Recently decided to up my scoundrel, got him pretty good equipment, but I just realized I have no idea if emeralds are worth it over rubies for weapons. I saw that there was a bug a while back capping followers CHD, so I'm not really sure what's the best now.
Anyone know?
Also, while I'm at it, what's the best follower in terms of sheer dps?
There's no "bug" in terms of follower's CHD - it's just capped at 150%. No bug, just a hard cap. Therefore, get 100% CHD on the special follower item, together with the 50% innate CHD the follower will be at the cap; don't get any CHD on other items.
Therefore, the best DPS gem is clearly the ruby for all followers. Otherwise, focus on main stat, IAS, and CHC. Don't get any CDR or CHD.
Note that follower DPS is absolutely laughable compared to any well-equipped character. There are always people who min/max their follower DPS; I think the most DPS you can get is 500k or 600k sheet DPS, maybe even more. But followers don't have this insane skill synergies that lead to multiplicators as we see them on main characters. They will never deal 10m eDPS, at least as far as I'm aware. I geared all my followers with pretty good gear (not perfectly min-/maxed, but pretty decent); put on Asheara's, went to Ghom, spawned all three of them, and let them kill him. Well, at least that was the plan. Turned out the DPS wasn't even enough to scratch him. Granted, my followers were geared for CC effects in the first place (for GR runs) but besides that, I tried to maximize DPS - and the eDPS I calculated for all three combined was less than 1 million. Maybe with focus only on DPS and no CC effects I'd be able to reach 2m or 3m eDPS... but for what? Any decent lightning DH can pull off a thousand times that, so follower DPS will be 0.1% of a character's DPS.
TL;DR: Follower gearing is something that you might do "for fun", but their DPS will always be laughable compared to yours, no matter how hard you push. Rather focus on proc effects/crowd control on followers.
Anyone know?
Also, while I'm at it, what's the best follower in terms of sheer dps?
Thanks in advance.
Therefore, the best DPS gem is clearly the ruby for all followers. Otherwise, focus on main stat, IAS, and CHC. Don't get any CDR or CHD.
Note that follower DPS is absolutely laughable compared to any well-equipped character. There are always people who min/max their follower DPS; I think the most DPS you can get is 500k or 600k sheet DPS, maybe even more. But followers don't have this insane skill synergies that lead to multiplicators as we see them on main characters. They will never deal 10m eDPS, at least as far as I'm aware. I geared all my followers with pretty good gear (not perfectly min-/maxed, but pretty decent); put on Asheara's, went to Ghom, spawned all three of them, and let them kill him. Well, at least that was the plan. Turned out the DPS wasn't even enough to scratch him. Granted, my followers were geared for CC effects in the first place (for GR runs) but besides that, I tried to maximize DPS - and the eDPS I calculated for all three combined was less than 1 million. Maybe with focus only on DPS and no CC effects I'd be able to reach 2m or 3m eDPS... but for what? Any decent lightning DH can pull off a thousand times that, so follower DPS will be 0.1% of a character's DPS.
TL;DR: Follower gearing is something that you might do "for fun", but their DPS will always be laughable compared to yours, no matter how hard you push. Rather focus on proc effects/crowd control on followers.