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2009-03-01T08:09:17Z

MarauderIIC: typo fix: /* % Chance to Cast on Stricking */ -> striking.

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==Introduction==

Suffixes work just as the did in Diablo. They can only occur after the name of the item type, and each suffix has certain prefixes it can and can not occur with. Similar levels work together, as they did in Diablo. One added complication is that Rares list all of their modifiers by effect, and they can have up to six modifiers, with a max of three prefixes or suffixes, so it can be difficult to tell what exactly is giving the item a given property.

Rare items can have up to three prefixes, but only one from each family of prefixes. Magical items have one or none. Magical items have a 50% chance of a suffix only, 25% chance of a prefix only, and 25% chance of both.

* No prefixes will occur with others from the same family on the same Rare item. So if you got +%Defense on some kind of armor, you would get either Sturdy, Strong, Blessed, Glorious, Saintly, or Holy, but never more than one on the same item.
* Alvl ( Affix Level): This figure is the level of the affix. The Ilvl of an item usually is equal to the maximum possible Alvl. For example a sword dropped by an Mlvl 50 creature would have an Ilvl of 50, and the highest affixes possible on it would be Alvl 50.
* Clvl req is 3/4 the highest Alvl on an item. So a Rare with with four mods, Ilvl 8, 22, 30, and 70 would require Clvl 52 to equip.
* Note on item types: Armor = Body Armors and Helms; Weapons = all damage-inflicting items except Bows, Orbs, Scepters, Staves, and Wands; Bows = Bows and Crossbows

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==+ points to Strength==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Strength
| 1-2
| Amulets, Belts, Gloves, Rings [4], Shields
| 1
|-
| Might
| 3-5
| Amulets, Belts, Rings [20], Scepters, Gloves [34], Shields, Weapons
| 11
|-
| Ox
| 6-9
| Amulets, Armor [40], Belts, Boots, Bows, Gloves [50], Rings [40], Scepters, Shields, Swords [50], Weapons [40]
| 26
|-
| Giant
| 10-15
| Amulets [46], Belts [46], Boots, Gloves [68], Rings [63], Scepters, Shields, Weapons ([63] Maces +10, [68] Swords)
| 42
|-
| Titan
| 16-20
| Amulets [67], Armour [88], Belts, Boots, Rings [88]
| 58
|-
| Atlas
| 21-30
| Amulets [84], Belts, Boots, Weapons
| 71
|}

Very useful mods, these can allow you to equip an item earlier than you would otherwise, add to damage with melee and throwing weapons, and put fewer points into strength, saving it for other stats. The level requirements were heightened in the expansion pack by substantial amounts, in order to prevent low level characters wearing super powerful items and clearing the acts like cutting through a bar of butter (which was the case in Diablo II classic).

Note: +Str on an item will not allow you to equip that item. Example: If you have 90 Str and need 103 to wear your armor, and the armor has +15, it will not work. If you equip a +20 Str helm, put on the armor, and then remove the helm, the armor will go red and your character will appear naked. You must have enough Str to equip an item from your stats + other items.

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==+ points to Dexterity==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Dexterity
| 1-3
| Amulets, Armor, Boots [12], Bows, Gloves [6], Rings [6], Scepters
| 2
|-
| Skill
| 3-6
| Amulets, Armor, Belts [45], Boots [35], Bows, Gloves [22], Rings [22], Scepters, Shields [45]
| 11
|-
| Accuracy
| 6-10
| Amulets, Armor [51], Boots, Bows, Gloves [42], Rings [42], Scepters
| 27
|-
| Precision
| 11-15
| Amulets [47], Armor [60], Belts [60], Boots [60], Bows [47], Gloves [64], Rings [64], Scepters, Shields [60]
| 43
|-
| Perfection
| 16-20
| Amulets, Boots [90], Bows, Gloves, Rings [90]
| 59
|-
| Nirvana
| 21-30
| Amulets [86], Bows [86], Gloves
| 72
|}

Very useful mods, these can allow you to equip an item earlier than you could otherwise, add to your defense and AR, and add to damage with bows, as well as allow you to put fewer stat points into dexterity. Like all the other mods, the level requirements got much higher than Diablo II Classic. Note: +Dex on a weapon will not allow you to equip that weapon. Example: If you have 110 Dex and need 118 to equip your Gothic Bow, and the bow has +10 Dex, it will not work. If you equip a +15 Dex helm, then equip the bow, it will work, but if you remove the helm the bow will turn red and be unusable. You must have enough Dex to equip an item from your stats + other items, no items can boost themselves to a usable level.

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==+ points to Minimum Damage==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Worth
| 1-3
| Amulets [15], Bows, Rings [15], Weapons
| 6
|-
| Measure
| 3-5
| Amulets [39], Armor [37], Bows, Rings [39], Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 12
|-
| Excellence
| 5-8
| Amulets [68], Bows, Circlets, Rings [68], Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 24
|-
| Performance
| 9-14
| Bows, Rings [98], Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons (Swords [54])
| 48
|-
| Transcendence
| 15-20
| Bows, Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 76
|}

Useful mods, but compared to the hundreds of points of damage most attacks do for higher level characters, these are rather insignificant, though they are multiplied by skills and Str or Dex bonuses. Note: If you get +min and +max on the same item, it will display them together, I.E. "+1-17 damage" or "+4-3 damage". The added minimum damage can be higher than the added maximum, but the max damage on a weapon will always be 1 higher than the minimum, no matter the modifiers.

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==+ points to Maximum Damage==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Craftsmanship
| 1
| Amulets, Bows, Rings, Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 1
|-
| Quality
| 2
| Bows, Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 4
|-
| Maiming
| 3-4
| Amulets [46], Bows, Rings [46], Scepters, Shields, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 7
|-
| Slaying
| 5-7
| Bows, Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 11
|-
| Gore
| 8-10
| Bows, Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 14
|-
| Carnage
| 11-14
| Bows, Scepters, Weapons
| 19
|-
| Slaughter
| 15-20
| Bows, Scepters, Weapons
| 25
|-
| Butchery
| 21-40
| Bows, Scepters, Weapons
| 36
|-
| Evisceration
| 41-63
| Bows, Scepters, Weapons (Throwing +51 [50])
| 45
|}

Useful mods, but less valuable than the much larger +% damage mods such as Kings or Merciless. The added damage is multiplied by multiplied by skills and Str or Dex bonuses. However, Evisceration suffix is one of the most damaging affix you could get in your weapons. Cruel Barlog Blade of Evisceration is most duelers' dream along with Cruel Colossus Blade of Quickness. Note: If you get +min and +max on the same item, it will display them together, I.E. "+1-17 damage" or "+4-3 damage". The added minimum damage can be higher than the added maximum, but the max damage on a weapon will always be 1 higher than the minimum, no matter the modifiers.

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==+ points to Cold Damage with Cold Duration==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Frost
| 1-(1-6) & 2 seconds
| Amulets [55], Belts [55], Bows, Scepters, Staves, Swords [4], Wands, Weapons
| 1
|-
| Icicle
| 1-(3-4) & 3 seconds
| Bows, Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 13
|-
| Glacier
| (2-4)-(4-15) & 4 seconds
| Weapons
| 27
|-
| Winter
| (5-9)- (16-50) & 5 seconds
| Weapons
| 50

|}

Very useful modifiers, especially on bows, since slowing down the monsters is always nice. The cold damage is negligible, it's the chill effect that's valued. The duration adds to any cold duration from other items, such as Eye of Etlich, Frostburns, Iceblink, etc, as well as cold or freezing skills. Note that cold damage occurs on fewer types of items than fire, lightning or poison, which can be found on rings, boots, and gloves as well. The cold duration range was changed for each suffixes, increasing by 1 second for each superior suffix.

Frost == 1-4 or 1-5. Glacier == 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, etc.

Monster chill/freeze times are 1/2 as long on Nightmare, and 1/4 as long on Hell.

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==+ points to Fire Damage==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Flame
| 1-(2-6)
| Amulets [40], Bows, Gloves [40], Rings [40], Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 4
|-
| Fire
| (1-4)-(6-11)
| Bows, Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 15
|-
| Burning
| (5-9)-(10-20)
| Bows, Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 25
|-
| Incineration
| (10-16)-(21-75)
| Bows, Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons [47]
| 32
|}

A very minor mod, the damage is tiny compared to weapon damage, especially since most monsters resist it. Even 10-20 Burning == 15 average, 75% resist == 4 damage. The high Clvl requirements that Flame puts on gloves, rings, and amulets makes it very unpopular on those. Flame == 1-2 or 1-3, etc. Fire == 2-6 or 2-7, etc. Burning == 10 or 10-11 or 10-12, etc.

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==+ points to Lightning Damage==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Shock
| 1-(6-8); 1-(19-23) [Rings]
| Amulets [50], Boots [50], Bows, Rings [50], Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 4
|-
| Lightning
| 1-(9-16)
| Bows, Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 15
|-
| Thunder
| 1-(17-40)
| Bows, Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 25
|-
| Storms
| 5-(40-120)
| Bows, Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 35
|}

Not especially useful mods, since there is no minimum damage increase, and most monsters resist lightning. 1-32 == 16.5 average and if 75% resist == 4 damage. Useless. Shock is very unpopular on Amulets, Boots, and Rings, for the large Clvl requirements it adds. The damage was upgraded significantly in the Expansion set, but charms could provide better damage.

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==+ points to Poison Damage==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Blight
| 7 or 50 over 3 sec
| Amulets [45], Bows, Rings [45], Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 5
|-
| Venom
| 21 over 4 sec
| Bows, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 15
|-
| Pestilence
| 50 over 5 sec
| Bows, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 25
|-
| Anthrax
| 100 over 6 sec
| Bows, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 34
|}

Very unpopular mods. The damage is very small, works over time, and Blight adds huge Clvl reqs to Amulets, and Rings. One benefit is that poisoned monsters do not regenerate hit points, which can be quite important in multiplayer Hell games. There is a bug with Poison damage in Diablo II, that no poisoned monster can ever be stunned. For this reason poison damage on weapons is very unpopular, though cold damage can largely mitigate the un-stunnable bug. This is fixed in the Expansion.

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==+ Attack Rate [Speed]==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Readiness
| +10%
| Bows, Gloves [20], Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 5
|-
| Alacrity
| +20%
| Bows, Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons, Gloves [47]
| 23
|-
| Swiftness
| +30%
| Scepters, Weapons
| 35
|-
| Quickness
| +40%
| Scepters, Weapons [51]
| 46
|-
|}

Very popular modifiers on all types of weapons, especially bows. Useless with skills that ignore item speed, such as Whirlwind and Jab. The increased speed is only for attacking with the weapon, it has no effect on spell-casting rate when on wands, staves, or scepters. The Paladin's Smite speed is based on weapon speed.

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==+ to Cast Speed==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Apprentice
| +10%
| Amulets, Circlets, Orbs, Rings, Scepters, Staves, Wands
| 5
|-
| Magus
| +20%
| Circlets, Orbs, Scepters, Staves, Wands
| 17
|-

|}

Very popular modifiers for spell-casting characters, especially Sorceresses. Fastest is worth 2 Fast, see full tables for all character spell-casting rates [http://www.diabloii.net/strategy/stats/ama-casting-speed.shtml here]. Note: There was a 'Faster' suffix on some Uniques pre-v1.04. It was identical to "Fastest" and has now been changed.

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==Attack Ignores Target's Defense==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Piercing
| Ignores Target's Defense
| Scepters, Staves, Wands, Claws
| 25
|-
|}

Piercing is extremely useful for Paladins on scepters, since Paladins find it almost impossible to raise their Attack Rating enough to hit successfully in Hell difficulty, lacking the passive +AR skills the Amazon and Barbarian have.

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==Attacker Takes Damage of==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Thorns
| 1-3
| Armor, Belts, Shields
| 14
|-
| Spikes
| 4-6
| Armor, Belts, Shields
| 21
|-
| Razors
| 7-9
| Armor, Belts, Circlets, Shields
| 34
|-
| Swords
| 10-20
| Armor, Belts, Shields [52]
| 47
|-
|}

Generally worthless after early normal difficulty, especially in multi-player games.

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==Monster Knockback==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Bear
| Knockback
| Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 8
|-
|}

A generally-hated modifier, since most characters want the monsters to stand still and be hit, but some Whirlwind Barbarians like. Can be useful to stun lock bosses.

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==Prevents Monsters Healing==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Vileness
| Prevents Monster Healing
| Staves, Wands, Weapons
| 9
|-
|}

Note: All monsters heal over time in DII other than Super Unique boss monsters. Since regeneration rates can be quite high for monsters with a lot of hps on hell, this can be very useful at times. This does not keep teleporting bosses from healing themselves when they teleport, however, nor does it prevent healing from other monsters, such as Sextons or Greater Mummies.

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==+ points to Life==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Jackal
| 1-5
| Amulets, Armor, Belts, Boots, Gloves, Rings [8], Scepters, Shields, Staves, Wands
| 1
|-
| Fox
| 5-10
| Amulets, Armor [7], Belts, Boots, Gloves, Rings [18], Scepters, Shields, Staves, Wands
| 6
|-
| Wolf
| 11-20
| Amulets, Armor [35], Belts [15], Boots, Bows [45], Gloves, Rings [35], Scepters, Shields, Staves, Wands, Weapons [45]
| 14
|-
| Tiger
| 21-30
| Amulets, Armor [58], Belts, Boots, Gloves, Rings [58], Shields, Weapons [58]
| 20
|-
| Mammoth
| 31-40
| Amulets, Armor [80], Belts, Gloves [60], Rings [80], Shields, Weapons [60]
| 24
|-
| Colossus
| 41-60
| Amulets, Armor, Belts, Shields
| 30
|-
| Squid
| 61-80
| Amulets, Armor, Belts, Shields
| 40
|-
| Whale
| 81-100
| Amulets, Armor, Belts, Shields
| 50
|-
|}

Much valued modifiers, among the most popular to find on most types of armor. Can be annoying on weapons, adding rather high Clvl requirements in some cases.

