I didn't know that negative resistances were capped at -100%. That doesn't apply to players, does it? Well like LucianDK said, almost every single creature in Nightmare and Hell have a resistance or immunity to Fire, Lightning or Cold, so Conviction will still be effective even at -150% resists. Lets assume that all monsters in Hell have an immunity to one of the aforementioned elements, 100% that is. With your build, the total damage with 200 STR, x being the weapon damage, would be 12,41x. With my build, the total damage would be 23,35x. Also, triple-immune Bosses are probably going to be a fairly common sight in v1.10 Hell, even quadruple-immunes might be possible. Against those kinds of bosses, your damage would be crippled, while my damage, because of Conviction, would hardly be dented.
Don't know about 11 fps either. If you use a quick weapon, like a War Scepter or a Flail, all you need is 60% IAS to get to 9 fps, not very hard to get, even if you play untwinked. 8 fps does require a bit more specialized gear at 110% IAS, but it can still be done if you get some lucky drops. Shop for a nice Cruel weapon of Quickness in Act 5 Hell and socket it with two shaels (upgrade from lesser runes if necessary) and you're almost there.
You will have superior leeching though, though you're gonna need some mana leech as well with that 10-mana Vengeance. I will most likely not bother with any sort of leech, my physical proportion of the damage will be quite small and with a 5-mana Vengeance and maybe 300 mana, I'm not very likely to even need any mana leech, potions will do the trick. I think max res, max block and about 1100-1200 life at lvl 75 ought to be enough to stay alive in Hell if I make liberal use of Super healing potions and revs and be careful not to get swarmed.
Btw, LucianDK. Vengeance gives +6% to each of the three elements (+18% total that is), and any of the Resist X auras give +5% to each element, +15% that is. So the difference really is only 3% in total, and not 54% - 15% :)
Don't know about 11 fps either. If you use a quick weapon, like a War Scepter or a Flail, all you need is 60% IAS to get to 9 fps, not very hard to get, even if you play untwinked. 8 fps does require a bit more specialized gear at 110% IAS, but it can still be done if you get some lucky drops. Shop for a nice Cruel weapon of Quickness in Act 5 Hell and socket it with two shaels (upgrade from lesser runes if necessary) and you're almost there.
You will have superior leeching though, though you're gonna need some mana leech as well with that 10-mana Vengeance. I will most likely not bother with any sort of leech, my physical proportion of the damage will be quite small and with a 5-mana Vengeance and maybe 300 mana, I'm not very likely to even need any mana leech, potions will do the trick. I think max res, max block and about 1100-1200 life at lvl 75 ought to be enough to stay alive in Hell if I make liberal use of Super healing potions and revs and be careful not to get swarmed.
Quote:Anyway I'm on the east coast of the US so the time zone difference shouldn't be insurmountable. I'm actually up for a game tonight so if you're interested send an email my way at asarpeshkar@hotmail.comGreat, still about 6 hours minimum though :/ It was about 4 in the morning here when you wrote that, had to sleep :)
Btw, LucianDK. Vengeance gives +6% to each of the three elements (+18% total that is), and any of the Resist X auras give +5% to each element, +15% that is. So the difference really is only 3% in total, and not 54% - 15% :)
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