2 Predatory Instincts or 3?

[Dr. W]

The first Predatory Instincts give a 12% boost to attack speed. While successive stacks add 24%. Am I correct in assuming that only 2 Predatory Instincts is the max stack of the item?

[Matondia]

The first one increases attack speed by 12% indeed, but with a cap of 36% (meaning the effect can proc on 3 critical strikes max). But the next ones doesn't increases attack speed, they increases the cap by 24% each. So with two Predatory Instincts, you have a cap of 60%, meaning the effect will proc at max 5 times. With 3, the cap is 84%, so the effect will proc 7 times (if you can crit fast enough).

Each stack will allow you 2 more attack speed boost

[Dr. W]

I think I see. So does that mean there is no hard limit to the amount of Predatory Instincts you can get? The only limiting factor being the realistic amount of times you can crit?

[Ninja Zyborg]

Originally posted by Dr. W:

I think I see. So does that mean there is no hard limit to the amount of Predatory Instincts you can get? The only limiting factor being the realistic amount of times you can crit?

yep.

[Dr. W]

Thanks!

[Fangrilo]

There are very few items with hard stack effect limits. The ones I can think of right now are daggers and glasses (and void variants), sticky bombs and focused convergence (caps at 3, I believe).

[Liro Raériyo]

the hard limit also depends on what you are using, skills and effects with less then 1.0 coefficient need more for maximum effect.

but no one is going to stack 100 tri-tips just so acrids poison puddle from leaping has a 100% bleed application rate.

[[T]aKer]

But I want my 100 Tentabauble for my Ukulele to stunlock everyone 100% of the time :(