08-25-2003, 07:48 AM
Okay, I just spent that past hour and a half writing this same post, but it was lost when I accidentally right-clicked on something. [Insert a string of profanities here]
Long, witty, impeccably organized story short (sob), all aura effects work from the runewords like Beast, Doom, and Exile, with IG.
Beast is superior, in my opinion, because it grants an aura that is not attainable with a merc. Also, it (Fanatacism) is something you cannot put on your merc (Holy Freeze via Doom).
Doom is good, but it is better to put it on your merc rather than use for your IG. Exile is good, but Defiance is not as useful as Fanatacism by far, and the chance to freeze, along with Doom on your merc, makes First Corpse Fetching extremely irritating, and the chance to override your own hard curse work is undeniably limiting. Same goes to Delirium and Gloom.
If I put Dim Vision on Archers, Terror on a Fanat Moon Lord pack, Confuse on some regular monsters, and Decrepify on a boss, I expect it to stay that way, on threat of death to whomsoever ruins my hard curse work. If my IG ruins it, he's gone. If some arse who traipses in with Delirium that thinks its their only means of survival in hell (a zealing melee sorc, perhaps? cough), they're gone too <_< :o ;) :angry: :( :ph34r: :)
Other nice candidates for IGs, if anyone was wondering, include Blackbog's Sharp (Unique Cinquedas with 50% slow target and nice poison damage), Hwanin's Refuge (Set Excep Scale Mail with 10% chance to cast Static Field), Stormrider (Unique Tabar that's cheap with lots of lightning damage), Stormspike (Unique Stiletto that's the same deal as Stormrider, but in a smaller package), any Paladin shield with inherent resistances and 4 sockets for either more diamonds/ED jewels/elemental damage jewels/Ber runes (hehehe), or Iceblink (Unique Splint Mail with freeze target mod).
The Crescent Moon runeword is a viable option but I have found that it is not as effective as passive bonuses (auras), defensive capability, or things with a chance to cast when hit, due to the poor AR of the IG.
In my experiments, a freakishly powerful Necro has a Prayer Merc bearing Doom and an IG made out of Beast, with many Revives and skeletons with high Skeleton mastery in tow. Fanat provides great offense, Prayer provides great defense, and Holy Freeze provides both.
Man, I should've done my old post in Word, to avoid this ugly mishap.
Comments and criticism is more than welcome-it's demanded :rolleyes: . And I hope someone has more good suggestions on IG items, as it's fun to think of the possibilites.
Buena Suerte!
Long, witty, impeccably organized story short (sob), all aura effects work from the runewords like Beast, Doom, and Exile, with IG.
Beast is superior, in my opinion, because it grants an aura that is not attainable with a merc. Also, it (Fanatacism) is something you cannot put on your merc (Holy Freeze via Doom).
Doom is good, but it is better to put it on your merc rather than use for your IG. Exile is good, but Defiance is not as useful as Fanatacism by far, and the chance to freeze, along with Doom on your merc, makes First Corpse Fetching extremely irritating, and the chance to override your own hard curse work is undeniably limiting. Same goes to Delirium and Gloom.
If I put Dim Vision on Archers, Terror on a Fanat Moon Lord pack, Confuse on some regular monsters, and Decrepify on a boss, I expect it to stay that way, on threat of death to whomsoever ruins my hard curse work. If my IG ruins it, he's gone. If some arse who traipses in with Delirium that thinks its their only means of survival in hell (a zealing melee sorc, perhaps? cough), they're gone too <_< :o ;) :angry: :( :ph34r: :)
Other nice candidates for IGs, if anyone was wondering, include Blackbog's Sharp (Unique Cinquedas with 50% slow target and nice poison damage), Hwanin's Refuge (Set Excep Scale Mail with 10% chance to cast Static Field), Stormrider (Unique Tabar that's cheap with lots of lightning damage), Stormspike (Unique Stiletto that's the same deal as Stormrider, but in a smaller package), any Paladin shield with inherent resistances and 4 sockets for either more diamonds/ED jewels/elemental damage jewels/Ber runes (hehehe), or Iceblink (Unique Splint Mail with freeze target mod).
The Crescent Moon runeword is a viable option but I have found that it is not as effective as passive bonuses (auras), defensive capability, or things with a chance to cast when hit, due to the poor AR of the IG.
In my experiments, a freakishly powerful Necro has a Prayer Merc bearing Doom and an IG made out of Beast, with many Revives and skeletons with high Skeleton mastery in tow. Fanat provides great offense, Prayer provides great defense, and Holy Freeze provides both.
Man, I should've done my old post in Word, to avoid this ugly mishap.
Comments and criticism is more than welcome-it's demanded :rolleyes: . And I hope someone has more good suggestions on IG items, as it's fun to think of the possibilites.
Buena Suerte!
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