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==+ points to Life (based on character level)==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Centaur
| 0.75 per level
| Amulets
| 1
|-
|}

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==+ points to Energy==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Energy
| 1-3
| Amulets, Armor, Rings, Scepters, Staves, Wands
| 7
|-
| Mind
| 4-6
| Amulets [5], Armor, Rings, Scepters, Staves, Wands
| 12
|-
| Brilliance
| 7-10
| Amulets, Armor [16], Rings [22], Scepters, Staves, Wands
| 13
|-
| Sorcery
| 11-15
| Amulets, Rings [31], Scepters, Staves, Wands, Circlets
| 22
|-
| Wizardry
| 16-20
| Amulets, Rings [44], Scepters, Staves, Wands
| 31
|-
| Enlightenment
| 21-30
| Amulets [44], Orbs, Rings, Scepters, Staves, Wands
| 41
|-
|}

Very useful modifiers, at times more for combat characters than spell-casters, since Barbs and Amazons very seldom put any points into Energy, so need all their bonus mana from equipment, and don't wear any of the +%mana uniques like SoJ or Frostburn. These can stack with the [[Prefixes#pointstomana|mana adding prefixes]] to yield up to 90 (88 due to n-1 bug) mana on a given item.

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==+ Life Regeneration==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Regeneration
| 3-5
| Amulets, Armor [70], Belts, Boots [70], Bows [70], Gloves [40], Rings, Scepters, Shields, Staves [70], Wands [70], Circlets, Weapons [70]
| 10
|-
| Regrowth
| 6-10
| Amulets, Belts [55], Rings [55], Scepters, Circlets
| 17
|-
| Revivification
| 11-15
| Amulets [40], Scepters, Circlets
| 38
|-
|}

One of the least-balanced modifiers in the game, given the enormous Clvl requirements. +10 to regen == about 1 hp per second, and with red potions so common, and leech, these are very second-class modifiers. Add in the enormous Clvl reqs, and these are dreaded.

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==+ % Life Stolen [per hit]==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Leech
| 2-5
| Amulets [27], Circlets, Rings [14], Gloves (3% [35]), Staves, Weapons
| 5
|-
| Locust
| 5-7
| Amulets [60], Circlets, Rings [47], Wands, Weapons
| 20
|-
| Lamprey
| 7-9
| Circlets [87], Rings [87], Staves, Weapons
| 58
|-

|}

Probably the most valued mods in the game for combat characters. Life leech keeps melee characters alive. Leech works with all types of physical damage, melee or ranged. Elemental damage on weapons or from skills doesn't count for the leeched value, nor does damage dealt by minions. Example: If you had a sword that had 5% life steal and you hit a monster inflicting 50 damage you would steal 2.5 points of Life. Leech stacks and you get the total percent from weapon + jewelry.

Life and mana leech are cut to 1/2 on Nightmare and 1/4 on Hell difficulty. As a result, most characters find they need to increase their leech % once they reach Hell, barring a very high damage weapon.

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==+ % Mana Stolen [per hit]==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Bat
| 2-5
| Amulets [15], Rings [28], Bows, Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons, Gloves [36], Circlets
| 6
|-
| Wraith
| 5-7
| Amulets, Rings [62], Bows, Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons, Gloves, Circlets
| 22
|-
| Vampire
| 7-9
| Scepters, Staves, Wands, Weapons [64], Armulets, Circlets
| 56
|-

|}

Among the most valued mods in the game for combat characters. Mana leech is mandatory to use skills in combat, though a smaller % is needed as your character advances and does more damage. (4% of 500 damage is more than 10% of 100 damage, for example.) Leech works with all types of physical damage, melee or ranged. Elemental damage on weapons or from skills doesn't count for the leeched value, nor does damage dealt by minions.Example: If you had a sword that had 5% life steal and you hit a monster inflicting 50 damage you would steal 2.5 points of mana. Leech stacks and you get the total percent from weapon + jewelry.

Life and mana leech are cut to 1/2 on Nightmare and 1/4 on Hell difficulty. As a result, most characters find they need to increase their leech % once they reach Hell, barring a very high damage weapon.

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==Damage Reduced by==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Health
| 1
| Amulets, Armor, Rings, Shields, Circlets
| 7
|-
| Protection
| 2
| Amulets, Rings, Armor, Shields, Circlets
| 17
|-
| Absorption
| 3
| Amulets, Armor, Circlets, Shields
| 26
|-
| Life
| 4-7
| Amulets, Circlets, Shields, Armor [44]
| 35
|-
| Life Everlasting
| 10-25
| Amulets [50], Circlets
| 45
|-
| Anima
| 8-15
| Armor, Circlets, Shields
| 51
|-

|}

Generally ignored modifiers, since the values are so tiny, compared to the huge damage monsters deal. -Magical Damage is much more useful. Blizzard considered adding these as default properties to most types of plate mail, but this feature did not make it into the final game.

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==Magic [elemental] Damage Reduced by==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Warding
| 1
| Amulets, Circlets, Shields, Armor, Orbs, Rings
| 7
|-
| Sentinel
| 2
| Amulets, Circlets, Shields, Armor, Orbs, Rings
| 16
|-
| Guarding
| 3
| Amulets, Circlets, Shields [32], Armor [32], Orbs
| 26
|-
| Negation
| 4-6
| Amulets [47], Orbs, Shields, Circlets, Armor
| 41
|-
|}

A very useful mod in certain situations. It's great against damage over time such as from Firewall, Meteor, and Diablo's pink lightning. These items are great due to their reduction being calculated every frame, (25 FPS D2 runs at), so something that deals 100 damage per second might deal 4 per frame, and could be totally absorbed by Negation. No fire resistance but several -MD points and you can stand in the firewalls in the Arcane Sanctuary and take literally zero damage. Less effective against elemental projectiles, since they do all their damage in one frame, much like physical damage.

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==Poison Length Reduced by==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Remedy
| 25%
| Amulets, Armor, Belts, Boots, Circlets, Shields
| 7
|-
| Amelioration
| 50%
| Amulets, Armor, Circlets, Shields
| 18
|-
| Defiance
| 75%
| Amulets [24], Rings, Circlets, Shields
| 18
|-
|}

Not highly-valued, but not bad to have on Rares. More useful than poison resistance in most cases. The poison damage you take is a set amount per second for several seconds, so reducing the time directly reduces the damage. These add up, with the max reduction capped at 95%. The normal -20 and -50 penalties to resistance on Nightmare and Hell apply, so you'd need 115% for NM and 145% for Hell to keep the max 95% reduction. Two items of defiance is enough forever, basically.

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==Freeze Reduction==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Thawing
| Half Freeze Duration
| Amulets, Rings, Boots, Gloves, Orbs, Shields, Circlets
| 10
|-
|}

Much like the Poison Length Reduction mods, these are useful, but not really sought out. High cold resistance appears to lessen chill time as well. Cold spells can have very long chill times in hell difficulty, especially the Frost Nova when a Cold Enchanted monster dies, and your character is vulnerable when cold. These do not help against the Holy Freeze Aura Duriel and some other Aura Enchanted bosses have, nor against Paladins with it in PvP.These stack just like the Poison Length Reduction modifiers. One cuts the time to 1/2, another to 1/4, then 1/8, etc.

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==+ % Chance to Block==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Blocking
| 10%
| Shields
| 1
|-
| Deflecting
| 20%
| Shields
| 11
|-
|}

The most useful property of a shield is the blocking, so these are just about mandatory on a Rare shield. Most people using shields go for a Unique or Set, or else a three diamond tower/pavise, so Rare shields aren't that often used, but they have the potential to be much higher blocking %, and have very good stats as well.

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==Hit Recovery==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Balance
| 10%
| Armor, Belts, Boots, Shields
| 5
|-
| Equilibrium
| 17%
| Armor, Belts, Boots, Shields
| 9
|-
| Stability
| 24%
| Armor, Belts
| 18
|-

|}

Very useful mods, some points in this is just about mandatory for most characters. Fastest is worth two fast, and generally one fastest is good enough, but with more you can cut your character's stun time to almost nothing. Each character has a different length of stun time when hit; a Sorc would need a couple of these to be as fast as some other chars with none at all. The fastest hit recovery on Bloodfist unique gloves is actually worth three Balance, more than Stability.

'' ''

==- % to Item Requirements==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! lvl
|-
| Ease
| -20%
| Armor, Bows, Shields, Weapons
| 15
|-
| Simplicity
| -30%
| Armor, Bows, Shields, Weapons
| 25
|-

|}

Extremely valuable modifier on high end items, such as the top Exceptional armor and weapons. Lowering their requirements allows a character to spend a lot less points in pre-reqs, and allows them to being using the item much sooner. For example, Ornate Plate requires 170 Str to equip, but would be 136 with Ease or 102 with Simplicity. A grim scythe would go from 140/140 to 84/84 with Simplicity, saving an astounding 112 stat points.

==Faster Walk/Run Speed==

{|

|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Pacing
| 10%
| Boots [11], Circlets
| 2
|-
| Haste
| 20%
| Boots, Circlets
| 22
|-
| Speed
| 30%
| Boots, Circlets
| 37
|-
| Transportation
| 30%, Heal Stamina Plus 80%-90%
| Boots
| 65
|-
| Acceleration
| 40%
| Boots
| 58
|-

|}

Most consider faster or fastest run on boots to be mandatory, but it's just a convenience in many cases. Wearing heavy armor and/or carrying a tower shield slows running speed as well. These stack with the fast run bonus on [http://www.diabloii.net/items/uniques/armor-body_armor.shtml#blinkbats Blinkbat's Form], as well as faster running skills, such as Vigor or Fast Run.

'' ''

==Repair==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Durability
! Repaired in X Seconds
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Self-Repair
| 1
| 30
| Armor, Belts, Gloves, Weapons
| 1
|-
| Restoration
| 1
| 20
| Belts, Gloves, Shrunken Heads, Weapons
| 16
|-
|}

'' ''

==+ to Light Radius==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Light
| 1, +15 AR
| Amulets, Armor, Belts, Rings, Rods
| 6
|-
| Radiance
| 3, +30 AR
| Amulets, Bows, Crossbows, Helms, Rings, Rods, Scepters
| 15
|-
| Sun
| 5, +5% AR
| Amulets, Bows, Crossbows, Gloves, Helms, Rings, Rods
| 17
|-
|}

Useful mods to have, but not really sought out. They can stack with the +light radius prefixes on the same item, and multiple +light items stack as well.

'' ''

==% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Chance
| 5-15
| Amulets, Boots, Circlets, Gloves, Rings
| 12
|-
| Fortune
| 16-25
| Amulets, Boots, Circlets, Gloves, Rings [42]
| 16
|-
| Luck
| 26-35
| Amulets, Boots, Circlets
| 26
|-
|}

Increases the odds that an item, when dropped, will be magical, Rare, Set, or Unique (rather than cracked, normal, or superior.) Basically it upgrades normal items to magical ones, and also normal to superior, so can make finding socketed items harder, ironically.

* Does not work for kills by minions (including Hydras, Revives, Skeletons, Valks, Mercs, Converted, etc) or by poison damage over time. (Poison damage kills are fine, it's the X damage over X seconds that doesn't work.)

* Works with ranged attacks and spells.

* Having +100% does not mean you get an item for every monster. It means that whatever % chance an item drop would be magical/rare/set/unique is doubled. So if you had a 5% chance of a dropped item being magical, 1% chance of it being rare, 2% being a set and .5% being Unique, you would now have a 10% chance of it being magical, 2% chance for rare, 4% for Set and 1% Unique. All figures are hypothetical, just for this example.

'' ''

==+ % Extra Gold From Monsters==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Stats
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Greed
| 25-40
| Amulets, Rings, Circlets
| 2
|-
| Wealth
| 41-80
| Amulets, Belts, Boots, Circlets, Gloves
| 17
|-
|}

Useful mods for gaining gold in a hurry, though generally much less valued than +find magic item. These stack, and with a few Rares with 100% or so each, the gold stacks in hell difficulty can be quite impressive, easily surpassing 6000-8000 from Champions.

