Rare Items Guide?

[BeaverusIV]

I was wondering if there is a list of items to look out for (Greys/Whites/Blues/Yellows) and what is 'godly'... if there isn't I am currently making one. Now I'm not the Knowledge King of Diablo II so its gonna be hella incomplete/rubbish to begin with, but it'll be a start and we can grow it to be almost complete :)

Here is a start:

Legend:
[] = optional affix
Magical Item
Rare Item
Crafted Item

Druid Helms:
Tornado helm:
+2druid or +3ele
+2-3 Tornado
10FHR
20+ life
[1-2 sockets]

Barbarian Helms:
BO helm:
+2barb or +3warcries
+2-3 Battle Orders
[+1-3 Shout]
60+ life
[1-2 sockets]

Amazon Bows/Spears:
gm duelling bow:
+1-3 Bow & Crossbow Skills (staffmod)
[+3 Bow & CBow or +1-2zon]
300ed w/fools||300+ed
[10-40ias]
[1-2 sockets]
[max damage]

PvM bow:
+1-3 Bow & Crossbow Skills (staffmod)
[+3 Bow & CBow or +1-2zon]
[ctc amp]
250+ed
[fools]
[10-40ias]
[max damage]
[1-2 sockets]

6/40 Javelin:
+1-3 Javelin & Spear Skills (automod)
+3 J & S skills
40ias

Rare Javelin:
[Eth]
[Replenish]
250+ed
10-40ias
[Fools]

Sorceress Orbs:
Facet-able blue orb:
+2sorc or +3cold or +3fire or +3light
+3 main skill (forb/blizz/fball/lightning)
+2-3 secondary skill (cold armours/glacial spike/meteor/enchant/chain lightning/etc,etc)
[+1-3 mastery (cold/fire/light)]
20fcr
2 sockets

Facet-able yellow orb:
+2sorc or +3cold or +3fire or +3light
+3 main skill (forb/blizz/fball/lightning)
+2-3 secondary skill (cold armours/glacial spike/meteor/enchant/chain lightning/etc,etc)
[+1-3 mastery (cold/fire/light)]
20fcr
mana
[life]
[1-2 sockets]

Paladin Scepters:
-none (?)

Paladin Shields:
-none (?)

Assassin Claws:
Trap Claw:
+2assa or +3traps
[40ias]
+1-3 lightning sentry
[+1-3 death sentry]

Secondary Claw:
[+1-2assa]
Fools
[1-2socket]
10-40ias
200+ed
[desirable staffmods]

Necromancer Heads:
Bone Head:
+3 Poison & Bone Skills
Deflecting
10FHR
+3 Bone Spear
+1-3 Secondary PnB skill (Prison/Wall/Armour/Spear)
+1-3 Secondary PnB skill (Prison/Wall/Armour/Spear)
[Resists]
[Mana]
[1-2 sockets]

Rings:

Resist Ring:
20+ (Fire or Cold or Lightning or Poison) resist
20+ (Fire or Cold or Lightning or Poison) resist
[20+ (Fire or Cold or Lightning or Poison) resist]
[Str and/or Dex]
[Life and/or Mana]
[FCR]

Stat Ring:
[AR]
10+ Strength
10+ Dexterity
Life
[Mana]
[Resists]

FCR Ring:
FCR
[Str and/or Dex]
[AR]
Life
Mana
[Resists]

Dual Leech Ring:
Life Leech
Mana Leech
[Life and/or Mana]
[Str and/or Dex]
[AR]
[Resists]

Boots:
Mana Boots:
+10-30% Faster Run/Walk
10 FHR
40+ Mana
[Dexterity]
[Resistances]
8%+ Regenerate Mana
4%+ Increase Maximum Mana

Tri-res Boots:
+20-30% Faster Run/Walk
10 FHR
[Dexterity]
30+ (Fire or Cold or Lightning or Poison) Resistance
30+ (Fire or Cold or Lightning or Poison) Resistance
30+ (Fire or Cold or Lightning or Poison) Resistance

MF-res Boots:
+10-30% Faster Run/Walk
[10 FHR]
[Dexterity]
20+ (Fire or Cold or Lightning or Poison) Resistance
20+ (Fire or Cold or Lightning or Poison) Resistance
25+ MF

Gloves:
Knockback Gloves:
+2 Passive/Bow/Jav Skills
20ias
Strength and/or Dexterity
Knockback
[Resistances]

Crushing Blow Gloves:
[+2 Passive/Martial Arts/Bow/Jav Skills]
20ias
Strength and/or Dexterity
9%+ Crushing Blow
[Resistances]

Rare 20ias Gloves:
+2 Passive/Martial Arts/Bow/Jav Skills
20ias
Strength and/or Dexterity
[Life and/or Mana]
Resistances

Lancer's Gloves:
+3 Javelin & Spear Skills
20ias

Armours:
Jeweller's Armour
Artisans
'of Frost Shield' (for blue colour) or 'of the Squid/Whale' (for life) 'or of Stability' (for 24FHR) or 'of Titans' (for 30 Str)

-idk anything about good rare armours, maybe eth/rep/str/life/FHR/enhanced def/res/2soc?

