Melee Sorceress [1.3]

[Seekers]

one word, indestructible

Sure but the runeword "shattered Stone" takes all the slots. Is the any other way then jewels?

Nope you're out of luck.
Other than hoping for +% increased durabilty on superior.

[Solfege]

one word, indestructible

Sure but the runeword "shattered Stone" takes all the slots. Is the any other way then jewels?

Nope you're out of luck.
Other than hoping for +% increased durabilty on superior.

What Seekers said.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Elemental RWs should be indestructible. At least you actually can repair them now. In XVI, RWs like

Dark Exile

and

Shattered Stone

would cost more than 4 million gold to repair.

► See for yourself

[yeowoh]

So I'm kind of stuck. I finished up Terror and hit 120, but still have all those original TUs and only one crafted item. Can't really farm TA, Kurast, or T Cows without it being extremely slowly and eventually wiping.

What easier farming locations should I hit to give me a decent base?

[Solfege]

So I'm kind of stuck. I finished up Terror and hit 120, but still have all those original TUs and only one crafted item. Can't really farm TA, Kurast, or T Cows without it being extremely slowly and eventually wiping.

What easier farming locations should I hit to give me a decent base?

If you're still looking for a Sacred Warp Blade, sad to say but I think T-Cows is probably your best bet. I'm just starting A3 Destruction and so far T-Cows is the only place I've seen a Sacred Warp Blade drop. It's slow clearing at first, but once you figure out how much you can handle, you can clear it at a decent pace, even with TUs.

[keithioapc]

@yeowoh - Have you tried the easier ubers? Some of the ubers really aren't that hard - you might fail them once or twice and need to learn them, but they are very doable - and the rewards are quite good. Also, if you're not using A3 abjurer merc, try him out and equip him with

Herr Donner

Herr Donner
Long Sword (4)
One-Hand Damage: 8 to 9
Required Level: 8
Required Strength: 58 to 72
Item Level: 19
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
+1 to All Skills
+(6 to 10)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(11 to 20) to Energy
Physical Resist 1%
1% Reanimate as: Random Monster
(1 to 5)% Magic Find
Requirements -(1 to 20)%
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: 17 to 19
Required Level: 26
Required Strength: 77 to 97
Item Level: 36
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
+(16 to 20)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(21 to 30) to Energy
Physical Resist 2%
2% Reanimate as: Random Monster
(6 to 10)% Magic Find
Requirements -(11 to 30)%
Socketed (4)
One-Hand Damage: 28 to 33
Required Level: 45
Required Strength: 140 to 181
Item Level: 59
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
+2 to All Skills
+(21 to 25)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(31 to 40) to Energy
Physical Resist 3%
3% Reanimate as: Random Monster
(11 to 15)% Magic Find
Requirements -(16 to 35)%
Socketed (5)
One-Hand Damage: 33 to 39
Required Level: 54
Required Strength: 256 to 337
Item Level: 85
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Strength)%
+3 to All Skills
+(31 to 35)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(41 to 50) to Energy
Physical Resist 4%
4% Reanimate as: Random Monster
(16 to 20)% Magic Find
Requirements -(21 to 40)%
Socketed (6)

,

The Ivory Tower

The Ivory Tower
Tower Shield (4)
Defense: (205 - 233) to (404 - 459)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 7
Required Strength: 17
Required Dexterity: 43
Item Level: 19
+1 to All Skills
+(4 to 5)% Bonus to Spell Focus
5% Cast Speed
+(11 to 15)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(11 to 15)% to Lightning Spell Damage
+(41 to 60)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Mana +(3 to 5)%
Requirements -40%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (678 - 712) to (1219 - 1280)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 25
Required Strength: 31
Required Dexterity: 58
Item Level: 36
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
+(8 to 9)% Bonus to Spell Focus
10% Cast Speed
+(16 to 20)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(16 to 20)% to Lightning Spell Damage
+(81 to 90)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Mana +(9 to 11)%
Requirements -45%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1525 - 1593) to (2685 - 2805)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 42
Required Strength: 101
Required Dexterity: 113
Item Level: 59
+2 to All Skills
+(12 to 13)% Bonus to Spell Focus
15% Cast Speed
+(21 to 25)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(21 to 25)% to Lightning Spell Damage
+(101 to 110)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Mana +(15 to 17)%
Requirements -50%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (2278 - 2371) to (4002 - 4165)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 51
Required Strength: 181
Required Dexterity: 210
Item Level: 85
+2 to All Skills
+(14 to 15)% Bonus to Spell Focus
15% Cast Speed
+(26 to 30)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(26 to 30)% to Lightning Spell Damage
+(121 to 130)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Mana +(18 to 20)%
Requirements -55%
Socketed (4)