'' ''

==% Chance to Cast when Struck==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Spell
! % Chance
! Spell Level
! Item Type
| Alvl
|-
| Charged Bolt
| Charged Bolt
| 10-14%
| 3-5
| Amulets, Belts, Gloves, Rings, Shields
| Level 3 [Rings: 6], Level 4 [Rings: 16], Level 5 [Rings: 26]
|-
| Frost Shield
| Frost Nova
| 5%
| 3
| Belts, Boots, Gloves
| 12
|-
| Hydra Shield
| Hydra
| 10%
| 3
| Amulets
| 40
|-
| Nova Shield
| Nova
| 10-14%
| 2-5
| Armor, Belts, Gloves, Rings
| Level 3 [18], Level 4 [28], Level 5 [38]
|-
|}

'' ''

==% Chance to Cast on Attack==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Spell
! % Chance
! Spell Level
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Chain Lightning
| Chain Lightning
| 5-8%
| 3-5
| Amulets, Orbs, Rings, Wands, Weapons
| Level 3 {Amulets [24] (Barb), [35] (Necromancer 8%); Claws [35]; Rings [35] (Ama, Assa, Necro, Sorc)}, Level 5 {[Rings: [44]; Orbs: [47]}
|-
| Icebolt
| Ice Bolt
| 5%
| 3
| Dagger
| 35
|-
| Lightning
| Lightning
| 5%
| 3
| Spears
| 18
|-
| Firebolts
| Fire Bolt
| 5-10%
| 3-4
| Claws, Staves
| ?
|-
|}

'' ''

==% Chance to Cast on Striking==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Spell
! % Chance
! Spell Level
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Amplify Damage
| Amplify Damage
| 5%
| 1
| Weapons
| ? (less than or equal to 17)
|-
| Firebolts
| Fire Bolts
| 10%
| 8
| Orbs
| 35
|-
| Nova
| Nova
| 12%
| 4
| Weapons
| 28
|-
|}

'' ''

==Charges==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Spell
! Spell Level
! Charge n°
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Attract
| Attract
| 1
| 22
| Rings
| 32 (Necromancers); 80 (Paladins)
|-
| Bashing
| Bash
| 3-6
| 27-35
| Weapons
| 19
|-
| Blizzard
| Blizzard
| 1-4
| 22-45
| Orbs, Weapons
| 80 (level 1; Necromancer), 47 (level 4; Sorceress)
|-
| Bone Spirit
| Bone Spirit
| 2
| 75
| Wands
| 40
|-
| Chain Lightning
| Chain Lightning
| 2
| 37
| Orbs
| ?
|-
| Charged Bolt
| Charged Bolt
| 1-4
| 22-30
| Rings
| 1 (Sorceress), 19 (other characters)
|-
| Concentration
| Concentrate
| 2
| 25
| Weapons
| 24 (Barbarian), 64 (other characters)
|-
| Confusion
| Confuse
| 1
| 22
| Rings
| 64
|-
| Dim Vision
| Dim Vision
| 2-6
| 25-105
| Rings, Weapons
| 8 (Necromancer), 32 (other characters)
|-
| Enchantment
| Enchant
| 1-2
| 11-25
| Orbs, Weapons [64]
| 49
|-
| Exploding Arrow
| Exploding Arrow
| 4
| 30
| Gloves
| 82
|-
| Fire Bolt
| Fire Bolt
| 5-9
| 32-63
| Rings, Staves
| 1 (Sorceress; Level 5); 19 (Druid; Level 5)
|-
| Grim Ward
| Grim Ward
| 1
| 22
| Amulets
| 32 (Barbarian), 80 (other characters)
|-
| Holy Bolt
| Holy Bolt
| 1-4
| 22-30
| Amulets
| 8 (Paladin); 32 (other characters)
|-
| Ice Arrow
| Ice Arrow
| 2
| 25
| Gloves
| 30 (Amazon), 86 (other characters)
|-
| Life Tap
| Life Tap
| 4
| 90
| Weapons
| <26
|-
| Lower Resistance
| Lower Resist
| 2-3
| 75-82
| Shrunken Heads, Wands
| 48
|-
| Ice Blast
| Ice Blast
| 3
| 27
| Rings
| 32
|-
| Meteor
| Meteor
| 4
| 45
| Orbs
| ?
|-
| Poison Dagger
| Poison Dagger
| 1-5
| 22-32
| Gloves, Rings
| 32
|-
| Poison Nova
| Poison Nova
| 2
| 75
| Wands, Weapons
|
|-
| Power Strike
| Power Strike
| 3
| 27
| Gloves
| ? (Amazons), 63 (other characters)
|-
| Telekinesis
| Telekinesis
| 2-3
| 25-41
| Orbs, Rings
| 32
|-
| Teleportation
| Teleport
| 1-2
| 22-25
| Amulet
| 24 (Sorceress), 64 (other characters)
|-
| Teeth
| Teeth
| 8
| 120
| Daggers
| ?
|-
| Terror
| Terror
| 3-5
| 27-97
| Shields, Weapons
| <32
|-
| Weaken
| Weaken
| 4
| 30
| Gloves
| <24 (Necromancer)
|-
|}

'' ''

==Replenish==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Effect
! Replenishing rate
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Replenishing
| Replenishes Quantity
| 1 per 20 seconds
| Throwing Weapons
| ?
|-
| Propogation
| Replenishes Quantity
| 1 per 10 seconds
| Throwing Weapons
| 24
|-
|}

'' ''

==Indestructible==

{|
|-
! Suffix
! Effect
! Item Type
! Alvl
|-
| Ages
| Indestructible
| Armor, Belts, Orbs, Weapons
| 56
|-
|}

[[Category:Modifiers]]

User:MarauderIIC

2009-03-01T00:24:54Z

MarauderIIC: /* Current */

I've returned to playing Diablo 2 (LoD) after a few years' hiatus. Waitin' for D3, not much for the forum scene, so, wiki time! And boy it looks like this place needs it ("beta"?! "expansion probably"?!)

=Projects=
==Help me==
http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Template:Shield_Notes - Do shields still have weight? Does it affect blocking speed?

==Current==
Just finished templating sets. Dunno what's next.
Midterms. Probably see about splitting lists into individual pages.

==Completed==
Added templates to set items. Not sure if I'm going to template the tables, or what.

*[[Template:All_Set_Notes]]
*[[Template:Set_Item_Notes]]
*[[Template:General_Item_Notes]]
*[[Template:Weapon_Notes]]
*[[Template:Armor_Notes]]

=Accounts & Characters=
==MarauderIIC on USEast==
* MrAdventure (Paladin) / Nightmare
* Nirovan (Barbarian) / Normal

User talk:MarauderIIC

2009-03-01T00:23:27Z

MarauderIIC:

=Potions=
Hello MarauderIIC, and welcome to Diablo 2 Wiki! Hope you'll have fun with the rest of us, polishing the wiki. ;) Is this your first edit in a wiki by the way? --[[User:Leord|Leord]] 17:18, 16 February 2009 (CET)

:Thanks for the greeting (which is pretty much what everyone else seems to be saying). No, it's not my first edit in a wiki. I used to be quite active on the Guild Wars wiki, and I've changed my share of words on Wikipedia, as well.

=Templates=
:I haven't had time to look, but, for instance, on items pages, there's a block of repeated information. Is it templated? [[User:MarauderIIC|MarauderIIC]] 05:28, 18 February 2009 (CET)
::I see they haven't. Templated all the set items! Feel free to spread the word about/be aware of [[Template:All Set Notes]], [[Template:Armor Notes]], [[Template:Weapon Notes]], [[Template:Shield Notes]], and [[Template:General Item Notes]] since you seem to be on top of things around here. :) [[User:MarauderIIC|MarauderIIC]] 09:01, 18 February 2009 (CET)

:::I moved the discussion back here. On wikis I have been, it's usually easier to just have all discussions on the page they originated, and others either have to go there, or request a poke! =D Awfully sorry that I haven't gotten back to you before now, I've had a ton of things to do...

:::Either way, I really want anyone here to be feeling truly at home, so the fact that many says thanks for the greet is something I see as a very good thing. If you have GW wiki experience, that is just awesome. I saw about the templates, and will look closer on them in a minute...

:::Oooh! That's truly awesome! You do indeed have experience with wikis! Slightly different help pages than I make, but never the less. =D

:::Perhaps you and me should discuss how we should organize items in this wiki a bit better. It's very nice with big, cohesive articles for everything, but also having individual articles for named items would be good. In this case I mean that when we're "done" here (haha, I made funny, this will never be "done" ;) ), I'd like items to have:
:::* One general article, with all listed (all uniques, or at least all uniques of a certain kind)
:::* One group article (one set, for instance, or "unique swords" etc)
:::* One individual article, per item. Like X set's gloves get their own article.
:::Now, yeah, I know it's a bit of work, but it's mainly just to plough through, and if they are separated, it SHOULD be easier to maintain and navigate. The thing is that we REALLY need to plan this ahead. Naming conventions, layout, info in the articles etc.

:::My idea is to have every single item in a template, or we use <nowkiki><noinclude></nowkiki> on regular articles, so we can pull in info direct from them (you "noinclude" what you don't want to include from a regular article, and you can use a regular article as template, I'll explain better later). Also, adding edit links on each so that they are easily editable from any page.

:::With this system, we could also make the group pages etc to just pull in the actual item info, to make a listing article.

:::So, do you have ANY idea of what I'm on about? =P --[[User:Leord|Leord]] 15:39, 26 February 2009 (CET)

::::Yeah. You're saying move every individual item to its own page. For instance, runewords might be a good example to take: make an individual page for each runeword and then only allow a certain set of information (like maybe the letters and stats) to be included in other pages, so the alphabetical list of runewords would be pulling from each runeword's pages and an individual runeword page might have the screenshots and what classes it's good for and such. That sort of thing. Anyway, it's midterm time here, so I'll be a bit slow :) I'm hoping you set a watch here, or will remember to check, but I'll be glad to help with this. And the help pages were just supposed to be something that'd help you use it, nothing professional or classy, hahaha :D --[[User:MarauderIIC|MarauderIIC]] 01:21, 1 March 2009 (CET)

User talk:MarauderIIC

2009-03-01T00:21:52Z

MarauderIIC:

=Potions=
Hello MarauderIIC, and welcome to Diablo 2 Wiki! Hope you'll have fun with the rest of us, polishing the wiki. ;) Is this your first edit in a wiki by the way? --[[User:Leord|Leord]] 17:18, 16 February 2009 (CET)

:Thanks for the greeting (which is pretty much what everyone else seems to be saying). No, it's not my first edit in a wiki. I used to be quite active on the Guild Wars wiki, and I've changed my share of words on Wikipedia, as well.

=Templates=
:I haven't had time to look, but, for instance, on items pages, there's a block of repeated information. Is it templated? [[User:MarauderIIC|MarauderIIC]] 05:28, 18 February 2009 (CET)
::I see they haven't. Templated all the set items! Feel free to spread the word about/be aware of [[Template:All Set Notes]], [[Template:Armor Notes]], [[Template:Weapon Notes]], [[Template:Shield Notes]], and [[Template:General Item Notes]] since you seem to be on top of things around here. :) [[User:MarauderIIC|MarauderIIC]] 09:01, 18 February 2009 (CET)

:::I moved the discussion back here. On wikis I have been, it's usually easier to just have all discussions on the page they originated, and others either have to go there, or request a poke! =D Awfully sorry that I haven't gotten back to you before now, I've had a ton of things to do...

:::Either way, I really want anyone here to be feeling truly at home, so the fact that many says thanks for the greet is something I see as a very good thing. If you have GW wiki experience, that is just awesome. I saw about the templates, and will look closer on them in a minute...

:::Oooh! That's truly awesome! You do indeed have experience with wikis! Slightly different help pages than I make, but never the less. =D

:::Perhaps you and me should discuss how we should organize items in this wiki a bit better. It's very nice with big, cohesive articles for everything, but also having individual articles for named items would be good. In this case I mean that when we're "done" here (haha, I made funny, this will never be "done" ;) ), I'd like items to have:
:::* One general article, with all listed (all uniques, or at least all uniques of a certain kind)
:::* One group article (one set, for instance, or "unique swords" etc)
:::* One individual article, per item. Like X set's gloves get their own article.
:::Now, yeah, I know it's a bit of work, but it's mainly just to plough through, and if they are separated, it SHOULD be easier to maintain and navigate. The thing is that we REALLY need to plan this ahead. Naming conventions, layout, info in the articles etc.

:::My idea is to have every single item in a template, or we use <nowkiki><noinclude></nowkiki> on regular articles, so we can pull in info direct from them (you "noinclude" what you don't want to include from a regular article, and you can use a regular article as template, I'll explain better later). Also, adding edit links on each so that they are easily editable from any page.

:::With this system, we could also make the group pages etc to just pull in the actual item info, to make a listing article.

:::So, do you have ANY idea of what I'm on about? =P --[[User:Leord|Leord]] 15:39, 26 February 2009 (CET)

::::Yeah. You're saying move every individual item to its own page. For instance, runewords might be a good example to take: make an individual page for each runeword and then only allow a certain set of information (like maybe the letters and stats) to be included in other pages, so the alphabetical list of runewords would be pulling from each runeword's pages and an individual runeword page might have the screenshots and what classes it's good for and such. That sort of thing. Anyway, it's midterm time here, so I'll be a bit slow :) I'm hoping you set a watch here, or will remember to check, but I'll be glad to help with this. --[[User:MarauderIIC|MarauderIIC]] 01:21, 1 March 2009 (CET)

User talk:MarauderIIC

2009-03-01T00:21:25Z

MarauderIIC: /* Templating */

=Potions=
Hello MarauderIIC, and welcome to Diablo 2 Wiki! Hope you'll have fun with the rest of us, polishing the wiki. ;) Is this your first edit in a wiki by the way? --[[User:Leord|Leord]] 17:18, 16 February 2009 (CET)

:Thanks for the greeting (which is pretty much what everyone else seems to be saying). No, it's not my first edit in a wiki. I used to be quite active on the Guild Wars wiki, and I've changed my share of words on Wikipedia, as well.

=Templates=
:I haven't had time to look, but, for instance, on items pages, there's a block of repeated information. Is it templated? [[User:MarauderIIC|MarauderIIC]] 05:28, 18 February 2009 (CET)
::I see they haven't. Templated all the set items! Feel free to spread the word about/be aware of [[Template:All Set Notes]], [[Template:Armor Notes]], [[Template:Weapon Notes]], [[Template:Shield Notes]], and [[Template:General Item Notes]] since you seem to be on top of things around here. :) [[User:MarauderIIC|MarauderIIC]] 09:01, 18 February 2009 (CET)

:::I moved the discussion back here. On wikis I have been, it's usually easier to just have all discussions on the page they originated, and others either have to go there, or request a poke! =D Awfully sorry that I haven't gotten back to you before now, I've had a ton of things to do...

:::Either way, I really want anyone here to be feeling truly at home, so the fact that many says thanks for the greet is something I see as a very good thing. If you have GW wiki experience, that is just awesome. I saw about the templates, and will look closer on them in a minute...

:::Oooh! That's truly awesome! You do indeed have experience with wikis! Slightly different help pages than I make, but never the less. =D

:::Perhaps you and me should discuss how we should organize items in this wiki a bit better. It's very nice with big, cohesive articles for everything, but also having individual articles for named items would be good. In this case I mean that when we're "done" here (haha, I made funny, this will never be "done" ;) ), I'd like items to have:
:::* One general article, with all listed (all uniques, or at least all uniques of a certain kind)
:::* One group article (one set, for instance, or "unique swords" etc)
:::* One individual article, per item. Like X set's gloves get their own article.
:::Now, yeah, I know it's a bit of work, but it's mainly just to plough through, and if they are separated, it SHOULD be easier to maintain and navigate. The thing is that we REALLY need to plan this ahead. Naming conventions, layout, info in the articles etc.

