Golems Which Is Better? ED% or ED+?

[Golem]

Golems BWD & DPS

Base Damage: (these values are from the Dungeon Quest Wiki) Hatchet: 30. All Other OH: 25. Wizard: Gauntlet - 64 Staff - 45 Sword - 30 Wand - 27. Warrior: Hammer - 75 Lance - 40 Axe - 26 Sword - 24. Rogue: Chakram - 60 Bow - 40 Dagger - 30 Flintlock - 25. BWD: Edit: I was looking at the Min/Max value part of the BWD Formula, and then read the earlier post in the same thread by @SteigerBox and have come to the conclusion that I use the larger of the 2 numbers. in @Clogon examp…

Golems Which Is Better? WD% or WD+?

many new players and some veterans ask which is better on their Weapons for their PVE Build. but the bigger question is, how can you know for sure? for a quick answer, having Legend +200% WD on the Level 100 Weapon that has the Skill you are using to do most of your DMG is the best choice for all Weapons. here is an example of why this is so. Warrior Sword has the lowest DMG of all Weapons (even lower than OH Weapons). a Level 100 Sword BWD + 5 Power = 3495. 3495 + 200% = 10,485. this is with …

first read these 2 Posts. this way you will understand how to use ED% & ED+.

BWD, Power, Item Quality, WD%, & WD+ must be figured out before you use ED% & ED+. I am going to use the Warrior Sword from the Which Is Better: WD% or WD+ Post as part of the example.

Level 100 Warrior Sword:
(BWD + 5 Power) 3495 + 100% ED = 6990. +600% = 24,465. this takes up 6 spaces.
(BWD + 5 Power) 3495 + 5000 ED = 8495. +25,000 ED = 28,495. this takes up 5 spaces.

with or without Item Quality, ED% & ED+ act like WD if you don’t have WD on your Weapons. the difference is that you can put ED on every Item and Pets, except for Legend ED.

(BWD + 5 Power) 3495 + 100% WD = 6990 + 5000 WD = 11,990 + 100% ED = 23,980.
(BWD + 5 Power) 3495 + 100% WD = 6990 + 5000 WD = 11,990 + 5000 ED = 16,990.

it would take two ED+ to do more DMG than one ED%. if you add Stat Points to Power, increase Item Quality higher than zero, and/or use Legend WD, DMG from ED% would get even higher, while it would take even more ED+ to do more DMG than just one ED%, and this is using the weakest DMG Weapon!

(BWD + 5 Power) 3495 + 100% WD = 6990 +5000 WD =11,990 + 100% ED = 23,980 + 5000 ED = 28,980. (I didn’t use Item Quality to make it easier to understand. read the DPS Post above if you want to know how to use IQ in the Equation).

+35,000 DMG if you put +5000 ED on all items and the Pet. but this is not multiplied by the ED% like the rest of the DMG on the Weapon. enough Stat Points into Power, upgrading to Legend +200% WD, and only one or two more ED%, you can do more DMG than you can with ED+ using fewer affixes.

Builds in older Posts used lots of ED+ instead of ED%. that is because there were only a few items with ED%. with many upgrades to DQ, ED% can now be found on most Weapons and all Items.

the down side to using Legend ED% is you have to find an item with it, you can’t roll it with Ruby. Epic ED+ is easy to put on any Item or Pet, but takes up lots of space to get lots of DMG.

Epic +20% ED. if you are willing to do the math, it might be better to use than ED+ on some Builds. you can’t have +20% ED and +100% ED on the same item or weapon.

[dickwad]

So many guides Keep it up One day I will be able to understand.

[Golem]

please, don’t say that! I simplified it as much as I could!

if you read @Midlumer Damage Guide 3.0, he goes into a lot of detail and charts and stuff. I understood some of it, but got lost trying to follow the charts. but I understood enough of the basics he was sharing that it improved my game.

what I am doing is explaining a section at a time so there is less distraction from other parts of the DMG equations and charts. I am sure some players looked at his post and understood everything easily, but it was a little harder for me, and took me a long time and having to read it a few times just to see what he was sharing.