I'm not sure I understand the "Molten's after DR". In the end, this "comparison" is really nothing more than a ballpark figure because one is time-based (Molten) and one is pure damage based (Esoteric).
The primary effect is a separate multiplier, the secondary one is just a 75% multiplier of existing resistances. At least that's what the tooltip says. That's why you need to know the resistance values for the secondary effect.
Interesting thought. I always like the defensive gems - surely never an option for rank 1, but for more casual gameplay, or hardcore, or just more consistency in clearing rifts a great alternative.
In your table it seems you're neglecting Esoteric's secondary effect though: below 50% life you gain 75% increased magic resistances. So for the correct formula you also have to add all resist to the "settings" tab. What you then also need is the formula for all resist mitigation: resist / (5*level + resist), with level being 70 of course; for example it means 80% reduced damage at 1400 all res and 90% at 3150 all res.
It isn't a whole lot though; it comes down to about 170k effective HP at 1400 all res and about 85k at 3000 all res. So likely by just looking at raw numbers, Wildebeest might still win. The reason why Esoteric is so great though is that it is independent of time; for as long as you can get that life back (especially important if you have a monk in your group) there's no ceiling. Also, the high shield and LPS of Molten assumes to be surrounded by a ton of mobs when casting Bone Armor, which makes you insanely vulnerable in that very moment, so it's a bit of an "all in" playstyle similar to playing with APD bracers.
Moratorium still proves to be pretty useless. Even if we consider that in this 13 second time window on rank 100 all the damage is eventually removed instead of staggered (never happening of course) it would still be at best be a 25% effective damage reduction (but it rather comes down to an effective 10% or so). The gem is just so useless ever since Esoteric+Mutilation Guard arrived. But for solo play it looks like Molten Wildebeest is indeed a pretty awesome choice. Btw, the "not taking damage" condition on WIldebeest... is that violated by using life-consuming skills? That would kinda suck.
Also very minor mistake: gems start at rank 0, not rank 1. Insert one more row at the top
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ModeratorThe formula for resist is in my previous post ;-)
resist / (5*level + resist) = %DR
I'm not sure I understand the "Molten's after DR". In the end, this "comparison" is really nothing more than a ballpark figure because one is time-based (Molten) and one is pure damage based (Esoteric).
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ModeratorThe primary effect is a separate multiplier, the secondary one is just a 75% multiplier of existing resistances. At least that's what the tooltip says. That's why you need to know the resistance values for the secondary effect.
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ModeratorInteresting thought. I always like the defensive gems - surely never an option for rank 1, but for more casual gameplay, or hardcore, or just more consistency in clearing rifts a great alternative.
In your table it seems you're neglecting Esoteric's secondary effect though: below 50% life you gain 75% increased magic resistances. So for the correct formula you also have to add all resist to the "settings" tab. What you then also need is the formula for all resist mitigation: resist / (5*level + resist), with level being 70 of course; for example it means 80% reduced damage at 1400 all res and 90% at 3150 all res.
It isn't a whole lot though; it comes down to about 170k effective HP at 1400 all res and about 85k at 3000 all res. So likely by just looking at raw numbers, Wildebeest might still win. The reason why Esoteric is so great though is that it is independent of time; for as long as you can get that life back (especially important if you have a monk in your group) there's no ceiling. Also, the high shield and LPS of Molten assumes to be surrounded by a ton of mobs when casting Bone Armor, which makes you insanely vulnerable in that very moment, so it's a bit of an "all in" playstyle similar to playing with APD bracers.
Moratorium still proves to be pretty useless. Even if we consider that in this 13 second time window on rank 100 all the damage is eventually removed instead of staggered (never happening of course) it would still be at best be a 25% effective damage reduction (but it rather comes down to an effective 10% or so). The gem is just so useless ever since Esoteric+Mutilation Guard arrived. But for solo play it looks like Molten Wildebeest is indeed a pretty awesome choice. Btw, the "not taking damage" condition on WIldebeest... is that violated by using life-consuming skills? That would kinda suck.
Also very minor mistake: gems start at rank 0, not rank 1. Insert one more row at the top