:::My idea is to have every single item in a template, or we use <nowkiki><noinclude></nowkiki> on regular articles, so we can pull in info direct from them (you "noinclude" what you don't want to include from a regular article, and you can use a regular article as template, I'll explain better later). Also, adding edit links on each so that they are easily editable from any page.

:::With this system, we could also make the group pages etc to just pull in the actual item info, to make a listing article.

:::So, do you have ANY idea of what I'm on about? =P --[[User:Leord|Leord]] 15:39, 26 February 2009 (CET)

::::Yeah. You're saying move every individual item to its own page. For instance, runewords might be a good example to take: make an individual page for each runeword and then only allow a certain set of information (like maybe the letters and stats) to be included in other pages, so the alphabetical list of runewords would be pulling from each runeword's pages and an individual runeword page might have the screenshots and what classes it's good for and such. That sort of thing. Anyway, it's midterm time here, so I'll be a bit slow :) I'm hoping you set a watch here, or will remember to check. --[[User:MarauderIIC|MarauderIIC]] 01:21, 1 March 2009 (CET)

Talk:Paladin Combat Skills

2009-02-20T19:10:55Z

MarauderIIC: /* Holy Shield */

I streamlined some of the skill info bullet points. the ones on holy bolt especially. try to keep the descriptions on these main skill tree pages very short and to the point. If more extensive discussion of a skill is necessary, then feel free to make a page just for that skill, import the table, and go into all the detail you want.

eventually we'd like to have individual pages for every skill in the game, with really indepth info, slvl tables up to 50 (or higher?), strategy recommendations, mentions of which build types use it most, etc. So don't be afraid to start on those if a skill could benefit from that type of coverage.

--Flux

== Tables ==

I reformatted the table under the Holy Bolt section so it was a little more resolution-friendly. That was before I realized that many people have screen resolutions set much higher than 1024x768 now, so I refrained from editing the rest of the tables that appeared to overlap the page border. --[[User:Psyrus|Psyrus]]

== Holy Shield ==

Does holy shield add to the total blocking % or to the shield's blocking %?
For instance, Category:Armor#Defense_and_Blocking (apparently I can't write a link to the subsection of the category page, wiki just eats it) says the formula is
Total Blocking % = [Blocking x (Dexterity – 15)] / (Character Level x 2)
Now if I have enough in Holy Shield to add +32 to my blocking, does that mean
Total Blocking % = [Blocking x (Dexterity – 15)] / (Character Level x 2) + 32
Or does that mean
Total Blocking % = [(Blocking + 32) x (Dexterity – 15)] / (Character Level x 2)
? --[[User:MarauderIIC|MarauderIIC]] 20:09, 20 February 2009 (CET)

Talk:Paladin Combat Skills

2009-02-20T19:09:35Z

MarauderIIC: /* Holy Shield */

I streamlined some of the skill info bullet points. the ones on holy bolt especially. try to keep the descriptions on these main skill tree pages very short and to the point. If more extensive discussion of a skill is necessary, then feel free to make a page just for that skill, import the table, and go into all the detail you want.

eventually we'd like to have individual pages for every skill in the game, with really indepth info, slvl tables up to 50 (or higher?), strategy recommendations, mentions of which build types use it most, etc. So don't be afraid to start on those if a skill could benefit from that type of coverage.

--Flux

== Tables ==

I reformatted the table under the Holy Bolt section so it was a little more resolution-friendly. That was before I realized that many people have screen resolutions set much higher than 1024x768 now, so I refrained from editing the rest of the tables that appeared to overlap the page border. --[[User:Psyrus|Psyrus]]

== Holy Shield ==

Does holy shield add to the total blocking % or to the shield's blocking %?
For instance, [[Category:Armor#Defense_and_Blocking]] says the formula is
Total Blocking % = [Blocking x (Dexterity – 15)] / (Character Level x 2)
Now if I have enough in Holy Shield to add +32 to my blocking, does that mean
Total Blocking % = [Blocking x (Dexterity – 15)] / (Character Level x 2) + 32
Or does that mean
Total Blocking % = [(Blocking + 32) x (Dexterity – 15)] / (Character Level x 2)
? --[[User:MarauderIIC|MarauderIIC]] 20:09, 20 February 2009 (CET)

Talk:Paladin Combat Skills

2009-02-20T19:08:44Z

MarauderIIC: Holy Shield

I streamlined some of the skill info bullet points. the ones on holy bolt especially. try to keep the descriptions on these main skill tree pages very short and to the point. If more extensive discussion of a skill is necessary, then feel free to make a page just for that skill, import the table, and go into all the detail you want.

eventually we'd like to have individual pages for every skill in the game, with really indepth info, slvl tables up to 50 (or higher?), strategy recommendations, mentions of which build types use it most, etc. So don't be afraid to start on those if a skill could benefit from that type of coverage.

--Flux

== Tables ==

I reformatted the table under the Holy Bolt section so it was a little more resolution-friendly. That was before I realized that many people have screen resolutions set much higher than 1024x768 now, so I refrained from editing the rest of the tables that appeared to overlap the page border. --[[User:Psyrus|Psyrus]]

== Holy Shield ==

Does holy shield add to the total blocking % or to the shield's blocking %?
For instance, [[Category:Armor#Defense_and_Blocking]] says the formula is
Total Blocking % = [Blocking x (Dexterity – 15)] / (Character Level x 2)
Now if I have enough in Holy Shield to add +32 to my blocking, does that mean
Total Blocking % = [Blocking x (Dexterity – 15)] / (Character Level x 2) + 32
Or does that mean
Total Blocking % = [(Blocking + 32) x (Dexterity – 15)] / (Character Level x 2)
?

Blocking

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#REDIRECT [[Category:Armor#Defense_and_Blocking]]

Defense

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#REDIRECT [[Category:Armor#Defense_and_Blocking]]

Defense

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MarauderIIC:

See [[Category:Armor#Defense_and_Blocking|this section]] of [[Category:Armor]].

Defense

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#REDIRECT [[Category:Armor#Defense_and_Blocking]]

Category:Armor

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{{Item navbox}}

=Sockets=

Armour refers to the whole family of equipment. Helms, shields, belts, gloves, boots, as well as chest protection.

This table illustrates the most possible sockets on the three types of socketed armor found per difficulty level. Lots of items don't have this many sockets, and the elite items aren't findable on normal. For example, Ancient Armor can have up to 4 sockets. However you'll never get it with more than 3 unless you find it in a game on Hell difficulty. Lots of types of headgear can have 3 sockets, but they'll only be found on hell now.

{|
! rowspan="2" | Item Type
! colspan="3" | Maximum possible sockets:
|-
! Normal
! Nightmare
! Hell
|-
| Helmets
| 2
| 2
| 3
|-
| Body Armor
| 3
| 3
| 4
|-
| Shields
| 3
| 3
| 4
|}

These all apply to non-magical items. You can get Artisan's and Jeweler's prefixes in normal or later and get 3 or 4 sockets from them, depending on the item type.

Prior to v1.08 Armor was 3/4/4, Helms were 3/3/3, and Shields were 3/4/4, by difficulty level, so it was much easier to find items with the most possible sockets, all of them occurring on normal or Nightmare.

=Armor Class=

Gloves, boots, and belts add to your Defense and other bonuses, but not enormously. None of these account for a very large percentage of your total Armor Class, but special item types (Uniques, Rares, or Set Items) can provide a decent boost to AC, and of course to your other stats also. The magical modifiers found on these items are much less powerful than the ones on helms and chest armour, but they add some to the cause and with the special item types they can be quite powerful.

=Defense and Blocking=

Shields have a base block number, but you have to figure it into a formula which is based on your Dexterity. The higher your Dexterity, the more you'll block. If your Dexterity is lower, higher % blocking gear helps, but you'll only block at some % of the time you could if you had more Dex. Blocking half the time when you have 70% blocking is 35%. Blocking half the time when you have 40% blocking is just 20%. So better equipment helps, but a good shield isn't a total solution.

Blocking % in the Expansion: The formula for blocking is:

Total Blocking % = [Blocking x (Dexterity – 15)] / (Character Level x 2)

If your character is moving, then % chance to block is reduced to 1/3 of its original value.

A quick example? You have a Clvl 50 barbarian with 80 in Dex and a tower shield that's 49% blocking.

2 * 49 * (80 - 15) / 50 * 2 = 6370 / 100 = 63.7%.

Compared to the 49% he'd get in D2, he's only half as effective. And it gets worse as your Clvl increases, you need to put about half your stat points into Dex to keep your percentage at around half your shield's blocking %. Twitchthroe is still the only way to boost blocking percentage, and it makes very little difference at higher levels. In the above example it would take the Barb from 25% up to 38%, but he's got 80 dexterity. For a Clvl 50 Sorceress or Necromancer with 25 dexterity, they'd block 3.5% (compared to 44% in D2) with the tower shield, and 5.5% (compared to 69% in D2) with Twitch added in.

Blocking % in Diablo II: It is capped at 75%. You can get more than this with a good shield + Twitchthroe, or a Paladin can use his Holy Shield skill, but no matter how high the display is, 75% is all that you can block.

=Stamina Issues=

A major consideration in wearing armour is the effect it will have on your stamina. Running while in plate armour will cause your stamina to drain much more quickly than normal, and when your stamina runs out, you can no longer run, though you can walk at least.

On top of personal risk, being unable to run for long is annoying and inconvenient, with the huge levels. You often clear a level, or most of an area, and hit a dead end, and need to run back 15 or 25 screens to another area you skipped. Removing the armour and holding it temporarily in your inventory for the time you have to run might not be a bad idea.

=Armor Graphics=

Armor has a wide range of graphics, and it's also possible to mix and match items. No item worn on a character influences the look of other items worn on a character, and every type of [[helm]], [[body armor]], [[belt]], [[gloves]], [[boots]] and [[weapon]] has its own distinct look: for instance, a cap looks nothing like an assault helmet. A few of the many possible outfits for the [[Barbarian]] are displayed below.
{|
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-1_116.jpg|Barb in light plate.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-2_68.jpg|Big shoulder and knee pads.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-3_30.jpg|Chain mail with a big belt.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-3_03.jpg|Full plate with a great helm and halberd.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-1_119.jpg|Plate shoulders and no legs.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-3_19.jpg|Great helm, topless, chain pants.]]
|-
! colspan="6" | A random batch of Barbarian outfits.
|}

As for special items, most [[Uniques]] have unique artwork. [[Rare]]s and [[Set]] items mostly use the normal item graphics with some palette shifts. Many other [[Magic]]al items have very different looks due to palette shifting, caused by modifiers or gems. [[Gems#Skulls|Skull]] [[gems]] in an item will make it appear black or dark gray, while [[Gems#Rubies|rubies]] make items red, [[Gems#Emeralds|emeralds]] green, etc. Items with "of the light" suffixes are usually golden and almost glowing.

There is a "one size fits all" aspect to equipment, which is necessary, since having five different types of every armor in the game would be annoying and item variety overkill. The silver platemail that the Paladin wears does not look the same on the Amazon, since when she equips the same item, it will reshape itself to her curves and transform into the golden tones that she favors. And a Barbarian can wear the same armor and it will appear in his darker brown and black colors, and fit his much more massive frame.

The same goes for belts and head gear of all types, as well as boots and gloves. Perhaps not entirely realistic, but a necessary convenience in the game.

=Gems=

[[Gems]] are a factor in armor. Check the Gems page for full stats for both D2 and D2X gems. Other things to socket include [[Runes]] and [[Jewels]].

=Armor Lists=

Below are links to individual pages detailing the different armors.

[[Category:Items]]

Category:Armor

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{{Item navbox}}

=Sockets=

Armour refers to the whole family of equipment. Helms, shields, belts, gloves, boots, as well as chest protection.

This table illustrates the most possible sockets on the three types of socketed armor found per difficulty level. Lots of items don't have this many sockets, and the elite items aren't findable on normal. For example, Ancient Armor can have up to 4 sockets. However you'll never get it with more than 3 unless you find it in a game on Hell difficulty. Lots of types of headgear can have 3 sockets, but they'll only be found on hell now.

{|
! rowspan="2" | Item Type
! colspan="3" | Maximum possible sockets:
|-
! Normal
! Nightmare
! Hell
|-
| Helmets
| 2
| 2
| 3
|-
| Body Armor
| 3
| 3
| 4
|-
| Shields
| 3
| 3
| 4
|}

These all apply to non-magical items. You can get Artisan's and Jeweler's prefixes in normal or later and get 3 or 4 sockets from them, depending on the item type.

Prior to v1.08 Armor was 3/4/4, Helms were 3/3/3, and Shields were 3/4/4, by difficulty level, so it was much easier to find items with the most possible sockets, all of them occurring on normal or Nightmare.

=Armor Class=

Gloves, boots, and belts add to your Defense and other bonuses, but not enormously. None of these account for a very large percentage of your total Armor Class, but special item types (Uniques, Rares, or Set Items) can provide a decent boost to AC, and of course to your other stats also. The magical modifiers found on these items are much less powerful than the ones on helms and chest armour, but they add some to the cause and with the special item types they can be quite powerful.

=Defense and Blocking=

Shields have a base block number, but you have to figure it into a formula which is based on your Dexterity. The higher your Dexterity, the more you'll block. If your Dexterity is lower, higher % blocking gear helps, but you'll only block at some % of the time you could if you had more Dex. Blocking half the time when you have 70% blocking is 35%. Blocking half the time when you have 40% blocking is just 20%. So better equipment helps, but a good shield isn't a total solution.

Blocking % in the Expansion: The formula for blocking is:

Total Blocking % = [Blocking x (Dexterity – 15)] / (Character Level x 2)

If your character is moving, then % chance to block is reduced to 1/3 of its original value.

A quick example? You have a Clvl 50 barbarian with 80 in Dex and a tower shield that's 49% blocking.

2 * 49 * (80 - 15) / 50 * 2 = 6370 / 100 = 63.7%.

