Asheras wrote on Dec 4
th, 2015 at 12:43pm:
what is the point of the Master Artificer ring on a melee? I'd rather have a ToD ring there.
Your helm is weak. Tharnes is only good for true seeing on anything that isn't a rogue.
Of course, the difference between a dex build and a strength build is considerable for gear. I see a lot of sneak attack, deception, and other rogue gear but no dex item or Int. Your dex, Int, and Charisma are going to be very low with this gear set you propose and your strength is going to be off by 6 from an optimal gear set for a strength build.
This gear set is a non-starter for any rogue, ranger, monk, bard, fighter, pally, or barbarian build that I can think of.
Since nobody runs ToD anymore, I'd say the Master artificer ring is not only easier to get, but also brings a green slot, spell points for cacoon, and a colorless for slotting stats. Which brings me to the next part. Slot all of the stats you want/need. (fort, cha, int, dex, false life)
What are you talking about my strength being off by 6? Between your gloves of the claw and epic gem of many facets, base damage will be +7 (assuming you are using 2wf) Which is equivalent (for damage purposes but not to-hit) +14 strength
And with tharnes if you got decent attack speed in combo with the golden guile it will add some handy dps.
You can of course get the frenzied bezerker belt instead of spare hand. and the ring as well, but that'll take foreverrrr.