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Well, i don't know how acutal this post is, but Wachati put some real effort experiencing with this item.

His post in us bnet Forum was edited last time in 2015, but it should have answers to many of ur questions

(by the way - it's the first result when you Google for "diablo 3 grin reaper")

copy & paste from https://us.battle.net/forums/en/d3/topic/131408039

06/17/2014 updated aps findings by Myrec
07/23/2014 added damage calculation and bbv info
09/05/2014 added Frostburn Freeze info
05/01/2015 added mimics are pets info
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So you found this silly Mask at the back of the voodoo shack and are wondering how does it actually work?

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-grin-reaper

The Grin Reaper is an extremely fun and capable WD mask, properly built TGR can put TIki wielders to shame with Crowd Control or leave Pet builds in the dust with a Creeping Doom of dogs, fetishes, 15 Spider Queens and 8 Lob Blobs :D.

JMAC Torment 6 video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFqCdQuf-nY

Aeternae Torment 6 video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy58xESx1w8

Q: How much damage do the mimics do?

They do *almost* 100% of the WD damage.

This includes buffs (PtV, BBV, GF) and debuffs (MC, Piranhas), +% elite, +% elemental.
One exception: +% skill does not transfer to the mimics (so don't bother with the likes of +% Spiders)

Damage is calculated based on minimum weapon damage number.

For example:
A Knife+Mojo combo has a damage range of 1556-2248
The mimics will always use 1556.

WD average weapon damage: (1556-2249)/2 = 1902
Mimics weapon damage: 1556

In this case, the mimics do on average about 82% of the WD damage.

To maximize mimics damage - look for high minimum damage on both weapon and mojo.

Q: What's the deal with DoTs?

The Grin Reaper Mimics do not have any of the hard caps on the WD dot's. This means you can have as many Spider Queens, Lob Blobs, Pyrogists, and Phantasm as the Mimics can cast.

Exception: each mimic will only have one Manitou and it will go away when the mimic goes away.

Haunt: The Mimics will cast haunt once on a single target, the DoT seems to go away when the Mimic goes away.

Q: Do the Mimics benefit from Attack Speed?

Reported by Myrec

Mimics attack speed is determined by your weapon attack speed. They don't benefit from attack speed bonus from gear.

Q: Can the mimics cast any attack?

They will not cast any of the following attacks -

Zombie Dogs
Fetish Army
Garg
Zombie Wall
Hex
Big Bad Voodoo
Locust Swarm
Firebats *

Q: How are the mimics summoned, what is the best way to have them always up?

Mimics have a chance to be summoned per cast, this means the Fire Bats are the best, Rain of Toads is second best and everything else is pretty much the same. More attack speed helps!

Yes, you have to attack to summon.

Q: Can the Mimics Proc Crowd Control?

Yes, they can proc CC from the following attacks -

Mass Confusion
Snake on the Face (perma stun a rift guardian)
Addling Toads
Horrify
Phlebotomize

Q: Can they proc debuffs?

They can proc damage debuff from the following attacks, multiple casts will stack -

Mass Confusion
Piranhas

Note: that means you can have three MC and three Piranhas stacked at the same time for a nice big multiplier.

Q: Can they proc buffs?

No, They can cast Horrify and Soul Harvest but the WD will not get the Armor or Intel boost. They will also not buff mana regen or life per second.

Q: Can they proc effects from weapon and items?

In general no. The only item that seems to work with them is Frostburn gloves, the mimics can proc the freeze effect using cold attacks or using a cold weapon with any attack (i.e Rain of Toads).

Cinkrement confirmed that the following do not proc:
strongarm braces, deadly rebirth, spider queens grasp, haunt of vaxo, goldskin

Q: Do passives transfer to the Mimics?

No, Passives such as Vision Quest, FS, Creeping Death and Bad Medicine do not transfer to the Mimics.

Q: What's the deal with Fire Bats?

Mimics seem to be able to cast Fire Bats but they will not deal any damage. Maybe a bug?

Q: Do mimics benefit from Big Bad Voodoo?

Only Slam Dance will boost them, they will actually get boosted twice if summoned after BBV is out for a total of 30%+30%=60% damage boost (as long as the WD stays in the BBV ring). They don't seem to benefit from the attack speed boost.

Q: Are mimics considered pets?

Yes, mimics are considered temporary pets and benefit from pets buff items such as Enforcer, Zuni 6p and TNT gloves.

Yakara is also avaiable as a bounty. For Blarg you need just a bit luck

Thanks for this topic ^^

Im playing Thorns crusader this season and picked templar just as always ^^ thanks to this topic i remember that enchantress with atk Speed buff is much more useful in soloplay, Need a good blinding sand sword =)

well, im not that familar with crus yet, but if u have drakon in cube (i love it to cube items with variable legendary stat like drakon) and no idea what to wear as bracelet, good old Nemesis will help with extra elites in Terms of farming and Speed.

If you look for even more toughness take Krelms buff bracers which give u immunity to knockback and stun

favourable in ancient and with correct element %

Quote from Angry_Roleplayer»

Encountered this problem many times:

http://www.diablofans.com/builds/83610-2-4-2-akkhans-microwave-gr75

this is the build.

No build listed here:

http://www.diablofans.com/members/225321-angry_roleplayer/builds

I can see your Problem and i also have an assumption why it happens sometimes.
The list of your builds is arranged by the upvotes. Your updated microwave build has atm +5 and Shares its "place" on the list with some other +5 builds.
On page 1 i can see your WD builds "2.4 Under <2 minutes MEGASPEED T10/GR45 farming build." and "2.4.2 Helltooth Gargs + Manajuma T13 Speedfarming"
If I Switch to page 2 you see "2.4 Under <2 minutes MEGASPEED T10/GR45 farming build." again and the next is "One BLOW Monk T6-T13/GR45-60 Speedfarming ".

So i guess while you Switch the pages the "ranking" of ur builds is recalculated and sorted again and your microwave build changes places with the wd speedfarm build. Maybe a just a coding Problem?
I'll upvote your microwave build, it Looks pretty cool and i wanna try it when i Play crus again this should make ur build visible

edit: and there it is ^^ but now the helltooth build mentioned above is gone. whew

well i have more than 5 times more monsterkills compared to bloodshards since 2012

for S8 i have 156k monsters vs 60k bloodshards. so its still more mobs than shards. i dont really see your problem with it

well i play 95% of my gametime solo, maybe it varies if u play mostly in a group with others

In the beginning of D3 there have been no bloodshards, so if u see a Profile of a dedicated Player it will always have more mob kills than bloodshards

i dont really get your logic either. You can't say 1 kill = 1 bloodshard, thats weired. In my Profile i will have also more Mobs than bloodshards, and im just a casual gamer since nearly release including some breaks from d3.

You should mention that you Play on HC ^^ I played UE DH this season too and i believe that the wolf doesn't give me much boost. I switched to the boar companion, 20% allress and the additional taunt are pretty useful, even better in hc.

I played HC WD last season (started an died with HT Garg and ended with Jade)

I struggeled between Barb and DH this time, so my daughter picked DH unsighted out of a box

So i'll Play one of my less played classes and fill the cube and the missing set dungeons this time

There is no possibility for playing with ppl from different sources, at least for PS4 and PC im sure.

Also there are no seasons on console, only on PC.

So i would suggest to save your $$ and buy a new monitor. The Hype for S8 wont be that high, so it's no Problem when starting a bit later.

PS: Console gaming is based on the offline data (which makes cheating possible) while PC gaming is only-online via bnet possible, which prevents cheating

Patch arrived in April, so no one got it. We'll have to wait till 2017