How "mandatory" is +cold dmg for Jade doctors? I have 5 pieces and am thinking of farming for a RoRG. But I have no +cold dmg gear (except the crafted lego axe) and am not sure I want to farm for the new items/enchant mats. I know the DoT skills are cold-based, but...
Haunt (%4000 over 12sec) hits way more than Locust Swarm (%1040 over 8sec) and it's a cold spell. No point on stacking Locust Swarm or poison/fire damage. Without bonuses, especially bonus cold damage, Jade Harvester would be a pain to play. If you can't get all cold damage, poison helps too of course for damage output, but I don't think it's even necessary.
For Jade:
Belt: Hwoj Wrap for survival, Harrington/Witching Hour for damage
Offhand: Uhkapian serves incredible survival.
Your elemental damage should always aim for cold damage as it's the main damage resource of Jade.
A strong weapon means a slow & strong 1H weapon and it's Sunkeeper.
For Pet:
As people mentioned, you definitely want a Mask of Jeram.
And as a pet doctor, I need more survival than Jade even my pets tank for me from time to time. With the right gear, fetishes hurt anyway, so I kinda gave up on SoJ and put on a Zuni's Pox in order to equip an Uhkapian Serpent. I like to survive better even if it's softcore.
From my experience, I find the damage of physical fetishes better than fire gargantuan % fire fetishes damage. So, physical all the way for me.
Belt: Hwoj Wrap for survival, Harrington/Witching Hour for damage
Offhand: Uhkapian serves incredible survival.
Your elemental damage should always aim for cold damage as it's the main damage resource of Jade.
A strong weapon means a slow & strong 1H weapon and it's Sunkeeper.
For Pet:
As people mentioned, you definitely want a Mask of Jeram.
And as a pet doctor, I need more survival than Jade even my pets tank for me from time to time. With the right gear, fetishes hurt anyway, so I kinda gave up on SoJ and put on a Zuni's Pox in order to equip an Uhkapian Serpent. I like to survive better even if it's softcore.
From my experience, I find the damage of physical fetishes better than fire gargantuan % fire fetishes damage. So, physical all the way for me.
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