Eschuta or Occulus?

[Streetproject]

Which do you find better?
Also, if you could explain why you preffer one over the other.

Thanks
~Streetproject

(if one is better over the other in certain cirrcumstances, then please explain, for instance, OCCY is better for mfing obviously)

[Bradygm]

I voted eschuta because with the occulus, you have the mf bones you are correct, but its much harder to tele with the stupid 25% chance to cast teleport when struck. If your teleing to throne at level 90 - 99 and something hits you, bam. you get teleported into a pile of hell witches :) Thats not cool. Eschuta all the way.. Well... if your a fire sorc ;)

[krischan]

I voted for Eschuta's, but it has to have +3 to skills and a good bonus to either fire or lightning damage. I hate it to get teleported into a monster group, in particular when the XP bar is just 3 pixels away from L92. However, until perhaps L80, Occy is better IMO because you will recover quickly from the XP loss.

BTW, I prefer the full Tal Rasha set, even though the helm and the orb suck.

[marcello]

Eshuita all the way, the CTC Teleport is a pain in the ***, and Esch provides the +% to lightning and fire, use a cheap DF if you're cold sorc.

[Evrae Altana]

Oculus for leveling and MFing. Eschutas for everything else.

[Nilaripper]

Occulus for mf.I prefer hoto, dont like escuta, no resis.

[BluzMan]

Quite strangely, Eschutas even for MF. The MF bonus on Occy is nice, but, as you need to hit at least 65 fcr, Tal Combo + Oculus is NOT enough. Eschutas gives 40 fcr and a nifty damage bonus to a fire sorc and leaves glove/ring/head slots open for MF. FCR/mf rings are quite a pain in the arse to find. Add that stupid teleport from Occy and you have a clear winner.

[Streetproject]

Oculus for leveling and MFing. Eschutas for everything else.

I was wondering if you could explain why Occulus is better for leveling (mfing is a doy).

[HerrOber]

Occy is for ppl who cant afford a eschuta or a hoto. nuff said

[Evrae Altana]

I was wondering if you could explain why Occulus is better for leveling (mfing is a doy).
Level 42 req means it can be used much earlier than Eschuta's, which has a level 70-something req.

[reyla]

Occulus is garbage in Hardcore.

My vote is for Eschuta by default.

[Streetproject]

Level 42 req means it can be used much earlier than Eschuta's, which has a level 70-something req.

72 i believe

[Uncle_Mike]

both are good and will serve you well.
Oculus is a good all-round item with nice bonuses to resistances, vitality and mf whereas eschuta is a damage item in my oppinion.

The chance to cast tele when struck on oculus is very annoying, yet it also saves your life at times, for example against gloams - with low fhr you get stunlocked and random tele helps you escape :-)

Eschuta has better fcr which is always good but it lacks some of the useful mods that oculus has. Obviously, it is not as good for cold sorcs as it only adds damage do fire and lightning.

I use eschuta on my lightning sorc and oculus on my mf blizz sorc - both do fine with them.

Anyway, I vote BEER despite the fact that the poll lacks this crucial option :laugh:

Mike

[psych]

I voted eschuta because of the tele on occy too, but I find myself considering wizzardspike also very often.

[Necrochild313]

Escuta's for the 10% fcr and lack of ctc tele. I do still like occy's mods though, useful possibly with a blocker. The +% isn't a big deal when you consider it just adds to your mastery, however, every little bit helps I suppose.

[xtc]

I use Eschutas alot in duel's, but When it comes down to baaling, i gotta go with occy.. that 50%mf could find me a tmight.