Cham: to hold or not to hold.

so ive found two Cham runes in two days (lucky me right?) and im curious if itll be worth it to wait until the new runewords are out. from my understanding the runewords will only be available in ladder and then once ladder ends the runewords will be available in regular play. I could be wrong about that, but that was my understanding. So, if that is true the runewords wouldn't be available for at least six months, but probably more. is it worth it to hold on to the chams or sell them?

No one knows at what value Cham will settle.
Whether you want to bet on speculation is up to you.

As for ladder seasons, the D2 team stated that it was looking at a four-month period.

i had the same doubt with a Zod i had in stash, i was thinking about keepin it to sell it later in case prices went up after new runewords were released. Then i just said fluff it, i crafted an ebotd for my Axe Frenzy barb and now i am so happy going around smashing everything doing that supercool Poison Nova botd does, after all this is a game we play for fun, where's the fun in speculating on assets prices?
Now i have a Cham in stash, but i'd rather try a Doom rather then keeping it in there for i don't know how many months to MAYBE get some runes i would probably get anyway in those months.
It's a game, i think we should have fun playing it going around smashing demons and undeads rather than trying to make a fortune for the sake of it

I also just found a Cham and I will keep it, because I think prices will rise (a little bit) after 2.4 even for non-ladder because of the changes to Holy Fire.

Also if I do not find a Cham on Ladder, I can still make Plague afterwards. I would really like to try that runeword on an act 5 merc.

Depends... do you really need anything right now?

Being that they sell for Vex+2ist or around that, is it worth it?

Will 2 Vex and 4 Ist change your life?

Also, think about how long its gonna take for the ladder to start and then end....

I probably wont even be playing anymore.

If it were up to me, spend it.

Okay so this is my Humble opinion on Cham runes. They are being used for ladder only items so for them to go up in price in non ladder play makes no sense. Also the items they are being used in aren't even end game items. They aare place holders, albeit solid place holders, for your end game gear. I dont see why they area jumping in price so much when they cant be used to make the items you want them for.

I recently found a Cham and I'm trying to trade for either 4x Warlock Skillers or 4x Ist so I can trade them one Ist for one Skiller. Please someone let me know what a Cham is actually worth. Thanks

What's a Cham worth in a trade?

Hydaelyn wrote: 3 months ago

What's a Cham worth in a trade?

Rune values are easy to research yourself. Go to the Price Check section under 'Forums' -> 'Price Check'.
Then apply your filter options.
Like so for Rotw, NL, SC.
pricecheck.php?item=1330&other=0&keywor ... der=2&hc=2

nilrem wrote: 4 years ago

Also the items they are being used in aren't even end game items. They aare place holders, albeit solid place holders, for your end game gear.

Metamorphosis is an endgame item. That being said, not many people play a Shapeshifter Druid.

On ladder, you could either use the Cham to complete your ladder-only runeword grail (all the other required runes are cheap and abundant) or you should just sell it. They go for (almost) a Ber.

Non-ladder I would just keep the Cham for now.

Banjo wrote: 4 years ago

so ive found two Cham runes in two days (lucky me right?) and im curious if itll be worth it to wait until the new runewords are out. from my understanding the runewords will only be available in ladder and then once ladder ends the runewords will be available in regular play.

If they actually introduce Cham related new ladder runewords in the future, your two Chams will not help you in amy way, of course, only if the,new runewords are non-ladder.

At least one Cham is always a keeper and will retain value because of cannot be frozen in Arreat's Face or Guillaume's Face, for example. My guess is it will drop to 1-1,5 Lo after patch (nl, of course).

Pride will still be a solid option for ES-Warlock's merc after nerf and (now non- Eth) Doom will be a weapon of choice.

But days where Cham sells for Jah will be gone, so if someone pays you Jah/ Ber for it, i would sell.

I can only speak for myself where i found someone selling me a Cham for Sur + Ohm in sc ladder. Most players ingame are asking for Ber or Sur or Sur + Lo . Something like that.