New Unique: Black Sun Crest

^your url is not working , but thx for the maths exercise do, i sort of reckoned if you focus solely on str you could get some insane numbers.

Peace,

-Boem-

It's working now, i'am still impressed how high str we could reach

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snakesolidx wrote:

Max STR you could get :

Three : 842
Astramentis : 116
2x ring : 100
belt : 100
gloves (meginord) : 100
chest : 50
2x doon : 140
= 1448

alberon : 18%
New crest : 15%

= 1925

It's 385% increase spell damage from iron will
it's 240% increase damage from Doon
it's 192% increase armor from Doon
it's 962 flat hp

Load of raw stat


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That's insane stat mate, consider how cheap those unique are

With perfect gear you could achieve : (38 + (12*90) + (1925/2)+300)*(2,57+0,4) = 7070 life

if you drop 50 str on chest for belly, a bit more i think

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JohnNamikaze wrote:

Still tops it when used with Pillar. Maybe another build type can take advantage of this new helm.





Edit: This new helm does open up the possibility of being able to hit 1k STR. Would make a fun ( as in wacky) build, but that is it. :P

There's a reason why that helm is in standard.

For Hardcore abyssus is only usable with perma IC and there will inevitably come a time when you dont have charges and get jumped by/desync into a pack and die in an instant. There's also the alternative of bringer but then you cant have chest or shield and its also very costy;

This new helm is a very good choice for HC leagues.

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JohnNamikaze wrote:

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Disrupted wrote:

and get jump+ed by/desync into a pack and die in an instant.

But isn't that the case for most hardcore players that RIP. Honestly, just a good rare helmet like

or

can go a long way. I actually used to use the first helm, but after seeing that my DPS jumped up like for more than 9k DPS, and my survivability slighty got worse (I still had to use EC+IC with the first helm since my defense was still kinda meh and my DPS was pretty low for a 2-hander).

Eh, I dont think expanding the "damage range" that can kill you by that much is ever a good thing.
In the case of armour + life rares it really depends on how much each build gets with it. (this supoosing they arent in need of res ofc)

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JohnNamikaze wrote:

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Disrupted wrote:

Eh, I dont think expanding the "damage range" that can kill you by that much is ever a good thing.

So is taking forever to kill something. I do not have much of an issue maintaining 6 endurance charges (will eventually go 7 once I get enough regrets to respec a passive point for the +1 end charge to get IC up to 10 seconds). I chose the lesser of the poison, because one way or the other, I was still at risk.

Meh, Id rather wait and try to purchase/craft flat damage on other pieces but that might be more costy in the long run, would still hit a wall faster than you ofc. Still this league and the one before I remember seeing guildies going Abyssus, they all ended up in standard the moment they did a slight mistake.

Well, I guess you could try to offset abyssus with Lightning Coil at least. Would still go black sun for my build still. (but that might be unusual)

%increased stats is an awesome effect.

Str is pretty useless for pillar attacking since you need flat phys and the helm slot has both BoR and Abyssus. However, str for iron will casting (with Doon(s)) is awesome.

Int seems useless for ES since the helm doesn't have any ES on it. I'm pretty sure that not even 1X% increased int is going to make up for lacking a few hundred base ES. However, int for pillar aoe casting (alongside stuff like 2x perandus signet) seems awesome. Alongside some huge aoe (discharge, frost nova, shockwave totem) it could clear extremely well.

Dex seems useless, even alongside Queen of the Forest and/or Dreamfeathers. It's just too low% increased, unless those are all variable. If it were a higher%, then it may be awesome for the aforementioned QotF/DF users.

... Oh and the +1 gems just makes it a great all-around helm for pretty much every character. Once we see the unique coming in Act4 (2months from now? ish?) I'm sure the helm will get even better.

Overall I just love seeing GGG put real design effort into a unique that isn't 60+ and/or map-gated.