brittle, scorch and sap calculation

im playing an explosive trap sabo with secrets of suffering.

i know that the alt ailments effect is based on the dmg of the hit.

my problem is that i dont know how much % of my dmg i have to convert to each element to be able to inflict all 3 or at least the highest possible amount of brittle and scorch against enemies - especially bosses.

according to pob with my current single target setup i have like 2 mio dps per trap with an avg hit dmg of 760k with all buffs up.

my element distribution right now is 74% cold, 19% fire, 0% light, 8% chaos.

i dont think i can get much light dmg so i left it out totally cause i probably cant fit in much more than 5% light dmg.

if i increase the fire conversion my overall dps decreases, but thats not factoring in the scorch effect.

i dont know if i should even out the cold to fire distribution more or if its even worth it to factor in lightning dmg which would decrease my dps even more, but maybe the sap would work while mapping.

5-6% brittle effect out of 15% is actually enough for me to cap my crit chance, so i might have overkill cold dmg.

scorch goes up to 30 and reduces all elements res, so although my overall dmg with more fire conversion would decrease without factoring in scorch it might actually increase if im able to factor in the scorch effect correctly.

theres a math formula on poe wiki how to calc the alt ailments effect but i dont really get it.

Go fight a boss. Hover mouse over the boss. Icons will tell you what effect each ailment you have on that boss. Adjust as needed from there.

That's the easiest way.

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TemjinGold wrote:

Go fight a boss. Hover mouse over the boss. Icons will tell you what effect each ailment you have on that boss. Adjust as needed from there.

That's the easiest way.

the only disadvantage is that im in hc and i cant pause the game.
maybe i can screen shot it though. ill try

Start with an easy boss then. That will give you some idea to start.

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TemjinGold wrote:

Start with an easy boss then. That will give you some idea to start.

i screen shotted a t16 rare harvest mob.

it had 24% scorch and 8,6% brittle.

i guess that means my cold dmg is too much. idk if its worth scaling fire though cause even if i get to 30% scorch im still losing dps from using fire instead of cold.

i could switch herald of purity to herald of ash which is a dps loss but should increase the scorch effect. just dunno what would be more dps.
if ash gives me 30 scorch it would be more dps but the difference isnt big. if ash is 28 scorch it would be the same as hop with 24 scorch.

i could do 10% phys to light on gloves and 4% phys as extra light on boots. atm its both cold dmg. that would be a dps loss but maybe i can get to a decent sap number?!
the problem of switching my glove and boots implicit around just for testing would cost me a lot of money. switching hop to hoa is ez.

Honestly, if you are getting those numbers, it's prob not worth bothering. I'd just leave it alone and use those affixes to just get more damage in general.

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TemjinGold wrote:

Honestly, if you are getting those numbers, it's prob not worth bothering. I'd just leave it alone and use those affixes to just get more damage in general.

i think that wasnt representative. ill have to screen shot some big boss like sirus to see the real numbers