Sage & Demon for early retirement

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nelanther wrote: »

When I turn 90 I am going to stop playing. With that in mind I will be choosing Sage or Demon from a different perspective than most. In order to make the best descision possible I had a few questions...

Is it true that Take Aim, Blazing Arrow, Frost Arrow, Spark and Chi are the only skills that can be feasibly learned by someone who will tap out at 90?
Yes


Is sage take aim better than lvl10 deadly shot if my end game damage is 7000-11300 with a plus 7 Blinding Radience?
Yes

Will Demon spark also speed up my skills or just normal shots?
No just attack rate

Does MoZun's Taunt give me 50 chi or simply take away 50 chi from someone else?
Taunt does not give you chi, it removes theirs.

Just to be clear, the passive skills are not easily obtained and should not be taken into consideration if I am stopping at 90, correct?
Correct.

nelanther wrote: »

Excellent! Thanks! Here are some followup questions based on the replies.

Can someone provide the mathmatical formulas for both deadly shot lvl10 and take aim sage, just for verification?

Only looking at the previously mentioned skills list, with the exception of Spark, sage wins out. Correct?

The advantage of demon spark is not practical agaist BM's and Barbs where elemental attacks are the primary focus. Correct?

Wow you're lazy :P

Deadly lvl 10
Fire an intense shot at the enemy, inflicting base physical
damage plus 100% of weapon damage plus 4986.6.

Sage take aim:
3.0s, inflicting base physical damage plus up to 500% of weapon damage.

Demon take aim:
2.5s, Inflicting base physical damage plus up to 400% of weapon damage.

Subtracting out base physical damage + 100% weapon damage from both.
For sage you are comparing 400% weapon damage to 4986 physical
For demon you are comparing 300% weapon damage to 4986 physical

Weapon damage is the damage of the bow + gems + arrow + rings, add those up.

Sage take aim, blazing, frost are a bit better, nothing that is terribly missed as a demon.

Ive killed barbs and bms with normal shots sparked before but in general you use metal which is not sped up.

The biggest difference is the chi gain ability of sage. Genies tend to make the difference between sage and demon less. A sage spark + relentless courage is equivalent to a demon spark. Demons can use a genie skill to gain chi.