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Hey guys,
been farming Act 2 on a regular basis, most runs end with a couple deaths which I can live with. Problem is when I try to go to act 3 I am getting raped and I'm not sure what the best stats are at this point for me to try upgrading. Here's my profile and any help would be apreciated Profile |
Act 3 help
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I looked at your profile and here's what I think would help:
1) Mantra of Evasion is going to be TONS better than Mantra of Conviction. Conviction gives you 24% additional damage, which at your DPS, is about 7k damage. This isn't very significant. MOE, on the other hand, combined with Hard Target, will nearly double your EHP. Spamming MOE in tough situations can sometimes give you near invincibility because of the high dodge. 2) I feel like a shield will benefit you more than dual-wielding. Until you can obtain a decent off-hand (high stats, CD, and a socket), I personally feel the benefits of a good shield outweigh dual-wielding. A shield with high CC, high block, some stats, and maybe even MF shouldn't be incredibly hard to find these days. The shield will provide you with an immense amount of defense (block damage is applied after all resists roll) and the high CC actually provides decent damage as long as you can stack some CD elsewhere. I was able to get to about 35-36k dps using a shield. 3) Your hp is a bit low. From my personal experience, I think the sweet spot is like, 35-40k hp and minimum 550 resist. I think higher resist helps against certain things, but the lower HP makes you constantly in danger of more "burst" damage deaths. Minor things: 1) I prefer ascension over repose. The 1 second is bigger when you have high DPS, but overall, the healing is just too small for me. 2) I think resolve is better than guardian's path unless you have very high dex. 3) I use air ally. The air ally does 10% dps per second (not bad) and sometimes, he can tank big hits from certain mobs. Hope this helps. I used a shield before I got better weapons and I was farming act 3 with less than 5 deaths per run. It was a bit slower, but extremely budget friendly. |
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Metta knows what hes talking about. Here is my profile for you to use as a guide. 58k unbuffed dps farming act 3 with maybe 2 deaths in under 1 hour.
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/Nelgelf-1425/hero/9660150 |