Some suggestions late game gear.
On helm cheap option is
Apeskull
Apeskull
Bone Helm (Sacred)
Defense: (2323 - 2613) to (2517 - 2832)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 468
Item Level: 120
+2 to All Skills
Adds 75-100 Fire Damage
Adds 75-100 Lightning Damage
Adds 75-100 Cold Damage
-(14 to 15)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(140 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
Requirements -25%
Socketed (4)
Testament of the Apes
(Ape Set)
, more expensive -
Idol of Rygnar
Idol of Rygnar
Mask (Sacred)
Defense: (2068 - 2350) to (2208 - 2510)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 600
Item Level: 120
+2 to Necromancer Skill Levels
25% Life stolen per Hit
Weapon Physical Damage +(60 to 90)%
Hit Causes Monster to Flee +1%
+(120 to 150)% Enhanced Defense
+(40 to 50) to Strength
+(40 to 50) to Dexterity
Target Takes Additional Damage of 500
25% Gold Find
+5 to Light Radius
Socketed (4)
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Lacuni Cowl
Lacuni Cowl
Skull Cap (Sacred)
Defense: (2865 - 3115) to (2964 - 3222)
Required Level: 90
Required Strength: 550
Item Level: 105
Orb Effects Applied to this Item are Doubled
Adds 150-200 Fire Damage
Adds 150-200 Lightning Damage
-(5 to 20)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-(5 to 20)% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
+(130 to 150)% Enhanced Defense
Maximum Elemental Resists +(0 to 1)%
2% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Socketed (4)
. I prefer Rygnar, its damage is comparable to
Royal Circlet
Royal Circlet
Tiara (Sacred)
Defense: (1740 - 1957) to (1968 - 2214)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 392
Item Level: 105
+2 to All Skills
+50% Damage to Demons
+50% Damage to Undead
+(140 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
(21 to 25)% to All Attributes
Elemental Resists +(25 to 30)%
Physical Resist 5%
(21 to 25)% Magic Find
Socketed (4)
, but it provides huge 25% ll, sadly that "target takes 500 dmg" doesn't work with scrows projectiles. On belt slot is good, but costly alternative is
Dementia
Dementia
Belt (Sacred)
Defense: (3111 - 3348) to (3272 - 3524)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 690
Item Level: 120
-(15 to 20)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(15 to 25) to Fowl Fight
Slow Target 5%
+(120 to 140)% Enhanced Defense
+500 Defense
Maximum Life +2%
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Physical Resist 5%
Requirements +20%
Socketed (2)
. But you loose 1 mana on striking and probably will need 1pt mediation. For gloves i like
Snowsquall
Snowsquall
Gloves
'GlaIu'
Runeword Level: 105
+1% Maximum Cold Resist per 80% Cold Resist
+1 to All Skills
20% Hit Recovery
Adds 100-200 Cold Damage
(3 to 5)% Innate Elemental Damage
-(7 to 10)% to Enemy Cold Resistance
Slow Target 20%
+200% Enhanced Defense
+(21 to 25) to Dexterity
Cold Absorb (3 to 5)%
, 2-3 max cold res and 20% slow is cool, because some enemies move left and right and some of the knifes a misses. So less movements - less misses, at least i think so.
Also about skills.
Broadside25 - it is not bad, but it also not shows outstanding results. It is good against slow targets, usually at melee range, so all of the knifes hits the target. And usually 1pt whychwind is better in this role.
Maelstorm - good at the beginnig as 1pt wonder. At the late game it also good against crowd, but high lvl SCrows + extra projectiles from shadowbite have almost the same performance against crowd. Maxing it in this build even with ~4k dex is useless. Seems it really need
Hexward
Hexward
Totem Shield (Sacred)
Defense: (1668 - 2085) to (1932 - 2415)
Chance to Block: 4%
(Assassin Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 527
Item Level: 105
Maelstrom MkI: +25% Bonus Magic Damage
2% Chance to cast level 50 Shadow Blade on Striking
+(140 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
(20 to 30)% to Dexterity
20% Curse Length Reduction
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (6)
and max Doom to shine.
Wychwind - deals outstanding dmg even at 1pt, but it works only vs 5% enemies - slow, fat, who doesn't have blink. If maxed it gives +~2k dmg, but at this stage we have ~6k phys/ele dmg and another 2k is nice, but since it has limited use, it doesn't worth 35 pt investments.
WayOfTheSpider - not very important. I tested the dps vs bosses, and it gives you ~5% dps, while fire+light ways make up the half of your dps. But i still take it because there is no good alternatives. And it also gives some additional pierce to phase bomb.
Specialization - good to take it and add a few knifes to scrows, but i need 1pt mediation, so no available mastery slots.
Managed to reach T6 labs. Can do it quite comfortably, but as you see, SCrows is not the best crowd killing skill. Don't want to go higher, because with reduced avoid and block i need to fight for live with every pack of mobs, so that's my limit. Also i don't have deimoss/samael charms.