Revision as of 07:00, 18 February 2009

General Notes

Cathan's Set is a Sorceress set that could be good if using a shield weren't so much more useful than a staff. The set bonuses balance between melee and spell casting, which a low level Sorc without much mana might find useful.

These are the stats for the set in Diablo II Expansion Pack: Lord of Destruction, where there are partial set bonuses and hidden item bonuses.

• 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.
• 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 gamble Set and 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.
  
  

Weapon Notes

• Damage Bonus: This determines how you multiply the item damage by your stats to reach the actual damage. Multiply by the listed value per 100 points in that stat. All bows are 100 Dex, almost all melee weapons are 100 Str, most throwing weapons are 50/50.
• Weapon Speed: A relative comparison to other weapons of the same type. 0 is the base -10, -20, etc is faster, 10, 20, etc is slower, always in increments of 10. Each 10 is equivalent to an SIAS item. Previously items were listed with WSM modified by IAS on the items, we have revised this to show the Weapons base speed (WSM) before ANY IAS.
• Range: Relevant to melee weapons only. From 1 (least) to 5 (most) in D2X. Numbers are fixed across item classes: a 3 javelin = a 3 sword = a 3 hammer, etc.
  
  

Armor Notes

• Light Armor: 0% stamina drain and speed penalty.
• Medium Armor: +50% stamina drain and 5% speed penalty.
• Heavy Armor: +100% stamina drain and 10% speed penalty.
  
  

D2X

Item	Item Name	Attributes	Hidden Bonuses
	Cathan's Seal Ring	Rarity: 700/1000 6% Life Stolen per Hit Damage Reduced by 2	Wearing 2 Items: +10 Strength
	Cathan's Sigil Amulet	Rarity: 155.5/1000 Attacker Takes Lightning Damage of 6 Fast Hit Recovery	Wearing 2 Items: +50 to Attack Rating Wearing 3 Items: +25% Better Chance of Getting Magical Items
	Cathan's Visage Mask	9-27 Defense 20 Durability 23 Str Required +25% Cold Resist +20 mana	Wearing 2 Items: +2 Defense per Clvl *
	Cathan's Mesh Chain Mail	87-90 Defense 45 Durability 24 Str Required Medium Armor Requirements -50% +15 Defense	Wearing 2 Items: Attacker Takes Damage of 5 Wearing 3 Items: +30% Fire Resist
	Cathan's Rule Battle Staff	6-13 2H Damage 40 Durability Range: 2 0 Weapon Speed Damage Bonus: 100 Str +1 to all Fire skills +10 max Fire damage	Wearing 2 Items: +50 Mana Wearing 3 Items: +10 Resist All

* When wearing another item of this set, the defense of this mask will increase at a rate of 2 defense per Clvl

Set Bonuses

Basically a Sorceress set, as all sets with Staves in them are. Of course no Sorceresses use staves, since having a shield is so much more useful, but let's overlook that for now. There are a lot of nice bonuses from this set, resistance, +mana, -magical damage, but to tie up five items for this is just not worth it.

Diablo II

These are the stats for the set in Diablo II, where there are no partial set bonuses or hidden item bonuses.

Item	Item Name	Attributes	Commentary
	Cathan's Seal Ring	Clvl 11 Required 6% Life Stolen per Hit Damage Reduced by 2	Sometimes used by melee characters, if they find it before a decent life leech ring or Rare ring.
	Cathan's Sigil Amulet	Clvl 11 Required Attacker Takes Lightning Damage of 6 Fast Hit Recovery	Not worth wearing. Fast hit recovery on an amulet is not available elsewhere though.
	Cathan's Visage Mask	9-27 Defense 40 Durability 23 Str Required Clvl 11 Required +25% Resist Cold +20 mana	Decent cold resistance and +mana.
	Cathan's Mesh Chain Mail	87-90 Defense 90 Durability 24 Str Required Clvl 11 Required Requirements -50% +15 Defense	Good Defense for early on, and very low requirements to wear.
	Cathan's Rule Battle Staff	6-13 2H Damage 80 Durability Swing Speed Sorc: Fast Clvl 11 Required +1 Fire skills +10 max Fire damage	Mixed bonuses, one for spell-casting and one for melee, which a low level Sorc w/o the mana for full time casting should appreciate.

Set Bonuses

Basically a Sorceress set, as all sets with Staves in them are. Of course no Sorceresses use staves, since having a shield is so much more useful, but let's overlook that for now. There are a lot of nice bonuses from this set, resistance, +mana, -magical damage, but to tie up five items for this is just not worth it.