wich helm to sorc (griffon question)

[redkid]

hey all. i tried a griffon yesterday, but i give 39 k with shako and only 37 k with griffon, why is that? i mean griffon gives 15% to light dmg?.
but also griffon gives -25 % light res (i got infi too), thats pretty good, but if my dmg is lower with griffon, maybe shako is best? i dunno.

so, wich should i use, if i put a 5/5 light facet in it too.

thanks,

[sirpoopsalot]

It's the +skills that provides the difference in damage on that display screen. However, that display screen is often inaccurate. It's called the Lying Character Screen (LCS) for many reasons.

If you consider the -resistance on Griffon's that isn't on Shako (and isn't dislayed in the LCS), then Griffon's is almost always far superior.



For example, (let's use some simple numbers):
20k average damage with Shako
19k average damage with Griffons (-25% resistances)

Monster with 0% resistance:
20k with Shako
(19k * 1.25) = 23.75k with Griffons

Monster with 50% resistance:
10k with Shako
(19k * 0.75) = 14.25k with Griffons

Monster with 90% resistance:
2k with Shako
(19k * 0.35) = 6.65k with Griffons



The only time Shako is better than griffons is when you've got a monsters resistance lowered to the max without the Griffons (Infinity merc + Cresent Moon sword + 0% base-resistance monster) - but those times don't matter because the monster will die very fast no matter which helm you choose. - it's the monsters that have a high resistance where the Griffon's will really shine (and, you have to admit, it's the highly resistant monsters that're going to slow you down anyways).

[redkid]

thank you very much.