i was reading the patch notes and noticed they buffed the dmg from the gargantuan dog, and just now i dropped the tall man's finger, so i decided to test it out i the results were a bit... surprising
the giant dog was critting well over 20kk without jeram, and with only 33% bonus physical dmg... i'm not sure if it's worth for me cause i have to use the zuni ring and the rorg for the set bonus, but maybe this is now a viable alternative build
But I have a ~80% in fire gear available and mask of jeram. I still find the zombie dog much slower versus alternative setups. But it can hit exceptionally hard, so maybe it's good for someone's gear. it seems to do around 320% what your normal x3 dogs would do combined, and it scales with the passives that add dogs. It used to not scale the glyph though (EG 5 dogs w/ fire glyph would give giant dog a 100% aura.. the aura would not get buffed by the ring's bonus damage). So the bite was stronger, but the aura isn't buffed. Not sure if that's changed.....?
I was actually using burning dog with Tall Man's Finger before the patch. It was basically a meat shield that did no damage. Since the patch, it's been critting for 40-50 mil and the aura melts everything. That's with about 33% physical damage, 40% fire damage and MoJ.
I wanted to test this out tonight as well. Although I'm not sure if I can incorporate it into the cold/dot build with fetishes. Does anyone know if you equip the ring and use circle of life, do you still get that gargantuan dog?
I wanted to test this out tonight as well. Although I'm not sure if I can incorporate it into the cold/dot build with fetishes. Does anyone know if you equip the ring and use circle of life, do you still get that gargantuan dog?
does anyone notice the garg dog's AI is similar to the normal Garg?...sometimes when elites/mobs are overwhelmed by the fetish..it just stands there doing nothing.
i was reading the patch notes and noticed they buffed the dmg from the gargantuan dog, and just now i dropped the tall man's finger, so i decided to test it out i the results were a bit... surprising
the giant dog was critting well over 20kk without jeram, and with only 33% bonus physical dmg... i'm not sure if it's worth for me cause i have to use the zuni ring and the rorg for the set bonus, but maybe this is now a viable alternative build
ps: sorry for my poor English
But I have a ~80% in fire gear available and mask of jeram. I still find the zombie dog much slower versus alternative setups. But it can hit exceptionally hard, so maybe it's good for someone's gear. it seems to do around 320% what your normal x3 dogs would do combined, and it scales with the passives that add dogs. It used to not scale the glyph though (EG 5 dogs w/ fire glyph would give giant dog a 100% aura.. the aura would not get buffed by the ring's bonus damage). So the bite was stronger, but the aura isn't buffed. Not sure if that's changed.....?