Smexy.  Only minor addition would be to find a two-slot belt (hah?) - the diamond HP stacks with the sapphire, although you can fit that elsewhere too.  Get that extra 20!

Some kind of insight on the main hand too, if it's crafted, although not much is great, especially if you're not hitting things.  Vampire doesn't work in anything above R1.  Balance, I guess.  And a red slot.

They really did a mostly good job on crafting, I gotta say.  Having things BTA is a huge benefit right off the top.

Revaulting wrote on Apr 15^th, 2017 at 5:49pm:

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Looks tight.  I am wearing the 5 pcs Sorcery set on my DG  1Wiz/17FVS Evoker (capped but holding for Reaper) with insightful Wis on a Trinket and  had been mulling over lvl 20 gear and how to fit in the set bonus.

I could make this setup work with currently crafted gear and crafting a few other pieces.

Just want to clarify - heroic slavers gear is so good that it's viable at 20?

If that's the case I better go start farming that chain on heroic...

Rubbinns wrote on Apr 28^th, 2017 at 11:07am:

Nice.

Just got done with a warlock RR life and on my 2nd one. The above posted gear set is fine for elite r1~, not landing much in r4-5. Am in process of redoing my gear set to maximize the DCs. This is my ml 15 warlock necro/enchant spec'd gear set. I don't think it is possible to squeeze out any more dc from gear at that level.

--slaver set--
armor- slave rags.  (not many choices to carry over slaver lords ml 8 gear into late heroics, and the body slot won out as there are far better other items available)

off-hand- mutilator minds. (quality spell focus 1)

bracer- slaver crafted. sheltering/fire lore/spell focus/q cha

neck- slaver crafted. int/impulse/spell craft/q con

feet- slaver crafted. dex/combustion/umd/q mrr    (weakest of the slaver items next to the armor, can put any stat here. I picked dex for slight bump to reflexes)
--slaver set--
----------------------------------------------

--named and cannith gear--

cloak- shimmer.   (new shiny, bishes. allows for maxing enchant dc as a secondary focus by consolidating effectively 2 gearing items)

ring- band of insightful commands.   (profane 1. if your cha is even then drop the ring, fam)

ring- brazenbrand. (enchant focus 3, ins evo focus 2, striding 30, ins dodge 3... how good is this???)

goggle- cannith crafted. necro/in necro/in spell pen

belt- cannith crafted. con/in con/parry

glove- cannith crafted. wizardry/resistance/insightful impulse

trinket- cannith crafted. dodge/hamp/in cha     (ins cha is a bitch to slot, either here or replace the litany ring with an ins cha cc ring)

main hand- rod mythant. (solely for kinetic lore, probably better off with cc impulse+lore item, you lose some wizardry though and you have to find a red slot weapon)



EDIT: forgot head slot, Pansophic Circlet is tits. If you have a reaper version then it is 3 titties. wearing this one powers your light damage from consume/stricken, fire and force from wave and cone. it is only slightly behind max insightful spell power stacking, by 20-30 points while going from early teens to late teens heroics.


EDIT EDIT: I discovered a flaw after doing some heroic slaver runs and making an item. The above set must give up either the bracers or the profane ring slot because slavers does not come on gloves. Otherwise the slaver set cannot be activated. I would rather keep the mrr on the bracers than anything. But I'm not soloing and the biggest contribution a dc build can have is a working dc. Hamp is still on the trinket, so it's not like it's omitted. Keeping the ring allows for max dc.

Updated the gear set. Minus mysterious bracers. Added cc gloves. Keeping up a higher dc for 16+ quests involves equipping Dashing Gloves at 17 for quality charisma 2, and getting a ml 17 cc goggles of sf; necro 4/ins nec 2/ ins spell pen 2. That covers the highest necromancy values found on gear in heroics. Slotting necromancy and enchantment augments at 16. This also includes the second highest spell pen available from gear. As a Spell Pen value of 4 is only found on cc. Exceptional charisma cannot be added to this set up, unfortunately slavers and the 2nd highest enchant dc cannot coexist with an exceptional charisma item. At level 18 make a trinket with 9 charisma/4 insightful charisma/hamp. This is the second highest charisma score available from heroic gear.

overall maxing necromancy and keeping the 2nd highest enchant dc, 2nd highest spell penetration, and 2nd highest charisma available from gear in heroics is optimal and worth the slots in high reaper. This set up can easily convert to sorc or bard by adjusting the slavers crafted items, the focus on goggles, and the main hand weapon.

