1.3 [Newbie Friendly] GROUNDSLAMMER BUILD

Can you get a heavy strike gem from quests or is it only a random drop?
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xRibs wrote:
Can you get a heavy strike gem from quests or is it only a random drop?

First gem you get 5 sec into the game as a marauder. ;)
Heavy strike is the first gem you get from the game right at the start from the guy with the "!" above his head iirc.
Currently close to beating Act 2 normal mode with this build, and I love it. The HP regen is amazing, and the damage is surprisingly high.
10/10, would build again
@ThirstyGhost
This would require a lot of theorycrafing and calculations.
I DON'T know if my understanding of Added fire damage is correct and I can be wrong about efficiency and more relation. Albo other things, for which i don't feel responsible. All in all, as for tests (tested only heavy strike, sorry) i acheived similar influence of lava lash


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Let assume we have:
300% increased melee physical damage
40% more damage via Melee Physical Damage
25% efficiency for Infernal Blow
30% added fire damage

We have base weapon damage X.
Half of this goes to physical damage part, which is increased by 'increase' mods, 'more' mods and at the end by 'added fire damage mod'. I hope it works in such way. As far as i remember more and efficiency works additively, and added fire adds to WHOLE damage
X/2*(1+increase)*(1+more+efficiency)=3.3X
plus added fire part
X/2*(1+increase+lava_lash)*(1+more+efficiency)*fire=1.064X
I guess i works in such way. Needs tests/confirmation of course.
TOTAL OF 4.364X

And the second half goes into fire damage. Converted damage is also affected by increased physical damage
X/2*(1+increase+lava_lash)*(1+more+efficiency)=3.547
plus added fire part
X/2*(1+increase+lava_lash)*(1+more+efficiency)*fire=1.064X
TOTAL OF 4.611X
AND TOTAL OF TOTAL OF 8.975X

For Heavy strike it is
X*(1+increase)*(1+more+efficiency)=7.6X
plus added fire part
X*(1+increase+lava_lash)*(1+more+efficiency)*fire=2.451X
TOTAL OF 11.426X

Heavy strike wins by 27.3%
Whats more fun: total damage of heavy strike without lava lash is 11.255X, so lava lash adds 1.5%
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great job
Currently level 47 in act 3 cruel.
The tankyness is great, although my damage is rather lacking atm (though this can also be attributed to my poor gear).

Groundslam can be a little awkward to use at times due it it's small cone cast, but overall the build has been great.
''Stand amongst the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters.
The silence is your answer.''

IGN: Vaeralyse
Cool build. Currently using it in HC.
Thanks for this build.
why u said mace has higher damage than axe? when i ask ppl they said that axe has higher damage than mace. Can u explain for me.

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