RF question between Belly of the Beast and Kaom's

[Tincup_the_Middleman]

Currently have 8300hp.
Just need advice on whether to acquire a Belly of the Beast or a Kaom's Hear.
I believe Belly gives me an extra 3k hp but I haven't been able to figure out Kaom's increase.

Some advice would be helpful. Cheers.

[The_Driver]

There's a tool that can help you. It's called Path of Building.

Just import your profile and then you can play with your gear and passives to see what improves or worsens when you change stuff. The easiest way import your profile is to set your PoE profile to public (login on the official website->privacy settings), but if you know how to extract your cookies via the dev tools of your browser, that's less prone to side-effects.

[AAAAAAAAAAH]

Get kaom's heart. More HP and extra fire damage. No real competition here unless its a budget issue :P

[Ghin]

how is this even a contest? kaoms > belly

[Sugar Show]

Pros buy first, regreat later.

[OhhPaigey]

Belly of the Beast is not as good as you may think.

You are doing the math wrong on the "30-40% increased maximum life"

In this game you really have to pay attention to wording. The word "increased" means it's additive. If you have 1000 life and Belly gives you 40% increased maximum life, that doesn't mean you are going to end up with 1400 life. That number is going to be much smaller, because it's additive. Most builds end up with at least 150% increased life from skill trees alone. So now 40% added onto the already 150% is a much smaller number than you once thought.

For example, my one character is at 193% increased maximum life from my skill tree. Around 5700 life without body armor on.

Putting on a Belly will give me anywhere from 550 to 750 life depending on the roll.

However my Kaom's gives me over 1500 life because it's 500 flat Life, and then basically x2 that amount because of my 193% increased life from my skill tree. Generally, flat life is going to be way better than % life.

Now if Belly had the word "40% more maximum life" that's multiplicative, meaning it's literally multiplying 40% of your entire life pool, instead of adding another 40% increased life on to the already existing 150-200% you probably have from your skill tree alone.

[Tincup_the_Middleman]

Thanx for the info guys. I went ahead and bought me a Kaom's. Got lucky and found a 39% roll on fire damage as well for cheap. Cheers guys!