Sanctuary should include Demons and a +magic damage on hit

[Bravata-11682]

@DarkHelmet-1157

I’m not trolling you as I completely see where you are coming from, but my point was more so about the Act 5 Mercenary than the Paladin itself. I don’t need to tell you how broken it would be to have a 562 average damage Headstriker(Ethereal and upgraded) on a level 90 Paladin before Strength/%Undead/Zeal/Fortitude/Might is applied. Then Zeal APS and you’d reasonably be hitting 50k+ DPS against anything Undead, including PI with no curse. Slap Decrepify on them and its now 75k+ DPS.

Then take above and apply it to Demons which when combined with Undead is ~80% of the entire game and you ought to see my point about how stupidly broken that would be.

not very, because the headstriker x 2 already does better in 60% of the game, and that includes bosses, so please try to look at the data again.

[DarkHelmet-1157]

Here’s what I came up with:

Zeal Paladin

Zeal Paladin with Upped E-Headstriker(Zod), HoZ(Um), Andy(30fr/15), AP Fort, Death Gloves/Belt, Gores, Dual Angelic Rings + Amulet, Torch/Anni, CTA/Spirit Switch. Hits 5/10 63IAS Zeal breakpoint.

Mercenary(A2 Might) with Reaper Toll, Andy(30 fr/15) and E-SA Fort

Target: Undead Zombie in Act 1

Raw DPS: 22k / 2 = 11k from 50% Physical Resistance

Fanaticism aura: 19.5k(39k with Decrepify curse), easily hits 4/8 or final Zeal breakpoint.

Concentration aura: 15.2k(30k with Decrepify)

Sanctuary aura: 38k and unaffected by Decrepify(since Sanctuary ignores resistance and any debuffs therein. At least that’s how Maxroll sees it so if the program is correct, then I was wrong on that part).

Swap Merc to A1 Faith

Raw DPS: 25k / 2 = 12.5k at 4/8 breakpoint(with level 15 Fanaticism and 65 IAS)

Might aura: 16k DPS(32k with Decrepify)

Concentration aura: 17.9k(~36k with Decrepify)

Sanctuary aura: 45.9k

Conclusion: A Sanctuary Paladin benefits from having an A1 Faith mercenary since he can hit the final Zeal breakpoint with 65 IAS. He also deals significantly more damage against ANY Undead opponent, regardless of what physical resistance that Undead opponent has(including 100% or Physical Immunity). Given the striking difference in DPS, particularly against Physical Immunes, adding this perk to Demons would basically turn them into Melee FoHdins.

Act 5 Barbarian

Act 5 Barbarian with two setups. First setup is dual Upped E-Headstrikers(40/15) with Andy(30fr/15) and E-SA Fort

Target: Undead Zombie in Act 1

Raw Frenzy Damage: 42k / 2 = 21k DPS(50% Physical Resistance)
Max Frenzy Damage(5+Stacks): 52k /2 = 26k DPS(50% Physical Resistance)

Swap Off-Hand to Lawbringer PB(grants level 18 Sanctuary aura)

Raw Frenzy Damage: 44k DPS
Max Frenzy Damage(5+Stacks): 55k DPS

Second Setup: Dual Grief PB(hit max Frenzy breakpoint)

Raw Frenzy Damage: 36k / 2 = 18k DPS(Seems rather low for Maxroll…)
Max Frenzy Damage(5+ Stacks): unchanged

Swap Off-Hand to Lawbringer(same Frenzy BP)

Raw Frenzy Damage: 37k

Conclusion: Against enemies that Sanctuary aura affects, Headstriker + Lawbringer does more DPS, particularly due to the higher base Attack Speed. Obviously against non-Undead, E-Headstrikers would dominate, particularly if you can apply Decrepify or Amplify Damage(aka Necromancer). Yet if you add Demons to the mix on Sanctuary aura… do you see my point?

The Grief output felt like it was severely misleading and probably because it doesn’t know how to calculate Grief’s +400 Damage. Outside of that apparent data error, Sanctuary aura affecting Demons would turn not just Zeal Paladins into destructive gods but also Act 5 Frenzy Mercenaries

TLDR: Sanctuary aura affecting Demons would NOT be in the best interest of Diablo 2. It’d make ~80% of the game way too easy.