So multi-strike

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NotRegret wrote:

-Needs to be gotten early so you can level it and get rid of that 'less damage' penalty

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Autocthon wrote:

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ciel289 wrote:

multistrike has huge drawbacks
less efective against monsters with armor

You know, I hate when people state this "drawback", for decent DPS monsters don't have anything approaching non-trivial armour values.

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ciel289 wrote:

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Autocthon wrote:

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ciel289 wrote:

multistrike has huge drawbacks
less efective against monsters with armor

You know, I hate when people state this "drawback", for decent DPS monsters don't have anything approaching non-trivial armour values.

you are right for normal monsters it doesnt matter,but normal monsters are never a "problem" you nuke them with or without multistrike
the ones youreally care about are evil rares and bosses/uniques and they can have much armor or dangerous attacks where every bit of control,on top of that shocking/freezing those is much harder and works better if you deal 1 big hit instead of 3 much faster bit weaker ones

multistrike is an awesome support gem,but depending on how (solo/group, build , items) you play it has "drawbacks"
for me!! these "drawbacks" outweigh the benefits multistrike gives when you go for areas that are potential dangerous for you (like first piety/ dominus kills on merc, your first low level maps or higher level maps!)

for just farming areas that you have run multipli times its good and funny to use,but in only use it there and if i dont have to change the color of my sockets for it etc

this is my personal preference
all i meant to day before was "you can use it,its strong,but be aware of what it does. dont just pick it because everyone else says you have to."
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"you can do fine without it"

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Miszou wrote:

Say what now?

Far too much QQ on these forums and not enough using the resources at their disposal.

Damn noobs.

edit: That armor is on a dual-claw ranger btw, and contrary to the whaarrgarbl in the first post I would take multistrike over Cast-On-Damage-Taken.