Yeah, lots don't make sense. Loricated has worse armor than boneweave while being heavy vs medium. Then archon is completely overpowered with basically heavy armor def while being a light class and with ludicrously low str req.
I been looking for a Scarab Husk/Wyrmhide for a CoH (Amazon 91) for TWO weeks... I've found ALL kind of marvelous Uniques, other beasty armors and an extra BER. I endend making the runeword on a Superior Wire Fleece just out of rage/frustration and gave it to my Rogue; the lady's wearing a Shako, a CoH and an upped Goldstrike. I HATE how it looks on the Amazon, doesn't mix well with the Shako. Looks great with Guillaume's though, like a viking warrior actually... I'm obsessed with my upped Vipermagi, that's why. Finally some days ago I found a decent Scarab Husk (425) inside The Pit. Not as high as the S. Wire Fleece (515), but looks great with my other Shako!
Guess my concern is durability as well,I found a Lo rune and have just rolled a Great Huebruk and Hellforge 4 socket.Mostly I play Necro with desert Merc,and a Frenzy Barb,I’m thinking of making Fortitude so I can use for both,I also have Kraken shell,would love some quick input.
Aye depending on your character and class/build superior items can be a train wreck for repairs. But other classes don't really have a.big issue with it
I do like the heavy armor for whirlwind barbarians because you can lower your movement speed. Get increased attack speed from other sources to get more hits per whirlwind. A Treachery specifically
i was trying to figure out how this runeword brand would work with the amazon that had the explosive arrow skill maxed out and then adding a bow that has brand runeword on it. i tried to ask an ai chatbot. here was the question i asked. what i was wondering if the level 15 explosive arrow adds on top of the maxed out skill explosive skill or does it cap out and you cant push it any further then that kinda thing. thanks. Raven if i have a amazon character with the skill explosive arrow maxed out and then i equip her with a both that has the runeword brand on it that adds level 15 explosive arrows as well. do they max out more or does it reach a point to where you cant get anymore higher on exploseive arrow?
@@RavenKitten no they do not stack. The explosive arrow on the bow it works if you use regular attacks. And the skill explosive arrow requires you to use the skill. They are unique and separate mechanics
@Ginger Gaming Mentor thanks! only asked because of conflicting info I've read elsewhere. I'm new to D2 R and have no idea what has been changed or patched etc...
I am sitting here contemplating about if i should forge Enigma in my 15 ed 3os 610 defense Hellforge plate. Anyone have an opinion about that? Will only use it on my Barbs.
To bad the only armor i really do like the looks of on all characters are full plate mail and chaos armor for 4 socketed armor. Getting a hell drop of full plate for max 4 sockets will be terrible rng but the 80 str is much lower then chaos armors 140 str. Templar coats are nice looking on all characters as well in my opinion but they max out at 3 sockets. Thanks for showing them all off ingame. Considering i walk all my characters the stamina and run speed penalty do not affect me.
Ok, why do a lot of people prefer mage over achron for enigma?! Achron is only 104 req str… but enigma is lv63 req.. pretty sure my necro has nothing into str but manages to equip a lot of high str items.. like spirit Mon…
Enigma has no enhanced defense but instead flat defense. This means you still get good defense anyways. Enigma also has massive amounts of str so having a low str required armor means you can have basically no str points spent
Some classes look better with certain armors on. That's all I judge them by. A shame full plate requires too much STR. Cool that Enigma gives you a massive boost.... but you need the STR to wear it...... so it's pretty much a useless stat despite being insane.
