Just wondering everyone’s opinion on this. Is the extra pierce chance better than the +3 LF you get from tgods? It doesn’t seem so.
And if I drop razortail, then what is the goal for my pierce skill level after +skills?
Edit to add: im javazon
Razor tail probably isn’t needed if you have enough points in pierce. I think it’s probably more useful for maybe a strafe build? Haven’t played for a while, but tgods is always a great option too.
I’d love to create a strafe “machinegun” zon, and having 100% pierce is great to have with the build… But there are a couple of problems with Strafe right now with the damage, which is still 3/4 as well as the skills attack rating bonus, which doesn’t work…
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I forgot to mention, im javazon!
The good news is Pez says the team is aware, hopefully the bugs are squashed whenever the next patch is released.
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Or they could fix it you know, tomorrow.
It’d be a shame to have to wait til next patch… I got a lonely Windforce chilling in the stash, waiting to mimic a machinegun in the hands of a Bowazon. 
Watch, they’ll fix it next ladder, then suddenly I won’t be able to find a Windforce for like 8 ladders. I’ve been dropping at least one Windforce every ladder for the past several years. But I can’t find things that are many times more frequent like HQ shako and Occy. 
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Haha, I wish. I just don’t see them ever hotfixing small bugs like this if they didn’t hotfix much bigger issues like the duping or missing shared stash.
Maybe we’ll get another small mid patch like 2.5.5 or something but I wouldn’t be surprised if we don’t see it fixed until 2.6. 
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There’s a pro D2 player named Zastari. I can’t answer the question but I know he swaps between TGods and Razortail depending on the area (on Cold sorc).
Razor or Wisdom is a must have for LF, FA or Immo.
The pierce from razor or Wisdom gets added, not checked in sequence. Means usually you have enough +skills to put 1! (O-N-E!) hard point into pierce and got 100%! (EVERY SINGLE TIME!) chance to pierce.
Since you can pierce up to five times, 90% does not mean you don’t miss 10%, it means only 60% of your attacks quintuple their damage.
Missing 5% damage is nothing compared to missing doubled / tripled damage. + you save 19 hard points from pierce which you can invest in an synergy.
And yes this assumes perfect pierce lines, but thats why you use LF, to wreck hordes. Charged is way more effective for little groups anyway.
I found a TGods earlier in a NM terror zone, but can’t find a Razortail to save my life. And just my luck to have like no rune drops whatsoever to get me something better than Peace and Harmony. I’d progress faster through Hell if I could get a sunder charm prior to actually having to slog through it the first time…
Thank goodness I got a Pul rune early on to make Wisdom. The TGods did save my life quite a few times while farming Stony Tomb though. Never understimate that lightning absorb…
Never understood why everyone seems to hate wisdom. It’s crazy strong, and extreme cheap. Guess most people see the lack of +skills and don’t look any closer. But it would be absolute OP with +2 
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Pierce is the MAIN damage push for the Java. Forget the +3 LF from Tgods.
Just because the screen damage does not show…every % pierce is worth gold.
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Pachu knows what he is talking about.
You NEVER EVER replace full pierce for +3 to Lightning fury. Not ever.
Either wisdom or razortail.
Exceptions:
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Against lightning souls if they hurt too much. After I am done with souls I switch back to razortail.
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In p1-p3 (low players) when MF’ing I can take off razortail for goldwrap (if I desperately need the (30%mf).
With experience you will eventually notice a difference in kill speed when killing big groups when you wear one vs the other. (RT much more efficient ). In cows is quite noticeable.
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I Gave up my Griffons for Wisdom
The Wisdom is just too ggood and I Dispise picking up mana Pots for my belt
I Gave up abit of damage but Wisdom is overall better
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I solved that issue with a 3% mana leech dual rare gloves and one rare ring with +1 mana after each kill. (You can even get two of those and go with Rhyme for CBF).
Another suggestion is to socket griffon’s with a +3 mana after each kill jewel.
Maxroll places it into A list. THat’s not “hate”.
But as has been mntioned before, you can do the math. With Razortail you will shoot for 100% pierce after +skills items and get 5 pierces (if enemies line up). With lower peirce your expected value reg. damage will be much lower.
Wow, sounds familiar. There have been numerous “fixes” like that in the Diablo series. I remember them saying they’d fix the spawning of monsters by entrances in D3, which they did for a couple of weeks, but then the problem resurfaced. One wonders if it’s on purpose (ever watch Twilight Zone? the concept of this world/life as a comedy of ironies, where the joke’s on you, and you just have to laugh along w/ the evil maniacal laughter in the background).
Griffons and Razor is the way to go here for sure. Max damage by far.