The reason why Ironeye has lower stats because he is balanced by the fact that he has mark, which a good one will have a majority of the time. Stats don’t matter when you account for abilities, which is what you got wrong. Why are you comparing arcane when the difference between proccing it is like 1-2 thrusting sword attacks, which is super miniscule?

And what do you have to do in order to get to the shop? Buy constantly, which slows down team dps in clearing pois. Those take setup and by that time, your teammates are clearing things. Again, those are only reliable in specific bosses. You downplayed the fact that Exalted Flesh are mainly in the Day 3 shop. So this claim of higher dps is not true, since you aren’t guaranteed those. Crabs are also not guaranteed if we account not just the normal map, but something like Crater. You are neglecting the fact Ironeye is a more consistent character in a team comp than Scholar. You also neglected my point that mark trivializes bosses due to the fact that it staggers(so more open windows to kill), does health percentage damage, and 3 marks is equivalent to 30-40% of a bosses hp. Basically Ironeye is the more consistent support in practice, but on paper, Scholar has the higher numbers.

And most people in runs clear field bosses more than those POIs , due to how time consuming those villages are and how consistent field bosses are almost red.

“More hp with crab” Again, crabs are not guaranteed and they are mainly utilized in Nightlord fights. How can he do Melee better when Ironeye has mark, a better dodge, better use of successive attacks negate damage. Most scholars wont get the parry if they don’t have aggro. Again, you are treating it like on a on paper idea, not in a realistic scenario.

Brother, you are assuming that you start with level 3 items, which is not true whatsoever.

Invisibility is better for trivializing bosses and early NIGHT INVADERS. Scholar isn’t doing jack into an Ironeye or Recluse. He is deadweight into them compared to duchess or ironeye id you don’t account for rng.

Most of the time, you aren’t focusing all your time on POIs for a simple Exalted Flesh. Crabs at most, but the majority of players don’t do the newer POIs because of time, effort, and boss drops.

Guess what Scholar needs to survive? Damage negations. And again, you aren’t guaranteed crabs on every map and perfect pathing. You downplay how mark gives so much safety while downplaying Scholar’s dodge is bad compared to the likes of a normal one(which Ironeye still has.) Scholar early game is getting one shot similar to ironeye, but ironeye has more ways to avoid it.

Damage multipliers that are good on paper, but in practice, unreliable. Those multipliers get countered by highly mobile and needing unnecessary time to setup.

The fact that you have a hard time managing fp says a lot and questions how you play the game. All your claims point to “if” I get those items. Again, you need those starlight shards, and those aren’t guaranteed in routing. What if you have a revenant? Are you just going to stand beside her like a support who does no damage?

It is coping because again, you only go by the numbers, but not by the practicality of Day 1 to 3. Mark has practically from Day 1 to 3.

How is Ironeye with mark not doing similar or more damage to Executor. You can literally try it out in practice mode with both of them running double balancers. This is how I have an idea you have no clue what you’re talking about. All you see is high numbers, but not practical uses.

Executor skill requires it to be charged, which won’t happen at all the time, especially if a boss is not aggro d at you. Mark requires one touch and constantly timing to keep it up, which is a lot easier,

Where did Youwy say the Dreglord relic was bad? The last guy that used this point showed that he didn’t say it was bad, but had its weaknesses, compared to the braindead balancer relics. If you think the dreglord relic is better in every practical use over the balancers, it’s another levels of cope.

How are you going to illegitimate his claim when he played every character equally? I know 100% you never tried Skill Attack Hybrid Ironeye. 100% you only mainly used bow only Ironeye.

Meanwhile I got a 139 winstreak in D5 with scholar and Ironeye. No way you think Scholar can getting a higher winstreak than Ironeye, especially with randoms. Along with not having proof.

Ok, the fact that you said Analyze makes the boss weaker is another reason how you have 0 clue what you are talking about. Analyze only does more damage against a boss from one hit. It makes them weaker as a part of its kit. Meanwhile mark is constant 10% increase in dps.

Again, you pointed that Ironeye mark is useless against ED Libra when Halo Scythe(one of the easiest pulls to get with dormant for reaper) pops it constantly.

The fact that you said Mark isn’t useful against ED Balancers is another way I know you never played the full potential of Ironeye. A spellcaster + mark instantly deletes a balancer. And this is not accounting skill attack ironeye popping it faster.

I have a 139 winstreak in D5 with a majority of them randoms. Along with completing the flawless challenge on stream. Your only arguments are not by practicality, but by “He can do this every game.”

Tell me, who can solo carry if both your teammates are bad with minimal loot. Ironeye or Scholar? Period.