Short Questions Thread

[Ghataka]

Question about pure summoner necro, what's the main life sustain for that build, life regen? i assume your minions don't trigger life leech, do people stack life regen with this build?

[patrick_pkl]

Question about pure summoner necro, what's the main life sustain for that build, life regen? i assume your minions don't trigger life leech, do people stack life regen with this build?

U could try to get an a1/a3 merc that cast healing spells which benefit your summons as well. Both are nice, a1 merc benefits from the auras/buffs on a summon nec, a3 merc provides elemental damage if you aren't going for abyss knights.

But I think mostly people just rely on pots for summoners. U don't take a ton of damage yourself with your summons tanking.

[Ruubel]

Why I can't make a

Staff of Herding

Staff of Herding
Elder Staff
Required Level: 33
Item Level: 1
+1 to All Skills per 2 Socketed Rainbow Stones
10% Magic Find per Socketed Rainbow Stone
20% Movement Speed
(0.375 to 0.5)% to Fire Spell Damage (Based on Character Level)
(0.375 to 0.5)% to Lightning Spell Damage (Based on Character Level)
(0.375 to 0.5)% to Cold Spell Damage (Based on Character Level)
+3 to Rainbow Storm
+2 Life Regenerated per Second (Based on Character Level)
+(4.5 to 5.5) to Life (Based on Character Level)
+(3.75 to 4.25) to Mana (Based on Character Level)
Physical Resist 10%

- I have a recipe from tristram and listed ingredients...

You have to cube them with the book one at a time

OK, next question - that yellow text - but my staff has no sockets .. the only option is a5 "socket quest " ?

you can't get sockets on it. mystic orbs don't work too

OK, does it mean that this yellow text is more like..um....mocking ?

[acekard]

Why I can't make a

Staff of Herding

Staff of Herding
Elder Staff
Required Level: 33
Item Level: 1
+1 to All Skills per 2 Socketed Rainbow Stones
10% Magic Find per Socketed Rainbow Stone
20% Movement Speed
(0.375 to 0.5)% to Fire Spell Damage (Based on Character Level)
(0.375 to 0.5)% to Lightning Spell Damage (Based on Character Level)
(0.375 to 0.5)% to Cold Spell Damage (Based on Character Level)
+3 to Rainbow Storm
+2 Life Regenerated per Second (Based on Character Level)
+(4.5 to 5.5) to Life (Based on Character Level)
+(3.75 to 4.25) to Mana (Based on Character Level)
Physical Resist 10%

- I have a recipe from tristram and listed ingredients...

You have to cube them with the book one at a time

OK, next question - that yellow text - but my staff has no sockets .. the only option is a5 "socket quest " ?

you can't get sockets on it. mystic orbs don't work too

OK, does it mean that this yellow text is more like..um....mocking ?

no, it works for other socketed item slots, you can't just socket in the weapon

[tbone503]

So where is everyone finding the new Scrolls of Enchantment most often? Have you noticed any place in particular that's dropping them more often?

[altoiddealer]

So where is everyone finding the new Scrolls of Enchantment most often? Have you noticed any place in particular that's dropping them more often?

Finding them everywhere when in games with more people in them. Not many solo, anywhere. Personally

[Tigetmp]

Sorry if I missed this being posted somewhere else, but I'm a little unsure of all the things that affect Rainbow Storm's damage.

Is is listed as doing mage damage, does that mean only magic resistance pierce (and not elemental pierce) boosts its damage?

Since it's tagged as a spell, does spell focus increase its damage?

Does energy not boost its damage, given there's no mention of energy providing a bonus?

Also, while it clearly mentions light, cold, and fire spell damage increasing (and poison decreasing) its damage, does magic and physical spell damage increase its damage as well? Meaning a plus 5% to spell damage would give a 15% bonus (plus 5 from cold, light, fire, and phys/mag; and minus 5 from poison)?

Thanks for any and all clarification!

[Cheno]

Sorry if I missed this being posted somewhere else, but I'm a little unsure of all the things that affect Rainbow Storm's damage.

Is is listed as doing mage damage, does that mean only magic resistance pierce (and not elemental pierce) boosts its damage?

Since it's tagged as a spell, does spell focus increase its damage?

Does energy not boost its damage, given there's no mention of energy providing a bonus?

Also, while it clearly mentions light, cold, and fire spell damage increasing (and poison decreasing) its damage, does magic and physical spell damage increase its damage as well? Meaning a plus 5% to spell damage would give a 15% bonus (plus 5 from cold, light, fire, and phys/mag; and minus 5 from poison)?

Thanks for any and all clarification!

Only fire, light, cold spell damage and +all skills does anything.

Poison spell damage subtracts from the tri-elemental spell damage, mag/phys spell damage does nothing, same case with spell focus and energy. Fire/cold/light pierce is useless since it deals magic damage and magic pierce is very rare.

A spell damage source of 10% should in theory result in the following: 30% total damage (fire+light+cold) but poison is part of spell damage too, which subtracts from the %, so the result is 20% synergy for Gaystorm.

[nemmate]

I think I missed something in one of the latest patch. The ring Giant's Knuckle is exist no more?

[Johnny Impak]

Trap pierce can go up to 160% (135 skill + 25 Implement VII.) Since the Hellfire Aura is affecting the mob and not your skills, it should reduce enemy resistances furthermore by having the 160 pierce substracted from a lower base.

Anyone tested/ think I'm wrong with this ?