,

Queen of Glass

Queen of Glass
Ancient Armor (4)
Defense: (315 - 344) to (630 - 688)
Required Level: 11
Required Strength: 33 to 34
Item Level: 29
15% Cast Speed
-(6 to 8)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(18 to 29)% Enhanced Defense
+(76 to 125) to Mana
Lightning Resist +(21 to 25)%
Cold Resist +(21 to 25)%
Requirements -(11 to 15)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (899 - 969) to (1718 - 1852)
Required Level: 30
Required Strength: 57 to 60
Item Level: 40
25% Cast Speed
-(11 to 13)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(41 to 52)% Enhanced Defense
+(176 to 225) to Mana
Lightning Resist +(31 to 35)%
Cold Resist +(31 to 35)%
Requirements -(21 to 25)%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (2084 - 2224) to (3911 - 4173)
Required Level: 47
Required Strength: 175 to 186
Item Level: 67
35% Cast Speed
-(16 to 18)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(64 to 75)% Enhanced Defense
+(276 to 325) to Mana
Lightning Resist +(41 to 45)%
Cold Resist +(41 to 45)%
Requirements -(31 to 35)%
Socketed (5)
Defense: (3013 - 3202) to (5650 - 6005)
Required Level: 54
Required Strength: 323 to 344
Item Level: 85
40% Cast Speed
-(18 to 20)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(75 to 86)% Enhanced Defense
+(326 to 375) to Mana
Lightning Resist +(46 to 50)%
Cold Resist +(46 to 50)%
Requirements -(36 to 40)%
Socketed (6)

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@ sacred warp blades - It took me so long to get one that I actually bothered to craft a second tiered unique one. When a sacred one finally dropped (in dest TA) ... lucky me it happened to be the "mysteries" set warp blade ^^ . I've got 700k defense now, but only 113 MF... are there any good easy ways to add MF other than socketing and MOing for it?

[monkey1234]

Where can I find a ice rune?

[Crash]

Where can I find a ice rune?

Unformed Land (entrance is located inside the little tent at the very bottom of Act 5 Town).

Each floor in there has a different element. I believe the 3rd or 4th floor is Ice (I think 3rd?). Pretty sure it goes Magic, Lightning, Cold, Poison, Earth, Fire.

Each enemy can only drop an essence of it's element type (i.e. Ice elemental can drop an ice essence), and its a pretty low chance. Any of the enemies in all six floors can drop a Primal Runestone. Cube a Primal Runestone with an essence to create a rune of that element.

[melissana]

what is better

Akarat's Crucifix

or

Stormflyer

Stormflyer
Kite Shield (Sacred)
Defense: (4190 - 4737) to (4889 - 5527)
Chance to Block: 1% + Class%
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 550
Required Dexterity: 559
Item Level: 120
25% Chance to cast level 60 Forked Lightning on Melee Attack
1% Base Block Chance
+(30 to 40)% to Lightning Spell Damage
-(15 to 20)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+(130 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
(11 to 15)% to Dexterity
(31 to 40)% to Energy
Lightning Absorb 5%
25% Weapon Damage Taken Restores Mana
Socketed (4)

?

[Solfege]

what is better

Akarat's Crucifix

or

Stormflyer

Stormflyer
Kite Shield (Sacred)
Defense: (4190 - 4737) to (4889 - 5527)
Chance to Block: 1% + Class%
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 550
Required Dexterity: 559
Item Level: 120
25% Chance to cast level 60 Forked Lightning on Melee Attack
1% Base Block Chance
+(30 to 40)% to Lightning Spell Damage
-(15 to 20)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+(130 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
(11 to 15)% to Dexterity
(31 to 40)% to Energy
Lightning Absorb 5%
25% Weapon Damage Taken Restores Mana
Socketed (4)

?

Can't say for sure b/c haven't tested either yet. In theory, it depends on what kind of build you want end-game. Akarat's Crucifix for pure WDM build, Stormflyer for proc-based damage build. With Akarat's, you get tons of EWD and OWs for dealing with Purify bosses and enemies with high regen, but you need more points into DEX to reach max block. With Stormflyer, you can reach max block sooner and with less points in to DEX. This means you can put extra points into NRG for more proc damage, which you'll need for proc-based build since enemies in Destruction have much higher elemental resists than physical resists.

Since Baneblade now gives 1% CtB, Melee Sorc is no longer limited to only shields that give increased CtB in order to reach max block, so I'm looking at lots of different shield options to test.

[BasiliskGER]

one word, indestructible

Sure but the runeword "shattered Stone" takes all the slots. Is the any other way then jewels?

Nope you're out of luck.
Other than hoping for +% increased durabilty on superior.

maybe UMO dragon egg??