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TL:DR Mammoth does more damage if it is placed closer, even with zei's gem equipped.

Due to some questions raised in this thread:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/17085850012#3

Further testing showed that:

• A single fire trail can tick up to 16 times on a single target, if close enough, so that's a 4.5 second duration from first hit to last hit.
• A target at max range will have 10 ticks per fire trail dealt to them, takes 1.5 seconds for fire trail to travel to them.
• Mammoth ticks for 99% wpn dmg once every 18 frames (0.3 sec), per fire trail.

This Means:

• 1584% wpn dmg done per fire trail cast if all ticks hit (melee range)
• 990% wpn dmg done per fire trail cast if at max range (10 out of 16 ticks)

*This testing was conducted at 1.0 aps using a single fire trail

Read the thread and wow. Just wow.

You probably want enforcer over zeis if you have the choice between them for solo.

Enforcer's 25 yards or less, right?

Quote from Atmo»

Pain Enhancer is what gives you IAS for bleeding mobs in range. Enforcer is a damage boost for minions.

Except wizards don't cause bleeds. And if "burning" counts as a bleed that's retarded semantically.

Also, doesn't Zei care about your location relative to the mob, rather than the spell's location? Otherwise you'd constantly be doing no bonus damage because the spell has to hit the mob.

It does look like Zei's stone balances out the damage in different ranges but to get the maximum out of your hydras you have to place them really close to the mobs apparently... I guess that explains why hydra lags the game only sometimes? Not sure if it's connected.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention

Thanks for sharing! <3

Thanks some interesting stuff. Since we still cast other things and not every mob will be in point blank range, is Zei's still the optimal choice? If not, what are the 3 optimal gems?