About bear trap.

Could anyone explain why culling strike is good on bear trap?

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APCY wrote:

Could anyone explain why culling strike is good on bear trap?

because its one of the few things that actually increases the damage of beartrap. also, the reduced casting speed does not affect your trap laying speed + it adds cullingstrike to the trap

whats not to love?

You want the culling strike to get the killing blow. You add IIR and IIQ gems to make your target turn into a loot piñata.

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fsg wrote:

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APCY wrote:

Could anyone explain why culling strike is good on bear trap?

because its one of the few things that actually increases the damage of beartrap. also, the reduced casting speed does not affect your trap laying speed + it adds cullingstrike to the trap

whats not to love?

doesn't added fire dmg & melee physical dmg work with the trap as well?

Added fire works for sure,but I think MPD doesn't,can't be.

Bear Trap isn't melee, so Melee Physical Damage doesn't work with it.

Question:

Assuming I only have a 3L option for my bear trap (my chest armor and the 3 4L armor pieces are already spoken for, so this is either shield or weapon)

Should I co with Beartrap, IIR, and IIQ; should I replace either IIR or IIQ with culling; or should I just go full damage with Beartrap, Added Fire Damage, and Culling?

Last option is the best (added/culling),and maybe the only possible effective one,if a dmg output is the target.Don't count on bear trap alone,with no dmg supports, to have enough powers to kill alot so you can benefit from IIQ/IIR.Bear trap serves another purpose,to lock and immobilize a single enemy,it is not supposed to kill it,maybe just to damage it,especially fat mobs on higher difficulties.
Or you can still use culling/IIQ/IIR to hunt bosses with it and wait for trap to kill,but it's risky and boring.