Wand help [Archive] - Diablo 3 & Diablo 2 Forums

Hatake

02-05-2006, 01:51

This is probably a really simple problem, but I'm currently having trouble finding a wand that gives +3 to raise skeleton as well as + to summon or necro skills. I'm level 54 in nightmare difficulty, act II. I do have a +3 wand, but not with the extra +to summon skills or necro skills. The problem is none of the loot or vendor items I've found have raise skeleton on them anymore.

I've done numerous runs in town for vendors and have picked up many many wands in the last couple days but I haven't found any raise skeleton bonuses whatsoever. Is this just bad luck or is there somewhere else I should be looking?

Thanks in advance, especially if I'm missing something simple.

garion

02-05-2006, 04:38

hmm..wands are a bit random...i tend to keep ones that i find interesting +3 bspirit + 3 bspear

i think i have found +2 nec skill w/ +3 raise skele....but never a +3 summoning and +3 skeles

you might just want to try to trade for an Arm of King Leoric...this is very niec for a summoner... and not rterribly expensive (20 pgems perhaps should net you one =P)

nickedoff

02-05-2006, 22:20

Your character level has something to do with who sells what, so that could be your problem.

Starcrunch

02-05-2006, 23:02

You can't get a wand with both +X to summoning and +X to all necro skills. You can't get a wand with +3 to summoning +X to Skeleton Warrior (or mastery, or teeth, or Amp). Nor can you get +2 all Necro skills and these abilities. This is why people use the AoKL.

-Starcrunch

AnimeCraze

03-05-2006, 06:31

You can't get a wand with +3 to summoning +X to Skeleton Warrior (or mastery, or teeth, or Amp). Nor can you get +2 all Necro skills and these abilities.Why is that? I personally never heard of that (I just use AoKL anyways).

Stompwampa

03-05-2006, 07:31

i thought you could shop a want with up to +1 all skills with an additional up to +3 for a single skill, or up to +2 for a tab.

garion

03-05-2006, 08:35

yah im with the other guys...it will be much easier to try to trade for AOKL (plus nicer too =P)

Shrouds

03-05-2006, 16:26

Others are right, Arm of King Leoric is really nice, I still use it even now since in some ways it's better than a +3 all skills when it comes to summoning.

Um, early on, shop in A1 Norm by Akara and you'll find a +3 Raise Skelly wand. It's about 3-5k by itself but any other mods and it'll increase in price significantly. You could also buy the Mastery one, but at low levels, you'll be focusing on mastery with skill points and Undead Crown and worry about more minions with remainder of your gear.

For head shopping, take your minions for a spin around Outer Cloister to Inner Cloister, you tend to find a good deal in there. Sometimes they drop in Tristram too. You're goal is to find another +3 Raise. This will give you a better army, even if your base skill points are set to raise only 5 minions.

Hatake

03-05-2006, 17:30

Alright, thanks for all the replies guys. Just for reference I'm playing on single player (my internet sucks) so no trading is possible :grin:

If I can't find a wand with +summon skills, could I find one with +3 to raise skele and +3 to skeleton mastery? I haven't seen any like that either, but again maybe it's just luck.

So if I go back to outer and inner cloister areas I'll find some shrunken heads. Would this be on normal or nightmare difficulty? What kind of +bonuses could I find on these?

Thanks for all the help so far, I really appreciate it

VisMaior

03-05-2006, 18:15

Does the same bug as to holyshield scepters not work with skeleton wands?

nickedoff

06-05-2006, 19:02

Hyeh?

You can buy + to Raise Skeleton wands, if that's what you mean.

Starcrunch

06-05-2006, 22:19

Hyeh?

You can buy + to Raise Skeleton wands, if that's what you mean.