Compared to the 49% he'd get in D2, he's only half as effective. And it gets worse as your Clvl increases, you need to put about half your stat points into Dex to keep your percentage at around half your shield's blocking %. Twitchthroe is still the only way to boost blocking percentage, and it makes very little difference at higher levels. In the above example it would take the Barb from 25% up to 38%, but he's got 80 dexterity. For a Clvl 50 Sorceress or Necromancer with 25 dexterity, they'd block 3.5% (compared to 44% in D2) with the tower shield, and 5.5% (compared to 69% in D2) with Twitch added in.

Blocking % in Diablo II: It is capped at 75%. You can get more than this with a good shield + Twitchthroe, or a Paladin can use his Holy Shield skill, but no matter how high the display is, 75% is all that you can block.

=Stamina Issues=

A major consideration in wearing armour is the effect it will have on your stamina. Running while in plate armour will cause your stamina to drain much more quickly than normal, and when your stamina runs out, you can no longer run, though you can walk at least.

On top of personal risk, being unable to run for long is annoying and inconvenient, with the huge levels. You often clear a level, or most of an area, and hit a dead end, and need to run back 15 or 25 screens to another area you skipped. Removing the armour and holding it temporarily in your inventory for the time you have to run might not be a bad idea.

=Armor Graphics=

Armor has a wide range of graphics, and it's also possible to mix and match items. No item worn on a character influences the look of other items worn on a character, and every type of [[helm]], [[body armor]], [[belt]], [[gloves]], [[boots]] and [[weapon]] has its own distinct look: for instance, a cap looks nothing like an assault helmet. A few of the many possible outfits for the [[Barbarian]] are displayed below.
{|
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-1_116.jpg|Barb in light plate.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-2_68.jpg|Big shoulder and knee pads.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-3_30.jpg|Chain mail with a big belt.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-3_03.jpg|Full plate with a great helm and halberd.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-1_119.jpg|Plate shoulders and no legs.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-3_19.jpg|Great helm, topless, chain pants.]]
|-
! colspan="6" | A random batch of Barbarian outfits.
|}

As for special items, most [[Uniques]] have unique artwork. [[Rare]]s and [[Set]] items mostly use the normal item graphics with some palette shifts. Many other [[Magic]]al items have very different looks due to palette shifting, caused by modifiers or gems. [[Gems#Skulls|Skull gems]] in an item will make it appear black or dark gray, while [[Gems#Rubies|rubies]] make items red, [[Gems#Emeralds|emeralds]] green, etc. Items with "of the light" suffixes are usually golden and almost glowing.

There is a "one size fits all" aspect to equipment, which is necessary, since having five different types of every armor in the game would be annoying and item variety overkill. The silver platemail that the Paladin wears does not look the same on the Amazon, since when she equips the same item, it will reshape itself to her curves and transform into the golden tones that she favors. And a Barbarian can wear the same armor and it will appear in his darker brown and black colors, and fit his much more massive frame.

The same goes for belts and head gear of all types, as well as boots and gloves. Perhaps not entirely realistic, but a necessary convenience in the game.

=Gems=

[[Gems]] are a factor in armor. Check the Gems page for full stats for both D2 and D2X gems. Other things to socket include [[Runes]] and [[Jewels]].

=Armor Lists=

Below are links to individual pages detailing the different armors.

[[Category:Items]]

Gem

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{{Item_navbox}}Functionless on their own, '''gems''' possess great power when utilized with a [[weapon]], [[shield]], or [[helm]], bestowing potent [[magic]]al enchantments upon the [[item]] and its wearer. [[Socket]]ed [[armor]] is added in the [[Expansion]], but all items have identical stats in either armor or helms. Gems, once socketed, add special bonuses to the items. Gems are also useful in various [[Horadric Cube]] recipes.

==Gem Varieties==
There are seven different types of gems:
* [[Amethyst]]s
* [[Diamond]]s
* [[Emerald]]s
* [[Rubie]]s
* [[Sapphire]]s
* [[Skull]]s
* [[Topaz]]es

All have different effects depending on what sort of item they are "socketed" in. There are five levels of quality for gems: from worst to best they are:
* Chipped
* Flawed
* Normal (simply called by the gem type in the game, i.e. "ruby")
* Flawless
* Perfect
Gems can not be bought, only found, though this changed several times during development. Better quality gems are found as you progress in the game.

* In Diablo II the system is rigid: Chipped gems show up in [[Act I]] and [[Act II]] and Flawed in [[Act III]] and [[Act IV]], with very rare exceptions of [[monster]]s ([[High Council]] usually) dropping Normals. In [[Nightmare]] and [[Hell]] all gems dropped are normal.
* In the expansion there is more variety. Gem quality dropped is based on [[Mlvl]], and though it progresses at about the same rate, you can find some Normal gems in [[Act IV]] and [[Act V]], and can even rarely come across Flawless gems. By late Nightmare nearly every gem dropped is Flawless, and this continues through Hell, though some lower quality, usually chipped, will still drop from time to time. Perfect gems are never dropped, though one may be found as a reward for the [[Quests_Act_Four#Quest_Two:_The_Hellforge|Hellforge]] Quest.

==Socketed Items==
Only [[weapon]]s, [[helm]]s, [[shield]]s and [[body armor]] can have sockets, with [[body armor]] being the new addition to the list in the [[Expansion]]. No [[boot]]s, [[glove]]s, [[belt]]s, or [[jewelry]] will ever be [[socket]]ed, and this includes [[Uniques]].

* The number of sockets is fixed in Diablo II, all helms have 2, and all shields and weapons have 3, unless the item is only 2 spaces tall in inventory (bucklers, daggers) in which case it has two sockets.
* In the Expansion items can vary in their number of sockets. Helms can have from 1-4, Body armor 1-4, weapons 1-6, and shields 1-4. Full details elsewhere in the [[Items]] section.

Once a gem is inserted into a socket, it is there forever, and can't be upgraded in quality, so be sure you want to put a gem in before you do. However, there is a [[Cube Recipes|Horadric cube recipe]] which will allow a player to remove items from a socketed weapon. The items within the sockets are destroyed in the process.

In Diablo II only [[normal]] items are socketed, and you can find or buy them.

In the [[Expansion]] you can only buy [[magic]]al equipment, so you can never buy anything socketed from the [[NPCs]] (unless someone else in your game sells a socketed item, and you then buy it from the NPC). Sockets can be found on normal or [[superior]] items, and can be made in magical, [[rare]], [[unique]], and [[set]] items, either with [[Horadric Cube]] recipes, or as an [[Act Five]] quest reward. The maximum number of sockets is never more than the spaces an item takes up in inventory, and you can only get 1 socket in Rares, and only one or sometimes two in Sets and Uniques. Two or sometimes three in magical items.

==Upgrading Gems==
Three gems of the same type and quality combine in the [[Horadric Cube]] to upgrade one level of quality.

Gem shrines are found only rarely, but they are worth preparing for and using, as they'll upgrade one gem from your inventory one level. It's best to carry around a flawless gem of whatever type you want upgraded and be sure it's the only gem in your inventory when you click the shrine. If you don't have any gems, or only have perfect gems, one random chipped gem will be dropped.

==Gem Effects==
So what do gems do? Their effects vary, but are logical: Gems placed into weapons generally add [[damage]], while gems in [[shield]]s provide [[resistance]], and gems in [[helms]]/[[body armor|armor]] add to [[hit points]] or other [[attribute]]s. Exactly how much benefit a socketed gem provides depends on the quality of the gem.

[[Image:gemmed-hat.jpg|left]]You can see how gems look in an item here in this shot. The [[socket]]s display down the left side of the image for all socketed items, and if they are filled the gem is visible there, rather than an empty hole. Socketed items in the game appear brightly-coloured, and their appearance is based on the first gem socketed. An item with an [[Amethyst]] first, then two [[Emerald]]s will be purple, not green.

The bonuses from gems of the same type stack, so if you had two [[rubies]] in a sword, the [[fire]] damage would be added together. It is arithmetic, never geometric, so if you had say three [[sapphire]]s, all of them chilling for 3 seconds, you wouldn't move up to freezing the monster, you'd just chill it for longer. The same goes for other gems. For example rubies add fire damage to your attack. Three perfect rubies would do a lot of fire damage, but they wouldn't create a small firewall under the monster.

Gems in shields do nothing for the Paladin's Smite attack.

==Gem Stats (Expansion)==

===Amethysts===

[[Amethyst]]s are somewhat popular in [[helm]]s and armor for the added [[strength]].

{| width="95%"
! width=10% | Quality
!
! Weapon
! Helm or Armor
! Shield
! Clvl Req
|-
| Chipped
| class="red" | [[Image:amethyst-chipped.gif]]
| +40 to Attack Rating
| +3 to Strength
| +8 to Defense
| 1
|-
| Flawed
| class="red" | [[Image:amethyst-flawed.gif]]
| +60 to Attack Rating
| +4 to Strength
| +12 to Defense
| 5
|-
| Normal
| class="red" | [[Image:amethyst-normal.gif]]
| +80 to Attack Rating
| +6 to Strength
| +18 to Defense
| 12
|-
| Flawless
| class="red" | [[Image:amethyst-flawless.gif]]
| +100 to Attack Rating
| +8 to Strength
| +24 to Defense
| 15
|-
| Perfect
| class="red" | [[Image:amethyst-perfect.gif]]
| +150 to Attack Rating
| +10 to Strength
| +30 to Defense
| 18
|}

===Diamonds===
[[Diamonds]] are among the most useful of gems in the game, very popular [[socket]]ed in [[shields]].

{| width="95%"
! width=10% | Quality
!
! Weapon
! Helm or Armor
! Shield
! Clvl Req
|-
| Chipped
| class="red" | [[Image:diamond-chipped.gif]]
| +28% damage vs. the undead
| +20 to Attack Rating
| +6% Resistance to All
| 1
|-
| Flawed
| class="red" | [[Image:diamond-flawed.gif]]
| +34% damage vs. the undead
| +40 to Attack Rating
| +8% Resistance to All
| 5
|-
| Normal
| class="red" | [[Image:diamond-normal.gif]]
| +44% damage vs. the undead
| +60 to Attack Rating
| +11% Resistance to All
| 12
|-
| Flawless
| class="red" | [[Image:diamond-flawless.gif]]
| +54% damage vs. the undead
| +80 to Attack Rating
| +14% Resistance to All
| 15
|-
| Perfect
| class="red" | [[Image:diamond-perfect.gif]]
| +68% damage vs. the undead
| +100 to Attack Rating
| +19% Resistance to All
| 18
|}

===Emeralds===
[[Emeralds]] stack oddly, adding much more damage than you would expect. Multiple of the same type, the duration adds, the damage is squared. 2 = 4x damage over 2 seconds, 3 = 9x damage over 3 seconds, etc. Adding other types of [[poison]] damage from [[jewel]]s in [[body armor|armor]]/[[helm]]/[[shield]], poison [[charms]], [[unique armor]], etc can create considerable, long-lasting damage.

{| width="95%"
! width=10% | Quality
!
! Weapon
! Helm or Armor
! Shield
! Clvl Req
|-
| Chipped
| class="red" | [[Image:emerald-chipped.gif]]
| Adds 5 (5.9) poison damage in 1 sec
| +3 to Dexterity
| +12% Poison Resistance
| 1
|-
| Flawed
| class="red" | [[Image:emerald-flawed.gif]]
| Adds 11 (11.7) poison damage in 1 sec
| +4 to Dexterity
| +16% Poison Resistance
| 5
|-
| Normal
| class="red" | [[Image:emerald-normal.gif]]
| Adds 17 (17.6) poison damage in 1 sec
| +6 to Dexterity
| +22% Poison Resistance
| 12
|-
| Flawless
| class="red" | [[Image:emerald-flawless.gif]]
| Adds 23 (23.4) poison damage in 1 sec
| +8 to Dexterity
| +28% Poison Resistance
| 15
|-
| Perfect
| class="red" | [[Image:emerald-perfect.gif]]
| Adds 29 (29.3) poison damage in 1 sec
| +10 to Dexterity
| +40% Poison Resistance
| 18
|}

===Rubies===
[[Rubies]] in armor or helms provide useful hit point bonuses, and are commonly used in [[mercenary|merc]] equipment.

{| width="95%"
! width=10% | Quality
!
! Weapon
! Helm or Armor
! Shield
! Clvl Req
|-
| Chipped
| class="red" | [[Image:ruby-chipped.gif]]
| +3-4 Fire Damage
| +10 to Maximum Life
| +12% fire resistance
| 1
|-
| Flawed
| class="red" | [[Image:ruby-flawed.gif]]
| +5-8 to Fire Damage
| +17 to Maximum Life
| +16% to Fire Resistance
| 5
|-
| Normal
| class="red" | [[Image:ruby-normal.gif]]
| +8-12 to Fire Damage
| +24 to Maximum Life
| +22% fire resistance
| 12
|-
| Flawless
| class="red" | [[Image:ruby-flawless.gif]]
| +10-16 to Fire Damage
| +31 to Maximum Life
| +28% fire resistance
| 15
|-
| Perfect
| class="red" | [[Image:ruby-perfect.gif]]
| +15-20 Fire Damage
| +38 to Maximum Life
| +40% fire resistance
| 18
|}

===Sapphires===
[[Sapphires]] are very useful in a [[weapon]] for the slowing/chilling bonus they provide, especially for low level characters.

