i have shako with yellow Cdr at 13.6%
i have amulet with GA Cdr blue with 17.6%
i have tal rasha GA Cdr orange with 18.9%
i have focus GA Cdr yellow with 19.6%
so WHY is my total CDR only 56.8%? am i missing something here?
CDR is multiplicative, not additive, you can’t just add them together, the math is more complicated than that. I found this example online:
Your skill has a 30 second cooldown. You are wearing:
- Helm: 6% cooldown reduction
- Amulet: 4% cooldown reduction
- Offhand: 7% cooldown reduction
You don’t just add these percentages together.
Subtract each reduction percentage from 100% (because you want to know how much is left after the reduction):
- Helm: 100% - 6% = 94%
- Amulet: 100% - 4% = 96%
- Offhand: 100% - 7% = 93%
Multiply these percentages together:
- 0.94 Ă— 0.96 Ă— 0.93 = 0.839904
Subtract that result from 1 to find the total reduction:
- 1 - 0.839904 = 0.160768 x 100 = 16%
So 16% of 30 is 4.8 meaning your skill has a new cooldown of 25.2 seconds.
Try putting your own numbers into this formula, and you will get the real result.
i was talking to somebody about it being multiplicative or additive
so how on earth are the top sorcerers in pits managing to use hectic aspect on pant’s?
i’m having to use it on amulet if not the barrier isn’t 100% all my gears cdr is GA yellow and orange, only cdr not GA is my shako and my flame barrier tempering rolls are good rolls
It’s even higher than it should be. You missed 7% from focus implicit affix, so it will be:
1 * (1-0,136) * (1-0,176) * (1-0,189) * (1-0,196) * (1-0,07) = 1 * 0,864 * 0,824 * 0,811 * 0,804 * 0,93 = 0,432
It gives you 43,2% of base cooldown. So it’s reduced by:
100% - 43,2% = 56,8%
yep i forgot focus!
how do they manage it then? all my cdr are GA and yellow with 1 orange but the moment i try using it on pant’s i get 1 shot constantly
I don’t get it, what pants?
I guess you forgot that there are tempering affixes for Flame Shield duration. From Maxroll: " * 5s+ total ‍Flame Shield Duration"
i have good rolls of flame duration from tempering
the hectic aspect to reduce Cdr they are using on pant’s i have to use it on ammy
pant’s reduces 2 secs ammy 3secs
and my attack speed is Fast to reduce it
tbh none of this REALLY matters as s5 it will all be gone and i got a Strong feeling sorc will suffer once again, teleport will be a joke i know that for a fact
Can you link a guide? Most optimized build probably benefits from +4 skills from Shako. It gives you even more FS duration.
i got shako also
edit: i can’t link it here, it’s his World First PIT150 Solo Clear Firekuna - S4 Diablo 4 video build
I got it. Maxroll guide says that if you have correct build then 5s uptime and 40%+ CDR should be enough. I assume the only place where you can miss something is attack speed. Also, as far as i know, D4 had IAS breakpoints. Not like in D2, but still.
can’t be my attack speed is Mad high also, tbh i hate having to use this build but as a sorc we have no choice!
it’s the Only way we stand Any change in pit’s and by the looks of it s5 is going to be 10000% worse for sorc
Yeah i know. That why i started S4 with Minion Necro, then made Arc Lash Sorc for speed farm and i ended as Barb 
the Entire server started necro and reverted back to barb, it’s beyond a joke at this point and they saying in campfire it’s hard to balance a barb…
more like they don’t wanna nerf it yet they nerf sorc an druid Big time
the moment another class gets something worth using NERF IT but ho nooo not the king of D4 barb class
that 100 bil damage and 400k hp is perfectly normal 
yep they going to NERF Sorcs :))))) paragons and all…they TOO strong ! 
this game is such stupid unworthy garbage…waste of time
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yepp, sorc is WAY too meta
we 1tap tormented bosses
we have 500k hp 
and we have 4 weapon slots
we deserve a nerf to let bottom classes like barbarian’s have some fun for once… o wait 