What are the 9/2 and 8/2 GMB Faith BPs?

[Bjam]

What are the 9/2 and 8/2 GMB Faith BPs?

I was lucky enough to find a +3 GMB yesterday, so I starting thinking about building a new Zon. I see lots of places that give the requirement for hitting the 7/2 breakpoint, but I play PvM exclusively and want to know the 8/2 and 9/2 lower breakpoints. The sacrifices for hitting the last breakpoint are kinda extreme to me. I want to use Atma's for PIs for example and the build I'm planning would get 75% IAS max or as little as 50% depending on gear and socketing. Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Lyrs]

Your ias will be dependent on the lvl of Fana that you get. If you get a lvl 15 fana, you'll need 95ias to get to 7fpa, but only 50ias to reach 8fpa. Any ias above 40 will get you to the 2fpa followup in strafe.

You could try this calculator:
http://diablo2.ingame.de/tips/calcs/weaponspeed.php?lang=english

 

[Diablokgb]

Your ias will be dependent on the lvl of Fana that you get. If you get a lvl 15 fana, you'll need 95ias to get to 7fpa, but only 50ias to reach 8fpa. Any ias above 40 will get you to the 2fpa followup in strafe.

You could try this calculator:
http://diablo2.ingame.de/tips/calcs/weaponspeed.php?lang=english

Or you can trade the GM for a Matri, and with the 50 ias you would hit 7 fpa.

 

[rakoom]

is there a difference in speed at all with 50ias and 80 ias? Still in 8fpa but does the extra 30% make any difference?

 

[Leohappy]

is there a difference in speed at all with 50ias and 80 ias? Still in 8fpa but does the extra 30% make any difference?

Nope, all you need is reach the breakpoint, any extra IAS after that is wasted. It's a general rule of D2 and applies to various actions in D2, like spellcasting, blocking, hit recovery,...

Ex.:
If one IAS break point is at 50%, and another is at 95%, theres no need to have 80% because the game will treat it like it's 50%.