117fcr vs 78fcr Lightning

[KremBanan]

117fcr vs 78fcr Lightning

12frames vs 13frames...

Is it really that much of a difference? Cause last Ladder I had a Tal Rasha Lightning sorc with the normal 105fcr setup(with Infinity merc). I went just for the 105fcr Tele setup. And I was quite pleased with it and didnt bother changing around so that I would meet the 117fcr bp.

So, is it that much of a difference?

 

[KillaMike]

Re: 117fcr vs 78fcr Lightning

tbh, i played with both bp's and i ve setled for 13 frames and 105% fcr tp. only reason why i went for less, is because i got more defensive gear that way and some mf, while 117% requires more offencive and fragile build.

 

[TheBigClown]

Re: 117fcr vs 78fcr Lightning

With an infinity merc around I think it matters not. Infinity is so overpowered. But I think it matters if you don't have an infinity merc. Faster is almost always better and getting to 117% is really easy while keeping it safe. In the long run 1 frame faster attack will do about 9% more damage over time, which should be very noticable. I'm not reallly sure that 78% can be said to be safer than 117% as 117% adds some safety that 78% can't offer you. I'll definitely vote for 117% if it's not too much trouble.

On a sidenote: I'm playing a 200er and the faster speed is really noticable and nice when running dest keys.

 

[Theio Vrefos]

Re: 117fcr vs 78fcr Lightning

In Diablo 25 frames = 1 second.
A sorceress with +13 to all skills, without counting -resists from infinity, tal's set, etc, does around 7.500 damage on average.

If you have 13 frames fcr and cast lightning 12 times (156 frames or 6,24 seconds), you'll be doing 7.500 * 12 = ~90.000 damage.
The sorceress with 117 fcr will be casting lightning 13 times in the same time. That means 7.500 * 13 = ~97500 damage.

If you divide the two numbers, you can see that there is only a 1,08 improvement.

Another calculation for less frames, say 84 (3,36 seconds).

105 fcr: ~45.000 damage
117 fcr: ~52.500 damage

Improvement: 1,16

Also note that usually, no sorceress will stand casting for 6 seconds, sometimes you just cast and teleport around! And the two builds have the same teleport speed.

//edit: Just did a per second damage comparison:

105 fcr: 14423,0769 damage per second
117 fcr: 15625 damage per second

improvement: 1,083