fortify support vs fortitude ascension

hi,

sry for beginner stuff, i've just starting to wander on the atlas on low tiers.

i carry a fortify support gem, which gives me forify on hit and melee phys damage bonus. now, i've put 2pts into champion ascension, for some reasonable MS and APS bonus, when i have fort on and fortify effect increase. i feel like my fortify uptime is pretty good, as melee cleaver duelist, there's rarely a moment i dont have fortify proc on.
does it make sense at all to switch to ascension based fortify (fortitude for champion duelist)? am i right that i'd lose bonus dmg increase from the gem?

i'm little too weak for merc lab and i've done just normal/cruel, and picked unstoppable hero and insprational (any ms and party-wide bonus is always welcome). first to strike, last to fall seems legit too, so maybe i'm on the right track and picking fortitude isn't so good after all and sticking with the gem is allright.

Think about what gems you could use instead. The damage increase from the fortify gem isn't very much so you probably have better options.

Link Fortify support to your main ability and have a 100% uptime, choose other ascension points rather than use 2 to obtain permanent fortify

i was specifically thinking about sacrificing a gems slot for probably dps loss, but gaining 2 ascension points to choose something else, which i think has a value on its own.

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Vipermagi wrote:

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Quo210 wrote:

Take a good look at the Fortify support gem vs Added Melee physical damage. The difference is about a 3% in favor for the pure physical damage support gem. And it DOES stack with the physical support gem.

Melee Physical Damage grants More Damage, which is a straight multiplier. Fortify grants Increased Damage, which is additive with your 300-400% Increased Damage from passives.

You're right, tested it to make sure, I rarely look at the dps tooltip now since is not so reliable.