Any chance to get weapons anytime soon? I am mostly curious about Phase Blade and using it for Spirit on my Werebear/Summoner druid. I have points in every tree at this point, for fun, and so just been wanting to see how to max out my + skill
I mean, I think the penalties should probably be removed from the armors. They're kind of pointless. The bonus that you get is trivial by comparison. The only thing that really matters is the strength requirement. It would open up the other armors a lot more to use
@@GGMentor Yeah, I think the devs at some point said that stamina thing came out as one of the mechanics that looked better on paper than what it turned out as in-game. I think the penalties could remain if the light/medium/heavy thing made sense, but right now it doesn't: AP is the 4th lowest str requirement while also being the 5th best defense, and being light, has no speed penalties at all. Light armors in general also offer the best str-per-def coefficients. Imo they designed the armors with SP in mind, and threw in these better ones both as part of keeping low str characters def good for later stages of the game, as well as giving a certain feeling for those exceptional items you find on your quest, you know, those 'wow, this is so good' item moments. The catch is this doesn't translate so well for MP, because ppl will try to min-max everything and then we get everyone looking the same. I love the looks of wyrmhyde on barbs, locaricated & full plates on paladins, for instance, but it's hard to justify using rare runes to make an Enigma on a FPM (which, of course, I did).
20 years of playing and only today did I learn Sacred Armor and Kraken Shell are medium armor class.
wish would just add to tooltip
I have a feeling sacred armour and Loricated mail got their armour classification swapped by mistake way back when and the developers never fixed it
Yeah, lots don't make sense. Loricated has worse armor than boneweave while being heavy vs medium. Then archon is completely overpowered with basically heavy armor def while being a light class and with ludicrously low str req.
Another! Cheers! loving these bases videos!
I been looking for a Scarab Husk/Wyrmhide for a CoH (Amazon 91) for TWO weeks...
I've found ALL kind of marvelous Uniques, other beasty armors and an extra BER.
I endend making the runeword on a Superior Wire Fleece just out of rage/frustration and gave it to my Rogue; the lady's wearing a Shako, a CoH and an upped Goldstrike.
I HATE how it looks on the Amazon, doesn't mix well with the Shako. Looks great with Guillaume's though, like a viking warrior actually...
I'm obsessed with my upped Vipermagi, that's why.
Finally some days ago I found a decent Scarab Husk (425) inside The Pit. Not as high as the S. Wire Fleece (515), but looks great with my other Shako!
Lol 🤣
bro your video intro paired with your intro sets me in the d2r realm so quickly lmao
Guess my concern is durability as well,I found a Lo rune and have just rolled a Great Huebruk and Hellforge 4 socket.Mostly I play Necro with desert Merc,and a Frenzy Barb,I’m thinking of making Fortitude so I can use for both,I also have Kraken shell,would love some quick input.
With the Superior in the name costs crazy gold to repair when damaged
Aye depending on your character and class/build superior items can be a train wreck for repairs.
But other classes don't really have a.big issue with it
I do like the heavy armor for whirlwind barbarians because you can lower your movement speed. Get increased attack speed from other sources to get more hits per whirlwind. A Treachery specifically
I desperately needed this primer as I am about to enter Hell again for the first time in 20 years.
Nice, grats man and good luck
Do your mercenary suffer the movement speed penalty between medium and heavy armor?
I don't know honestly, lol 😂
my wyrmhide rags do just fine sir
ive always said armor classes or r/w penalty needs put on tooltip
i was trying to figure out how this runeword brand would work with the amazon that had the explosive arrow skill maxed out and then adding a bow that has brand runeword on it. i tried to ask an ai chatbot. here was the question i asked. what i was wondering if the level 15 explosive arrow adds on top of the maxed out skill explosive skill or does it cap out and you cant push it any further then that kinda thing. thanks. Raven
if i have a amazon character with the skill explosive arrow maxed out and then i equip her with a both that has the runeword brand on it that adds level 15 explosive arrows as well. do they max out more or does it reach a point to where you cant get anymore higher on exploseive arrow?
@@RavenKitten no they do not stack.
The explosive arrow on the bow it works if you use regular attacks.
And the skill explosive arrow requires you to use the skill.
They are unique and separate mechanics
@@GGMentor ugh that is so true. thank you for your reply. Raven
Hi ! What is 15ed sup no dura Sacred Armor with 30 A R Fortitude made in it on non ladder now? Does anyone know? Thanks in advance.
The cool factor is why I have lots of Peasant Crowns in my stash and prefer other inferior helmets in their place.
Now this is educational !
Shadow plate is a good base armor for make Chains of honor?
Mage plate enigma. Other expensive body armor rune words in archon plate.
