MF Trapper equipment questions

[Davidus]

Hi

building my trapper shes lvl 40 atm:)
skills are going to look like this

max LightningS
max DeathS
max ChargedS
max ShockW
15+ Fire Blast

armor: enigma(fade) or skullder's(BoS) ?
helm:Shako(PT)
gloves: trang(enigma) or chance(skullder's)?
boots: WT
belt: arach(enigma) or goldwrap(skulder's)?
ring: 2x bk3
amu: 3 trap+mf
charm: torch+anni+gheed, 7x7 MF SC, 5x trap SK
2x trap claws 2x2 socket(enigma) with 4 ist... (i can dream:D) and wizzy on switch for tele
or
shael socketed claws (skullder's) and ali on switch

waiting for suggestions:thumbsup:

[chronowarp]

I honestly thing it's best to gear trapper for max damage gear w/ infinity merc, then MF. THe sacrifices to res/fcr/damage for MF aren't very helpful when your killing speed gets severely lowered.

[stephan]

If you can afford Enigma go that way.

I honestly thing it's best to gear trapper for max damage gear w/ infinity merc, then MF. THe sacrifices to res/fcr/damage for MF aren't very helpful when your killing speed gets severely lowered.
You make it sound like trappers are weak sauce. He will have no problems with killing speed at all.

[chronowarp]

If you can afford Enigma go that way.


You make it sound like trappers are weak sauce. He will have no problems with killing speed at all.

...If not geared probably they aren't comparable to the more popular MF characters, they can kill extremely fast with good gear...faster runs are always better than more MF. I honestly think even Enigma, shako and a gheeds is suitable MF.

[stephan]

...If not geared probably they aren't comparable to the more popular MF characters,
They aren't any less suitable than a Fishymancer. You simply can get most of your kills from CE as long as you have a method of providing corpes. And personally I think LS+FB is a better method of getting them than skellies+merc.

[Alc]

I just built one of these myself, currently using:
armor: enigma
helm: shako, socket currently empty awaiting final gear choice/more suitable helm
gloves: rare 20ias/resists
boots: nats (there are many better choices but I had the nats there)
belt: arach
ring: soj, raven (for cbf)
amu: 2+trap sks rare with nice adds
charm: torch+anni, 4 or so trap skillers with 14 frw and some junk mods, a 14 res all gc
2x 3trap claws, hoto and lidless on switch - been messing around with both to compare killing speed. Seems comparable and the extra resists on the latter mean that fade isn't necessary in a lot of places, allowing BoS to be used instead for faster running/trap laying.

Merc has infy, tals mask and duriels currently, looking to switch to forti.

As you can probably tell I haven't sat down and done the calculations for the various breakpoints (and subsequent eq swaps) yet so it's nowhere near finalised, but I've been messing around running through hell, and provided the merc can stay alive it's a very viable build. I ran all the popular superuniques, bosses and key locations, and I think with a bit of practice it wouldn't take me significantly longer than it would my hammerdin. It's also great fun, which is far more important, really.

[Alc]

I just built one of these myself, currently using:
armor: enigma
helm: shako, socket currently empty awaiting final gear choice/more suitable helm
gloves: rare 20ias/resists
boots: nats (there are better choices but I had the nats there)
belt: arach
ring: soj, raven (for cbf)
amu: 2+trap sks rare with nice adds
charm: torch+anni, 4 or so trap skillers with 14 frw and some junk mods, a 14 res all gc
2x 3trap claws, hoto and lidless on switch - been messing around with both to compare killing speed just to get a feel for the build. Seems comparable between them and the extra resists on the latter mean that fade isn't necessary in a lot of places, allowing BoS to be used instead for faster running/trap laying.

Merc has infy, tals mask and duriels currently, looking to switch to forti.

As you can probably tell I haven't sat down and done the calculations for the various breakpoints (and subsequent eq swaps) yet so it's nowhere near finalised, but I've been messing around running through hell, and provided the merc can stay alive it's a very viable build. I ran all the popular superuniques, bosses and key locations, and I think with a bit of practice certain areas would be comparable or better to my hammerdin. It's also great fun, which is far more important, really.