socketables!!

[hulldatzet]

Im new, and made a fishymancer. Anyways..i run the pit since its the easiest for him to run opposed to bosses i feel. I find lots of socketable items that to me look like they would be sweet. (6os Axes and 4os armors) but people say they are worth nothing when i try to trade them.

What i would LOOOVE since im just getting back into d2 again would be a decent list of socketable items that ARE worth something. Such as how much def is enough to be worth something on a 4os armor, or what weapons are worth anything with certain number of sockets. Thanks!

[Stompwampa]

5 os Berzerker Axes
5 os Phase Blades
4 os Monarch Shields
5 os Threshers or Cryptic axes.

Also, if any of these are also ethereal, their value goes up considerably.

[Sindus]

4os eth collosus vogues also fetch a nifty price too. maybe not as high as the others, but still worth mentioning.

[Stompwampa]

oh yea, 6os Zerker axes and Phase Blades are nice too...ppl use em for BoTD RW's


EDIT:
and 3os armors like Wyrmhides, Duskshrouds and Scarab Husks are great for Enigmas.

[Voorhees]

4os Eth Colossus Voulge, Cryptic Axe, Thresher
6os or No socket Eth Giant Thresher
5os Berzerker Axe
5os and 6os Eth Berzerker Axe
750+ Defense no socket Eth Armors
3os and 40s 45 All resistances Elite pally shields
No socket Eth 40+ All resistances elite pally shields
4os +3 Bow Skills Matriarchal or Grand Matron Bows
6os or No socket Eth Colossus Blades
3os or no Socket Druid Helms with +3 Tornado (Additional mods make it better)
3os Runic Talons or Greater Talons with +2 or +3 to Lightning sentry, Claw block, Mindblast, Wake of Fire, Venom, Fade, or Dragon Flight. A combination of 2 or more of these skills can have really high worth depending on which ones.
5os or no socket War Scepter, Divine Scepter, or Caduceus with +3 to Conviction and Fist of Heavens. Just fist of heavens might even fetch something.
3 or 4 socket Dusk Shroud with 450+defense(for those who don't like superior items)and 520+defense(for those that do)
3 or 4 socket Archon Plates with 520+defense(for those who don't like superior items) and 600ish defense(for those that do)
3os and 4os 14-15%ED Superior Sacred Armor
2os Wands with +3 bone spear and +3 bone spirit (maybe with other mods, i'm not sure if novamancers us white)
4os or no socket pally shields with 60ish+ Enhanced Damage/120ish+Ar
Gosh I'm having a brainfart trying to think of these. I know there probly more but that should get you started.

[hulldatzet]

heres a questions, why are ethereal items MORE expensive? wouldnt you rather have the same item non ethereal? Also, why would you want some of these items with no sockets?

[Stompwampa]

ethereals are better because they have enhanced stats on them, especially if you're giving it to your merc, then it will never break anyways. I have an Obedience in an Ethereal Cryptic Axe on my mercenary, and it does more damage than it would if it were not ethereal.

Also, if you're making RW's that are indestructible (Like BoTD) then ethereal is great because you can't break the weapon. However, having ethereal weapons that can break isn't usually a good idea...so ppl will go for ethereal helms and such since those don't get damaged nearly as much.

[Voorhees]

The eth sockatables are pretty much for indestructable runewords as stated. They do more damage.
Why you would want some with no sockets is so you can glitch them, giving them higher defense. Etherial anyways. I'm not gonna get into how cause its been discussed to death already. Search it.
The other ones I posted with a no socket option is because the Larzuk socket quest will generally give them the desired number of sockets so not already having the specific amount of sockets on these items isn't as big a deal and doesn't effect worth all that much.
And eth polearms are generally for merc weapons so the damage bonus is good while the etherieal drawback is mute.

[IamMartin]

heres a questions, why are ethereal items MORE expensive? wouldnt you rather have the same item non ethereal? Also, why would you want some of these items with no sockets?

eth item does 50% more base damage or have 50% more base defense.

a normal inifinity would have aroung 500-600 damage while a eth have 800-1000 damage. see the difference? since weapons like those are merc weapons and nothing merc uses ever breaks, a eth is much more useful than non eth.

also, runewords like bodt makes a item unbreakable. so would u rather have 50% more base damage?

for armors and helms and stuff, a d2 bug makes the eth item gain another 50% base defense. so instead of having 7xx defense eth armor, if u find a oscoket and uses this method, the armor will end up having over 1000 defense and therefore u see runeword armor with 3000-4000 defense on them.

[JME]

oh yea, 6os Zerker axes and Phase Blades are nice too...ppl use em for BoTD RW's


Why in the world would you put a botd in a PB? As far as I'm concerned, that's a spectacular waste of damage and a zod rune. 6os PBs can be useful for last wish though.

Also, I don't think it's been said but people usually like 500+ def on their 4os and 3os armors, such as APs.

[Stompwampa]

Right...but the low str req armors are nice for low str charcaters like summoners or hammerdins ;-)

[hulldatzet]

ok i just found a 508 def archon plate, and put 4 sockets in it with larzuk, is this worth much?

[Stompwampa]

ok i just found a 508 def archon plate, and put 4 sockets in it with larzuk, is this worth much?

Some people might use it for a Bramble or something...it probably is super valuable...but check the Trade Values forum to get a better quote on it.