Looking how to reduce damage taken with my raider I came to the conclusion that granite is better than stibnite. With granite I get 13% phys reduction and with stibnite I get 4% extra evasion chance (from 47% evade to 51%). Im no expert but according to my preschool level math that gives granite the higher ground. But then again, I'm no expert. Should I keep using granite? Is there a better option? Maybe basalt? Last bumped on Aug 2, 2017, 4:54:36 PM | Posted by rovillalob on Jul 28, 2017, 5:31:59 AM |
Basalt is generally vastly superior to granite due to how badly armour scales with damage taken. Stibnite blinds foes which makes the miss 50% of the time. | Posted by on Jul 28, 2017, 5:52:27 AM |
Why have only plain Granite when you can have Rumi's Concoction? Basalt doesn't have any unique flask, and the unique Stibnite flask is a T1 unique (very rare to chance and expensive to buy). | Posted by evilsofa on Jul 28, 2017, 7:41:06 AM |
Granite does not give you 13% phys reduction. Armor doesn't work that way. And even if it did, Basalt would obviously be better with 20%. The big thing about Stibnite Flask is the Smoke Cloud, not the increased Evasion Rating. It's basically a small AoE Blind effect and helps a lot for not getting hit. Also with Chemist's prefix, it only uses 7 charges, so you can use it 4 times and it fills up quickly, which is ideal for e.g. Staunching suffix or one of the elemental ailment protections. Account inactive since Tencent majority share acquisition. | Posted by zagibu on Jul 28, 2017, 8:59:22 AM |
For what you need mana flask? Get mana leech passive or leech from an item (gloves, ring, amulet) One of your life flask is missing affix (use orb of augmentation) In short Granite is good for low/mid level, Basalt is better for endgame but you can mix both of them. Drop mana flask and you can use granite, basalt and stibnite combo Your char tab is private but from other thread I see you are using frost blades. Crit or non Crit? Rumi's Concoction Granite Flask is fine but Lion's Roar Granite Flask would be even better Damage + life leech > a bit of block but it depends on your budget (lions is 20c?) and also skills you´re using etc. Btw there are also other ways how to reduce damage taken (enfeeble curse, fortify buff, endurance charges/IC, resist auras, specific unique items) Last edited by Rakiii on Jul 28, 2017, 11:04:24 AM | Posted by Rakiii on Jul 28, 2017, 10:47:51 AM |
I didn't knew about the blind aoe effect, which is nice. I got the 13% reduction from the defense tab, is it misleading? The mana flask was because of the increased evasion, but not for mana as I have more than enough mana leech. I will change that one. I augmented the flask and got instant recovery with 66% recovered amount, not the best result. For what I see the best option is 2 life flasks (bleeding and freeze)+Atziri+Basalt+stibnite Lion Roar has knockback and chance to flee, not sure about the first effect but that flee thing isn't really helpfull. The build is not focused in crit but I do have some nice crit chance (35-40%) Last edited by rovillalob on Jul 28, 2017, 9:00:21 PM | Posted by rovillalob on Jul 28, 2017, 8:55:17 PM |
' Yes, it's based on an average white monster of your level. Armor formula is: reduction = AR / (AR + 10 * DMG), which means the bigger the damage, the less it helps. You should also think about using Silver or Sulphur Flask. Test how much your dmg tooltip increases when you use one or the other. Might be worth more than a defensive flask (Stibnite + Basalt is already pretty good imo). Account inactive since Tencent majority share acquisition. | Posted by zagibu on Jul 28, 2017, 9:06:27 PM |
Use these and never look back. Lion's roar only helps with the melee hit though. Not the flying frost blades. But i still keep it for single target fights. Last edited by kompaniet on Jul 28, 2017, 9:29:26 PM | Posted by kompaniet on Jul 28, 2017, 9:27:42 PM |
Stibnite Flask is much better than Jade Flask in almost all melee situations, unless you use Dreamfeather or something else that profits from additional evasion rating. With Frost Blades, it is arguable, because they have quite good range, so maybe the Smoke Cloud doesn't help you a lot because of the limited range of the AoE. Account inactive since Tencent majority share acquisition. | Posted by zagibu on Jul 29, 2017, 1:34:45 PM |
Stibnite is rather useless for my frost blader. I move all the time and the smoke cloud does not. If that would follow the charachter for the duration that'd be much more useful. | Posted by kompaniet on Jul 29, 2017, 1:42:34 PM |
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