Belts:
FCR Belt:
10FCR
24FHR
10+ Str
20+ Life
[Resistances]

OW Belt:
8%+ Open Wounds
24FHR
10+ Str
40+ Life
[Resistances]

Rare Belt:
24FHR
10+ Str
20+ Life
Resistances

Helms:
Artisans Circlet of Speed:
3 socket
30% Faster Run/Walk

+3 FCR Circlet
+3 skill tab
20FCR
2 sockets

FCR Circlet
+2 class skills or +2 skill tab
20FCR
[30 Faster Run/Walk]
Strength and/or Dexterity
Life and/or Mana
[Resistances]
1-2 sockets

Stats Circlet
+2 class skills or +2 skill tab
[FCR]
[30 Faster Run/Walk]
Strength
Dexterity
Life
[Mana]
[Resistances]
2 sockets

Shields:
Jeweller's Shield
Jewellers
'of Deflecting'
(Monarch prefered, idk if others (like Troll Nest) are used)

Rare Max Block Shield
Deflecting
Life
Resistances
[Strength and/or Dexterity]
2 socket

Melee Weapons:
Ethereal Phase Blade
Ethereal
250+ Enhanced Damage
Fools
10-40ias
1-2 sockets
(Dimensional Blade or Crystal Sword only)

Rare Melee Weapon
250+ed
Fools
10-40ias
1-2 sockets
[Ethereal (Needs Zod) or Ethereal with Self Repair]

Charger Weapon
350+ed
1-2 sockets
[Ethereal (Needs Zod) or Ethereal with Self Repair]
(2 Handed Spear/Polearm preferably)

Wands:
-none (?)

Amulets:
+3 Amulet:
+3 skill tab
90+ Life or FCR or Teleport charges

20FCR Amulet:
15+ FCR
+2 class skills or +2 skill tab
Life and/or Mana
Strength and/or Dexterity
[Resistances]

FR/W Amuet:
+2 class skills or +2 skill tab
Life and/or Mana
Strength and/or Dexterity
[Resistances]

Blocking Amulet:
+2 class skills or +2 skill tab
Life and/or Mana
Strength and/or Dexterity
[Resistances]

Rare Amulet:
+2 class skills or +2 skill tab
Life and/or Mana
Strength and/or Dexterity
Resistances

PS: I know it needs major formatting, and I'm not the tidiest person in the world, but I'll work on it. Suggestions about readability welcome.

[2.0]

Paladin Shields:
-nothing can beat Hoz/Exile afaik.

45 Base Resist Spirit, for a Hammerdin, but yeah rare/magic Paladin shields are no good.

Um, theres some necro heads that will sell for a lot.. but, I'm not really sure what people are looking for.

I find the, formatting (Using the [], /, and \) to be a bit confusing, but not bad. It's weird though... I was just thinking somebody should make something like this earlier today.. no jokes. :P

[BeaverusIV]

Yeah, I wondered what other people would think... I'm a programmer so I am used to all sorts of formatting. Edited Pally shields.

[2.0]

Oh, for Zon items.

+2 Zon skill/+3 Java skill with 40% Ias javs can be worth a bit, iirc.

EDIT: Lol, hopefully more people will pitch in on this, because I'm drawing a blank. -.-

[BeaverusIV]

Ahhh, forgot about zon skills!..and yeah, haven't put any javellins in yet, either.

[2.0]

Rings people look for.. hm, 10% Fcr/15+ Str or Dex/+20-40 life, some want 100+ AR, some want +All resists, others want +Resists to only one or two elements (Most common are lite/cold).

I'm not sure if rings can get +Str and +Dex on one.

Oh, also some people look for +Mana on rings, for ES sorcs.

EDIT: Damn theres a lot of variables for the rings. ~~

[BeaverusIV]

Lol, hopefully more people will pitch in on this, because I'm drawing a blank. -.-
Yeah, thats like me, but I can usually tell if an item is good by looking at it, its just trying to list ALL the items, its going to be difficult...