But not one with +2 skills or +3 summoning. There may be a way to get a wand like this but you won't buy it, basicly it involves taking advantage of some of the item rerolling formulae. I haven't looked at this closely enough to determine if you can get +2 all skills (I doubt it, but +1 probably is possible) and the staff mods by this method (the question is, the qlvl of the item high enough to get good mods with an ilvl low enough to get 1st tier staffmods).

http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=258325

-Starcunch

nNemethon

07-05-2006, 16:06

Hatake

07-05-2006, 16:41

Ooh, that sounds perfect.

Do you have any reccomendations for finding a shrunken head with +skills or something to put in my shield slot that'll add points for my skeletons? I've been looking around the cloisters like said in a previous post but I'm still not sure if I should be looking in normal or nightmare, not much luck in either, really.

Thanks again, this is very helpful

Patsy

07-05-2006, 17:14

I have a +3 summon skel and +3 skel mast wand that I useda higher char to buy at akara in act 1 norm. Took about 5 mins of wp'ing to another area and back, but was surprised at the catch. Is brilliant as is only lev 4 req and use it religiously on all new chars up to AoKL usage.

I'll second this because I too have found +3 SS/SM numerous times and yes, it makes for a great 'starter' wand that can be used for dozens of levels. It's well worth the effort spent going back and forth for it.

-Patsy
"It's been swell, but the swelling's gone down." (http://www.sayhellotomyembiggenedfriend.com)

nNemethon

07-05-2006, 17:48

As for heads, no help there. :( I found a +2 summon skel one long ago and use it from lev 3+. The only drawback initially with having these skill boosters is re-summoning every time you lev, and summoning 5 skels at lev 4 is damn hard on the mana. :)

From experience, trist and the cloister areas are best in norm as they will spawn with a nice low lev req. That's essentially where I find most of my base necro goodies (usually ammy's when leveling).

Mostly now I just run around being enchanted and lev up sooo fast. Tho I have not done this with my summoners yet. Too muchfun being part of an unruly mob! :D

Hatake

07-05-2006, 18:00

Heh, I like your style.

Yeah, I have a +2 head right now. Hopefully something better will pop up.

WebDragon

07-05-2006, 18:40

I've had a similar problem. I've been looking for a wand with +3 RS and +anything to SM or AD or CE. I've found a handful of them, but since I find them at the areas you talk about (mainly act 1 norm) they always get 1 socket from larzuk. I've been trying to get 2 sockets and make "white" into one of them. That way I'd get my transition wand from the +3RS/+3SM -->White --> AoKl.

AnimeCraze

07-05-2006, 22:12

Khalim's Will is more useful than a +skele wand for twinking that low lvl anyways.

Hatake

08-05-2006, 01:04

Hmm, what if we take one of those wands and upgrade them first, would Larzuk then give it two sockets? That would allow the +3 Raise skeleton mod as well as the White RW

nNemethon

08-05-2006, 12:19

Khalim's Will is more useful than a +skele wand for twinking that low lvl anyways.
My all-time-fav weapon for low levs :)

Hmm, what if we take one of those wands and upgrade them first, would Larzuk then give it two sockets? That would allow the +3 Raise skeleton mod as well as the White RW
Only if you find a white one to begin with. The one you shop for are magical. :(

Rabbitz

08-05-2006, 12:25

My all-time-fav weapon for low levs :)

Only if you find a white one to begin with. The one you shop for are magical. :(

nope act2 drognan gets ur white ones, the basterd only handed a +3spear/+1 sprit after 3 hours of shopping...get this, a few minutes im going off to cow being all excited wth drops... +3spear/+3spirit :(

nNemethon

08-05-2006, 12:31

nope act2 drognan gets ur white ones, the basterd only handed a +3spear/+1 sprit after 3 hours of shopping...get this, a few minutes im going off to cow being all excited wth drops... +3spear/+3spirit :(

True, was only thinking act 1. Oh and stop copyiong my play style, it will NEVER work! :D That happens to me all the time. Spend a week shopping for wc weaps and then go trash act3 hell charm hunting and yep... a +3 wc spear and sword in diff areas...