Bonehew, Amn Amn or Amn Shael?

[DeltaLima]

Someone must have tested both?

Yet my merc use a Guillaume's Face if that matter...

Damage is from 800 to 3K so do we estimate 1900 average and try to know if
7% LL of 1900 a bit faster is better than 14% LL of 1900?

[DeltaLima]

BTW I know it has been discuted here and there but what is you opinion? I
guess no one is that bad, just want to know if there is a better option...
sometimes it depends on other equipement.

Post by DeltaLima
Someone must have tested both?
Yet my merc use a Guillaume's Face if that matter...
Damage is from 800 to 3K so do we estimate 1900 average and try to know if
7% LL of 1900 a bit faster is better than 14% LL of 1900?

[~misfit~]

Post by DeltaLima
BTW I know it has been discuted here and there but what is you
opinion? I guess no one is that bad, just want to know if there is a
better option... sometimes it depends on other equipement.

Post by DeltaLima
Someone must have tested both?
Yet my merc use a Guillaume's Face if that matter...
Damage is from 800 to 3K so do we estimate 1900 average and try to
know if 7% LL of 1900 a bit faster is better than 14% LL of 1900?

Amn, Amn. It is my belief that the slight increase in attack speed you get
by putting a Shael in (3.8 attacks a second instead of 3.5, the breakpoints
for an act 2 merc are 9, 20, 37 and Bonehew comes with 30) isn't worth the
extra deaths your merc will experience when the going gets tough.

Unless maybe you could find a nice rare jewel with 15% IAS and some other
nice mods to use instead of the Shael, or you give the merc Andariels Visage
(20% IAS and even more LL, it's what all the cool mercs are wearing this
season). There's also Crowcaw armour (15% IAS) or, of course Twitchthroe,
although that's alittle lacking in def.

The only time I don't put Amn Amn in a Bonehew is if I need a merc to wear
it who doesn't have the strength, then I put a Hel or jewel (-15% req and,
hopefully other mods) in one socket if I can't get the strength from another
item.

[chaliban]

Post by ~misfit~

Post by DeltaLima
BTW I know it has been discuted here and there but what is you
opinion? I guess no one is that bad, just want to know if there is a
better option... sometimes it depends on other equipement.

Post by DeltaLima
Someone must have tested both?
Yet my merc use a Guillaume's Face if that matter...
Damage is from 800 to 3K so do we estimate 1900 average and try to
know if 7% LL of 1900 a bit faster is better than 14% LL of 1900?

Amn, Amn. It is my belief that the slight increase in attack speed you get
by putting a Shael in (3.8 attacks a second instead of 3.5, the breakpoints
for an act 2 merc are 9, 20, 37 and Bonehew comes with 30) isn't worth the
extra deaths your merc will experience when the going gets tough.
Unless maybe you could find a nice rare jewel with 15% IAS and some other
nice mods to use instead of the Shael, or you give the merc Andariels Visage
(20% IAS and even more LL, it's what all the cool mercs are wearing this
season). There's also Crowcaw armour (15% IAS) or, of course Twitchthroe,
although that's alittle lacking in def.

I agree with misfit. He has given you the breakpoints so you should be
able to work out the maths.

Amn Amn is the way to go.

http://diablo2.ingame.de/tips/calcs/weaponspeed.php?lang=english

Play around with that next time if you didn't already. :)

[DeltaLima]

I had Andy visage and traded it... dunno what was the value and asking here
gave no result. I don't telll for what I traded in case I got ripped off.
;-) Anyway I was tired trying to trade it. I find trading boring, it's
long and most of the time not very enjoyable. Maybe once you have godly
equipement it's more enjoyable.

My pally use the Crocaw for now, until I get a LO.

Thanks, I'll add an AMN and you confirmed what I was thinking... my maths
were good. :-)

Post by ~misfit~

Post by DeltaLima
BTW I know it has been discuted here and there but what is you
opinion? I guess no one is that bad, just want to know if there is a
better option... sometimes it depends on other equipement.

Post by DeltaLima
Someone must have tested both?
Yet my merc use a Guillaume's Face if that matter...
Damage is from 800 to 3K so do we estimate 1900 average and try to
know if 7% LL of 1900 a bit faster is better than 14% LL of 1900?

Amn, Amn. It is my belief that the slight increase in attack speed you get
by putting a Shael in (3.8 attacks a second instead of 3.5, the
breakpoints for an act 2 merc are 9, 20, 37 and Bonehew comes with 30)
isn't worth the extra deaths your merc will experience when the going gets
tough.
Unless maybe you could find a nice rare jewel with 15% IAS and some other
nice mods to use instead of the Shael, or you give the merc Andariels
Visage (20% IAS and even more LL, it's what all the cool mercs are wearing
this season). There's also Crowcaw armour (15% IAS) or, of course
Twitchthroe, although that's alittle lacking in def.
The only time I don't put Amn Amn in a Bonehew is if I need a merc to wear
it who doesn't have the strength, then I put a Hel or jewel (-15% req and,
hopefully other mods) in one socket if I can't get the strength from
another item.
--
~misfit~

[~misfit~]

Post by DeltaLima
I had Andy visage and traded it... dunno what was the value and
asking here gave no result. I don't telll for what I traded in case
I got ripped off. ;-) Anyway I was tired trying to trade it. I find
trading boring, it's long and most of the time not very enjoyable. Maybe
once you have godly equipement it's more enjoyable.

The +2 skills on the Andy's makes quite a difference to the merc's aura. I
know that, since I put a +2 Arkaine's Valor on my might merc my skellies are
doing a lot more damage.

Andy's is my favourite merc headgear, paired with a Shaftstop armour.

Post by DeltaLima
My pally use the Crocaw for now, until I get a LO.
Thanks, I'll add an AMN and you confirmed what I was thinking... my
maths were good. :-)

Indeed.