Earthcaller vs Swarmcaller

[sogundordor]

Originally Posted by Stonewallx39 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I had a ranger in plane of hate with me last night. He was level 60 and using Winters Fury (13/23 so slightly worse ratio than epic) and offhand epic I also had him parse the swarmcaller.

Super not scientific but the the swarmcaller parsed between 37-68 dps on a variety of mobs. The two one handers gave results between 44 and 61. I’m not trying to make a definitive point, just wanted to share if you do end up melee’ing for an extended period of time with Swarmcaller waiting for it to proc you won’t lose a ton of dps compared to dual epics.

Can he slow those mobs with Swarmcaller in PoH? they are mostly 50+

[Stonewallx39]

Originally Posted by sogundordor [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Can he slow those mobs with Swarmcaller in PoH? they are mostly 50+

I didn’t ask, we were testing the dps as he was certain dual wielding did more damage. It ended up being pretty close though and suspect a better ratio 2hander would walk away compared to offhand epic and most mainhand weapons below 11/18 ratio.

I would also note these are planes era mobs which have AC / tuning completely different than Velious raid mobs where the faster 1handed weapons might perform better. This is the general consensus but definitely not the case for a monk comparing t-staff to epic mainhand + SoS (yes I know I keep posting that insight but I’ve tested it on several velious raid mobs and that’s all I’ve got).