I would not wear any of those over this set. If, maybe, they came in weapon form, but otherwise this is the higher dc set up for any dc caster. This is the best gear set ever seen in heroics. I know it, you know it. everybody knows it. the whole world knows it. it's a tremendous gear set. believe me when i tell you.

Reworked the Warlock DC gear set for heroics. I didn't like how the nerfs lowered my base damage die and wanted to slot fire lore, insightful radiance, and insightful mrr. this lead me to what i believe is the best heroic warlock gear set of all time ever made forever.

It covers:
sheltering
insightful prr
insightful mrr
dodge
insightful dodge
hamp
Insightful necro/enchant/evo
spell pen
insightful spell pen
quality spell focus
slavers 5 set for dcs
radiance and pact spell power, and lores for both.

things that are missing; nothing. or you would have a better set.

the set;

Slaver 5pc. set

Belt slave crafted {spell focus 2 and quality charisma on any of the these 3}
Bracer slave crafted (spellcraft 10)
Boots slave crafted
Armor named Slaver Rags
Offhand named Slaver Orb

CC
Trinket pact lore/ dodge/ ins radiance
Glove pact damage/ hamp/ insightful pact damage
Neck spell saves/ nat armor/ insightful charisma
Ring con/ ins con/ sheltering
Goggles Insightful necromancy/ insightful spell pen/ necromancy
Mainhand radiance/ radiance lore
Helm int/ resistance/ ins mrr   (Could and should be replaced with Boundless for reaper and mythic bonus, Quality Potency 14, and Q prr. Can skate by with resistance 4 aug or placing resistance 4 in slaver crafted item.

Named
ring Brazenbrand
cloak Shimmer

Wipe wrote on Aug 5^th, 2017 at 6:44am:


That does sound good. Would have to redo the set up to fit in skyvault and medium armor. If intending to keep slaver 5 set. Gloves and neck seem the easiest to convert to slaver crafted items to retain the bonus while having on skyvault+VoD plate. Will end up with lower spell power, 1 less dc (QSF), -4 % lore, and lose either dodge or hamp, but you gain the prr and ac benefits. the spell power and lore isnt major as pansophic covers insightful spell power and quality. Slaver 10% lore covers the secondary lore.

EDIT: maybe this for more prr. loses ins con, less pact power and crit, 1 quality spell focus dc.

Slaver 5pc. set

Belt : slave crafted {spell focus 2 and quality charisma on any of the these 4}
Bracer : slave crafted (spellcraft 10)
Boots : slave crafted pact lore spot
Neck : slave crafted
Head : named Hardened Hide Helm

CC
Glove : pact spell power/ hamp/ insightful radiance
Trinket : spell saves/ dodge/ insightful charisma
Ring : con/ sheltering/ insightful prr
Goggles : insightful necromancy/ insightful spell pen/ necromancy
Mainhand : radiance/ radiance lore

Named
armor : Full Plate of the Defender
offhand : Skyvault Shield
cloak : Shimmer
ring : Brazenbrand

Wipe wrote on Aug 5^th, 2017 at 6:44am:


Locks, like bards, innately have light armor as an option.  In heroics, the PRR difference is negligible since warlock is a low BaB class.  (1 vs. 1.5 per BaB.  And +5 from Shape Vestments.)  And pumping PRR via Tensor’s is detrimental to DC casting.

I’m doing a series of Drow Soul Eater / Tainted Scholar lives, and this is what I'm aiming for on the level 15-20 setup:

It’s a hybrid of what I’ve read here, with what I have, and what I’m willing to farm for. 

I don’t have a heroic Brazenband, and as much as I want both insightful Conjuration and Evocation focuses, I decided that Evard’s Tentacle Porn was effective enough without it.  This allows me to wear Spinneret for the set/quality bonus, and use Death’s Handiwork for the Insightful Necro Focus.  The quality INT slaver’s item is meant to be arcane caster friendly and the quality CHA slaver's item is meant to be divine caster friendly in case I decide to make other complimentary items in the future.

Also, I decided to go full out for Radiance spell power/crit and use pansophic/slavers for everything else.

