So grief + beast is the best, beast + beast the worst. If you used 2x beast it owuld look something like this Your damage with 2x grief for 1 hit from each hand = (400+400)*(1+400/100)=4kīeast has about half the damage but adds ~200% off weapon ED. Take these numbers below with a grain of salt as they are crude guesses but it should help you understand the general idea.Ī bvc has ~400% off weapon ED from strength and skills. The reason this matters less in pvm is because if you factor in the extra enhanced damage from merc’s might aura and other things the ED from beast is less significant and ultimately 2x griefs does more damage. You can look up the calc’s online, its in fact more complicated than what i described as they take into account everything (open wounds vs deadly strike for instance) but the main reason is the increased off-weapon ED. Even though beast has only ~half the damage of grief, the multiplier from the fanatacism aura is enough that your final damage is higher.

WW also has very low extra damage compared to other skills. Your final damage is your “on weapon damage” multiplied by your “off weapon enhanced damage”īvC’s (whirly barbs for pvp) have very low off weapon enhanced damage as they have wear enigma and max health, therefore they have minimal strength. (strength + ed_from_auras + ed_from_skills + ed_from_armor) (weapon base damage )*enhanced_damage_on_weapon+added damage from all sources Melee damage consists of “on-weapon damage” and “off-weapon damage” these names are misleading but what are used

Deadly strike and dual wield diablo 2