{| width="95%"
! width=10% | Quality
!
! Weapon
! Helm or Armor
! Shield
! Clvl Req
|-
| Chipped
| class="red" | [[Image:sapphire-chipped.gif]]
| +1-3 Cold Damage 1 second Cold Time
| +10 to Maximum Mana
| +12% to Cold Resistance
| 1
|-
| Flawed
| class="red" | [[Image:sapphire-flawed.gif]]
| +3-5 Cold Damage 1.4 second Cold Time
| +17 to Maximum Mana
| +16% to Cold Resistance
| 5
|-
| Normal
| class="red" | [[Image:sapphire-normal.gif]]
| +4-7 Cold Damage 2 second Cold Time
| +24 to Maximum Mana
| +22% to Cold Resistance
| 12
|-
| Flawless
| class="red" | [[Image:sapphire-flawless.gif]]
| +6-10 Cold Damage 2.4 second Cold Time
| +31 to Maximum Mana
| +28% to Cold Resistance
| 15
|-
| Perfect
| class="red" | [[Image:sapphire-perfect.gif]]
| +10-14 Cold Damage 3 second Cold Time
| +38 to Maximum Mana
| +40% to Cold Resistance
| 18
|}

===Topazes===
[[Topaz]] are very popular in armor and helms for the [[Magic Find]] bonuses they provide.

{| width="95%"
! width=10% | Quality
!
! Weapon
! Helm or Armor
! Shield
! Clvl Req
|-
| Chipped
| class="red" | [[Image:topaz-chipped.gif]]
| +1-8 Lightning Damage
| +9% chance to find magical items
| +12% Lightning Resistance
| 1
|-
| Flawed
| class="red" | [[Image:topaz-flawed.gif]]
| +1-14 Lightning Damage
| +13% chance to find magical items
| +16% Lightning Resistance
| 5
|-
| Normal
| class="red" | [[Image:topaz-normal.gif]]
| +1-22 Lightning Damage
| +16% chance to find magical items
| +22% Lightning Resistance
| 12
|-
| Flawless
| class="red" | [[Image:topaz-flawless.gif]]
| +1-30 Lightning Damage
| +20% chance to find magical items
| +28% Lightning Resistance
| 15
|-
| Perfect
| class="red" | [[Image:topaz-perfect.gif]]
| +1-40 Lightning Damage
| +24% chance to find magical items
| +40% Lightning Resistance
| 18
|}

===Skulls===
In the early days of D2C, socketed skulls were hugely popular for the dual leech they added. They are seldom used for that property anymore, as most players have far better item options, but they can still be helpful, especially in weapons for players without access to Amn runes or other forms of leech.

{| width="95%"
! width=10% | Quality
!
! Weapon
! Helm or Armor
! Shield
! Clvl Req
|-
| Chipped
| class="red" | [[Image:skull-chipped.gif]]
| Steals 2% life and 1% mana per hit
| Replenish life +2 and mana regen. 8%
| Attacker takes damage of 4
| 1
|-
| Flawed
| class="red" | [[Image:skull-flawed.gif|skull-flawed.gif (1424 bytes)]]
| Steals 2% life and 2% mana per hit
| Replenish life +3 and mana regen. 8%
| Attacker takes damage of 8
| 5
|-
| Normal
| class="red" | [[Image:skull-normal.gif]]
| Steals 3% life and 2% mana per hit
| Replenish life +3 and mana regen. 12%
| Attacker takes damage of 12
| 12
|-
| Flawless
| class="red" | [[Image:skull-flawless.gif]]
| Steals 3% life and 3% mana per hit
| Replenish life +4 and mana regen. 12%
| Attacker takes damage of 16
| 15
|-
| Perfect
| class="red" | [[Image:skull-perfect.gif]]
| Steals 4% life and 3% mana per hit
| Replenish life +5 and mana regen 19%
| Attacker takes damage of 20
| 18
|}

==Gem Stats (Classic)==

===Amethysts===
{| width="95%"
! width=10% | Quality
!
! Weapon
! Helm or Armor
! Shield
! Clvl Req
|-
| Chipped
| class="red" | [[Image:amethyst-chipped.gif]]
| +40 to Attack Rating
| +3 to Strength
| +5 to Defense
| 1
|-
| Flawed
| class="red" | [[Image:amethyst-flawed.gif]]
| +60 to Attack Rating
| +4 to Strength
| +7 to Defense
| 5
|-
| Normal
| class="red" | [[Image:amethyst-normal.gif]]
| +80 to Attack Rating
| +5 to Strength
| +9 to Defense
| 12
|-
| Flawless
| class="red" | [[Image:amethyst-flawless.gif]]
| +100 to Attack Rating
| +7 to Strength
| +12 to Defense
| 15
|-
| Perfect
| class="red" | [[Image:amethyst-perfect.gif]]
| +150 to Attack Rating
| +9 to Strength
| +16 to Defense
| 18
|}

===Diamonds===
{| width="95%"
! width=10% | Quality
!
! Weapon
! Helm or Armor
! Shield
! Clvl Req
|-
| Chipped
| class="red" | [[Image:diamond-chipped.gif]]
| +28% damage vs. the undead
| +10 to Attack Rating
| +5% Resistance to All
| 1
|-
| Flawed
| class="red" | [[Image:diamond-flawed.gif]]
| +34% damage vs. the undead
| +15 to Attack Rating
| +7% Resistance to All
| 5
|-
| Normal
| class="red" | [[Image:diamond-normal.gif]]
| +44% damage vs. the undead
| +20 to Attack Rating
| +10% Resistance to All
| 12
|-
| Flawless
| class="red" | [[Image:diamond-flawless.gif]]
| +54% damage vs. the undead
| +25 to Attack Rating
| +14% Resistance to All
| 15
|-
| Perfect
| class="red" | [[Image:diamond-perfect.gif]]
| +69% damage vs. the undead
| +30 to Attack Rating
| +19% Resistance to All
| 18
|}

===Emeralds===
{| width="95%"
! width=10% | Quality
!
! Weapon
! Helm or Armor
! Shield
! Clvl Req
|-
| Chipped
| class="red" | [[Image:emerald-chipped.gif]]
| Adds 5 (5.9) poison damage in 1 sec
| +3 to Dexterity
| +11% poison resistance
| 125
|-
| Flawed
| class="red" | [[Image:emerald-flawed.gif]]
| Adds 11 (11.7) poison damage in 1 sec
| +4 to Dexterity
| +15% poison resistance
| 375
|-
| Normal
| class="red" | [[Image:emerald-normal.gif]]
| Adds 17 (17.6) poison damage in 1 sec
| +5 to Dexterity
| +19% poison resistance
| 1250
|-
| Flawless
| class="red" | [[Image:emerald-flawless.gif]]
| Adds 23 (23.4) poison damage in 1 sec
| +7 to Dexterity
| +24% poison resistance
| 3750
|-
| Perfect
| class="red" | [[Image:emerald-perfect.gif]]
| Adds 29 (29.3) poison damage in 1 sec
| +9 to Dexterity
| +29 poison resistance
| 7500
|}

===Rubies===
{| width="95%"
! width=10% | Quality
!
! Weapon
! Helm or Armor
! Shield
! Clvl Req
|-
| Chipped
| class="red" | [[Image:ruby-chipped.gif]]
| +3 fire damage
| +6-8 to maximum life
| +11% fire resistance
| 125
|-
| Flawed
| class="red" | [[Image:ruby-flawed.gif]]
| +4 to fire damage
| +10 to maximum life
| +15% to Fire Resistance
| 375
|-
| Normal
| class="red" | [[Image:ruby-normal.gif]]
| +4 to fire damage
| +14 to maximum life
| +19% fire resistance
| 1250
|-
| Flawless
| class="red" | [[Image:ruby-flawless.gif]]
| +5 to fire damage
| +19 to maximum life
| +24% fire resistance
| 3750
|-
| Perfect
| class="red" | [[Image:ruby-perfect.gif]]
| +6-7, 6-8, or 6-9 fire damage
| +24 to maximum life
| +29% fire resistance
| 7500
|}

===Sapphires===
{| width="95%"
! width=10% | Quality
!
! Weapon
! Helm or Armor
! Shield
! Clvl Req
|-
| Chipped
| class="red" | [[Image:sapphire-chipped.gif]]
| +1-2 cold damage 1 second cold time
| +7 to maximum mana
| +11% cold resistance
| 125
|-
| Flawed
| class="red" | [[Image:sapphire-flawed.gif]]
| +1-2 cold damage 1.4 second cold time
| +10 to maximum mana
| +15% to cold resistance
| 375
|-
| Normal
| class="red" | [[Image:sapphire-normal.gif]]
| +2-3 cold damage 2 second cold time
| +14 to maximum mana
| +19% to cold resistance
| 1250
|-
| Flawless
| class="red" | [[Image:sapphire-flawless.gif]]
| +3-4 cold damage 2.4 second cold time
| +19 to maximum mana
| +24% to cold resistance
| 3750
|-
| Perfect
| class="red" | [[Image:sapphire-perfect.gif]]
| +3-6 cold damage 3 second cold time
| +24 to maximum mana
| +29% to cold resistance
| 7500
|}

===Topazes===
{| width="95%"
! width=10% | Quality
!
! Weapon
! Helm or Armor
! Shield
! Clvl Req
|-
| Chipped
| class="red" | [[Image:topaz-chipped.gif]]
| +1-6 Lightning Damage
| +9% chance to find magical items
| +11% Lightning Resistance
| 125
|-
| Flawed
| class="red" | [[Image:topaz-flawed.gif]]
| +1-7 Lightning Damage
| +12% chance to find magical items
| +15% Lightning Resistance
| 375
|-
| Normal
| class="red" | [[Image:topaz-normal.gif]]
| +1-8 Lightning Damage
| +16% chance to find magical items
| +19% Lightning Resistance
| 1250
|-
| Flawless
| class="red" | [[Image:topaz-flawless.gif]]
| +1-10 Lightning Damage
| +20% chance to find magical items
| +24% Lightning Resistance
| 3750
|-
| Perfect
| class="red" | [[Image:topaz-perfect.gif]]
| +1-12, 1-13, or 1-14 Lightning Damage
| +24% chance to find magical items
| +29% Lightning Resistance
| 7500
|}

===Skulls===
{| width="95%"
! width=10% | Quality
!
! Weapon
! Helm or Armor
! Shield
! Clvl Req
|-
| Chipped
| class="red" | [[Image:skull-chipped.gif]]
| Steals 2% life and 1% mana per hit
| +2 Replenish life and +9% mana regeneration rate.
| Attacker takes damage of 2
| 250
|-
| Flawed
| class="red" | [[Image:skull-flawed.gif|skull-flawed.gif (1424 bytes)]]
| Steals 2% life and 2% mana per hit
| +3 Replenish life and +8% mana regeneration rate.
| Attacker takes damage of 3
| 750
|-
| Normal
| class="red" | [[Image:skull-normal.gif]]
| Steals 3% life and 2% mana per hit
| +3 Replenish life and +12% mana regeneration rate.
| Attacker takes damage of 4
| 2500
|-
| Flawless
| class="red" | [[Image:skull-flawless.gif]]
| Steals 3% life and 3% mana per hit
| +4 Replenish life +4 and +12% mana regeneration rate.
| Attacker takes damage of 5
| 7500
|-
| Perfect
| class="red" | [[Image:skull-perfect.gif]]
| Steals 4% life and 3% mana per hit
| +5 Replenish life +5 and +19% mana regeneration rate.
| Attacker takes damage of 6-7
| 25000
|}

[[Category:Items]]

Category:Armor

2009-02-20T18:41:36Z

MarauderIIC: /* Armour Graphics */ less "you" and "yours" other grammatical fixes, some links

{{Item navbox}}

=Sockets=

Armour refers to the whole family of equipment. Helms, shields, belts, gloves, boots, as well as chest protection.

This table illustrates the most possible sockets on the three types of socketed armor found per difficulty level. Lots of items don't have this many sockets, and the elite items aren't findable on normal. For example, Ancient Armor can have up to 4 sockets. However you'll never get it with more than 3 unless you find it in a game on Hell difficulty. Lots of types of headgear can have 3 sockets, but they'll only be found on hell now.

{|
! rowspan="2" | Item Type
! colspan="3" | Maximum possible sockets:
|-
! Normal
! Nightmare
! Hell
|-
| Helmets
| 2
| 2
| 3
|-
| Body Armor
| 3
| 3
| 4
|-
| Shields
| 3
| 3
| 4
|}

These all apply to non-magical items. You can get Artisan's and Jeweler's prefixes in normal or later and get 3 or 4 sockets from them, depending on the item type.

Prior to v1.08 Armor was 3/4/4, Helms were 3/3/3, and Shields were 3/4/4, by difficulty level, so it was much easier to find items with the most possible sockets, all of them occurring on normal or Nightmare.

=Armor Class=

Gloves, boots, and belts add to your Defense and other bonuses, but not enormously. None of these account for a very large percentage of your total Armor Class, but special item types (Uniques, Rares, or Set Items) can provide a decent boost to AC, and of course to your other stats also. The magical modifiers found on these items are much less powerful than the ones on helms and chest armour, but they add some to the cause and with the special item types they can be quite powerful.

=Defense and Blocking=

Shields have a base block number, but you have to figure it into a formula which is based on your Dexterity. The higher your Dexterity, the more you'll block. If your Dexterity is lower, higher % blocking gear helps, but you'll only block at some % of the time you could if you had more Dex. Blocking half the time when you have 70% blocking is 35%. Blocking half the time when you have 40% blocking is just 20%. So better equipment helps, but a good shield isn't a total solution.

Blocking % in the Expansion: The formula for blocking is:

Total Blocking % = [Blocking x (Dexterity – 15)] / (Character Level x 2)

If your character is moving, then % chance to block is reduced to 1/3 of its original value.

A quick example? You have a Clvl 50 barbarian with 80 in Dex and a tower shield that's 49% blocking.

2 * 49 * (80 - 15) / 50 * 2 = 6370 / 100 = 63.7%.

Compared to the 49% he'd get in D2, he's only half as effective. And it gets worse as your Clvl increases, you need to put about half your stat points into Dex to keep your percentage at around half your shield's blocking %. Twitchthroe is still the only way to boost blocking percentage, and it makes very little difference at higher levels. In the above example it would take the Barb from 25% up to 38%, but he's got 80 dexterity. For a Clvl 50 Sorceress or Necromancer with 25 dexterity, they'd block 3.5% (compared to 44% in D2) with the tower shield, and 5.5% (compared to 69% in D2) with Twitch added in.

