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Is this the best sword? - kier - 05-26-2003
Allthough i havent created it, theoreticaly you could make an eth cruel colousus blade of ages. Then soc it with a jah and 2 ohms. if the cruel ed was 300, add 100 from the ohms, and you'd have 400 ed eth colousus sword that ignores target def. What do you lot think? best sword posible in patch 1.09?
Is this the best sword? - Jugalator - 05-26-2003
Yeah, that's pretty good. hehe
Of course, one could use up all 3 sockets with Ohm's if s/he considered the attack rating was good enough. Does Ignore Target's Defense work on bosses btw?
Anyway, I wonder if I would choose a Legend Sword or something instead. They deal less damage, but is much faster. (pretty much all elite base items are as good as any other in the same item class, just more damage with less speed or vice versa)
For comparison:
Legend Sword: speed -15, 72 avg damage
Colossus Blade: speed +5 (ugh), 86.5 avg damage
*checking further*
Heey, what about this?
Balrog Blade: speed 0, 86.5 avg damage!
This means Balrog Blades are better than Colossus Blades regarding average damage over time?
Is this the best sword? - Logic_X - 05-26-2003
Cubing something - removes ethereal
Balrog Blades can't be 3 chip recipe'd to cruel
Jah does not work on bosses, superuniques, champion class enemies (champions, ghostly, etc.), or players.
Is this the best sword? - Jugalator - 05-26-2003
Duh, totally forgot about ethereal :)
But why can't Balrog Blades be cubed to cruel?
Is this the best sword? - Elric of Grans - 05-26-2003
Is this the best sword? - kier - 05-27-2003
Doh, my plan has been foiled again :P
Balrog blades are better in some ways, but in some cases damage is better than speed.
Is this the best sword? - TheDragoon - 05-27-2003
It's not the best sword possible in all cases, by far. For example, a Werebear trying to use that would probably have 2x frames per attack. Just a bit slow. ;) For a Wereform, I'd have to go for something like eth cruel colousus blade of quickness socketed with 3 shael runes. That weapon should hit about 6 frames (with a small bit of OIAS) on a Werebear as well as a 7/4/4/4/4 Fury on a Werewolf. :)
Is this the best sword? - FenrisWulf - 05-27-2003
@TheDragoon:
Pfft, n00b, no one plays Druids. :D
(but on a more serious note, you can't get a 3 socketed ethereal Cruel Sword; as was mentioned, the cubing removes the ethereal property)