[2.4] How to smash Heads. Extremely detailed guide about the Facebreaker gloves and builds!

@zinki
That's an interesting question. Until extensive testing i can't say anything with certainty but enfeeble is nice indeed though it has some drawbacks.
1. It does not reduce reflected damage !!!
2. You can't curse with anything else.
3. The insanely high intelligence requirement can be a big problem
4. Bosses have 60% reduced curse effect
5. Ranged enemies can attack and damage you while being unaffected by enfeeble because of the AoE of Blasphemy.
6. Does nothing vs curse immunity monsters


And of course there are some awesome things about it too.
1. It has a less damage multiplier
2. It reduces all types of damage, not just physical
3. Reduces crit chance ad multi
4. Reduces accuracy

So overall i'd stick to determination + CWDT curse ( which is not even enfeeble ). The significantly lower armour, crippled effect vs bosses, deadly handicap vs reflect and the fact that i can use only level 10 enfeeble unless i spend passives for intelligence (hell no!!!!) is just too much for me to use enfeeble. I think determination is just better at least in my case because of the gear i use... if you don't use a high armour shield perhaps enfeeble would be better.


@MilenkoXI
Well all skills are absolutely viable for all of the content, it's just that cyclone is the best of all of them. But which attack is the second best? That's ... very subjective and it hugely depends on which skill you actually like to loose. In the end don't worry too much just use the one you like and you'll be fine.

So i was asked what is the item filter that i use. Mine doesn't show many things that other people seem to want to see ( like things for chisel recipe or chance bases ) simply because i don't use those things .. too much trouble for little to no reward. So yeah here it is :



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What's the attack that you are using? Which are the other 3 support gems ?

Drop the added fire damage of course !
Melee physical damage has the "more" multiplier and fortify does wonders for your survivability as well as providing a damage boost.

Daresso is not good for the onslaught it is good for the defenses that it provides - endless end charges and dodge chance. Besides ... good luck getting all these red sockets on Carcass Jack. As for the extra AoE radius from carcass ... you won't notice much of a difference with or without it.

Hey guys!
So the awesome Sicyo got me thinking about the culling strike support gem in another thread. Especially compared to added fire damage. Now added fire damage gives a lot more tooltip dps ( with added fire damage i'm at ~90k dps in my hideout and with culling strike - just around 75k ) but there are some problems with that.
First the damage it gives is fire damage - that means that monsters with fire resistance, maps with fire res, monsters affected by ele res aura and all bosses will reduce some of that damage so in the end the huge dps increase is not the actual extra damage that you'll deal all the time. And of course giving elemental damage you won't be leeching extra life from that extra damage. If you are using Infernal blow though you'll also benefit from the quality bonus of the added fire damage gem.
Now culling strike gives significantly less tooltip dps and most likely (even with what i've explained about the fire damage ) less actual damage but it has some pros. First it gives some attack speed ( if the gem is 20/20% ), second it directly boosts your physical damage, and that means that you'll leech from it AND that you'll deal more damage per hit. Dealing more physical damage per hit is important because of the way armour works ( bigger hit = less effective armour = even more damage dealt with that bigger hit ) so it adds a bit more damage .. even if that's a "hidden" extra damage. And of course it gives culling strike which is pretty nice especially against bosses.

Now should you use culling strike instead of added fire damage? Honestly i don't know ... it's really hard to tell without a good amount of testing but you should think about it .. maybe try it out for yourself and see how it feels, though if the gem is not close to 20/20% it won't be good at all.

What does all that tells us? Well for me it tells me two things:
1. From time to time you should question your previous knowledge about what is good and what is bad ... perhaps you will find something new and interesting in something old.
2. With Ascendancy and the upcoming possibility of getting Fortify without using the Fortify gem we now have a good candidate to take its place - Culling Strike !