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D2R Merc Guide - Act 5 Barb Merc Damage Output Testing (Grief, Fury, Headstriker, & Crescent Moon)

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  • čas přidán 16. 04. 2024
  • Hello Guys and Gals Today lets do a bit of testing, before I put out my act 5 merc guide I wanted to test for myself in a more scientific way the damage output of all the weapons. So here it is, sped up for your viewing enjoyment me testing a large variety of weapons for damage output.
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Komentáře • 68

  • @slof69
    @slof69 Před 28 dny +1

    i love the vibe of your vids always have done and i watch stuff i dont even want to do ingame myself just for the vibe keep it up man

  • @Barnewallian
    @Barnewallian Před 4 měsíci +7

    People rave about headstriker because they are tired of Grief and desperate to find alternatives to it. But even if the damage is similar (might actually be somewhat higher for headstriker), Grief has a *massive* speed advantage, itd, - target defense and lots of extra demon damage. Only crushing blow can compete.
    Cool that you tested crescent moon too, very interesting result!
    I'm pretty sure the definitive highest damage act v mer is just like the highest damage barbarian: griefx2, gface, fort.

    • @Jerome...
      @Jerome... Před 3 měsíci +3

      Actually Lawbringer+Grief has higher dps once Decrepify proc. It also gives your merc cold damage, some life steal and RIP. Last Wish is also top dps vs Ubers and P8 Baal.

    • @Barnewallian
      @Barnewallian Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@@Jerome...Not to mention the amazing conviction aura that absolutely destroys undead physical res. I said highest dmg meaning raw, but my dual wield barbs use grief/azure and the mercs grief/lawb :D

    • @Barnewallian
      @Barnewallian Před 3 měsíci

      Decrep proc with act V is pretty inconsistent compared with an act II reaper though due to curse overwrite and terrible attack rating. But that's a story for another day I guess.

    • @JosephMagicFlower
      @JosephMagicFlower Před 3 měsíci +1

      Itd on merc doesn't work. I've been always told this but i don't know if it's true.

    • @JosephMagicFlower
      @JosephMagicFlower Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@Barnewallianhave you tried double lawbringer on act 5 merc? It procs even more than act 2 merc, thanks to their fast attack (5 per second)

  • @Urza26
    @Urza26 Před 4 měsíci +6

    Lawbringer is one of the best budget items ever. Sanctuary screws over, cc and pierce physical immunity on undead which form a very large amount of the monsters in the game. Decrepify gives even more cc and physical immunity piercing for everything. Lifesteal, some elemental damage, RIP mod, defense against missiles, more gold... Like practically every stat or ability is relevant.

    • @chiari4833
      @chiari4833 Před 29 dny

      I use it on my druid with a holy freeze merc, monsters just stop while being slaughtered by the dozens

    • @Urza26
      @Urza26 Před 29 dny +1

      @@chiari4833 Lol RIP monsters.

  • @CommanderReplay
    @CommanderReplay Před 3 měsíci +1

    I cant stress how important lawbringer is for Lilith and Terrorized Andy. Most people think its the poison but its actually the physical attack that usually kills your merc, and the decrep slows the attack so much that it basically negates it. Plus it boosts your main characters damage output making the fight overall faster. Fun test though.

  • @Barnewallian
    @Barnewallian Před 4 měsíci +4

    Oh and death/kingslayer would be interesting to test too!

  • @chiari4833
    @chiari4833 Před 29 dny

    I made a variation of your thor barb with 2 plague on pb i use for battle cry, immune to lighting enemies and proc of lower res then i switch to my 2 crescent moons with 2 wisp projectors, while my act 5 merc is rocking 2 voice of resson on pb. It's really fun proccing all those high lvl light and cold skills ❤

  • @robincormier9935
    @robincormier9935 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I would've liked to see the data from the combo of Greif + headstriker. Surprised you left that combo out, I would've figured it's the highest damage combo.

  • @flemmingstein
    @flemmingstein Před 4 měsíci +7

    You forgot to do Double Last Wish for the Ultra Rich.

    • @GGMentor
      @GGMentor  Před 4 měsíci +4

      Problem with last wish is the 70% CB skews the results tremendously

  • @mr_proctober2032
    @mr_proctober2032 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Grief plus cresent moon is my favorite combo

  • @antonsundin2974
    @antonsundin2974 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Before watching the video i will assume phaseblade grief wins... unless you're running fanaticism aura in which case headstriker will just barely win out. Double lastwish deserves a mention even if it's not exactly worth the price lol, crushing blow, might aura, lifetap and fade is nothing to scoff at even if the pure damage is lower.
    grief, gface and CoH would be my go to setup for most builds. CoH over fort because of the lifesteal imo.

