What to put in a BoneHew?

[Furinol]

Title says it all, got lucky enough to get one of these to drop, instantly elevating my merc from aura slave to effective killer type.

What do you all reccomend socketing it with? I have a 35% ed jewel I was thinking, but don't know about the other.

Thanks!

I am so noobish.

:buddies:

[Krime]

I put two amn's in mine, it really helps unless your merc's got a lot of LL from other places...in that case, ed-jewels work nicely.

cya, Krime

[Mad Mantis]

Or Amn and Sheal.

[Furinol]

I put two amn's in mine, it really helps unless your merc's got a lot of LL from other places...in that case, ed-jewels work nicely.

cya, Krime


Hrm, I like the Amn idea, I have my choice of crown of thieves (11%) or tals mask (10%) for leech already. With the way the leech penalties work in Hell I wonder if it would be better to be doing 35% more damage and leeching X% less though.

Points to Ponder.

[Furinol]

Or Amn and Sheal.

Dang it, another variable.

[snapper316]

I Amn-Hel'd mine so the merc can use it at level 66(about the time the str raises enough)

[gvandale]

shael / amn is the best if you can find str to equip it from other items. That hits the merc bp, so that's all you should do.

g

[Furinol]

shael / amn is the best if you can find str to equip it from other items. That hits the merc bp, so that's all you should do.

g

That sounds like a solid and confident answer,

So Gvan says, and so it shall be.

See how easy it is to sway me!

Now I just need to remember what fargin mule I have those runes on.

Is it Martini time yet?

[FattyMcGee]

Is it Martini time yet?


yes.







Stupid ten character rule.

[newbiengod]

Title says it all, got lucky enough to get one of these to drop, instantly elevating my merc from aura slave to effective killer type.

What do you all reccomend socketing it with? I have a 35% ed jewel I was thinking, but don't know about the other.

Thanks!

I am so noobish.

:buddies:


wait till u get a eth bonhew required strength on it is 185 a non eth onw is 195 so eth is way better. + eth ones do insane dmg. i suggest a ed jewel like the 32% u have or ohm it and amn, LL no matter what is always good and u can use duirells for the +15 strength as well as the good resists. upgrade if possible for u. and helm a v-gaze works verynice + it is cheep as hell. so if your bonhew is not eth don't bother putting good stuf on it put crappy stuff in it then wait till u get a eth one. good luck!!

[gvandale]

wait till u get a eth bonhew required strength on it is 185 a non eth onw is 195 so eth is way better. + eth ones do insane dmg. i suggest a ed jewel like the 32% u have or ohm it and amn, LL no matter what is always good and u can use duirells for the +15 strength as well as the good resists. upgrade if possible for u. and helm a v-gaze works verynice + it is cheep as hell. so if your bonhew is not eth don't bother putting good stuf on it put crappy stuff in it then wait till u get a eth one. good luck!!

as posted in another thread...

your replies are hard to read, and filled with bad suggestions. OHM'ing a bonehew (etheral or non-etheral) is a complete waste! As stated above SHAEL / AMN allows him to hit the breakpoint. Thus giving him more dmg then your guy with ohm's and whatever else (less damage applied faster is greater then more damage applied slower).

If you need strength to equip items you can always slap a 'fal' rune into helm / armor to get +10 strength.

good luck on your guy!

[toader]

OHM'ing a bonehew (etheral or non-etheral) is a complete waste! As stated above SHAEL / AMN allows him to hit the breakpoint. Thus giving him more dmg then your guy with ohm's and whatever else (less damage applied faster is greater then more damage applied slower).
Agree'd, 2nd the motion, castrate the OHM users.

If you need strength to equip items you can always slap a 'fal' rune into helm / armor to get +10 strength.

good luck on your guy!
Or, if you dont wanna waste a #19 FAL rune, you can always just use a P. Amethyst which also gives +10 STR in helms and armors.

[StormriderXIII]

Title says it all, got lucky enough to get one of these to drop, instantly elevating my merc from aura slave to effective killer type.

What do you all reccomend socketing it with? I have a 35% ed jewel I was thinking, but don't know about the other.

Thanks!

I am so noobish.

:buddies:

In my BoneHew, non eth :(, i put an amn and a 30% ed -15% magic jewel. Pretty Awesome.