The headings I'll have are:
Class-Specific:
Armour:
Gloves:
Belts:
Rings:
Amulets:
Boots:
Helms:
Shields:
Javelins:
Melee Weapons:
Bows:
Wands:

And then maybe a mld/lld/vlld headings, too.
Hows the formatting looking? I reckon one mod per line will make it waaay too big... should I try put them legibly on one line?

Edit: Damn, I hate rings! I bet amulets will be the same.... sooo many options :S and circlets! Oh jeepers I forgot about circlets! :/

PS: You know what would be nice? A drop-downable [code ] tag :) Shorten the post significantly...

[®@þþ3¬]

What happend to me lucky charms?

[2.0]

The way it is now, is a whole lot easier to understand, but.... it's going to get way to long. O_o

[BeaverusIV]

Yeah, I'm wracking my brain, but I can't think of a legible solution, I wish we could do multicolumn :p Maybe if I seperate into diff threads? Like one for boots, one for golves, etc, etc. It would makethe lists shorter and hopefully incite some more interest than a rather lengthy first post..?

PS: Thanks 2.0 for the feedback, I dunno where everyone else is, must be playing D2. Yeah, thats it. D2.

[®@þþ3¬]

The title doesnt match the content :)

[saracen85]

check out the "rares/magic/crafted" items show-off thread in the other forum. they'll more or less provide you with the necessary knowledge of what to look out for.

[Taurean]

I like the whole idea! I`ll be checking this guide frequently, so don`t give up :D This might be the start of something big you know. Like the charm guide that exists (search it up if you wish)

d__^^__b

[BeaverusIV]

Yeah, I've seen the charms guide before, pretty nice, though like mine its not reader-friendly imo. I'll keep working on this, I hope the edit function stays forever so I can keep updating the first post, and yeah, I need to change the thread title, too.

Once I get some in every section I'll definitely repost with a proper title; what do you guys think? I'm kinda stuck on an informative title, something along the lines of Godly Item Identification or Magic-Finding Item Encyclopedia, hmmm...

PS: I DEFINITELY want help :p Especially categories already up, if I've got it wrong (Maybe the item can't spawn) or stats too low or wrong stats all together, or maybe items I have missed... I want this to be the be-all-and-end-all guide for item identification. Excluding Uniques. :p

[saracen85]

google maxicek claw guide. a little help on claws, although it's very SP-oriented.

here's info on socketables.. http://forums.diabloii.net/showpost.php?p=5020992&postcount=1

what you're doing is great, but it's too broad. a little specialization would be better, and then expand from there.. mods available to rares/magic/crafted items are vast and will take a huge effort to be made into a concise yet detailed guide like the charms guide..

[BeaverusIV]

Thanks for the suggestions, I have already posted in here the suggestion of having seperate threads for each category, I'm not in this to do it all myself I'm in it to start a community project, but I can see I'll need to do a lion's share.
I have most categories with some items in, one I didn't forsee as being hard was melee wepaons, but damnit there are a lot of choices, and I don't think you can braden it to 5s runewords or 6 runewords.
So yeah, or maybe a runeword-able items guide/magic guide/rare guide could be in order...

[HiTS]

Minor error, there is only one "f" in preferable and one "r." You also misspelled "colossus" and "berserker."

[Skullcaptain]

I bookmarked this.

[BeaverusIV]

ty Skull, HiTS. Glad to see someone reads it :p Ok, I'll fix those up, any I think I'll take out all the runneword ones for now, that other guide over at diabloii blows me out of the water...

Update: Fixed the spelling took and out they grey items.

[BeaverusIV]

I found this:
Guide to Jewels, Jewelery, Circlets, and Charms (http://www.rpgforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19586)

[Monster(EF)]

I love most of it... although I wish it had more in terms of Necromancers.

Here is an example of Godly Wand:

2 Socketed non-magic Wand.

+3 Bone Spear
+2-3 Summon Skill ( Skeleton Warrior, Mage, or Revive )
+1-3 Summon Resist/Skeleton Mastery

Turn it into a white wand and you have yourself and extremely bad-azz wand. Although the closest I have Personaly ever found to this is:
2 Soceted non-magic wand

+3 Bone Spear
+1 Summon Skeleton
+ 1 Skeleton Mastery

It was still a great wand, but it needed another point or two in Raise Skeleton to really be Godly.


-:DMonster(EF)

[BeaverusIV]

I took out the white items, only doing magic/rares, but that guide posted above kinda leaves me out of a job I think.

[Plannb23]

This is a lot of great work folks. Nice job.