  • @sagenecro
    @sagenecro Před 3 měsíci +3

    isnt double lastwish the best because the auras are bugged? they add together and apply twice or something

    • @GGMentor
      @GGMentor  Před 3 měsíci +4

      Last wish wasn't tested because of it's extremely high Crushing Blow. It would have invalidated a Raw Damage output test.
      Crushing Blow could probably kill Uber Diablo in 60 seconds lol

  • @tcurrid8059
    @tcurrid8059 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Need to pay a reliable nephew to do 50 tests with each set up.

    • @GGMentor
      @GGMentor  Před 3 měsíci +3

      Lol, testing this stuff is so boring too I usually just set it up and start watching a TV Show.

  • @expseeker
    @expseeker Před 4 měsíci +1

    my fury barbs in general do best with one grief+1 lawbringer and utilize all available cc-warcries for different purposes. especially in areas wiht undeads the -100% phys res to them from the aura, and the slow helps alot. so that tets also showes whats best for player-characters

    • @GGMentor
      @GGMentor  Před 4 měsíci +2

      Grief + Lawbringer was the fastest test, however there is the added issue of overwriting other friendly curses. So no amp, lifetap, lower res, ect.

    • @expseeker
      @expseeker Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@GGMentor for solo runs i never wanted other curses i enjoyed it as it is mostly for act4 CS

  • @MrLazyleader
    @MrLazyleader Před 4 měsíci +6

    Btw, you don't need two swords. If the second hand is empty, act5 barbs will just clone your first hand weapon.
    Edit: I stand corrected.

    • @GGMentor
      @GGMentor  Před 4 měsíci +15

      I don't believe that works anymore but I could certainly test it. I think it used to work like that when the barb mercs were first released though.
      I already had the game up so I will check it real quick =)
      *Edit*
      So The Results are in, No the secondary slot when left empty does not duplicate the weapon.
      Grief + Nothing = 17m 52s
      Grief + Grief = 10m 51s
      Grief + Crap Vendor Sword = 17m 40s
      So I think that officially debunks the idea that leaving the slot empty does anything for you at all.

    • @jprec5174
      @jprec5174 Před 4 měsíci +4

      This was an old bug with ww barbs too. Its fixed

  • @teal_2v338
    @teal_2v338 Před 3 měsíci +3

    What is this plastic sound in the back ..

    • @GGMentor
      @GGMentor  Před 3 měsíci +5

      probably cody the monster messing with a candy wrapper the little douche.

  • @msan7534
    @msan7534 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Could you try Grief + Hustle? to see how does is compare to 2 Grief, Im currently using that on my goldfind barb act 5 merc and I I'm really surprised with the results, still looking for something to kill physical inmunes with no cold damage in it so it leaves corpses but still really good.

  • @christopherparker1442
    @christopherparker1442 Před 4 měsíci +2

    I wonder how grief and crescent moon together would do. Crescent moon would reduce hp in half and grief would have the raw damage to finish them off.

    • @GGMentor
      @GGMentor  Před 4 měsíci +2

      Sounds like a solid combo

  • @MrLazyleader
    @MrLazyleader Před 4 měsíci +2

    I think the reason why Grief was better in your tests, was because of the 185% increased damage vs demons. This is a lot if you don't wear Fortitude. With other enhanced damage items like Fortitude the 185% is no longer as impactful.

    • @GGMentor
      @GGMentor  Před 4 měsíci +2

      The Idea is to test them Raw against each other, applying gear of course would speed up the results. but it would also invalidate the test.
      Think about it like this, if you have a highly physical damage weapon vs a highly elemental damage weapon and include fortitude well obviously the Physical damage weapon is going to win.
      So only the inherent bonuses of the weapon are allowed.
      The only thing I wish I could do for these tests is to remove Open Wounds as a requirement to prevent regeneration. But it's very difficult to constantly reapply Prevent monster heal, the merc won't do it and that means I have to. Uber diablo keeps resetting his prevent monster heal status over these long tests which makes them worthless.
      So 100% OW it is.
      The unfortunate side effect is that weapons like Fury which have high OW percentage got done dirty I feel like. Because realisticly Grief and Headstriker would have had trouble maintaining OW, where as Fury would not have.

    • @MrLazyleader
      @MrLazyleader Před 4 měsíci +3

      @@GGMentor You can also apply poison damage as an alternative to OW. This should also do the trick. You can hero edit low poison damage which lasts for a long time, so it doesn't run out.

  • @TheSnoopyclone
    @TheSnoopyclone Před 4 měsíci +2

    What’s the result for crescent moon and lawbringer?

  • @derfloh8986
    @derfloh8986 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Did you consider that Merc is getting hit more often without decrepify curse up and FHR could be a factor here?

