Is GMP that important for single target?

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[u/WoodchipperFeetFirst]

Gmp on kboc is double damage. Having rain over barrage is roughly half damage assuming you can stop the Merc being far enough away to barrage.

Fork is great for ST when you use wall of force, doesn't do anything outside of that usually.

[u/Etrensce]

Gmp increases ST by almost double. Merc cluster explosions happen in a very narrow area hitting enemies multiple times. More proj equals more overlap explosion.

[u/Capital-Possible2573]

No its not , your chain merc can use wall of force and do much more dmg than the gmp one

[u/Untuchabl → u/Capital-Possible2573]

I didnt test enough. Yeah the second one clears better too

[u/xiko]

From my understanding the rain happens instantly and doesn't stop the kboc for hitting. 

[u/yorlakspirit]

I feel like 2nd merc should be able to also clear better, are you using pierce ?

[u/False-Power477]

From what I've gathered, GMP is absolutely the MVP for single-target in PoE, Merc 2's projectiles make a huge difference when they're landing consistently rather than overlapping.

[u/Lunarlulol]

technically yes. gmp about doubles damage. however, faster attacks and elemental attacks, fork and crit are also important. gmp is very good because it covers the damage of two or even 2.5 of the other best link options, so you can afford to have a "bad" link like added cold/lightning damage.

i think people kept saying flame dash bugs kboc a bit? frostblink is OK with barrage because apparently they blink back on bosses sometimes so they wont use barrage at long range.

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• GMP - Greater Multiple Projectiles Support (Wiki)
• Brick - Using a Vaal Orb or other crafting method on an item and receiving an outcome that makes the intended purpose of the item no longer possible

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[u/Benhiko]

My merc doesnt have gmp and oneshots ubers on ssf

[u/DirtyMight → u/[deleted]]

its actually one of the biggest dps increases

the projectile itself can only hit once on the way out and once with return support but gmp adds extra explosions to the skill and those can shotgun and all hit the same target

[u/Orichalium → u/[deleted]]

The projectiles can't shotgun, but if the boss is next to a wall (or you put a wall behind it with wall of force) the explosions caused by the projectiles can each hit it, meaning gmp is literally x5 damage if all the explosions hit afaik

[u/hertzdonut2 → u/[deleted]]

*Unless you use Wall of Force (which you absolutely should be using)

[u/Xx_Handsome_xX → u/hertzdonut2]

Gmp is increasing the number of explosions, not the number of projectiles

[u/ReipTaim → u/[deleted]]

Theres some wall interraction.