[2.0]Rathik's NEWBIE FRIENDLY FUN&CHEAP FARMER, DPS Summoner. High AOE DMG, SURVIVAL."The Matriarch"

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

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Rathik2 wrote:

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xSJx wrote:

Rathik, you should try faster attacks instead of minion damage for your zombies and see how you like it :).

I know, I tried it, I just don't like the green color socket.

Well outside of color prejudice there's no reason not to. Since zoms have no base increase to attack speed (and Multistrike is a "more" bonus), it's 44% more damage, 54% with quality. After Multistrike and passive tree, Zombies have about 190% increased damage before Minion Damage, which means its 92% increase is only 31% more damage even with max quality. Plus Faster Attacks has a lower cost multiplier. Simply put, not using Faster Attacks is a mistake on your part.

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

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Rathik2 wrote:

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xSJx wrote:

Rathik, you should try faster attacks instead of minion damage for your zombies and see how you like it :).

I know, I tried it, I just don't like the green color socket.

Well outside of color prejudice there's no reason not to. Since zoms have no base increase to attack speed (and Multistrike is a "more" bonus), it's 44% more damage, 54% with quality. After Multistrike and passive tree, Zombies have about 190% increased damage before Minion Damage, which means its 92% increase is only 31% more damage even with max quality. Plus Faster Attacks has a lower cost multiplier. Simply put, not using Faster Attacks is a mistake on your part.

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xSJx wrote:

I killed normal merveil with fireball if i recall correctly, had been leveling it to use vs cold resist enemies.

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RedRover57 wrote:

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xSJx wrote:

I killed normal merveil with fireball if i recall correctly, had been leveling it to use vs cold resist enemies.

Thanks, fireball did the trick. I had to level one up a bit first. I also leveled up fire trap after equipping some +dex gloves, and wore a cold resistance ring that brought my total CR up to 66%. While farming for the xp I also found a +1 minion gem rare circlet with linked sockets for Summon Skeletons and Added Fire Damage. I ran Clarity and Anger during the fight and still had enough mana pool and regen to spam fireballs, traps and skeletons. Phase 2 was even easier since I could also summon zombies from the corpses. This setup made her fairly trivial so if any other new players with mediocre equipment are trying this build I would highly recommend this strategy against normal Merveil when minions are still weak.

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Rathik2 wrote:

I tried a 20% level 16 faster attacks which totals 50% attack speed.

I don't, it feels to me like multistrike does a bit more damage.

Used them vs Kole, it looked to me with multistrike he was going down a bit faster.

Either way, both are viable, so take your pick.

Personally I'll stick with MS cause of the socket color.

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Oldfella wrote:

Still enjoying the build, just finished a lvl 44 area while I am lvl 40.

I noticed a big difference since I am using