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LLD JEWELS CHARMS & RARES
This guide is designed to do a few important things. Firstly, it is designed to inform you WHAT possible stats a jewel, charm, or rare can have at level NINE (Only level 9 right now. Level 12, 16, and maybe 18 forthcoming). This is if you want to buy or find a good item for you level 9 dueller, and you want close to the best.. but you don't know what the best is.
Secondly, it is intended to correct many blatant mistakes on the info site I commonly use, The Arreat Summit. I've included only USEFUL prefixes / suffixes, to save time, effort, and space.
Finally, I've also included my current LLD items folder as somewhat of a Developer's Package. It contains every level 9 LLD item, jewel, charm, quest item, etc. EVERYTHING I have ever used in my level 9 LLD builds and its organized clearly. It's always being upgraded and changed, however, so be aware that it might not have 100% up to date items / information. Now, without further ado.
This guide is designed to do a few important things. Firstly, it is designed to inform you WHAT possible stats a jewel, charm, or rare can have at level NINE (Only level 9 right now. Level 12, 16, and maybe 18 forthcoming). This is if you want to buy or find a good item for you level 9 dueller, and you want close to the best.. but you don't know what the best is.
Secondly, it is intended to correct many blatant mistakes on the info site I commonly use, The Arreat Summit. I've included only USEFUL prefixes / suffixes, to save time, effort, and space.
Finally, I've also included my current LLD items folder as somewhat of a Developer's Package. It contains every level 9 LLD item, jewel, charm, quest item, etc. EVERYTHING I have ever used in my level 9 LLD builds and its organized clearly. It's always being upgraded and changed, however, so be aware that it might not have 100% up to date items / information. Now, without further ado.
PREFIXES AND SUFFIXESUPDATE: 7/1 Fixed up the formatting a little, edited to make it a bit more formal, added FAQ, changed some minor errors.
UPDATE: 7/1 Fixed a few grammar errors and stuff. The formatting is a mess and it's all sloppy and quickly done, but it -is- a beta. I am basically looking for anyone to correct me if needed.
UPDATE: 7/1 Finished first draft of the guide.
This is the list of useful prefixes and suffixes which are available at level 9. In many cases, certain combinations of prefixes and/or suffixes, such as the Skill suffix + any other mod, inclreases the required level of the item over level 9, and therefore isn't listed. Some listed prefixes and suffixes may also be incompatible with eachother at level 9 (they are noted).
Prefixes:
Bronze: +10-20 AR
Silver: +61-80 AR
Vicious: +31-40% Enhanced Damage
Fine: +21-40 AR, +21-30% enhanced damage
Snake's: +5-10 Mana
Crimson: +5-10% Fire resist
Russet: +11-20% Fire resistance
Azure: +5-10% Cold resistance
Tangerine: +5-10% Lightning resistance
Beryl: +5-10% Poison resistance
Vulpine: +7-12% Damage taken goes to Mana
Suffixes:
Strength: +1-2 Str
Might: +3-5 Str
Dexterity: +1-2 Dex
The Jackal: +1-5 Life
The Fox: +6-10 Life
The Leech: +3%(Amulets can only go this high)-5%(Rings can go this high) Life Steal
The Bat: +3%(Rings can only go this high)-4%(Amulets can go this high) Mana Steal
Readiness: +10% ias
The Apprentice: +10 fcr
Self-Repair: Repairs 1 durability in 33 seconds
Replenishing: Adds 1 quantity in 33 seconds
NOTE: These prefixes do not apply to charms or jewels.
NOTE: Bows and Javelins don't have durability.
INCOMPATABILITIES:
Rings cannot have +dex with a second mod.
Fine items cannot have +life.
Fine and Bronze/Silver/Vicious cannot stack, even on a rare.
Russet is the only 20% resist which can be used at level 9.
This will be updated as needed--
JEWELS
First, a preface. Magic jewels CANNOT stack a prefix/suffix with the same mod. Rare jewels CAN. Rares can have between 3 and 6 prefixes and suffixes randomly, and up to 3 of each only. I'm going to cover all the possibilities that you can have on a Jewel, what the best level 9 jewels are, and what you should look for in a jewel.
As far as Magic jewels go, they are only to be used if your budget is low (obviously). The following are the best possible Magic Jewels for level 9:
Rusty Jewel of Wrath: +20% enhanced damage, +9 max damage
Rusty Jewel of Freedom: +20% enhanced damage, -15% requirements
Tin Jewel of Wrath: +40 AR, +9 max damage
obviously you can mix and match any way you choose. Here are the level 9 Jewel prefixes and suffixes. ANY OF THESE PREFIXES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE SUFFIXES ON A MAGIC JEWEL EXCEPT FOR CARBUNCLE/SCARLET + WRATH/JOYFULNESS.
