Mid's - Weaken vs. Effective vs. Ignore Resist - Guide [3.0]

[Midlumer]

@chunkiebone

thanks for this. really helpful. i just upgraded my set with 90% weaken and 60% epic weaken and i’m almost 1 hitting shrine champions on floor 1900+ really helpful. thanks again.

Thanks you’re welcome.

@rushbone

i got arcanist + ascendent, crystal crit chance (total 75%), 1x cristal crit gmg, 2x crystal weaken.
another 2 crystal affixes are dodge, and APS (total 75%) so there is no room currently.
my skill is ricochet, 4x extra attack, 4x multi attack
is it worth it to go from 180 weaken to 120 weaken and add another crystal crit dmg?
I suggest yes?
thanks!

Why don’t you get 5x Strength Nature and 1x epic Crit DMG%?

Crit DMG% cap is 350%, so you only need additional 125% - a second crystal slot would give you 125% more than you need.

In case you have Epiphany (5) you could do that though. You’d need to calculate that according to the CRITav formula in my other guide:

Mid’s Guide on Damage Maximization [2.5]

Here we go, it is there ! Contents 1 GENERAL 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Acronyms 2 MATHEMATICS 2.1 The Formula 2.2 A Word on % 2.3 Additive Damage vs. Multiplicative Damage 2.4 Generalization and Damage Increase Comparison 2.5 Damage Increase per Slot (DIPS) 2.5.1 PvE DIPS Categorization 2.5.2 PvP DIPS Categorization 2.5.3 DIPS for Slot Combinations 2.6 The Critical Damage Multiplier (CRIT) Part 2.7 The Damage per Second (DPS) Part 3 PvE SIMPLIFICATIONS AND AIDS 3.1 Genera…

I’m to lazy for that right now ;). But I’m pretty sure in terms of DPS the second Weaken is better than a second Crit DMG% even with Epiphany.