Blocking % in Diablo II: It is capped at 75%. You can get more than this with a good shield + Twitchthroe, or a Paladin can use his Holy Shield skill, but no matter how high the display is, 75% is all that you can block.

=Stamina Issues=

A major consideration in wearing armour is the effect it will have on your stamina. Running while in plate armour will cause your stamina to drain much more quickly than normal, and when your stamina runs out, you can no longer run, though you can walk at least.

On top of personal risk, being unable to run for long is annoying and inconvenient, with the huge levels. You often clear a level, or most of an area, and hit a dead end, and need to run back 15 or 25 screens to another area you skipped. Removing the armour and holding it temporarily in your inventory for the time you have to run might not be a bad idea.

=Armor Graphics=

Armor has a wide range of graphics, and it's also possible to mix and match items. No item worn on a character influences the look of other items worn on a character, and every type of [[helm]], [[body armor]], [[belt]], [[gloves]], [[boots]] and [[weapon]] has its own distinct look: for instance, a cap looks nothing like an assault helmet. A few of the many possible outfits for the [[Barbarian]] are displayed below.
{|
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-1_116.jpg|Barb in light plate.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-2_68.jpg|Big shoulder and knee pads.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-3_30.jpg|Chain mail with a big belt.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-3_03.jpg|Full plate with a great helm and halberd.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-1_119.jpg|Plate shoulders and no legs.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-3_19.jpg|Great helm, topless, chain pants.]]
|-
! colspan="6" | A random batch of Barbarian outfits.
|}

As for special items, most [[Uniques]] have unique artwork. [[Rare]]s and [[Set]] items mostly use the normal item graphics with some palette shifts. Many other [[Magic]]al items have very different looks due to palette shifting, caused by modifiers or gems. [[Skull]] gems in an item will make it appear black or dark gray, while [[Ruby|rubies]] make items red, [[Emerald|emeralds]] green, etc. Items with "of the light" suffixes are usually golden and almost glowing.

There is a "one size fits all" aspect to equipment, which is necessary, since having five different types of every armor in the game would be annoying and item variety overkill. The silver platemail that the Paladin wears does not look the same on the Amazon, since when she equips the same item, it will reshape itself to her curves and transform into the golden tones that she favors. And a Barbarian can wear the same armor and it will appear in his darker brown and black colors, and fit his much more massive frame.

The same goes for belts and head gear of all types, as well as boots and gloves. Perhaps not entirely realistic, but a necessary convenience in the game.

=Gems=

[[Gems]] are a factor in armor. Check the Gems page for full stats for both D2 and D2X gems. Other things to socket include [[Runes]] and [[Jewels]].

=Armor Lists=

Below are links to individual pages detailing the different armors.

[[Category:Items]]

Category:Armor

2009-02-20T18:24:41Z

MarauderIIC: /* Gems */ adding links

{{Item navbox}}

=Sockets=

Armour refers to the whole family of equipment. Helms, shields, belts, gloves, boots, as well as chest protection.

This table illustrates the most possible sockets on the three types of socketed armor found per difficulty level. Lots of items don't have this many sockets, and the elite items aren't findable on normal. For example, Ancient Armor can have up to 4 sockets. However you'll never get it with more than 3 unless you find it in a game on Hell difficulty. Lots of types of headgear can have 3 sockets, but they'll only be found on hell now.

{|
! rowspan="2" | Item Type
! colspan="3" | Maximum possible sockets:
|-
! Normal
! Nightmare
! Hell
|-
| Helmets
| 2
| 2
| 3
|-
| Body Armor
| 3
| 3
| 4
|-
| Shields
| 3
| 3
| 4
|}

These all apply to non-magical items. You can get Artisan's and Jeweler's prefixes in normal or later and get 3 or 4 sockets from them, depending on the item type.

Prior to v1.08 Armor was 3/4/4, Helms were 3/3/3, and Shields were 3/4/4, by difficulty level, so it was much easier to find items with the most possible sockets, all of them occurring on normal or Nightmare.

=Armor Class=

Gloves, boots, and belts add to your Defense and other bonuses, but not enormously. None of these account for a very large percentage of your total Armor Class, but special item types (Uniques, Rares, or Set Items) can provide a decent boost to AC, and of course to your other stats also. The magical modifiers found on these items are much less powerful than the ones on helms and chest armour, but they add some to the cause and with the special item types they can be quite powerful.

=Defense and Blocking=

Shields have a base block number, but you have to figure it into a formula which is based on your Dexterity. The higher your Dexterity, the more you'll block. If your Dexterity is lower, higher % blocking gear helps, but you'll only block at some % of the time you could if you had more Dex. Blocking half the time when you have 70% blocking is 35%. Blocking half the time when you have 40% blocking is just 20%. So better equipment helps, but a good shield isn't a total solution.

Blocking % in the Expansion: The formula for blocking is:

Total Blocking % = [Blocking x (Dexterity – 15)] / (Character Level x 2)

If your character is moving, then % chance to block is reduced to 1/3 of its original value.

A quick example? You have a Clvl 50 barbarian with 80 in Dex and a tower shield that's 49% blocking.

2 * 49 * (80 - 15) / 50 * 2 = 6370 / 100 = 63.7%.

Compared to the 49% he'd get in D2, he's only half as effective. And it gets worse as your Clvl increases, you need to put about half your stat points into Dex to keep your percentage at around half your shield's blocking %. Twitchthroe is still the only way to boost blocking percentage, and it makes very little difference at higher levels. In the above example it would take the Barb from 25% up to 38%, but he's got 80 dexterity. For a Clvl 50 Sorceress or Necromancer with 25 dexterity, they'd block 3.5% (compared to 44% in D2) with the tower shield, and 5.5% (compared to 69% in D2) with Twitch added in.

Blocking % in Diablo II: It is capped at 75%. You can get more than this with a good shield + Twitchthroe, or a Paladin can use his Holy Shield skill, but no matter how high the display is, 75% is all that you can block.

=Stamina Issues=

A major consideration in wearing armour is the effect it will have on your stamina. Running while in plate armour will cause your stamina to drain much more quickly than normal, and when your stamina runs out, you can no longer run, though you can walk at least.

On top of personal risk, being unable to run for long is annoying and inconvenient, with the huge levels. You often clear a level, or most of an area, and hit a dead end, and need to run back 15 or 25 screens to another area you skipped. Removing the armour and holding it temporarily in your inventory for the time you have to run might not be a bad idea.

=Armour Graphics=

Armour has a wide range of graphics, and it's also possible to mix and match items. Your chest armour doesn't control the look of your helm and weapon, and your gloves and boots and belt are individual also. So every helm will look different on your head, no matter what sort of body armour you are wearing. You can see just a few of the many possible out fits for the Barbarian in these thumbnails.

{|
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-1_116.jpg|Barb in light plate.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-2_68.jpg|Big shoulder and knee pads.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-3_30.jpg|Chain mail with a big belt.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-3_03.jpg|Full plate with a great helm and halberd.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-1_119.jpg|Plate shoulders and no legs.]]
| [[Image:p-ingame-barb-3_19.jpg|Great helm, topless, chain pants.]]
|-
! colspan="6" | A random batch of Barbarian outfits.
|}

As for special items, most uniques have unique art work. Rares and Set Items mostly use the normal item graphics, with some palette shifts. And many other magical items have very different looks due to palette shifting, caused by modifiers or gems. Just skull gems in an item will make it appear black or dark gray, while rubies make items red, emeralds green, etc. Items with "of the light" suffixes are usually golden and almost glowing.

There is a "one size fits all" aspect to equipment, which is necessary, since having five different types of every armour in the game would be annoying and item variety overkill. The silver platemail that the Paladin wears DOES not look the same on the Amazon, since when she equips the same item, it will reshape itself to her curves, and transform into the golden tones that she favors. And a Barbarian can wear the same armour and it will appear in his darker brown and black colors, and fit his much more massive frame.

The same goes for belts and head gear of all types, as well as boots and gloves. Perhaps not entirely realistic, but a necessary convenience in the game.

=Gems=

[[Gems]] are a factor in armor. Check the Gems page for full stats for both D2 and D2X gems. Other things to socket include [[Runes]] and [[Jewels]].

=Armor Lists=

Below are links to individual pages detailing the different armors.

[[Category:Items]]

Body Armor

2009-02-20T02:47:14Z

MarauderIIC: /* General Notes */

{{Item navbox}}

=General Notes=

At times not even the most skillful of warriors can evade a weapon blow, and only his or her armour stands between blade and flesh. A piece of armour is simply any article of clothing worn upon the person that is designed to protect and defend against attack. They range from the simplest linen rags and hardened leather tunics to heavy plate armour, which only the strongest fighters can wear.

* Body armour is socketed only in the Expansion.
* All armor requires 2x3 spaces in Inventory.
* The hue and color of base items in Diablo II can vary greatly, depending on the item's modifiers.
{{General Item Notes}}
{{Armor Notes}}

=Normal=

{| width="100%"
! width="10%" | Item
! width="15%" | Item Name
! width="25%" | Properties
! Misc Stats
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-quilted.gif]]
| '''Quilted Armor''' 
| 8-11 Defense 20 Durability 12 Str Required Item Level: 1 Clvl Req: None
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 2
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-leather.gif]]
| '''Leather Armor''' 
| 14-17 Defense 24 Durability 15 Str Required Item Level: 3 Clvl Req: None
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 2
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor_hard-leather.gif]]
| '''Hard Leather Armor''' 
| 21-24 Defense 28 Durability 20 Str Required Item Level: 5 Clvl Req: None
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 2
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-studded.gif]]
| '''Studded Leather Armor''' 
| 32-35 Defense 32 Durability 27 Str Required Item Level: 8 Clvl Req: None
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 2
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-ringmail.gif]]
| '''Ring Mail''' 
| 45-48 Defense 26 Durability 36 Str Required Item Level: 11 Clvl Req: None
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 3
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:mail-scale.gif]]
| '''Scale Mail''' 
| 57-60 Defense 36 Durability 44 Str Required Item Level: 13 Clvl Req: None
| Heavy Armor 10% Stamina Drain 10% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 2
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor_breastplate.gif]]
| '''Breast Plate''' 
| 50-65 Defense 50 Durability 30 Str Requirement Item Level: 18 Clvl Req: None
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 3
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:mail-chain.gif]]
| '''Chain Mail''' 
| 72-75 Defense 45 Durability 48 Str Required Item Level: 15 Clvl Req: None
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 2
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:mail-splint.gif]]
| '''Splint Mail''' 
| 90-95 Defense 30 Durability 51 Str Required Item Level: 20 Clvl Req: None
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 2
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:plate-light-field.gif]]
| '''Light Plate''' 
| 90-107 Defense 60 Durability 41 Str Required Item Level: 35 Clvl Req: None
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 3
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-field-plate.gif]]
| '''Field Plate''' 
| 101-105 Defense 48 Durability 55 Str Required Item Level: 28 Clvl Req: None
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 2
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:mail-plate.gif]]
| '''Plate Mail''' 
| 108-116 Defense 60 Durability 65 Str Required Item Level: 24 Clvl Req: None
| Heavy Armor 10% Stamina Drain 10% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 2
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:plate-gothic.gif]]
| '''Gothic Plate''' 
| 128-135 Defense 55 Durability 70 Str Required Item Level: 32 Clvl Req: None
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM: 3 Hell: 4
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-full-plate.gif]]
| '''Full Plate''' 
| 150-161 Defense 70 Durability 80 Str Required Item Level: 37 Clvl Req: None
| Heavy Armor 10% Stamina Drain 10% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM: 3 Hell: 4
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-ancient-plate.gif]]
| '''Ancient Armor 
| 218-233 Defense 60 Durability 100 Str Required Item Level: 40 Clvl Req: None
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM: 3 Hell: 4
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Armor found on Normal or Nightmare can have at most 3 sockets. Found on Hell can have up to 4, but never more than that specific type of armor allows. This refers to grey socketed armor, not magical Jeweler's or Artisian's armor. See this table. Sockets from the socketing quest are erratic, they can be more or less than the maximum for a type of armor on a given difficulty level.

=Exceptional=

Exceptional armor looks just like normal armor, but comes with much higher Str and Clvl requirements, and can only be found on Nightmare or Hell in D2. It can also be found in late Act 4 and Act 5 in the Expansion, where the drops of it Exceptional items are based on Monster Levels

{| width="100%"
! width="10%" | Item
! width="15%" | Item Name
! width="25%" | Properties
! Misc Stats
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-quilted.gif]]
| '''Ghost Armor''' 
| 102-117 Defense 22 Durability 38 Str Required Item Level: 34 Clvl Req: 20
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 2
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-leather.gif]]
| '''Serpentskin Armor''' 
| 111-126 Defense 24 Durability 43 Str Required Item Level: 36 Clvl Req: 24
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 2
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor_hard-leather.gif]]
| '''Demonhide Armor''' 
| 122-136 Defense 28 Durability 50 Str Required Item Level: 37 Clvl Req: 25
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 2
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-studded.gif]]
| '''Trellised Armor''' 
| 138-153 Defense 32 Durability 61 Str Required Item Level: 40 Clvl Req: 25
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 2
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-ringmail.gif]]
| '''Linked Mail''' 
| 158-172 Defense 26 Durability 74 Str Required Item Level: 42 Clvl Req: 25
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 3
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:mail-scale.gif]]
| '''Tigulated Mail''' 
| 176-190 Defense 36 Durability 86 Str Required Item Level: 43 Clvl Req: 25
| Heavy Armor 10% Stamina Drain 10% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 3
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor_breastplate.gif]]
| '''Cuirass''' 
| 188-202 Defense 50 Durability 65 Str Requirement Item Level: 47 Clvl Req: 25
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 3
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:mail-chain.gif]]
| '''Mesh Armor''' 
| 198-213 Defense 45 Durability 92 Str Required Item Level: 45 Clvl Req: 25
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 3
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:mail-splint.gif]]
| '''Russet Armor''' 
| 225-243 Defense 30 Durability 97 Str Required Item Level: 49 Clvl Req: 25
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 3
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:plate-light-field.gif]]
| '''Mage Plate''' 
| 225-261 Defense 60 Durability 55 Str Required Item Level: 60 Clvl Req: 25
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 3
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-field-plate.gif]]
| '''Sharktooth Armor''' 
| 242-258 Defense 48 Durability 103 Str Required Item Level: 55 Clvl Req: 25
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 3
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:mail-plate.gif]]
| '''Templar Plate''' 
| 252-274 Defense 60 Durability 118 Str Required Item Level: 52 Clvl Req: 25
| Heavy Armor 10% Stamina Drain 10% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM/Hell: 3
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:plate-gothic.gif]]
| '''Embossed Plate''' 
| 282-303 Defense 55 Durability 125 Str Required Item Level: 58 Clvl Req: 25
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM: 3 Hell: 4
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-full-plate.gif]]
| '''Chaos Armor 
| 315-342 Defense 70 Durability 140 Str Required Item Level: 61 Clvl Req: 25
| Heavy Armor 10% Stamina Drain 10% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM: 3 Hell: 4
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-ancient-plate.gif]]
| '''Ornate Armor''' 
| 417-450 Defense 60 Durability 170 Str Required Item Level: 64 Clvl Req: 25
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets:* Norm/NM: 3 Hell: 4
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> The most sockets possible to find in armor are 3 on normal and Nightmare, and 4 on Hell. Many types of armor can only have 2 or 3 sockets, regardless of what difficulty level they are found on. The socketing quest is erratic, it can add more or less than the maximum per difficulty level, but never more than a type of armor's max.

