Talisman of Akkhan in S29: normal Holy or ancient Strength?

[Nikookaburra-2952]

Hi,

I have found a nice normal Talisman of Akkhan. It rolls 20% Holy, 93% CHD and 10% CHC.

Now that all my stuff is decent, I was about to start pushing, but I saw in the leaderboard that a few top players use an ancient Talisman of Akkhan with Strength, CHC, CHD. I think it can be quite easy to craft in the cube (as opposed to ancient Holy, CHC, CHD).

But what’s best: 20% Holy on a normal Talisman, or about 1500 Strength? (say 900 + 625 Strength from an augment)

I tried to check in D3Planner and here is the result: https://imgur.com/a/tsdsrXo That’s a 9.36% increase in the line “damage”.

However, as I am not familiar with D3Planner, I don’t know whether the line “damage” includes elemental damage or not. If it doesn’t, then my current damage is underestimated (and I don’t know by how much).

So my question is: should I keep my current Talisman of Akkhan, or try to craft an ancient one with Strength, CHC, CHD? (ofc, if I find an ancient one with Holy instead of Strenth first, I will use it, but this seems quite unlikely, and I am not planning on farming thousands of forgotten souls).

[Metal-12274]

Hi, the best case scenario is 20%holy, CHC and CHD, but it’s so hard to find. Currently I’m playing without the holy damage.

[Harnor-21805]

@Nikookaburra-2952

I am not familiar with D3Planner, I don’t know whether the line “damage” includes elemental damage or not. If it doesn’t, then my current damage is underestimated (and I don’t know by how much).

No, the d3 planner does not calculate elemental bonuses. Holy Damage, Critical Hit Chance and Critical Hit Damage (CHD) are the way to go. The only thing to consider is whether you want to re-roll your 93% CHD into a 100% or roll a nice defensive bonus in your secondary stats category, in case you don’t already have one on that amulet.

[Nikookaburra-2952]

@Harnor-21805

No, the d3 planner does not calculate elemental bonuses. Holy Damage, Critical Hit Chance and Critical Hit Damage (CHD) are the way to go.

Thanks, Harnor!

@Harnor-21805

The only thing to consider is whether you want to re-roll your 93% CHD into a 100% or roll a nice defensive bonus in your secondary stats category

No can do! I’ve already rerolled the elemental roll to get 20% on Holy (I forgot to specify that, sorry).

Anyway, as I have written on the EU forum last week:

@Nikookaburra-2952

I think I’m done with S29.

I have enjoyed it very much as it has allowed me to compete on a fairer ground.

I had 450 keys to make my final pushes. GR137 and GR138 suprisingly fell quite fast, as I got lucky and got 2 perfect Orek’s dreams in 1 hour or so (Conduit in the first floor + 2 pylons including Power for the Boss… it doesn’t get any better than that, does it? ^^), and then I spent about 350 keys in 3 gaming sessions trying to complete a GR139, and ofc… nothing went right Either the Boss was teleporting, or no Condy, or terrible follow up maps (probably the most frustrating when you’re playing the Sader without its horse ), etc. The best I managed is a GR139 in 15’18. That currently makes me rank #19 EU, and rank #26 world with 65 hours of gaming. There is about 2 months left to play, so my name will go down in the leaderboards, but I’ll still take this as a win. I think that overall, I have make good progress on this build

Today I only rank #22 EU and #32 World … but I’ll still be waiting for next season in NS, practicing my H-Bomb