I just found this and thought it would make a great weapon for my act2 merc.
what two things shall i socket in it? this is from the weapon speed calculator:
Character Mercenary - Act 2
Weapon Ogre Axe
Skill Jab
IAS Frames per attack Attacks per second
0 % 8 3.1
9 % 7.5 3.3
20 % 7 3.5
37 % 6.5 3.8
65 % 6 4.1
105 % 5.5 4.5
bonehews come with 30% ias anyway, shall i put one shael to get past 37% then another rune, or two shaels to get past the 65% breakpoint?
and if just one shael, what else shall i put in? amn for life steal? ohm for 50% enhanced damage? gul for 20% bonus to ar? jah for ignore target defense?
someone please advise|||Quote:
I just found this and thought it would make a great weapon for my act2 merc.
what two things shall i socket in it? this is from the weapon speed calculator:
Character Mercenary - Act 2
Weapon Ogre Axe
Skill Jab
IAS Frames per attack Attacks per second
0 % 8 3.1
9 % 7.5 3.3
20 % 7 3.5
37 % 6.5 3.8
65 % 6 4.1
105 % 5.5 4.5
bonehews come with 30% ias anyway, shall i put one shael to get past 37% then another rune, or two shaels to get past the 65% breakpoint?
and if just one shael, what else shall i put in? amn for life steal? ohm for 50% enhanced damage? gul for 20% bonus to ar? jah for ignore target defense?
someone please advise
I don't know for sure what to socket it with, but I hear most people believe that life leech is good for a merc (Amn runes, as you said), so I would probably recommend at least one source of leech.|||Amn Amn is fairly normal, mercs like a lot of leech.|||ive nevr had an eth bonehew, but i have a merc with an amnamn bonehew, and he has no trouble at all (tho, i also put a helm and armor on them as well with LL).|||I did a shael shael and he hits fast as ****, then his crown of theives keeps him alive with the leech|||Ogre axe has a strength req of 195. That�s a lot. Act 2 merc will get that much strength at level 88. See merc stats here. I advice these two items
-15% req / enhanced damage or res all (with -15% strength req will be 165) jewel
Shael so he can reach 6 frames per attack or 4.1 attacks per second
Since you have an eth Bonehew (high damage weapon) having a vampiregaze (socketed with 15% IAS jewel) with 8% LL is more then enough in my experience even in hell where leech penalty is 1/3. Not to mention physical reduction that gaze offers.|||Quote:
Ogre axe has a strength req of 195. That�s a lot. Act 2 merc will get that much strength at level 88. See merc stats here. I advice these two items
-15% req / enhanced damage or res all (with -15% strength req will be 165) jewel
Shael so he can reach 6 frames per attack or 4.1 attacks per second
Since you have an eth Bonehew (high damage weapon) having a vampiregaze (socketed with 15% IAS jewel) with 8% LL is more then enough in my experience even in hell where leech penalty is 1/3. Not to mention physical reduction that gaze offers.
No. If you have an eth bonehew it's minus 10 str. My lv 86 (or 87) merc is wearing it without any hel runes or - requirement jewels in it. I'm either going with dual amn or dual shael (Not sure yet). From reading so far I'm probably gonna go with dual amn. Plus I'm wearing an eth crown of thieves with 10 ll (=/). The best I think, is a 12 ll crown of thieves and dual shael eth bonehew.|||Blimey, this post is 6 years old! But I am having the same dilema. Through failure to find a more recent thread I will post here...
So to hit the 65% breakpoint (am I right in thinking 105% is tough to reach as Shael, Shael in the weapon and 15% ias jewel x2 (in helm and armour) totals 100% (30+20+20+15+15), falling 5 short?) you could get away with 1 shael and 1 amn in the weapon and 1 ias jewel in a helm - Andys, 'Gaze etc? With extra leech in the helm this might tick all the boxes?
That is supposing of course the armour and helm have no intrinsic IAS.
Is there a more worthy candidate than the amn for the 2nd socket? For instance a ber (20% CB) in conjuction perhaps with stacked crushing blow modifiers from either the armour or helm?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers,
PatBateman|||Wow I didn't see that this was so old. Who necro'd it? Damn you!
To the above post a ber would be really good for crushing blow BUT bers are expensive, are you really willing to spend a ber on it? I'd probably just put life leech or IAS in it. WAY cheaper and still effective. Yet the ber would technically be better.|||hehe nice necromancy here:)
i dont know what are the stats on bonehew when it was 2005 but if same mods then 2Amn or UmAmn is best. actually it depends on how you will use your char. i like bonehew because it doesnot have any cold dmg, have 2sock and IAS and good dmg. so it is nice for goldfind barb's merc (ex: i will use eth-upped g.angel sock:mal and kiras sock:mal, and 2Amn or UmAmn eth bonehew) for travincal.
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