Varg said:
skills:
nova:max
dagger:max
Explosion:max
lower res:10-15
eq:
death web:48% +2 5/5 facet "died with my 50% +2 last week"
maras
soj or bk "i like bk more because hc"
to belt
to Wing 5/5 facet
to Claws
crown of ages 2x 5/5 facets
annihilus
10 p&b skiller
the BIG ? to me is the armor....
is it no biger differenc ill go for bramble..
i know nothing about res and poison dmg calculations...
So your basic equipment without armour has:
total plus skills for P&B are 4 + 2 + 1 +1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 10 = 22
total plus skills to curse are 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 10
so Lower Resist will be about -64 (not sure exactly)
and you have 4 facets and Trang Gloves giving + 20 + 25% = 45% poison damage
and total negative to monster poison resist is -48 -20 -25 = -93% PR
I don't know exactly what damage your Poison Nova will do but it doesn't matter for the comparison since it is all relative.
Taking the same assumptions used before and a notional 2000 damage Poison Nova we get
Without any armour
2000 * (1 + 45%) = 2900 and monster has 7% Poision resist so 93% is done
2900 * 93% = 2697
With 50% Bramble
2000 * ( 1 + 95%) = 3900 and poison resist is still 7%
3900 * 93% = 3627
With 25% Bramble
2000 * ( 1 + 70%) = 3400
3400 * 93% = 3162
With 4 facet armour
2000 * (1 + 65%) = 3300
But the extra 20 negative resist now means that PR = -113% and the monsters resist would now be -13%
3300 * 113% = 3729
Therefore it is clear that the 2 armours are roughly the same when dealling with poison immunes with the 4 facet being better by 3729 / 3627 = approx 3% over a perfect Bramble and 3729 / 3400 = 9.6% over a worst Bramble.
When dealing with basic monsters with
no poison resistance the -100% cap on negative resistances comes into play if you use Lower Resist (assumed to have - 64%) In all cases the cap will be reached and poison damage will be doubled.
So for a 50% Bramble Armour
2000 * ( 1 + 95%) = 3900
3900 * 200% = 7800
for 25% Bramble Armour
2000 * ( 1 + 70%) = 3400
3400 * 200% = 6800
and for 4 facet Armour
2000 * (1 + 65%) = 3300
3300 * 200% = 6600
Overall I would say that your other equipment is so good that it really doesnt matter much what you use
Incidently the crown of ages has a horrible 174 Str requirement. I'm sure you could use another helm with lower requirements and hence have more life for your hc build.
Good Luck.