I was under the impression that fire mastery does not affect range damage, at least in LOD. I was looking at maxroll which seems to suggest in D2:R that it actually does impact it(Fire mastery on enchant orb, or, +3 fire skills 2 enchant > 2 fire skills 3 enchant). Is maxroll wrong, or did something change in D2:R that i was unaware of?

I just tested this as best as i could, and apparently yes, fire mastery affects range damage unless the warmth from +3 fire skills applies. I wasn't able to find a directly comparable orb unfortunately so if anyone has any input or has tested this i'd love to hear what you found

This post was edited by FORt-HOBO on Dec 31 2022 03:11pm

It affects it, but not twice and multiplicable like with melee.

thnx. Not a worthwhile investment for me then

Nah, I think with max precast + dream helm u max out at like 28k dmg.
And thats like a slow casting fireball if combined with brand, a slow casting piercing fireball if used with demon machine crossbow and a 28k dmg guided arrow if used with widowmaker.

A warshrike can war 2 x dream though and has 50% pierce chance, and u can melee with 9fpa on knife on sorc with the multiplicable effects and that knife got -20wsm and 30ias. It would also leech decent. By having lvl 5 psn dagger in ring or gloves or ammu u could gain like around 100% attackrating bonus.