Short Questions Thread

[Bljadzon]

Hoe about whirlpool from boots ?

Doesn't it have next delay?

Can honorific gloves have 1PR ?

Absolutely must have, and it is very easy to do that unless you are very unlucky with sacred magic glove drops and rolls.

[Diabloevenger]

Can whirlwind work off leech or is it loh only?

[Bljadzon]

Can whirlwind work off leech or is it loh only?

It, as a physical damage skill dealing weapon damage from an endless stream of attacks, benefits from LoA, LoS and lifeleech - if you go for a physical build of course. If you go poison or elemental, it's LoA (and LoS if you don't use elemental base), leech with low physical will be miserable.

[Victor]

What are the best oskills to use as a primary attack with

Shadowfang

Shadowfang
Bastard Sword (Sacred)
One-Hand Damage: 44 to 47
Two-Hand Damage: 70 to 72
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 535
Item Level: 120
Strength Damage Bonus: (0.16 per Strength)%
Pestilence: duration reduced by 50%
Pestilence: regenerates 4% of Maximum Life per Second
25% Chance to cast level 50 Veil King Plague Grasp on Melee Attack
200% Bonus to Attack Rating
+100% to Poison Spell Damage
+60 to Stormlord
Slow Target 25%
+200 Life after each Kill
2% Reanimate as: Veil Terror
Socketed (4)

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I like Carnage mechanics, a similar one would be great for me.

Closest to Carnage in terms of effect is probably Medusa, but it has low wdm multiplier, splits damage to rainbow and is available from a weapon, not armor.

Hoe about whirlpool from boots ?

Thanks, might look into these. Also considering Charged Strike from

Akarat's Trek

Akarat's Trek
Light Plated Boots (Sacred)
Defense: (1960 - 2352) to (2170 - 2604)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 625
Item Level: 120
2% Chance to cast level 30 Hammertime on Melee Attack
2% Chance to cast level 30 Thunder Wave on Melee Attack
2% Chance to cast level 30 Thunder Hammer Nova on Melee Attack
(10 to 40)% Movement Speed
+(15 to 20) to Charged Strike
Weapon Physical Damage +(60 to 90)%
+(150 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
10% to All Attributes
+10 to Light Radius
Socketed (4)

and/or

The Endless Loop

The Endless Loop
Light Belt (Sacred)
Defense: 1101 to 1143
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 550
Item Level: 105
40% Combat Speeds
+(10 to 19) to Charged Strike
Slow Target 10%
+50 to all Attributes
+75 Life Regenerated per Second
+(0 to 1) Mana on Striking
Socketed (2)

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Charged strike Is quite good, as long as you have at least two sources for it. Otherwise you won't have enough bolts both for coverage when farming and damage for bossing

Thanks Diaco

[TheFlash91]

Hello guys.What do i need for Shuriken Flurry , atack speed or cast speed ?

Cast. It's a spell

thanks

[Diabloevenger]

Can whirlwind work off leech or is it loh only?

It, as a physical damage skill dealing weapon damage from an endless stream of attacks, benefits from LoA, LoS and lifeleech - if you go for a physical build of course. If you go poison or elemental, it's LoA (and LoS if you don't use elemental base), leech with low physical will be miserable.

I'm thinking ww relic on nagasin, in phys setup

[Sfp4]

What is the best class for a voidstar despondence build? I know its between druid/paladin.

[GW_24]

Looking for some guidance on dealing with etherborns. I just made it to Scosglen and I can handle everything else,but ethers drop me in seconds. Unholy caster pally with 83 all res. I know I need more pierce but any survivability tips?

[Crosby4HyG]

Looking for some guidance on dealing with etherborns. I just made it to Scosglen and I can handle everything else,but ethers drop me in seconds. Unholy caster pally with 83 all res. I know I need more pierce but any survivability tips?

More max res should help, P gems are probably your best bet. May need to spec with more vit for farming there as well.

[Cat_IED]

Looking for some guidance on dealing with etherborns. I just made it to Scosglen and I can handle everything else,but ethers drop me in seconds. Unholy caster pally with 83 all res. I know I need more pierce but any survivability tips?

Not terribly applicable for your build as you are a caster, but maybe worth noting for future application. Their AI is similar to Quov Tsin. They displace via teleport if you stick to them aggressively, albeit not quite as much. This cuts their output dramatically. With Etherborn, sometimes entirely preventing attacks. Seriously. Quick CD teleports like blink and BtS along with sprinting onto them basically. The attacks that get through can potentially be leeched/life on kill through by focusing the trash while doing so. Depends on how much trash is around and your clear rate.

It's enough to allow me to survive them with a mere 79-80 max res and 12k HP on a BS necro. Only problem is user error may result in trouble with this tech. I can shut down one and tank a second like this.

Universal tech -

If that's not possible, separate them from each other and other crap first. Bait and clear. Patience is OP. Then when they are mostly alone you can wait for the beam/spray attack. This one can be circle strafed at moderate distance with enough time for single ranged attacks without getting hit. Back off if they do other stuff and fish for this one. Teleporting into range increases probability of this attack it seems. The other attacks are favored at their max engagement range while the beam triggers in close. At least best I can tell. Pretty sure it's weighted rather than absolute triggers.

Their blizzard like spell can just be retreated from before it does anything usually. Might as well back off when it happens. It seems to have a start up delay which could cause a false sense of security. It hurts if you let it.

They should be manageable at 83 res with deliberate play. It won't be as quick though you should live. Their stuff is mostly dodgeable.

I don't know your gear though obviously more max res is better. If it's coming from gems you could swap them all to lightning res and just run like hell from the cold attacks. Poison and fire aren't too serious in Scos. They can be sacrificed temporarily. If a druid calls for them it's not like a town portal, 15 seconds, and a few disjunction oils are a world ending ordeal. A little cheese makes the Median go down.

Witch hunters hood is cheap and passable for just about every char ever made in the last roughly 15 years as well. I keep one in the bag to equip temporarily on demand with most chars since the mid letter series of Median. Why not afterall. It can give 2 general and net 6 specific max res on a flexible slot while being otherwise OK enough.

TLDR: specialize your max res for the zone until you can get the OP gear lined up. It's ok to abuse alternate gear, backpacks can do more than hold loot. It's probably ok to sacrifice damage in that process. If sticking to them like a glue trap doesn't work on your build just separate, bait, and patiently grind them down. Circle strafe the spray at mid range. The blizzard thing is mere area denial. Don't just stand and trade.

If generalizations don't help you might have to provide gear info.

Play around with a lone one for 5 minutes. Learn the AI. Chances are decent you can squeak by with what you have.