Mage/Dark Wizard Hive Wand Vs. Gaia

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you use full T6 earth powders on a hive wand, it might be better than a Gaia!
(Spell wise)

Gaia with 3x T6 earth has 517-674 earth damage.
The average amount is 595.5, and since the attack speed is slow it needs to be multiplied by 1.3. This equates to 774.15 damage.

On the other hand, Hive Wand with 5x T6 earth has 290-410 earth damage.
The average amount is 350, and since the attack speed is fast it needs to be multiplied by 2.6. The final damage is 960.

I know people are gonna criticize me for not taking into account the other stats of Gaia, especially the raw strength bonus. But to be fair, Gaia has multiple negative stats in spell dmg, while Hive Wand has a 20% earth boost along with 2/4s mana. Thus, I didn't use ID's in my comparison.

I used up all my hive master vouchers, so if anyone with a Gaia and Hive Wand wants to help me test this concept I'd really appreciate it! :)

 

FYI the hive weapons' elemental damage bonuses were buffed last patch : they are a boost of 20 % instead of 10 %.

 

Even more reasons to why mythics aren't that strong now when compared to hive weapons with 5 t6.

 

Ok thanks! It's changed now.

Yeah exactly, I don't get why Hive weapons are so underused, especially the wand! I mean, I have never seen someone use the wand before in PvE or PvP.

 

I am pretty sure no one likes to spend their hive tokens on weapons they could replace with variants that usually fit their requirements better, especially since the Hive armor and accessories are MUCH harder to find an alternative for

 

I got a hive wand.

 

what about bismuthinite?

 

Unfortunately, it has less powder slots than Gaia, the same speed, and much less dmg overall. It would probably be the third best earth wand.

 

=)

 

how 'bout the other weapons and their earth variant, though?

Spoiler: MATHNESS

1 earth powder = 18-22 damage.

Spoiler: Grandmother vs Hive Infused bow

infused hive damage with T6s:
400-600 + 18-22x5 = 490-710
attack speed: normal

490-710 damage x normal attack speed. (2.0) --> 980 - 1420 DPS

grandmother with T6s:
615-830 + 18-22x4 = 687 - 918
attack speed: Slow
687 - 918 x slow attack speed (1.3) --> 893 - 1193 DPS

WINNER: INFUSED HIVE

Spoiler: Grimtrap VS infused hive dagger

Infused hive with T6s:
200-300 + 90-110 = 290-410
attack speed: very fast
290-410 x very fast attack speed (3.3) --> 957-1353 DPS

Grimtrap with T6s:
775-960 + 18-22x3 = 829-1026
attack speed: slow
829-1026 x slow attack speed (1.3) --> 1078 - 1334 DPS

WINNER: GRIMTRAP

Spoiler: Alkatraz VS Infused Hive

Infused hive with T6s:
250-400 + 90-110 = 340-510
attack speed: normal
340-510 x normal attack speed (2.0) --> 680-1020

Alkatraz without powders (no slots, rip.)
1850-2150
attack speed: super slow
1850-2150 x super slow attack speed(0.5) = 925-1075

WINNER: Alkatraz

 

did you calculate the 20% earth dmg?

 

nope, nor did I any other ids. Since if you're gonna be using these numbers to make a build and I'd have added +20% earth damage, people might use the +20% earth damage numbers in %melee damage and for more %earth damage.

Here are the numbers with +20% earth damage:
infused bow: 1176 - 1704 (avg. 1440)
infused dagger: 1148 - 1624 (avg. 1386)
infused spear: 816 - 1224 (avg. 1012)

grandmother w/ 7% spell/melee: 956 - 1432 (avg. 1194)
grimtrap has no spell/melee/earth damage% boosters. It's got strength, just like the other earth mythics. But idk that bonus at that level, so I'm not calculating that with this. (it's average is 1206)
alkatraz w/ +13% earth damage: 1045 - 1215 (avg. 1130)

with this:
the hive bow is still better.
The hive dagger has taken the top from grimtrap. (But with earth damage boosting armor, grimtrap might be on top again. Dependent on the armor.)
And alkatraz is still better than the infused spear