Arganthonius wrote on May 30^th, 2017 at 7:03am:


The Heavy armor and Docent is basically a Heroic Litany with a green slot.
The Executioner's Helm is the best part of the black dragon armors, plus most of a ring of the stalker.
The Ring of Power has the melee alacrity to last for a long time, plus Quality STR and Command.

Arganthonius wrote on May 30^th, 2017 at 7:03am:


I’m not sure the caster weapons are the big deal.  All the named weapons have 1.5W, which is normally reserved for level 10+ weapons.  And, many have some spiffy crit profiles:
- Assassin's Kiss: +1 Multiplier
- Cranium Cracker: +1 Threat, +1 Multiplier
- Elemental Bloom: +2 Threat, +1 Multiplier
- Periron's Talon: +1 Multiplier
- Sapphire Sting: +2 Threat Range
- Spinal Tap: +1 Crit Multiplier
- Golden Orb of Death: Insightful Spell Lore and another on hit temp SP proc.

WonderfulFoppyBint wrote on Apr 7^th, 2017 at 8:19pm:


I keep meaning to come back to this because I think it's really good advice that got completely overlooked.

If you take the time to max out Cannith crafting (which is a fucking slow, grindy, pain in the ass but - THANK YOU DUPERS!  I owe someone a big thanks for helping me max it out in days after working on it for years), a batman build is totally a viable option.

It breaks down when you hit epic, but since the thread is about heroic anyways, I almost never use named gear because it's not as powerful as what I can custom craft with Cannith.  I had a barbarian that could solo just about 95% of the quest in the game up until levels 18 or so - and that only breaks down because you hit more and more quests that aren't solo friendly because of the levels or what have you.

The downside is it does take a lot of time to grind the crafting levels up (unless there's still some functional exploits) and you spend insane amounts of time sorting through the auction house looking for the perfect gear (right colored gem slot mostly) to make new gear as you progress.

I kind of gave it up because the addition of damage and magic protection made it harder to slot everything I needed, but if the new Cannith system is an improvement over the old, yeah, this is totally a thing and should not be overlooked.