Quote:On top of the life steal 20% coefficient, there is the availability of mods. 2H can currently get 3% on weapon and 3% on belt and 3% as a passive. Compare to 1H @ 1.8 speed with Frenzy with 1000 LoH (750 per hit) and you'd need 75k DPS to be equivalent... that's topped out on life steal, but far from topped out on LoH. You can accumulate LoH without spectacular DPS, but for Lifesteal, you're talking pretty great gear to get equivalent to a reasonable LoH amount. What's the equivalent at the 700 LoH I had when first geared at 60? It would take 9% life steal and 50k DPS to be equivalent... hardly starter inferno gear.Right, which is why I specified AoE skills, not frenzy. Typically AoE skills have proc coefficients around 33%, though the barb's seems to be on the high side. 1000 LOH on a 33% proc skill is 333 life per hit. 3% lifesteal on 100k damage (easily achievable with 50k base damage per hit and a 2x multiplier from the skill) is 600 life per hit.
Compare some of the new buffed spenders with a base of 50k damage, 3% lifesteal and 1000 LOH:
Seismic Slam - crackling rift: 340% weapon damage, 1020 life stolen per hit, 500 life on hit
Hammer of the Ancients - 325% weapon damage, 975 life stolen per hit, 667 life on hit
Rend - 700% weapon damage (LOH only procs on the initial attack), 2100 life stolen per hit, 333 life on hit
And it's _much_ less expensive to get 3% lifesteal than it is to get 1000 LOH. 50k damage isn't unreasonable for a damage focused 2H build either.
Overall there are a lot of indirect changes that make lifesteal more attractive this patch. The increased efficacy of 2h weapons, the buffed fury spenders (which benefit 2-handers disproportionately since they're limited by fury rather than attack speed), and the increased availability of lifesteal on your weapon slot all combine to make lifesteal worth another look. At this point I don't think it's necessary to change the inferno scaling.