Short Questions Thread

[Diaco]

im using rend bear druid, when im figting uber i always got short of mana whenever i spam rend even i have 32% mana leech should i change it on mana on attk or my attk rating is low so it doesnt hit? kinda confuse thanks for someone who answer appreciate it

most bosses have leech resistance, which means that you leech far less life/mana from them. I don't think life/mana on attack works on Rend as it counts as a projectile, not a melee attack. Only other option would be mana on striking, but there are very few items with it

[Istaryu]

im using rend bear druid, when im figting uber i always got short of mana whenever i spam rend even i have 32% mana leech should i change it on mana on attk or my attk rating is low so it doesnt hit? kinda confuse thanks for someone who answer appreciate it

most bosses have leech resistance, which means that you leech far less life/mana from them. I don't think life/mana on attack works on Rend as it counts as a projectile, not a melee attack. Only other option would be mana on striking, but there are very few items with it

Its not the leech resist, that makes your leech useless on bosses, its their damage divisor. Yes, on attack works only with melee attacks, and rend is a projectile, so that doesnt work.

[altoiddealer]

I realize this may be dumb but I can't find an answer anywhere and so do not want to take the risk...

Just got Sunstone of the Twin Seas.

If I cube it with the Scroll of Resistance, does the Twin Seas go poof?

[Dumda]

I realize this may be dumb but I can't find an answer anywhere and so do not want to take the risk...

Just got Sunstone of the Twin Seas.

If I cube it with the Scroll of Resistance, does the Twin Seas go poof?

Yes if you cube them together you get an upgraded version with +10% resistance.

[wewenako19]

im using rend bear druid, when im figting uber i always got short of mana whenever i spam rend even i have 32% mana leech should i change it on mana on attk or my attk rating is low so it doesnt hit? kinda confuse thanks for someone who answer appreciate it

most bosses have leech resistance, which means that you leech far less life/mana from them. I don't think life/mana on attack works on Rend as it counts as a projectile, not a melee attack. Only other option would be mana on striking, but there are very few items with it

Its not the leech resist, that makes your leech useless on bosses, its their damage divisor. Yes, on attack works only with melee attacks, and rend is a projectile, so that doesnt work.

how to counter the damage divisor sir should i increase my mana leech or change it ,,

[Diaco]

does strength factor benefit in any way skills without strength factor scaling?

[Frytas]

does strength factor benefit in any way skills without strength factor scaling?

it gives you %spell damage for points in strength, the more you have the bigger the bonus, so yeah it works

[tbone503]

Anyone know why most times d2stats won't read the mercenary stats?

Also, for the life of me I can't seem to cube Ghosts of Old Bremmtown Trophy with an upgraded Dragon Claw. I'm keeping the trophy on me and I kill the Dark Star Dragon in way under 30 seconds and immediately upgrade in the cube and then immediately try to cube with the trophy and nothing. What gives?

[Crosby4HyG]

Anyone know why most times d2stats won't read the mercenary stats?

Also, for the life of me I can't seem to cube Ghosts of Old Bremmtown Trophy with an upgraded Dragon Claw. I'm keeping the trophy on me and I kill the Dark Star Dragon in way under 30 seconds and immediately upgrade in the cube and then immediately try to cube with the trophy and nothing. What gives?

D2stats sometimes will have a bug when reading merc stats. Best fix I've found is to join a new game and immediately alt-tab and hit the merc box on d2stats and then hit "read". Should hopefully fix the issue.

For the Bremmtown trophy, my experience is that you first need to complete the 90 second challenge, which should just be transmuting the claw in the cube after killing the dragon in under a minute and a half. After that, you'll need to kill him in 30 seconds either on your own or with other chars of the same class you're running and you should be able to attach the trophy to the claw.

Edit: sorry I just saw that you wrote "upgraded" dragon claw. Assuming you already did the 90 second challenge. If you're soloing it then I'm not sure why it wouldn't be working. I do know that if any other players are in Bremm with you when you're trying to complete it then you can't trophy it if they're a different class.

[Crosby4HyG]

Has anyone tried using

Vizjerei Fury

Vizjerei Fury
Short Spear (Sacred)
Throw Damage: 69 to 80
One-Hand Damage: 45 to 50
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 1386
Item Level: 120
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.11 per Dexterity)%
You may Only use Melee, Summon and Support Skills
25% Chance to cast level 60 Trinity Beam on Melee Attack
Ignore Target's Defense
-33% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-33% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
-33% to Enemy Cold Resistance
(20 to 25)% to Dexterity
(20 to 25)% to Vitality
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
Physical Resist 10%
+(60 to 100) Life after each Kill
Requirements +200%
Socketed (3)

on a merc at all? I'm using Shapeshifter A2 merc with it and I'm not noticing any procs for the Trinity Beam after several games of testing. Possibly it won't proc in Bear form? I'm also wondering if anyone has updated info on merc skills in general, as this info https://docs.median-xl.com/doc/class/hirelings seems to be outdated a bit. For example, what does "oil up" do?