Are run walk penalties still a thing for heavy armor?
yes I go over that in the video and talk about which armors are considered heavy, medium, and light.
@Ginger Gaming Mentor thanks! only asked because of conflicting info I've read elsewhere. I'm new to D2 R and have no idea what has been changed or patched etc...
@@icecreaman805 well this video is pretty current, nothing has changed since I made it.
For some reason I still love the Wire fleece 😅
Mage plate and gothic plate are the cutest
honestly you may want to do another advanced mechanics. stats and attributes that still arent described in tooltips
I am sitting here contemplating about if i should forge Enigma in my 15 ed 3os 610 defense Hellforge plate. Anyone have an opinion about that? Will only use it on my Barbs.
Hellforge plate has a big run walk penalty bad choice tbh.
Better off the a mage plate or archon
@@GGMentor Yeah ok.
To bad the only armor i really do like the looks of on all characters are full plate mail and chaos armor for 4 socketed armor.
Getting a hell drop of full plate for max 4 sockets will be terrible rng but the 80 str is much lower then chaos armors 140 str.
Templar coats are nice looking on all characters as well in my opinion but they max out at 3 sockets.
Thanks for showing them all off ingame.
Considering i walk all my characters the stamina and run speed penalty do not affect me.
I played for 20 years and never knew armors had classes...
Ok, why do a lot of people prefer mage over achron for enigma?! Achron is only 104 req str… but enigma is lv63 req.. pretty sure my necro has nothing into str but manages to equip a lot of high str items.. like spirit Mon…
Enigma has no enhanced defense but instead flat defense. This means you still get good defense anyways.
Enigma also has massive amounts of str so having a low str required armor means you can have basically no str points spent
This was hilarious! Necromancer the ultimate hobo. Maybe he doesn't care about looks, you know, when you transcend life and death and all...
This really highlights why Diablo needs transmog. Get a nice light armor, and it just doesn't look good.
Some classes look better with certain armors on. That's all I judge them by.
A shame full plate requires too much STR. Cool that Enigma gives you a massive boost.... but you need the STR to wear it...... so it's pretty much a useless stat despite being insane.
Can you up an archon plate, or just up an mage plate to archon?
Any chance to get weapons anytime soon? I am mostly curious about Phase Blade and using it for Spirit on my Werebear/Summoner druid. I have points in every tree at this point, for fun, and so just been wanting to see how to max out my + skill
Sacred Armor is OP
John lennon came from hoboken
Would you consider making a video , sexiest appearances in D2R ?
Hah! An interesting idea 💡
I'm from Hoboken I am offended
But are you a Hobo from Hoboken
Dude i love your videos . Im over here cracking up watching this lol. I always learn a lot and have a few laughs . Thx man . @GGMentor
AP is OP and nullifies the point of 90% of the other armors in the game. Should be nerfed really but the community would bit** so much
I mean, I think the penalties should probably be removed from the armors. They're kind of pointless.
The bonus that you get is trivial by comparison. The only thing that really matters is the strength requirement.
It would open up the other armors a lot more to use
@@GGMentor Yeah, I think the devs at some point said that stamina thing came out as one of the mechanics that looked better on paper than what it turned out as in-game.
I think the penalties could remain if the light/medium/heavy thing made sense, but right now it doesn't: AP is the 4th lowest str requirement while also being the 5th best defense, and being light, has no speed penalties at all. Light armors in general also offer the best str-per-def coefficients.
Imo they designed the armors with SP in mind, and threw in these better ones both as part of keeping low str characters def good for later stages of the game, as well as giving a certain feeling for those exceptional items you find on your quest, you know, those 'wow, this is so good' item moments. The catch is this doesn't translate so well for MP, because ppl will try to min-max everything and then we get everyone looking the same. I love the looks of wyrmhyde on barbs, locaricated & full plates on paladins, for instance, but it's hard to justify using rare runes to make an Enigma on a FPM (which, of course, I did).
Bums out here killing diablo 😂
Hobokin lol 😅😅😅
Great hauberks are medium class, elite Chainmail. Dusk Shroud is the light class, elite padded armor.
every single website lists great hauberk as light.
diablo.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Hauberk