    • @GGMentor
      @GGMentor  Před 4 měsíci +2

      FHR Shouldn't be a factor because he is taking basically 0 damage.
      I capped out all his resistances at 95%, Physical at 50%, and gave him nearly 200 Magic and Physical Damage Reduction on top.
      For FHR to trigger it requires an event that hits for in excess of 1/4 /1/8 or 1/16 of the mercs life. Which none of diablo's attacks can with the ridiculous defense I gave him.
      But to further that argument, Barb mercs have equivalent FHR breakpoints to a paladin. Which means that they already have very good FHR Recovery times anyway.
      Also Diablo is Not really affected by Decrepify as much as other monsters as many of his attacks are spells that bypass Decrepify. The only attacks he has that decrepify effects are Basic attack, and Cold Touch. While Fire Nova, Fire Storm, Fire/Lightning Inferno, Bone Prison, are all unaffected by Decrepify.

    • @derfloh8986
      @derfloh8986 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@GGMentor True I forgot that you need to loose a specific amount of Life before FHR triggers. Too many hidden mechanics in d2 xD. Thx for clarification 👍

  • @Emperor_x8
    @Emperor_x8 Před 4 měsíci +1

    also it would be interesting to see what rares could work I seen Cooley did a video where in this weird type of PVP that grief got destroyed and and isn't the max chance to hit 95% so in theory couldn't you miss multiple times in a row even with a 95% chance to hit on top of uber diablos chance to block?

    • @GGMentor
      @GGMentor  Před 4 měsíci +3

      Godlike rares are definitely a thing just really hard to obtain. Theoretically a Godlike rare with amp proc, 40% ias, eth, fools, cruels would probably blow Grief out of the water.

    • @jprec5174
      @jprec5174 Před 4 měsíci +1

      That's mainly for pvp. Fools mod rares are bis because in pvp players stack stupid amounts of defense.

  • @LambchopUS1992
    @LambchopUS1992 Před 4 měsíci +1

    ideal rare swords will give him the best dps

  • @thewestcoastisback
    @thewestcoastisback Před 4 měsíci +1

    no dual last wish in eth berserker axe or dual beast in eth berserker axe?

    • @teal_2v338
      @teal_2v338 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Lol,. Merc cant use axes.. next question?

  • @anilkocman9062
    @anilkocman9062 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Can you try bash barbarian merc with single eth headstriker

    • @GGMentor
      @GGMentor  Před 4 měsíci +3

      Headstriker wins by miles because of the doubling effect on the bash barb. It's already been tested before.

    • @Fakeslimshady
      @Fakeslimshady Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@GGMentor Doesn't grief PB double too?

    • @GGMentor
      @GGMentor  Před 4 měsíci +3

      no it doesn't because the +400 damage comes after the doubling effect in the calculation.
      Edit Looks Like Grief still wins I tested it.

    • @jprec5174
      @jprec5174 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@Fakeslimshadylike ggm said, the doubling effect only happens to the min-max weapon damage you see at the top of the item.

  • @andrzejx2139
    @andrzejx2139 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Its faster to get to d clone in act 2, wp to arcane and take the nearby tp back to the cellars, clone will be there without any nearby mobs

    • @terhoranki6680
      @terhoranki6680 Před 4 měsíci +2

      you are wrong buddy, the monsters next room on the character right can aggro on you. Happened multiple times

    • @terhoranki6680
      @terhoranki6680 Před 4 měsíci +2

      czcams.com/video/d3dIJ48kivo/video.html 0:46

    • @andrzejx2139
      @andrzejx2139 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@terhoranki6680 right but the room he spawns is empty

    • @terhoranki6680
      @terhoranki6680 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@andrzejx2139 Right but you said "any nearby mobs" which is misleading information, cuz they're right there and sometimes they CAN actually be right in the doorway that is next to the AS portal.

  • @EricDavidTippett
    @EricDavidTippett Před 2 měsíci

    Doesnt the act 2 might merc kill uber diablo faster though?

  • @Exedorable
    @Exedorable Před 4 měsíci

    Surprised you didn't try dual LW - that's what I run on one of my mercs 😎

  • @Chrisfragger1
    @Chrisfragger1 Před 2 měsíci

    Can't even keep Nazeem alive through Nightmare Baal runs without my constant help.

    • @Chrisfragger1
      @Chrisfragger1 Před 2 měsíci

      Just curious, why can't you clear the area then sell the SOJ to the guy, it should remain cleared, yes?

    • @GGMentor
      @GGMentor  Před 2 měsíci

      No, Uber Diablo takes the place of a super unique spawn so if you pre spawn them it won't work

    • @Chrisfragger1
      @Chrisfragger1 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@GGMentor Oh I see. Thank you.

  • @edwinjusto5739
    @edwinjusto5739 Před 4 měsíci +2

    This is not a merc guide vid like the other vids, feels misleading af