IK sockets, +dmg or ED?

[:1]what would be better to drop in my IK sockets for now, I had ptopaz's for MF but Im at the point where I would rather kill faster and switch to dual ist'd alibabas for MFing with find item

Right now I have a 15 and 12 max jewels, and I think a mid 30s %ed, what would give me more dmg total, max/ed jewels are out of the question for ik, unless I can find cheap 10+/30+ ones|||Whirlwind? Shael x2|||actually you may go for 15ias jewels for whirlwind IK maul, but good mods would probably cost more than the IK set itself so...|||^that

double shaels.|||yea I know the maul youre supposed to put shaels, but for the helm/armor from what I'm reading is IAS jewels > %ed/max dmg?|||I think your reading meant by Speed = More DMG ( If not... NVM ^^; )

IAS for helm and armor if... Hybrid build

I prefer 3 x SOL (BER if perfect) for helm & armor|||Quote:








yea I know the maul youre supposed to put shaels, but for the helm/armor from what I'm reading is IAS jewels > %ed/max dmg?




When put into non-weapons, a %ed/max jewel will apply its %ed to mindmg only (or the other way around with %ed/mindmg jewels). That's still better than a plain +max jewel, but it would be a kind of a waste.


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yea I know the maul youre supposed to put shaels, but for the helm/armor from what I'm reading is IAS jewels > %ed/max dmg?




A WW barb doesn't need any IAS except for 30% and for WW, it must be in the weapon.

The question about %ed or +max depends on the amount of off-weapon %ed that's already available. An IK barb has 232 str (255%ed with a hammer-class weapon). Let's also assume he has L28 WW (168%ed) and a L90 might merc (L18 might, 210%ed). I will ignore the maul's bonus to demons and undead (counts as off-weapon %ed BTW) and have a total of 633%, i.e. a factor of 7.33.

A +15 max jewel will increase average damage by 7.5 times 7.33, that's 54.9 damage. 40%ed more off-weapon damage means IK maul damage (274.5 average) times 0.4, that's 109.8 damage.

Make your own calculation when using a different merc, benefitting from an aura, adding the %ed bonus to demons/undead to off-weapon %ed etc.|||Quote:








When put into non-weapons, a %ed/max jewel will apply its %ed to mindmg only (or the other way around with %ed/mindmg jewels). That's still better than a plain +max jewel, but it would be a kind of a waste.



A WW barb doesn't need any IAS except for 30% and for WW, it must be in the weapon.

The question about %ed or +max depends on the amount of off-weapon %ed that's already available. An IK barb has 232 str (255%ed with a hammer-class weapon). Let's also assume he has L28 WW (168%ed) and a L90 might merc (L18 might, 210%ed). I will ignore the maul's bonus to demons and undead (counts as off-weapon %ed BTW) and have a total of 633%, i.e. a factor of 7.33.

A +15 max jewel will increase average damage by 7.5 times 7.33, that's 54.9 damage. 40%ed more off-weapon damage means IK maul damage (274.5 average) times 0.4, that's 109.8 damage.

Make your own calculation when using a different merc, benefitting from an aura, adding the %ed bonus to demons/undead to off-weapon %ed etc.




alright that helps clear things up, so %ed in this case is better than +maxdmg? and I'm using a few +max/ar charms so I would assume those make %ed and the charms themselves add more dmg?|||The IK set it is not worth it socketing it with relevant %ED jewels, and it's not going to make a big difference anyway. Just put a few Prubies or Sols (for a decent Nihl runner).|||Yes, 40%ed are usually better then +15 max.

I would propably ptopaz the armor and helm and add IAS/something jewels (or plain IAS jewels or shael runes) into the weapon... and yes, Sol runes might be nice as well. If you want more damage, use three 35+%ed jewels for armor+helm, but not anything which is worth more than the set itself.

You can as well have further armor+helm sets, one for MF, one for damage, one for protection etc.