Hallo,
i made a lots of tests pre-patch on my firebrand-ignite spellblade build to test different weapon and item combinations. Here is a link to the current build: Spellblade, Level 86 (LE Beta 0.8.5e) - Last Epoch Build Planner
As you can see i only have one ring. The reason is i wasn’t lucky enough in my 5 visits to soulfire bastion to get a second one.
Method of testing: hitting the dummy continuously with firebrand
Test results:
Test with no Ashes of Mortality, but with two Sunwreaths:
- i get like 3k ward reliably
Test pre-patch with one ashes of mortality:
- 3.5k - 5k ward. As you can see we have range now. Because ashes of mortality has a chance and does not build up ward reliably
Test post-patch with one ashes of mortality:
- 3.7k - 5k ward, so pretty similar
Remarks
- One ring adds like 700 to 2k ward for my build
- It requires build up time. It’s not magically there. I need to hit things first to get the stacks. So it is an unreliable defense mechanism with huge investment.
- Other items i tested were eye of reen, chronostasis and wing guards, but they did not improve the build.
- I wanted to show the ring’s performance in a less optimized setting with only 6 uniques, 2 legendaries and 3 exalted from someone who is not climbing leader boards like FoE.