Not even a 4 socket shield (ie, a JMoD) with 4 lighting facets can make up for the damage shortfall.īased on this, I think an infinity spear for your own use has more to offer for a lightning/charged strike spearazons than any traditional jav/shield combo. You will have more survivability and the flexibility of also having lightning fury, but your lightning/charged strike damage will be cut substantially since you won’t have that -45-55% lightning resistance mod and your potential CB damage will be cut also. If you’re wanting to use an infinity merc, then you’ll likely pair this with thunderstroke + shield. If using dual wield plagues on an act 5 Merc, then faster attack speed on the mancatcher would be better than Amazon spears. If using an act 1 faith merc, then using an Amazon spear would be better for the +skills. This might result in more DPS vs larger monster groups but smaller DPS vs small monster groups. For lightning strike, you will get those off more often but might suffer more penalties from next delay (4 frames). Mancatcher would be better than Amazon spears for single target DPS for faster CB/charged strike use. I don’t think for a lightning strike spearazon that it’s worth going over the top with IAS gear to make a matriarchal pike work. If using an act 1 faith merc however, then using a matriarchal pike might be an option for more physical damage if max attack speed can be reached without much gear sacrifice.

Matriarchal spear would be best for lightning/charged strike use as well as for CB. Mancatcher is the fastest weapon for lightning strike, but Amazon spears add +3 spear skills at the cost of attack speed.Īmazon spears add +3 spear skills so would do more damage per strike.

When deciding to use an infinity spear, you’re most likely going to be using the lightning/charged strike skills (BotD would still be better for a fendazon) so with this in mind:

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