just got a quick question, regarding the tiger strike / dragon tail build
I’m setting up a Tiger strike/dragon tail sin and was wondering about the weapon. Lacerator might be the best pick, but why do people use an ethereal one?
Besides the higher Phys DMG, the ed and other stats stays the same, or do I miss something?
Since it’s kick DMG, the weapon DMG itself has no impact on the DMG, right? Or is it because of blade fury?
And are there good alternative shields, besides the super expensive phoenix? I read, that Stormshield is a good option as well?
That’s correct. People probably just put eth on/in the planner for min-maxing/less stat requirements. Ethereal is not required at all, any Lacerator will do fine for your purposes. It’s just there for Amp Dmg.
Stormshield is a great option defensively. You’ll want to stack a lot of dext, for the huge extra dmg to the kick explosion, so you’ll end up with a really high block chance. Blocking doesn’t interrupt animations anymore, so the shield will provide a ton of physical dmg reduction, 35%, as well as some decent resists, while also providing a decent chance to block.
I’m mistaken, dext does not increase kick dmg. Str increases dmg at +20% efficiency
Yea, saw that the req for a lacerator are less, but if I run any monarch, my strength points would be high, also if I go for max block, the Dex is also quite high…just don’t get it
So, you are saying, that it’s recommended, to go max block on this build?
I don’t have holy shield like a paladin, so my vita might be quite low, I guess.
Just looking into things more, I made a mistake, dext doesn’t increase kick damage. I was more thinking of stacking dext for the attack rating and damage, where the high block chance was just an extra benefit. But since dext doesn’t increase dmg for kicks, I’d highly recommend, min dext, and dumping into Strength after obtaining a decent amount of HP after BO. I usually aim for either 1250 before BO, or 1500 after BO, and then dump the remaining stats. Kicks get increased dmg from your str by 20% efficiency, so stacking str can result in a lot of extra kick dmg.
If you roll with min str and max vitality, the bonus dmg it provides to kicks is:
str = 156
kick dmg = str * 20%
Bonus dmg:
= 156 * 1.2
= 187% dmg
If you roll with min vit, and max str you’ll have ~500 str which equates too:
