PureRage-DoD wrote:
if you are a melee build with high life you will be reliant on juvs in hell anyway. If you are making a low life glass cannon then any potions are fine. Its little wonder some sc players have such a hard time on bosses when the tanks are walking around with reds and blues in the belt. best i heard was a lvl 90 IK barb failing to kill nm duriel, then getting a lvl 90 druid to give oak, and finally calling a level 90 necro on the 3rd attempt. Carrying juvs for bosses on any tank build is a part of your strategy. reds are useless on a tank outside of normal. I only ever usualy pick up purples unless im on a sorc. All of my builds have a full belt of juvs and a row or 2 in the inventory/cube. They are easy to come by and you can gather enough on the way through each act.
i guess you failed to read the part where i said i dont want to rely on potions at all
and yea, the regular potions arent gonna cut any char with like 8k+ life, and im pretty sure my char will be well above that in his party.
i understand your point and its completely valid, but id rather build a character than can tank with little to no potions at all for anything really, which is why the life tap will be considered into my gearing options either on main or switch. but now leads me to another question before i shrug off the potions completely and take life tap in:
does life tap effectiveness get nerfed by physical resistances as well?
im pretty sure life tap is hardcoded to bypass any leech penalties on bosses (if there are any in this mod...i know other mods make use of leech penalties on act bosses), making it a pretty handy tanking curse. however, im not sure exactly how leech works. is it still %based off your damage (speaking about physical of course)? if its still affected by phys resists on monsters, then id have to do testing on how good it is tapping for a bit/how long itll take my bulb to fill with a weak or strong smite versus just amping the monster instead and trying to down it before too many problems (which would also mean potions would be used).
in any case, thanks for input from both of you.