Prefixes:
Lapis Lazuli: +10-15% Cold resistance
Camphor: +10-15% Lightning resistance
Beryl: +10-15% Poison resistance
Rusty: +11-20% Enhanced Damage
Carbuncle: +1-5 Max damage
Scarlet: +4 Min damage
Tin: +21-40 AR
Zircon: +10 mana
Suffixes:
Wrath: +9 Max damage
Joyfulness: +4 Min damage
Life: +5-10 Life
Freedom: -15% requirements
Therefore, you can pair any of the aforementioned prefixes with any of these suffixes, excluding scarlet+wrath and scarlet+joyfulness, on a magic jewel for level 9 requirement. Now onto
RARE JEWELS
On a rare jewel, 3 of the above prefixes and 3 of the above suffixes may be chosen. ANY OF THESE PREFIXES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE SUFFIXES ON A RARE JEWEL PERIOD! That means the Scarlet and Joyfulness mods can stack to make +8 minimum damage on your rare jewel, and Carbuncle and Wrath mods can stack to make +14 max damage on your rare jewel as well, while still having the requirement level 9. So what's the best rare jewel in the game for level 9?
+20% enhanced damage
+40 AR (OR: +10 mana, 15% cold resist, 15% lightning resist, 15% poison resist)
+14 max damage
+10 life
-15% requirements
Yes, this jewel is possible to obtain at level 9. You won't ever concievably get it on closed, but it is possible. All you need to know is that that is as good as a rare jewel can get - so you know exactly how good of a jewel it is you're buying / trading. My included LLD package includes every useful possibility of this rare jewel (and the magics as well).
CHARMS
When acquiring Strength or Dex through charms, use Large charms with +3 str (they use their inv space to give str more effectively than sc and gc) with the Fine prefix. that means use THIS for when you need +3 or more STR:
Fine Large Charm of Strength/Dexterity
+3 max damage
+20 AR
+3 Str/Dex
If you need less than 3 Str in charms, use this:
Russet/Azure/Tangerine/Beryl Small Charm of Strength/Dexterity
+5% fire/cold/lit/poison resist
+1 Str/Dex
EVERY OTHER SPACE IN YOUR INV should be filled with either Fine GC of Balance or Lizards GC of Balance:
Fine/Lizard's Grand Charm of Balace
+6 max damage/+20 Mana
+48 AR
+12% FHR
AND the rest of the spaces with:
Russet/Azure/Tangerine/Beryl Small Charm of Life
+5% fire/cold/lit/poison resist
+10 Life
Simple, all there is to it... no reason to use any other charms, these are the best. NOW, onto
RARE WEAPONS
We're talking about Throwing Spears and Scissors Katar / Blade Talons here, for a LLD asn/zon build. Any other build uses socketable normals. Here's what I have found to be the best you can get from a rare weapon:
ethereal
+10% ias
+30% enhanced damage and +40 AR
+1-2 cold damage
Socketed (2-3)
+4% mana steal
+repairs durability / replenishes quantity
get as close to that as you can and you've got yourself a nice rare. Enjoy!
Here's my LLD developer's package: LLD.zipThat's the end of my guide. It should be very helpful to anyone interested in LLD, especially people who know how many mistakes are listed on the arreat summit. I also have made this to help developers who test out LLD builds in single player. A brief guide, but the information has been useful to me.
It includes every level 9 item, jewel, charm, weapon, armor, ammy ring, rares, quest items, etc. I've ever used.
F.A.Q.
Q: Why don't you have certain resist prefixes listed, and other prefixes I want on my LLD?
A: I have not listed those prefixes which, though they can be on a jewel with level 9 req, cannot have a second mod while still staying level 9 (an example of this is fire resist on a jewel). I have also not listed any useless prefixes or any which I haven't used on my items.
Q: This guide is very confusing... how is it supposed to help me?
A: It shows you what the best stats on items are for level 9 so if you're looking for a jewel with +max damage and AR, for example, you know how much you can get, OR if you don't quite know what stats you want on your jewel or item, you can browse my prefixes and see which are available to you at level 9.
Q: How much does this stuff cost?
A: Buying these items from other players is extremely expensive. A normal, magic jewel with two of the above jewel mods will cost you about an Um. A rare jewel with +max, -15% req, and any other useful stat will cost you ist+. The perfect rare jewel would probably cost you your bank account in d2 items.
Q: So if I'm looking for jewels and charms, where do I look, how do I get them?
A: Act 1, Normal. Bring an Orb sorceress and kill everything. Pick up every jewel, charm, and rare ring, ammy, and jewel. This is the best way to get jewels with desirable LLD stats.
Any comments, questions, corrections, are all welcome. Call this the guide's beta stage.