Helmet: Pansophic Circlet
- Potency +63
- Insightful Potency +31
- Quality Potency +8
- Magical Efficiency 5%
- Green: Vitality

Necklace: Slave Crafted
- Prefix 1: Sheltering
- Suffix 1: Spell Lore - Force
- Extra 1: Spellcraft
- Extra 2: Quality Intelligence
- Set Bonus: Slave Lord’s Sorcery
- Augment: Fear Immunity

Goggles: Cannith Crafted
- Concentration
- Insightful Evocation Focus
- Insightful Spell Penetration
- Yellow:

Trinket: Cannith Crafted
- Light Lore
- Spell Focus Mastery
- Insightful Charisma

Armor: Drow Outrunner Armor
- Armor Bonus +13
- Max Dex: 22
- Resistance +7
- Quality Spell Resistance +5
- Quality Spell Save +1
- Quality Poison Ward +1
- Blue: Good Luck +1
- Green:


Cloak: Shimmer
- Insightful Enchantment Focus 2
- Quality Enchantment Focus 1
- Spell Penetration III
- Charisma +8
- Yellow: Enchantment Augment

Bracers: Slave Crafted
- Prefix: Wizardry
- Suffix: Spell Lore - Positive
- Extra: Heal
- Extra: Quality Charisma
- Set Bonus: Slave Lord’s Sorcery
- Augment: Blindness Immunity


Belt: Cannith Crafted:
- Constitution
- Insightful Spell Resistance
- Insightful Constitution
- Green:


Ring 1: Band of Insightful Commands
- Profane Well Rounded +1
- Insightful Accuracy 4
- Quality Deadly +2
- Intimidate +12
- Yellow: Deathblock


Ring 2: Spinneret
- Spell Lore IV
- Quality Potency +9 (+1 over the Circlet)
- Quality Spell Focus 1 (Quality Bonus)
- Spell Penetration II (Good until Shimmer)
- Set Bonus: Slave Lord’s Sorcery
- Green: Heavy Fortification


Boots:
- Dodge
- Parrying
- Insightful Dodge
- Yellow: Striding


Gloves: Cannith Crafted
- Radiance
- Healing Amplification
- Insightful Radiance


Weapon: Deep Demise (This is still on my farming list, I have a random loot gen force SP axe I use in the meantime.)
- +5 Enhancement Bonus
- Intelligence +8
- Illusion Focus 3
- Insightful Illusion Focus 2
- Quality Spell Penetration I
- Red: Force Spell Power + Implement


Orb: Death’s Handiwork
- +4 Orb Bonus
- Negative Amplification: +30
- Nullification +94
- Insightful Necromancy Focus 2
- False Life +29
- Orange: Necromancy



Enchantment:
- Enhance: Trinket
- Insightful: Shimmer
- Quality: Shimmer / Spinneret
- Artifact: Slave Lord’s

Evocation:
- Enhance: Trinket
- Insightful: Goggles
- Quality: Spinneret
- Artifact: Slave Lord’s

Necromancy:
- Enhance: Trinket
- Insightful: Death’s Handiwork
- Quality: Spinneret
- Artifact: Slave Lord’s

Illusion: (For GOO locks)
- Enhance: Deep Demise / Trinket
- Insightful: Deep Demise
- Quality: Spinneret
- Artifact: Slave Lord’s

Spell Penetration:
- Enhance: Shimmer
- Insightful: Goggles
- Quality: Deep Demise


Slavers Set:
Spinneret
- Spell Lore IV
- Quality Potency +9
- Quality Spell Focus 1
- Spell Penetration II
- Set Bonus: Slave Lord’s Sorcery
- Green: Heavy Fortification

- Prefix 1: Sheltering
- Suffix 1: Spell Lore - Force
- Extra 1: Spellcraft
- Extra 2: Quality Intelligence
- Set Bonus: Slave Lord’s Sorcery
- Augment: Fear Immunity

- Prefix 2: Wizardry
- Suffix 2: Spell Lore - Positive
- Extra 2: Heal
- Extra 2: Quality Charisma
- Set Bonus: Slave Lord’s Sorcery
- Augment: Blindness Immunity

Charisma Bonus
- Enhancement: Shimmer
- Insightful: Trinket
- Quality: Slave Lord
- Profane: Ring
- Exceptional: None

Rubbinns wrote on Aug 7^th, 2017 at 4:57pm:


Thanks, I did not think of that!  Looks like a cannith crafted Fire/fire lore stick fpr the main hand then!

Rubbinns wrote on Aug 7^th, 2017 at 4:57pm:


My comments on light armor were meant to let Wipe know that there are other options.  I encountered a player on Sarlona that thought Warlocks were limited to robes unless they picked up the proficency from Enlighted Spirit.