SMN BIS 2.3

[Havenchild]

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There's a lot of things you brought up so i'm gonna try to answer them individually.

1) Numbers aren't inflated. Users keep posting "BIS" builds with maximum Int, and recommending these to others. Many of these builds shift between each other but most do not seem to care much for DET at all. There are several builds at 2 less INT you can make that can give you 20-40+ DET overall depending on your starting point using a MAX INT build. I say 20-40 DET because people have posted various builds that start higher or lower on DET. But there was even user in this thread that posted a very low DET build for a maximum INT build and calls that BIS.

*Simply switching in, Judgement Ring of Casting is not the only thing you should do. I can also tell you there is no BIS builds that use the High Allagan Earrings of Casting. As good as these earrings seem to be, while attempting to make ACC cap, you will always come out with less preferable stats overall then if you made builds with the evenstar earring.

2) I am sure through in-game testing. Simple wording desparity but any summoner with both the HA Book and Book of Spades can test the same. I never stated the HA Book was not better overall, because it in fact is due to Festers and Ruin Spam, but that doesn't speak the whole truth in relation to DoT damage.

3) Whatever.

4) I agree with this overall assessment. The HA Book beats out the Book of Spades but not by a great amount. You need roughly 45 DET to overcome a 2 WD + 3INT boost. Book of Spades/Novus at 31 DET can't do this, but it also reflects that the DoT equation for determining damage done is different then overall spells. DET has a stronger impression on DoT strength then just INT or WD. If this was not so, DoTs under the Book of Spades would not tick as high or higher then a book of greater strength such as the HA Book.

* Thanks for the correction but I left out the extra Crit and Spell speed the HA book gives, because these two stats are not direct modifiers of damage like INT/DET or WD.

5) Well while some may focus on one over the other, these two stats should not be so dynamically shifted on there respective scales. What I mean by this is simply, your DET should not be near 250 because you want 550+ Crit. Crit largely becomes a mundane stat once you pass about 535 ish. Ive personally tested various builds where my crit fell anywhere from 507-570+. On average, I noticed no overwhelming DPS increase at going from 535 -> 570+ crit. What you would think "higher crit" = "critting more often", I would contest it doesn't seem to work that way in this game. There appears to be "soft caps" for crit and how much effectiveness you can pull from a build focusing on it purely. However I noticed that on the lower End closer to 535ish Crit, when supplementing those extra stat points into say, DET, you edge out much higher. You crit as often, and you do more damage, this purely reflects that SMN is meant to be CRIT/DET hybrids with one stat not overbearing the other.


PS: I kinda doubt it, only because we already have a 110 option of Crit /DET and the cap on DET seems to be 31 at i110.