Trang-Oul's Avatar

Trang-Oul's Avatar is an Item Set used most often by the Necromancer in Diablo II.

Background

A Vampire Lord guise

Trang'Oul is a dragon-god, hence some of the items being named after parts of his body (wings, claws, scales). He is meant to be responsible for maintaining "the balance" of Sanctuary and tasked first his disciple Rathma, the Nephalem and then Rathma's progeny (the Necromancers) in helping him with his task.

Lore-wise, it's unknown why the wearer turns into a Vampire Lord, but considering it's a Necromancer Item Set, a vampire is certainly thematic.

General Notes

Trang-Oul's Avatar is designed for a necromancer, with a class specific shield, armor, helm, belt and gloves. This set overall gives many good bonuses.

Patch 1.10 added a nifty bonus to wearing this full set: the character transforms into a Vampire Lord.

* Inherent Bonus information for Class Specific items can be found here.

• 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.
  
  

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.
  
  

Shield Notes

• Shield Blocking information can be found on the shields page.
• Smite damage is for the Paladin only.
• Weight: All shields are light, medium, or heavy. In Diablo II this only matters for tower shields, which slow your running speed and increase stamina drain 10%. In D2X it will probably effect blocking speed as well as running speed.
• shael rune doesn't improve blocking ability

D2X

This is an Expansion-only set.

Item	Properties	Magical Modifiers

Trang-Oul's Guise (Bone Visage) Ilvl: 32

Defense: 180-257 Durability: 40 Inv Size: 2x2 Required Strength: 106 Required Level: 65

Part of: Trang-Oul's Avatar 1.10 +80-100 Defense +24% Faster Hit Recovery Attacker Takes 20 Damage +150 Mana +5 Replenish Life (0.488 Life Per Second)

Trang-Oul's Scales (Chaos Armor) Ilvl: 32

Defense: 787-857 Heavy Armor Durability: 70 Inv Size: 2x3 Required Strength: 84 Required Level: 49

Part of: Trang-Oul's Avatar 1.10 -40% Item Requirements +100 Defense vs. Missiles +40% Poison Resistance +2 To Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only) +40% Faster Run Walk +150% Enhanced Defense 3 items: +50% Lightning Resistance Full set: Damage Reduced By 25%

Trang-Oul's Girth (Troll Belt) Ilvl: 32

Defense: 130-166 Durability: 18 16 slots Inv Size: 2x2 Required Strength: 91 Required Level: 62

Part of: Trang-Oul's Avatar 1.10 +75-100 Defense +30 Stamina +5 Replenish Life (0.488 LPS) +66 Life Cannot be Frozen -40% Item Requirements +25-50 Mana 3 items: +40%Cold Resist

Item	Item Name	Attributes	Special Properties
	Trang-Oul's Claws Heavy Bracers (Exceptional Chain Gloves)	67-74 Defense 16 Durability 58 Str Required Clvl Req: 45 Item Level: 32	+30 Defense +20% Faster Cast Rate +25% Poison Skill Damage +30% Cold Resistance +2 To Curses (Necromancer Only)
	Trang-Oul's Wing Cantor Trophy* (Exceptional Gargoyal Head)	175-189 Defense 20 Durability 50 Str Required 30 Blocking Weight: Light Clvl Req: 54 Item Level: 32	+125 Defense +25 Strength +15 Dexterity +38-45% Fire Resistance +30 Chance to Block +40% Poison Resistance +2 To Poison & Bone Skills (Necromancer Only) 25% To Enemy Poison Resistance (3 Items) Replenish Life +15 (4 Items)

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: +15% Mana Regeneration (Any 2 items) +18 To Fire Ball* (Any 2 items) +15% Mana Regeneration( Any 3 items) +13 To Fire Wall* (Any 3 items) +15% Mana Regeneration (Any 4 items) +10 To Meteor* (Any 4 items) Full Set Bonus: (Seen here.) +50% Resistance To All +3 to All Skills +100 Mana +200 Defense +5 Replenish Life (0.488 Life Per Second) +60% Mana Regeneration +20% Life Stolen Per Hit +3 To Fire Mastery +10 To Meteor +13 To Fire Wall +18 To Fire Ball Transforms into Vampire	Armor Shield Helm Belt Gloves	One-handed Weapon Boots Amulet Ring Ring

• *For the sorceress these skills are capped at +3 as they are native to that class.

Media

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  Amulet inventory art.

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  Orb inventory art.

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  Body armor inventory art.

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  Helmet inventory art.

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  Belt inventory art.

Development

Trang-Oul's Avatar was introduced in Patch 1.10 together with a host of other Item Sets. Significant changes to the game made some item sets less useful and others more so. Runewords became the over-all long-term gear goal for players, taking some shine away from item sets.

References

• Original Diabloii.net material.
• The Sin War trilogy by Richard Knaak.
• Patch 1.10