

(Chain of Honor Ber for better resistances and damage reduction, but I think Fortitude is better overall)ĭropped/crafted items along the way. More caster oriented, but the additional skill point and defense can be of interest if Raven has been dropped.ĭream Jah - for specific build, lots of random stats It should be a matter of time to spend here, and get to a high lvl enough place to hit the necessary ilvl breakpoint to Larzuk/craft socket it, or decide to go this way only if base drops quickly. Going the Honor route requires a more difficult to find base (5os), and get two Sol out of the NM Countess (Lore and Honor one). In my opinion Lore is to be crafted, and Rhyme too asap. Keep Stealth armor if nothing better has been dropped, and then come two possibilities: Can really be worth a craft to run through Nightmare! Huge stats for that level req, and can be put in a lucky staff modded scepter to maximize effect. Unvaluable, supported by a nice 25 MF,, and blocking stats, we have here a contender as shield BiS until a HoZ or Raven drop, or until higher runes runewords can be crafted. Additional mana/mpk is bonus for Zealer, but at low lvl it can help with mana leeching/regen.Ĭan be a more defensive option compared to Lore - even if Lore's lightning res is huge value, but shall be made only if 3os helms only are available. Use A5 reward to craft an Ancient pledge shield if have already those runes as spare - or craft it as soon as possible, keeping the reward for future runewords.Ī good helm to start with: + 1skills, 7 damage reduction, 30 lightning res. If no chance at that time and by then, make some additional countess runs. Then hope to find/shop a nice 4os scepter, and craft Holy thunder with A5 reward and the saved Eth. Therefore better forget about this one - or for a twinked run.Īt Countess, craft a Stealth armor, and during process, save an Eth rune and craft a Steel weapon if possible.

Due to socket limitation in normal, this cannot be crafted before early nightmare drop at best. If the possibility to craft this scepter happens, it is really worth it. Level req is due to +3 bonus to Holy shock, but higher rune is Ort. Scepter - 3os max in normal, have to be in NM for a 4os chance Always nice to speed up things when killing is somehow easy with any setup! Magic damage reduction, FHR and mana regeneration on top if it make it a great choice at start.īasically free, can boost start of game tremendously, but may not compete with staff modded scepters at some point. The classical FRW armor that can be farmed at normal Countess. To be made only if it doesn't cost anything on other runeword making. Massive resistances that are offered by early A5 quest: can be a go to if not planning to use the runes on another runeword early NM (Spirit for example), but can be easily replaced with 3 flawless diamonds. One very good way to drop runes consistently is running the Countess, in A1 Black marsh area. Therefore we may already drop some nice 4+os bases in late Normal! Regarding drop areas, socketing breakpoints are ilvl 26 and 41, which correspond to A4 Normal (any place) and A5 WSK 3. An item will not get sockets only based upon itself, but also considering its ilvl.
