I am imbuing a 100% fire weapon for single targets (not a spawn weapon). This is not a weapon made for a particular boss. It is for groups of mobs like undead, etc. As a damage proc, I am going to put either hit lightning or hit fireball on it.
Hit lightning base damage is 30-34. Hit fireball base damage is 12-32. *Normalizing* hit lightning vs hit fireball for mobs with +10 more pts of energy resist gives adjusted base damages of HL 20-24 vs HFB 12-32. For +15 pts of energy resist 15-19 vs 12-32 HFB. A lot of normal mobs that have FR as the weakness have 10pts or more higher energy resist. Even quite a few named fall into this category. But there are always exceptions on several named mobs & a few normal ones. For mobs with +15 more energy resist, HFB is better & it is not 100% clear that for +10 more energy resist which is the best (flip a coin). Overall, it seems HFB would be a better choice.
Which damage hit proc (if any) do you guys use on your fire weapons?
Hit lightning base damage is 30-34. Hit fireball base damage is 12-32. *Normalizing* hit lightning vs hit fireball for mobs with +10 more pts of energy resist gives adjusted base damages of HL 20-24 vs HFB 12-32. For +15 pts of energy resist 15-19 vs 12-32 HFB. A lot of normal mobs that have FR as the weakness have 10pts or more higher energy resist. Even quite a few named fall into this category. But there are always exceptions on several named mobs & a few normal ones. For mobs with +15 more energy resist, HFB is better & it is not 100% clear that for +10 more energy resist which is the best (flip a coin). Overall, it seems HFB would be a better choice.
Which damage hit proc (if any) do you guys use on your fire weapons?