Chains of Honor Quick Question...

[FirstDown_Again]

I'm looking at either trying to get the runes together for a Fortitude or a Chains of Honor Armor. Fortitude doesn't seem like it would be the Sorceress' friend. But, I'm looking at the COH and wondering if the 200% Enhanced Damage to Demons, will that enhance her Cold Orb and Chain Lightning Damage, or is that ED strictly for the melee people ?

Thanks.

[Valvolux]

The ed% is melee only sorry, oh and physical missile attacks, guided arrow etc.

[AuralAvenger]

Without a Doubt, I think Chains of Honor is the best armor in the game. Don't listen to anyone who tells you otherwise :lol:

but if you are thinking in terms of wealth, once the ladder ends--go with Fort

[FirstDown_Again]

Thanks guys, one other question...

If I were going to build a really super armor for my hire, to try keep him alive vs the uber guys when trying to get a Torch, if it could be any armor in the game, what would you use ?

thanks.

[monte cristo]

If a mercenary can survive at all there, I'd say Chains of Honour would be the best armor of choice. It would provide stacked resists to compensate for Mephisto's conviction aura, some damage reduce, even life leech.. and most importantly enhanced damage toward demons. That should boost his damage a bit.

[Frosty_The_Snowman]

This is just my opinion, but the first thing to be aware of when choosing a high-end armor for your Sorceress, is the comparison between CoH and Enigma. I think it's a big mistake to choose CoH for your Sorceress, and I'll explain why :

Chains of Honor :

+2 to all skills ---> Very nice for boosting your skills
+200% damage to demons ---> Doesn't work with Sorceresses
+100% damage to undead ---> Doesn't work with Sorceresses
8% life stolen per hit ---> Doesn't work with Sorceresses
+70% enhanced defense ---> Sorceresses have ES/Block for that. Pretty useless.
+20 to strength ---> Nice strength boost
replenish life +7 ---> Interesting but not terrific.
all resistances +65 ---> Now that's the real interesting mod on this armor.
damage reduced by 8% ---> Interesting
25% better chance of getting magic items ---> Interesting

So what do we have :
- Skills boost
- Small strength boost
- Big resistances boost
- Some MF
- Some DR

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Now take a look at Enigma :

+2 to all skills ---> Very nice for boosting your skills
+45% faster run/walk ---> Very nice. Don't underestimate this RW boost.
+1 to teleport ---> Useless, unless you go the Block route and don't have ES.
+750-775 defense (varies) ---> Quite nice. You can use BP's and still have a decent defense.
+ (0.75 per character level) +0-74 to strength (based on character level)
increase maximum life 5% ---> INCREDIBLE. 70 spare points in strength means HARD POINTS in life (that is, BOable). Much better than Life charms.
damage reduced by 8% ---> Interesting.
+14 life after each kill ---> GODLY. Kill monsters and your life orb refills itself.
15% damage taken goes to mana ---> VERY NICE against mana drainers.
+ (1 per character level) +1-99% better chance of getting magic items (based on
character level) ---> EXCELLENT for MF Sorceress (that is, ALL sorceresses).

So as a summary :
- Skills boost
- HUGE strength boost
- BIG MF boost
- Some DR
- BIG FRW boost
- Damage goes to mana (a.k.a. don't fear mana drains anymore).
- LIFE AFTER EACH KILL : Simply amazing !
- Huge defense boost.

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I think this is self-explanatory. IMHO :

- CoH is a MELEE armor (LL, physical damage boost...). If you really miss Resistances *only*, go for LionHeart (much better for casters, and much cheaper). Don't tell me you'll build a CoH *because* you lack resistances... Prismatic SC's do exist for that.
- Enigma is first and foremost a CASTER armor. Definitely go for this one on your Sorceress.

I understand that some of you may disagree. I'd be glad to hear different *arguments* with your opinion.

A cheaper alternative still remains Vipermagi, a very popular/cheap/efficient caster armor.

For your Act2 mercenary, yes CoH is the best, without a doubt, for the reasons I've told above (LL and DR are the main useful mods here).

- Frosty