Hi all, recently did some testing with Heroic trade mail + brooch of hero vs alternatives.
I tested on eggs with the following gears:
Setup 1:
+12 Midas (Magic essence, no int enchants)
Seraphim Coronet
Syringe
+11 Dex2/Dex2 abusive
+15 Double Lib Crimson Mace (N)
+9 FAW (EA 10) of shooter
+9 Temp Dex RM EA
Temp Ring (GS)
PDM (GS)
vs
Setup 2:
+12 Midas (Magic essence, no int enchants)
Seraphim Coronet
Syringe
+11 Heroic Trade Mail
+15 Double Lib Crimson Mace (N)
+9 FAW (EA 10) of shooter
+9 Temp Dex RM EA
Temp Ring (GS)
Brooch of Hero (no card)
Damage on eggs with NO converter (shield spell, blessing, int/str +20 foods)
Setup 1: 122k-127k
Setup 2: 150-155k
Shadow gears were +9 intelligent set, +15 kingbird set, +18 lib set, int+1 mid, atk+1% upper
Abyss outperforms by quite a bit on the correct properties (undead/shadow/demon/undead) but this is a great replacement for dex/dex armors and also means instacast is incredibly easy. The stat bonuses are pretty comical, I had 120+123 int I believe.
Another added benefit is you get quite a bit of vit / agi / luck so you're boosting your hp pool and also improving your resistances to a number of stat effects. I plan to test again in the future if I ever get to +14ing the armor during a MBS event. Let me know if there's anything else you'd like me to test with the armor and I'd be happy to do so.
TL;DR: Heroic Trademail significantly outperforms dex/dex enchanted armors with PDM.
Edited by Beanbean, 23 October 2018 - 08:50 AM.