Any suggestions for raising my resists?

[Livinloud]

all right, so I'm a level 70 trapsin, and my resists in Hell are crap, even with all my gear, and a level 20 fade(with gear) I'm wearing the following:

Um'd Shako
Enigma
Mara's
Frostburns for the extra mana, not too commited to these
Sandstorm treks
Dual Bartuc's(I'm comitted to this now, I've invested points into weapon block, can't use a shield now)---one of these is socketed with a Hel rune becuase I didn't want to have to raise my dex to 79 to use them.
2 SoJ
Arachnid Mesh



possible solutions, without having to fill my inventory with 5res SCs, or lose too many of my +skills? I really happen to like having a lvl 45 lightning trap.

another thought, are there decent all res jewels out there?

I have a total of like...10-14 for my fire, cold, and light resists, with fade. I'll probably end up just trading for some 5res SCs, but I wanted to see if you guys had any ideas first

[TarnishedHope]

Get a torch. The max you can have on a jewel is 15% resist all.

Maybe you could consider giving up one Bartuc for Jade Talon?

If you really like the + skills, you can even get 3 os claw with +3 LS and other skills, and stick 3 +13~15 resist jewels in it. If you need the 20 dex on Bartuc to use the other, then take out one SoJ and replace it with 20 dex Raven Frost. With that, you'll have an additional +43~45 resist all without having to lose any DMG.

[Cave]

What kind of merc are you using?
If you are using act2 merc with insight you don't need frostburn.
Try to gamble for a dual- or tri-res gloves, prefebly with some mf.
Same for the boots, gamble or trade for tri-res and if your are lucky you get alittle mf and/or frw.

And the only good things about bartucs are +20str/dex, +2 skills can easily be found in magic claws. Perhaps spend some time shopping at anya for a pair of Greater Talons with +2assa/+3trap with +ls ? Bartucs can only have one socket, magic items can have 2.(2x15%res jewels)

And if you afford it, a torch helps alot too.

[TarnishedHope]

And the only good things about bartucs are +20str/dex, +2 skills can easily be found in magic claws. Perhaps spend some time shopping at anya for a pair of Greater Talons with +2assa/+3trap with +ls ? Bartucs can only have one socket, magic items can have 2.(2x15%res jewels)

Easier said than done. You can sit there and spend 24 HRs shopping from Anya, and you probably still won't be able to buy a +3trap/+LS from her.

My friend tried that 2 months ago, and he's still trying.