it if I didn't have it already. Perfect Shadow outperforms any other perfect Faith.

It's the combination of massive slow from decrepify, decent tanking capability of the merc + more skills to spend on evade line that helps with survivability. And on demand freeze arrow.

I already have a 14/2/3/344 mat faith so that shadow just doesn't feel like that much of an upgrade for the price, beautiful as it is.