Highest Insight Merc Damage

[CdMagicFind]

Looking for the best average just so I know what to eventually get. (Sorta hard to find people with these things.)

Between these, I think.

Name - Average Damage / Attack Speed
CA - 91.5 / 10
GPA - 86.5 / 0
GT - 77 / -10

These would also be ethereal.

These are possible variables in it -
40 Concentration from Paladin
Possibly a Might merc. (Would it be worth using over HF for a Hammerdin?)
Chance of OHKOing stuff. Would it be able to? Maybe with jab?


Edit -
Just giving me the equation for damage might work, as well. But I think everybody else would be able to do it better.

[crawlingdeadman]

hmm i think it'd depend greatly on his ias too. for example if the pole choices given all hit the same bp then obviously the ca is the best. if with the same ias the gt hit a more attacks per second then it might make up for it's lower damage.

heh, ofc the german calc is down.

[CdMagicFind]

Yeah which is why I left the speeds and stuff. =s

But yeah, I wouldn't really know. Anybody know the "best" headgear/armor for him, too? I use Gaze/Fortitude normally.

[crawlingdeadman]

your speeds dont really mean anything without any info on his ias gear. if you want a bit of ias w/o sacrificing anything i'd say andy's is the best helm for a merc.

act2 merc with cryptic axe
IAS Frames pro Angriff Angriffe pro Sekunde
0 % 9 2.7
5 % 8.5 2.9
11 % 8 3.1
22 % 7.5 3.3
35 % 7 3.5
56 % 6.5 3.8
92 % 6 4.1
147 % 5.5 4.5
292 % 5 5

giant thresher:
IAS Frames pro Angriff Angriffe pro Sekunde
0 % 7.5 3.3
8 % 7 3.5
22 % 6.5 3.8
44 % 6 4.1
75 % 5.5 4.5
142 % 5 5

gpa:
IAS Frames pro Angriff Angriffe pro Sekunde
0 % 8 3.1
9 % 7.5 3.3
20 % 7 3.5
37 % 6.5 3.8
65 % 6 4.1
105 % 5.5 4.5
200 % 5 5

if you socket an andy's with a ias jewel you would have 35 ias. this would get you 3.5 attacks per second on both the gpa and the ca. it would get you 3.8 attacks per second on the GT. consider too a CV. it has high str req sure and has .5 less average damage compared to the CA (same speed), but it also comes guaranteed 4os and has a higher top end damage.

now the real question is if you wanted to make your merc as big a damage dealing as possible with the only restriction being you had to use insight, what other gear would you use? there are a lot of helms that have leech, but i would think that Guillaume's mods would net you more damage. does dream add that much more damage to his attack? what about a 45/120 helm? what if you didnt care if he leached at all? there's only a couple choices for an armors that leach coh, skin of the flayed one, and greyform. so if you dont care you could use whichever helm is best along with fort (assuming it's really the best armor).

i'm trying to figure out the best set up for my wc barb's merc and he's currently trying out Guillaume's + coh.

[CdMagicFind]

ah, thanks. I was looking for the damage formula to calculate it with speed.

but I think GPA has the best average at almost any IAS?

I just want survivability really so Gaze/Fort (I think) is best. or should be.