there has to be a mathermatical answer

but for instance a 23 dex 7% qd +mods charm for me is better than a 36 dex charm

but im not an expert either id take opinions

The scale isn’t linear according to the damage per second calculators. So dex equivalent increases with more QD added
1% QD = ~2-2.5 dex
10% QD = ~3-3.5 dex

But I don’t know anything and just use dex/QD combinations anyways

Edit: numbers above using a level 55 battleaxe*
Didn’t check anything lower

This post was edited by Roses on May 23 2026 01:12pm

lets say 150 dex 0% qd dagger vs 125 dex 10% qd

just as a test, if you have a calc handy

For a dagger:

Level 55 dagger DPS of 150 dex 0 QD= 519 DPS
Level 55 dagger DPS of 125 dex 10 QD= 510 DPS

So in this case 1 QD = ~2.1 dex

thank you

one last question if you can be bothered, what does critical influx do again

It Gives a % chance to stop an enemy's attack from critical hitting you.

stats like that are why we cant have nice things

~2dex per 1% is pretty rough estimate. Normally more dex as your gear gets better.

If the dps is roughly the same I'd stick to dex.
Dex will mean higher min/max damage and more crit which will generally lead to kills faster than monsters heal.

If you have a high % qd I guess the rng is a bit less impactful though.

i wrote this up, unfortunately cos my country sucks i can't even see my own images any more but that should give you a decent reference:
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=104476239&f=74

and as linked you can do your own calcs using the calculator:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RDkoYfhQSyWW0KNRYTAWZRLxVfeYGgj-nwqOwtgtSOs/edit?pli=1&gid=0#gid=0

it's actually very useful at levels 1-10 seeing you 1 shot most mobs anyway and quickdraw is only way you can increase that speed. Although if using something with a large damage range like swords/clubs then more damage may be better to try and increase your minimum