Originally Posted by
JohnnyQuest
He said Mr Robot suggested he go Haste heavy, hence the reforged. And he has done and is getting results.
They say Hastes to 1505 and then Crit because, overall, it is more DPS to do that.
However, from all the sims I've done, especially around the 394-398 ilvl, there isn't a huge amount of difference between going with a crit heavy build over a haste heavy build. A few thousand DPS at most. Yes, a crit heavy build does more DPS on avergae, but you are also more prone to get screwed by RNG. Going with a Haste heavy build tends to normalise your damage a lot, at the expense of crazy crit bursts and massive Combustions. Also, once you start getting nearer 400 average item level you have a lot of haste, and it's quite easy to get to some useful haste thresholds, especially with Lightning Rod and its huge amounts of Haste.
You're currently sitting at 2988 Haste. Whether that's luck, or Mr Robot is a lot smarter than I give it credit for, when you factor in 4T13 that puts you just over the threshold for 37.5% Haste (assuming no DI), which is needed for the next tick of Living Bomb and Pyro dot. It also gives you the 18th tick of Combstion while under Hero. Both of those are pretty decent damage boosts.
As for your claim of more Hot Streaks - well, that's not got a lot to do with reforging more for Haste. You mostly just got lucky. Or, from the sounds of it, less unlucky. The tier one Hot Streak talent may play a part, but there is some magical math associated with that that I have absolutely no clue about.
However, 38k on Madness makes me question how you're playing fire. That is low. Pretty super low. 38k is the kind of damage you'd want to be doing on Ultraxion, and that doesn't have ridiculous damage boosts and aoe and cleave opportunities. Granted, you don't have the Legendary, but that's still a low number for Fire. For a comparison, my average ilvl is 399 (including Dragonwrath) so pretty close to you, and I do 50k on Madness Normal 10.