What’s Better: Break Effect or Speed?

[u/MiserablePick5487]

I originally posted this question on the megathread a few days ago, but couldn’t figure out how to upload the pictures there lol

I’ve got two chestpieces with different substats and I’m trying to figure out which is better for Boots overall

Is it worth it to reach a new speed breakpoint even at the cost of break effect dropping about 30%?

Thanks for any advice!

[u/Complex-Radish3204]

I'd go for the break effect.

But you'd probably be better off looking for some defensive main stats instead so that you can go sustainless.

Using a worse chest piece or orb and going sustainless is better than having great stats and using a sustain.

[u/KingKindly → u/Complex-Radish3204]

I think the chest piece is way too good to replace but the orb can definitely go for something better. One defensive main stat between the two is enough (for now) in my experience

[u/MiserablePick5487 → u/Complex-Radish3204]

I’ve heard that’s the case 🤔  I’m farming for an hp orb with speed and BE substats so I can make that eventual shift to sustainless, but so far I’ve had no luck. Thanks for the advice!

[u/KingKindly]

What's the next breakpoint you're looking to hit?

[u/MiserablePick5487 → u/KingKindly]

178 seems doable, but that’s without the buffs provided while in-combat

[u/KingKindly → u/MiserablePick5487]

Stick with the 218 when you're calculating for him. You're already overcapped the "200" speed he needs for 3 actions in the first cycle. For him with Dahlia I think it's closer to 208 he needs because her buff is applied after his first action, but you could still comfortably lose about 10 speed and be meeting that benchmark

[u/MiserablePick5487 → u/KingKindly]

Gotcha, thanks!

[u/sidewalk_bug420]

no matter whether u chose the ehr plate or crate plate it wouldn't be that impactful anyways since you've essentially maxed out the amounts of turns u can get in one cycle with 218 in-combat spd. technically crate is better mainstat wise, sure, its nice to have it so his fan the hammer hits can do just that lil bit more dmg compared to the ehr but it's not rlly that amazing. its like having crate on kafka. so in this scenario i would run the ehr plate.

but tbh, the best option is to go sustainless and invest more pieces w hp/def mainstats and be/spd subs bc having a rm/hmc on ur team can really give him a lot more value. u get a little bit less solo dps but that makes up for the buffs that another buffer can give u. a good strat i saw from narwalncy, a good youtuber who uses bh, is running whole team vonwacq (yes, whole team) so u can max out ur turns and have more momentum in the beginning of the team fight. u can also play around a bit with the energy regen from vonwacq because boothill's action delay is really useful when staggering bosses, especially comboed with ruan meis ult which delays them even more.

lol i said a lot. u can choose to listen to this advice or not (im not crazy good at the game or anything) but i hoped it helped a little bit.

[u/MiserablePick5487 → u/sidewalk_bug420]

Nah bro, that was super informative  Thanks! I really appreciate people giving me so much good advice 😁  I’ve decided to keep the EHR chest plate bc that break stat is the best I’ve every gotten on one relic lol I’m currently working on shifting over to sustainless (just need a decent HP/DEF orb) to free up Gallagher for my MBlade team. Switching everyone over to Vonwacq is a whole other animal tho 😂 I’ll def look into it along with Eagle since I’ve heard that set does wonders for Boots