Rares will always be BiS

^at endgame you need either high max resist (flask + purity + unique items)

or spell block.

Both attributes cannot be rolled on rare items, therefore unique's will always be BiS for endgame survival as long as one-shot spells are in the game.

Just look at people using stone of lazwar. That unique is crap generally, it has one redeeming attribute and it triumphs over 95% of the rare amulets because of it.

And that's what i consider atm an "oldscool design" given the new direction of unique's lately with the lack of drawbacks. (at least this feature of a drawback is present on lazwar)

And btw, Es users have there own BiS unique's. You know that, i know that. So what's your point with that argument?

Not to offend you, but how should Spell Block/Block prevent 1-Shotting ?

Block adds EHP, which is a RNG based pool. You still can get 1-Shots. The only thing that prevents 1-Shotting is flat reduction or high life/es pool.

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Just to take Rath and Rainbows as example: Shield highest es is arround 600, boots arround 250 i think. Thats arround 4-500 more base ES, which is arround 1,8 - 2,2k more ES pool. Plus, more res other stuff you can roll on a perfect rare (crit, mana regen..)

^read my post, i said either you go for "+max resist" OR you go for "+%spellblock" at endgame to hard-counter bosses.

Both attributes are unique only. Therefore unique's will be BiS compared to good rolled rares since they lack the attribute in there affix/suffix pool.

One shot's will most likely always happen even with a 15k hp pool.

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Not to offend you, but how should Spell Block/Block prevent 1-Shotting ?

By blocking.

With 75% Block, one 1 out of 4 will hit you. So, sooner or later you get the 1-shot. Just a matter of time :)

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One shot's will most likely always happen even with a 15k hp pool.

I pretty much think there is nothing that hits for more then 10k (at Base, if you tune it up with map mods, maybe..).

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Astarte911 wrote:

With 75% Block, one 1 out of 4 will hit you. So, sooner or later you get the 1-shot. Just a matter of time :)

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One shot's will most likely always happen even with a 15k hp pool.

I pretty much think there is nothing that hits for more then 10k (at Base, if you tune it up with map mods, maybe..).

The mobs that run to corpses and start shooting big balls of blood with +cast speed +move speed and +3 spell charges (or whatever) was one shooting my tank mara very easy.

Some damage is meant to be avoided, cant face tank everything.

are you telling me that you'd rather use some crappy uniques just for spell block instead of near perfect rare boots like these?



or that you'd rather use a unique chest over this?




note: not my gear


i'm 100% positive that mirror worthy rares are far far better than uniques. However the caveat is that if a unique is "build enabling" you will need to use it, even though it's not BiS.

Spell block is not mandatory, raising your resist cap is not mandatory, and both can be obtained from the passive tree. Resists can be raised to 90% without a single unique item... at that point you don't even need spell block since potions would then let you reach 100% elemental immunity temporarily

Rares are BiS, always.

If you need a unique for a specific build then this unique is BiS for that build wtf are you guys seriously talking about?

Rares BIS? Not for builds that need a build enebling uniqe like rise of the phoenix or Shavronnes+ Crown of eyes

The unique would be BIS if it you know, offed an special effect only that has.

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I_NO wrote:

Yeahhhhhhhhhh the fuck happen to that logic GGG?

That logic has been thrown out the door long ago. Do you not remember that they made Kaoms and Auxium.