Deadly Strike VS Chance of Crushing Blow

[Nicator]

It's deadly strike and critical strike that cannot work together.

Both DS and CS give a chance to double the physical damage, and for a long time I thought that a bowazon with 65% chances for CS and 35% chances for DS (Highlords amulet) was always making double damage. I'm not that sure now because someone linked me to this.

The fast speed gives a higher chance of the effect happening.

... before something hurts you, I guess you meant. ;)

Regardless, I'd rather not socket something that gives Crushing blow or deadly strike due to the rarity of the runes.

Well, IMHO, runes are for being used. I would have had no problems to use a Ber, or a Lo, on my 8/4 fanatic zealot's Lightsabre, even when he was using Guillaume's Face, Gore Rider, and Atma's Scarab (50% CB, 30% DS and Amplify Damage just to be sure), but back then, over a year ago, there were no runewords for those, and now it won't be that difficult to get them, either by cube recipes or by drops, watching the frecuency of high level runes dropping in 1.10s.

Taking, for example, a 1.10s Venom Lord in Act 4 Hell 8-players, I would be more than satisfied to add a single hit cutting 1/8 from his ~12k*8 HP :) , not to talk if I manage to curse him with AD before and make the full 1/4 :D