Short Questions Thread

Whyred wrote:A couple of question

Again, is cycle droprate in triune affected by magic find?
Is there some defensive stats I can stack for some of the last uberbosses? Like Athanna Khan, Uldyssian, Samael etc? What about damage reduction %?

Someone?

Whyred wrote:Again, is cycle droprate in triune affected by magic find?
Is there some defensive stats I can stack for some of the last uberbosses? Like Athanna Khan, Uldyssian, Samael etc? What about damage reduction %?

Regarding your first question, no it's not. To make this simple you can think about it that way: if item doesn't have different quality grades (normal/magic/rare/set/unique) then it can't be affected by magic find. There is only one quality for Cycles and that's a normal quality.

Edit: Apparently Cycles considered as a normal items nowadays.

Several guides says to max out merc's resists, but on nighmare difficulty his (act 5 merc) resistances are already maxed out even without gear. And Im a confused whether it is a bug or not?
Am I missing something?

I will appreciate your answers.

question about harbinger: if i have items with "ADDS any elemental DMG 0-0" does pierce help with it? if so, is pierce more helpful or +spell dmg?

SwineFlu wrote:
Whyred wrote:Again, is cycle droprate in triune affected by magic find?
Is there some defensive stats I can stack for some of the last uberbosses? Like Athanna Khan, Uldyssian, Samael etc? What about damage reduction %?

Regarding your first question, no it's not. To make this simple you can think about it that way: if item doesn't have different quality grades (normal/magic/rare/set/unique) then it can't be affected by magic find. There is only one quality for Cycles and that's a unique quality.

What about golden cycle?

aurumchik wrote:Several guides says to max out merc's resists, but on nighmare difficulty his (act 5 merc) resistances are already maxed out even without gear. And Im a confused whether it is a bug or not?
Am I missing something?

I will appreciate your answers.

bug it shows 75% on all difficulties, try to count it yourself or use d2stats tool but an older version than 3.10.6
not sure what base he has on NM and HELL

oztor wrote:What about golden cycle?

Golden Cycle is a distinct unique item, it has nothing to do with the other Cycles, it's not their superior grade.

SwineFlu wrote:
oztor wrote:What about golden cycle?

Golden Cycle is a distinct unique item, it has nothing to do with the other Cycles, it's not their superior grade.

Good to know, thx. I was sure it's just a super rare another type of a normal cycle.

magic find breakpoints?

the more the merrier, but due to diminishing returns youre good enough with about 300% mf as long as your killspeed doesnt suffer for it.