Reroll weapon question help

I’m trying to reroll a blue magic weapon into a cruel prefix, does it matter what gems to use? I’ve tried 3 chips, 3 flawless 3 perfect, they all seem to work but some give sockets and a reroll. Does it matter which gems to use?

Each combination of gems is a different recipe, and create a new magic weapon with a different ilvl

3 chipped - Recipe: Socketed Magic Weapon ilvl 25 - ilvl 25 (and will add socket)
3 flawless - Recipe: Socketed Magic Weapon ilvl 30 - ilvl 30 (and will add socket)
3 perfect - Recipe: Random Magic Item of Same Type - ilvl = original ilvl of the item. Generally the level of the monster that dropped it (or your level -5 to +4 if you gamble) (and will lose any previous socket)

Cruel alvl is 51 for magic weapons - https://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/i ... /pre.shtml)

So only the last Recipe can create weapons with Cruel affix, and you need a a weapon with enough ilvl (probably any weapon that dropped on Hell or that you gamble with a high level character will work)

I started with a Colossus Blade, trying to get cruel Colossus Blade of quickness.
So the best chance is to use 3 Perfect Gems? When I use chips and flawless it still rerolls it to a new magic variant of the colossus.

best no... the only one that may roll Cruel is the 3 Perfect Gems Recipe

But it is not recommended to spend your Perfect Gems re-rolling a weapon...
If you trade, you can easily trade some Perfect Gems for a unique/set/runeword sword that will be way better than a cruel magic weapon...
Or if you don't trade, spend your time farming runes on The Countess.

people normally use the Recipe: Random Magic Item of Same Type only on charms and some specific class items.

Svperbeast wrote: 1 year ago

I started with a Colossus Blade, trying to get cruel Colossus Blade of quickness.

Also consider getting a runeword.
Sword RWs that match the CCBoQ criteria (40% IAS, 201%-300% ED):

• Oath - 50% IAS, 210%-340% ED; Indestructible (allows ethereal bases)
• Breath of the Dying - 60% IAS, 350%-400% ED (strictly better than CxxoQ); Indestructible
• Call To Arms - 40% IAS, 250%-290% ED (slightly lower than Cruel, but with less variance; also see below)
• Grief - 30%-40% IAS, +340-400 Damage (not ED, but worth it)

On top of that, you can use superior bases with up to 15% ED, so, for instance, you can roll a CtA strictly better than CCBoQ.
On the other hand, magic items can have up to 2 sockets, which you can socket with IAS or ED, or Zod rune, if they're ethereal (which is not an option for non-indestructible RWs).

Thanks for taking the time to help, I really appreciate it. I think I’m going to make a runeword weapon. Love this game! Ccboq used to be a Dream of mine to get back in the day. The Blade is goldish yellow. It’s so hard to make. Stars must be aligned. Runeword is way more practical.

You're right, runewords (especially OP 1.10 ones) relegated the other item qualities to being mostly obsolete, except some very rare ones, such as JMoD or 6/40.
In addition, they made characters look kinda boring — everyone in grey, bland bases. The only place we can see shiny colorful magic items are Valkyries.

Also, yet another possibility is a rare Colossus Blade. A VERY RARE one. Apparently "Cruel" and "of Quickness" affixes can spawn on rare items as well!

Here is a comparison of some of the optiones mentioned above.