Communal list of random median xl tips and knowledge

LHawkins1 wrote:
Solfege wrote:
shnurr214 wrote:how do you actually get 75% magic res tho :/

ez. Please see the "General Tips" section of the Melee Sorc guide for more info.

Seriously, tho.

You can use any combination of
Tennousuuhai
,
Spirit Walker
Spirit Walker
Heavy Boots (Sacred)
Defense: 696 to 737
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 550
Item Level: 120
+1% Physical Resist per 18% Mana Regeneration
+2 to All Skills
+(50 to 100) Spell Focus
(10 to 40)% Movement Speed
Jitan's Gate Cooldown Reduced by 1 seconds
+35% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
-15% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
Socketed (4)
,
Hammerfist
Hammerfist
Gauntlets (Sacred)
Defense: (1227 - 1450) to (1436 - 1697)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 625
Item Level: 105
Adds (1 to 15)-(20 to 30) Damage
5% Life stolen per Hit
+(15 to 25) to Spiral Dance
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
Weapon Physical Damage +(30 to 60)%
+(120 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
Elemental Resists +15%
Socketed (4)
,
The Wailing Wall
The Wailing Wall
Bone Shield (4)
Defense: (69 - 79) to (134 - 153)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 5
Required Dexterity: 44
Item Level: 10
4% Chance to cast level 5 Hunting Banshee on Melee Attack
Adds (2 to 3)-(4 to 5) Cold Damage
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
+(21 to 30) to Dexterity
Magic Resist +(2 to 3)%
Cold Resist +(11 to 15)%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (275 - 305) to (454 - 505)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 23
Required Dexterity: 65
Item Level: 31
6% Chance to cast level 12 Hunting Banshee on Melee Attack
Adds (6 to 8)-(11 to 13) Cold Damage
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
+(31 to 40) to Dexterity
Magic Resist +3%
Cold Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (731 - 793) to (1155 - 1254)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 40
Required Dexterity: 137
Item Level: 51
8% Chance to cast level 20 Hunting Banshee on Melee Attack
Adds (26 to 30)-(46 to 50) Cold Damage
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
+(41 to 50) to Dexterity
Magic Resist +(4 to 5)%
Cold Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (5)
Defense: (1093 - 1179) to (1721 - 1856)
Chance to Block: Class%
Required Level: 49
Required Dexterity: 282
Item Level: 77
10% Chance to cast level 30 Hunting Banshee on Melee Attack
Adds (51 to 60)-(91 to 100) Cold Damage
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
+(51 to 60) to Dexterity
Magic Resist +5%
Cold Resist +(36 to 40)%
Socketed (6)
, etc. to reach 75%.

Paladin also has a few options too, I believe. Off the top of my head, I can only think of
Vindicatress
Vindicatress
Angel Star (4)
One-Hand Damage: 7 to 10
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 8
Required Strength: 55 to 58
Item Level: 19
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
1% Chance to cast level 2 Celerity when Struck
+1 to Paladin Skill Levels
10% Cast Speed
+(6 to 8)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(6 to 8)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(21 to 30) to Energy
Fire Resist +(21 to 30)%
2% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Requirements -(6 to 10)%
Socketed (1)
One-Hand Damage: 16 to 22
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 26
Required Strength: 80 to 84
Item Level: 36
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
2% Chance to cast level 6 Celerity when Struck
+(1 to 2) to Paladin Skill Levels
30% Cast Speed
+(11 to 13)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(11 to 13)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(41 to 50) to Energy
Fire Resist +(41 to 50)%
4% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Requirements -(16 to 20)%
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: 29 to 39
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 45
Required Strength: 143 to 151
Item Level: 59
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
2% Chance to cast level 10 Celerity when Struck
+(2 to 3) to Paladin Skill Levels
50% Cast Speed
+(16 to 18)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(16 to 18)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(61 to 70) to Energy
Fire Resist +(61 to 70)%
7% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Requirements -(26 to 30)%
Socketed (3)
One-Hand Damage: 33 to 46
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 54
Required Strength: 265 to 282
Item Level: 85
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.14 per Strength)%
2% Chance to cast level 12 Celerity when Struck
+(3 to 4) to Paladin Skill Levels
60% Cast Speed
+(18 to 20)% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
+(18 to 20)% to Fire Spell Damage
+(71 to 80) to Energy
Fire Resist +(71 to 80)%
10% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Requirements -(31 to 35)%
Socketed (3)
.

Barbarian also has

Ekam

n

Ekam (Xis)

And pally only has vindicatress iirc as exclusive.

Riptide

for those who want to tank barrels with 10k+ hp.

Seekers wrote:
Riptide
for those who want to tank barrels with 10k+ hp.

Just in case you happen to have a spare Sha'ad lying around.

Add Riptide to that and you can reach 80%, only 10k dmg barrels!
Barb with 80% magic res, smaxed Immortal, Crane Stance and 30k+ hp could eat many barrels.

Then again what's the point... they are easy enough to dodge. But nice to know they are pure magic dmg, I've been living in a lie too thinking they are half phys dmg.

does the minus res penalty in destruction apply to magic res as well or do you just need 75% in all difficulty to cap it.

shnurr214 wrote:does the minus res penalty in destruction apply to magic res as well or do you just need 75% in all difficulty to cap it.

Best I can tell, there's no Magic res penalty per difficulty.

I suck at dodging barrels in Dunc, so I use this trick whenever I go there.

Jampula wrote:Add Riptide to that and you can reach 80%, only 10k dmg barrels!
Barb with 80% magic res, smaxed Immortal, Crane Stance and 30k+ hp could eat many barrels.

Then again what's the point... they are easy enough to dodge. But nice to know they are pure magic dmg, I've been living in a lie too thinking they are half phys dmg.

Just to put in perspective, if you've ever gone in with a necro, the barrels will usually just stun his summons. From my experience at least. Been told by other reliable sources, and also with the experiences I've had. Necro's summons = magic immunes = stunned most of the time only. I'm 99% sure they're all magic damage, but it's always been said "phys/magic" because they fall in the same category.

Also to add, even if they dealt phys damage, it's actually physical spell (things like Vessel of Retribution), so the amount of defense you have would make no effect on it (for the sake of random MXL tips).

hm maybe ill gear up my merc with some magic immune stuff. it would be sick to farm duncraig and be able to use a merc.

I'm pretty sure barrels deal both 50k phys AND 50k magic, the fact there's a phys/mag spell dmg stat has nothing to do with it

Gekko64 wrote:I'm pretty sure barrels deal both 50k phys AND 50k magic, the fact there's a phys/mag spell dmg stat has nothing to do with it

This doesn't explain necro summons surviving barrels with ease.

they do 50k magic damage