=Elite=

Elite armor is the top of the line. It does not exist in Diablo II, only in the Expansion, and can only be dropped by monsters late in Nightmare or in Hell. Monster levels hit 90 and cap there by late Act 3/Hell, so any time after that you have a chance to have any type of Elite armor dropped.

{| width="100%"
! width="10%" | Item
! width="15%" | Item Name
! width="25%" | Properties
! Misc Stats
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-quilted.gif]]
| '''Dusk Shroud''' 
| 361-467 Defense 20 Durability Str Req: 77 Item Level: 65 Clvl Req: 49
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets: NM: 3, Hell: 4*
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-leather.gif]]
| '''Wyrmhide''' 
| 364-470 Defense 24 Durability Str Req: 84 Item Level: 67 Clvl Req: 50
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets: NM: 3, Hell: 4*
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor_hard-leather.gif]]
| '''Scarab Husk''' 
| 369-474 Defense 28 Durability Str Req: 95 Item Level: 68 Clvl Req: 51
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets: NM: 3, Hell: 4*
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-studded.gif]]
| '''Wire Fleece''' 
| 375-481 Defense 32 Durability Str Req: 111 Item Level: 70 Clvl Req: 53
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets: NM: 3, Hell: 4*
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-ringmail.gif]]
| '''Diamond Mail''' 
| 383-489 Defense 26 Durability Str Req: 131 Item Level: 72 Clvl Req: 54
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets: NM: 3, Hell: 4*
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:mail-scale.gif]]
| '''Loricated Mail''' 
| 390-496 Defense 36 Durability Str Req: 149 Item Level: 73 Clvl Req: 55
| Heavy Armor 10% Stamina Drain 10% Speed Loss Max Sockets: Hell: 4*
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor_breastplate.gif]]
| '''Great Hauberk''' 
| 395-501 Defense 50 Durability Str Req: 118 Item Level: 75 Clvl Req: 56
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets: Hell: 4*
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:mail-chain.gif]]
| '''Boneweave''' 
| 399-505 Defense 45 Durability Str Req: 158 Item Level: 62 Clvl Req: 47
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets: NM: 3, Hell: 4*
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:mail-splint.gif]]
| '''Balrog Skin''' 
| 410-517 Defense 30 Durability Str Req: 165 Item Level: 76 Clvl Req: 57
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets: Hell: 4*
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:plate-light-field.gif]]
| '''Archon Plate''' 
| 410-524 Defense 60 Durability Str Req: 103 Item Level: 84 Clvl Req: 63
| Light Armor No Stamina Drain No Speed Loss Max Sockets: Hell: 4*
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-field-plate.gif]]
| '''Kraken Shell''' 
| 417-523 Defense 48 Durability Str Req: 174 Item Level: 81 Clvl Req: 61
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets: Hell: 4*
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:mail-plate.gif]]
| '''Hellforge Plate''' 
| 421-530 Defense 60 Durability Str Req: 196 Item Level: 78 Clvl Req: 59
| Heavy Armor 10% Stamina Drain 10% Speed Loss Max Sockets: Hell: 4*
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:plate-gothic.gif]]
| '''Lacquered Plate''' 
| 433-531 Defense 55 Durability Str Req: 208 Item Level: 82 Clvl Req: 62
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets: Hell: 4*
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-full-plate.gif]]
| '''Shadow Plate''' 
| 446-557 Defense 70 Durability Str Req: 230 Item Level: 85 Clvl Req: 64
| Heavy Armor 10% Stamina Drain 10% Speed Loss Max Sockets: Hell: 4*
|-
| class="red" | [[Image:armor-ancient-plate.gif]]
| '''Sacred Armor''' 
| 487-600 Defense 60 Durability Str Req: 232 Item Level: 88 Clvl Req: 66
| Medium Armor 5% Stamina Drain 5% Speed Loss Max Sockets: Hell: 4*
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> The most sockets possible to find in armor are 3 on normal and Nightmare, and 4 on Hell. All types of elite armor can have four sockets, but most can only be found on Hell, due to their very high Item Levels. So if found on Nightmare they'd have at most 3 sockets, and up to 4 if found on Hell. The socketing quest can add more or less than the maximum per difficulty level, it's very erratic.
[[Category:Armor]]

Template:Set Item Notes

2009-02-20T02:46:25Z

MarauderIIC:

<noinclude>This template includes [[Template:General_Item_Notes]] and appends this set-specific bit because this wiki doesn't support #ifeq
</noinclude>{{General Item Notes}}
* Hidden bonuses stack together. For instance, if an item has a bonus for two items and a bonus for three items, and three items are worn, both the bonus for two items and for three items will become active.
* It is possible to [[Gambling|gamble]] [[Set Items|Set]] and [[Uniques|Unique]] items in v1.09+. The odds are roughly 1/1000 for Set items and 1/2000 for Unique items.
* Items with [[Rarity]] are expressed as a chance out of 1000. IE 78/1000 would mean that out of every 1000 set items of that base item that drop, 78 of them will be this particular one.

Template:General Item Notes

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MarauderIIC:

<noinclude>Usage:
:<nowiki>{{General Item Notes| }}</nowiki> This renders the "set" text. Well, it'd be nice if it did, but apparently this wiki doesn't support #ifeq, or something.
:Or
:<nowiki>{{General Item Notes}}</nowiki> This does not render the "set" text. Or that was the idea.
:Instead, <nowiki>{{Set Item Notes}}</nowiki> depends on this.
</noinclude>* [[Item level]] (ilvl): Used in many in-game calculations. Monsters must be of this level to drop the item.
* [[Character level]] (clvl): The character level you need to be to be able to wear or equip the item.

Template:Set Item Notes

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MarauderIIC:

Hwanin's Majesty

2009-02-18T07:24:23Z

MarauderIIC:

{{Item navbox}}
=General Notes=

Hwanin's Majesty is designed for a melee fighter, with armor, polearm, helm and belt. The items aren't designed for any particular character, and the set would be fine with barbs or paladins, due to the GIAS the Bill gets, as well as the impressive +30% resist all and +20% life steal full set bonuses. The damage from the polearm isn't sufficient for success in hell, but this kit can be used with confidence through Nightmare.
{{All Set Notes}}

This is an Expansion-only set.
=D2X=
{| width="100%"
! width="10%" | Item
! width="15%" | Item Name
! width="25%" | Attributes
! Special Properties
|-
| class="red" | [[ Image:x-hwanins-justice.gif]]
| '''Hwanin's Justice''' Bill (Excep Voulge)
| 45-162 2H Damage Indestructible 95 Str required 3 Range 0 Weapon Speed Damage Bonus: 100 Str Clvl Req: 28 Item Level: 28
| +330 to Attack Rating Indestructible 10% Chance of casting Slvl 3 Ice Blast on Hit +40% Increased Attack Speed +200% Enhanced Damage +5-25 Lightning Damage
|-
| class="red" | [[ Image:x-hwanins-refuge.gif]]
| '''Hwanin's Refuge''' Tigulated Mail (Excep Scale Mail)
| 376-390 Defense 36 Durability 86 Str Required Heavy Armor Clvl Req: 30 Item Level: 28
| +200 Defense +27% Poison Resistance +100 Life 10% Chance of casting Slvl 3 Static Field When Struck
|-
| class="red" | [[ Image:x-hwanins-splendor.gif]]
| '''Hwanin's Splendor''' Grand Crown (Excep Crown)
| 158-228 Defense 50 Durability 103 Str Required Clvl Req: 45 Item Level: 28
| +20 Replenish Life (1.95 Life Per Second) -10 Magical Damage Taken +37% Cold Resistance +100% Enhanced Defense
|-
| class="red" | [[ Image:x-hwanins-blessing.gif]]
| '''Hwanin's Blessing''' Belt
| 5-153 Defense 16 Durability 25 Str Required 12 Slots Clvl Req: 35 Item Level: 28
| +3-33 Lightning Damage Prevents Monster Healing +1.5 Defense per Clvl +12% of damage taken goes to mana
|}

'''Note''': The defense for this belt increases at a rate of 1.5 defense per Clvl. By the time you can wear this belt at Clvl 35 the defense will be 57 (57.5) It will increase at a rate of 1.5 per Clvl on top of this value.

==Set Bonuses==

Partial set bonuses stack. If you are wearing three items, then you will get the bonus for wearing two items as well as the bonus for wearing three items. Full set bonuses stack on top of the partial bonuses, so if there is a partial bonus of +40 Life, and a full bonus of +40 Mana, with the complete set, you would receive both +40 life and +40 mana.

{|
! Set Attributes/Bonus
! Item Slots Used
! Item Slots Free
|-
|
* '''Partial Set Bonuses'''
** Wearing any two items:
*** +100 Defense
** Wearing any three items:
*** +200 Defense

* '''Full Set Bonus:'''
** +2 To All Skills
** +30% Faster Run/Walk
** +20% Life Stolen Per Hit
** +30% Resistance to All
** +300 Defense

| Two-handed Weapon Armor Helm Belt
| Gloves Boots Amulet Ring Ring
|}

[[Category:Set Items]]

Hwanin's Majesty

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MarauderIIC: templating...

{{Item navbox}}
=General Notes=

Hwanin's Majesty is designed for a melee fighter, with armor, polearm, helm and belt. The items aren't designed for any particular character, and the set would be fine with barbs or paladins, due to the GIAS the Bill gets, as well as the impressive +30% resist all and +20% life steal full set bonuses. The damage from the polearm isn't sufficient for success in hell, but this kit can be used with confidence through Nightmare.
{{All Set Notes}}

{{Shield Notes}}
This is an Expansion-only set.
=D2X=
{| width="100%"
! width="10%" | Item
! width="15%" | Item Name
! width="25%" | Attributes
! Special Properties
|-
| class="red" | [[ Image:x-hwanins-justice.gif]]
| '''Hwanin's Justice''' Bill (Excep Voulge)
| 45-162 2H Damage Indestructible 95 Str required 3 Range 0 Weapon Speed Damage Bonus: 100 Str Clvl Req: 28 Item Level: 28
| +330 to Attack Rating Indestructible 10% Chance of casting Slvl 3 Ice Blast on Hit +40% Increased Attack Speed +200% Enhanced Damage +5-25 Lightning Damage
|-
| class="red" | [[ Image:x-hwanins-refuge.gif]]
| '''Hwanin's Refuge''' Tigulated Mail (Excep Scale Mail)
| 376-390 Defense 36 Durability 86 Str Required Heavy Armor Clvl Req: 30 Item Level: 28
| +200 Defense +27% Poison Resistance +100 Life 10% Chance of casting Slvl 3 Static Field When Struck
|-
| class="red" | [[ Image:x-hwanins-splendor.gif]]
| '''Hwanin's Splendor''' Grand Crown (Excep Crown)
| 158-228 Defense 50 Durability 103 Str Required Clvl Req: 45 Item Level: 28
| +20 Replenish Life (1.95 Life Per Second) -10 Magical Damage Taken +37% Cold Resistance +100% Enhanced Defense
|-
| class="red" | [[ Image:x-hwanins-blessing.gif]]
| '''Hwanin's Blessing''' Belt
| 5-153 Defense 16 Durability 25 Str Required 12 Slots Clvl Req: 35 Item Level: 28
| +3-33 Lightning Damage Prevents Monster Healing +1.5 Defense per Clvl +12% of damage taken goes to mana
|}

'''Note''': The defense for this belt increases at a rate of 1.5 defense per Clvl. By the time you can wear this belt at Clvl 35 the defense will be 57 (57.5) It will increase at a rate of 1.5 per Clvl on top of this value.

==Set Bonuses==

Partial set bonuses stack. If you are wearing three items, then you will get the bonus for wearing two items as well as the bonus for wearing three items. Full set bonuses stack on top of the partial bonuses, so if there is a partial bonus of +40 Life, and a full bonus of +40 Mana, with the complete set, you would receive both +40 life and +40 mana.

{|
! Set Attributes/Bonus
! Item Slots Used
! Item Slots Free
|-
|
* '''Partial Set Bonuses'''
** Wearing any two items:
*** +100 Defense
** Wearing any three items:
*** +200 Defense

* '''Full Set Bonus:'''
** +2 To All Skills
** +30% Faster Run/Walk
** +20% Life Stolen Per Hit
** +30% Resistance to All
** +300 Defense

| Two-handed Weapon Armor Helm Belt
| Gloves Boots Amulet Ring Ring
|}

[[Category:Set Items]]