Hi im playing fire melee nec using daggers....
Any ideas about end game gear?
Taming sari, hellfire plate is not really good...
I have Tyraels might so i want to build my nec with it....
Defensive stats are awesome.....
Any idea is helpful....
Semigloss wrote:Yea 40% IED is low, especially with no IED boosts in the tree. Plus necro has very little access to life Regen or LoMA.
Heres is how I would look at the two dagger scenarios (ignoring scythes). Let's say you had 5k dex endgame:
For IED: 40% IED on weapon probably ends up more like 60% IED (+50% innate endgame), so you're looking at 3k weapon damage, x3 with 200pierce (if even possible). So your dagger IED alone is dealing 9k fire damage.
For PHYS: figure an average wpn damage of 300 (The Defiler), dex bonus gives 650% EWD and Famine gives 750% EWD. Which turns 300 into 4200, then assume 2x for deadly strike so 8400 total weapon phys damage from dagger.The Defiler
Spirit Edge (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: (170 - 211) to (362 - 441)
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 537
Item Level: 120
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.13 per Dexterity)%
Area Effect Attack
Parasite: +6 Targets
Deathlord Morph
+(1 to 3) to Necromancer Skill Levels
Adds (90 to 115)-(220 to 270) Damage
(10 to 15)% Life stolen per Hit
+(150 to 200)% Enhanced Damage
(10 to 15)% Deadly Strike
Socketed (3)
So just the dagger alone, damage-wise things are about the same. But flat +phys damage from gear gets multiplied by that 650% AND the 750%, so that's 15x. Whereas flat +ele damage only gets 3x multiplier from fire pierce. That is a massive difference, and I don't think the higher +ele modifiers make up for it when you have things likeRipstar,Ripstar
Ring
Required Level: 60
Item Level: 60
+0.5625 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)
+20 Life on Melee AttackWind Runner, etc. Then consider the fact that life leech works with phys and not ele, I think phys becomes the clear winner.Wind Runner
Boots
'SilElqSilGul'
Runeword Level: 100
+(0 to 1) to All Skills
50% Attack Speed
10% Movement Speed
Adds 25-68 Damage
250% Bonus to Attack Rating
(12 to 15)% Life stolen per Hit
+(171 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
Happy to be proven wrong though, and might even consider trying it myself still. I always enjoy playing builds in new ways.