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Hello.
What would be better for bonemancer - double

Um or

Um+

Ber in

Tiara? How to consider 8% dmg red vs. 15% resistance? I'm using eni so physical dmg is not a problem I think, and of course

Bone Armor absorb it. Or maybe sth else would be better?

Resistances, you can get from many items (including charms), and you probably can max them without depending on your

Helm
On the other hand there are no much sources of Physical Resistance (caster in generally will only have 8% from Enigma). But remember that many Physical attacks may be blocked (you could invest in it if Physical attacks are a big problem for you)

But , at first, you should analyse what monsters are killing or almost killing you in your most common farms
Maybe none... and so you may use the sockets for other things (like MF)
And if you have problem with an specific element, maybe using a rune that increase the max Resistance (like

Lo) instead of

Um may help too

When you are well equipped character, in general two monsters shows up was the greatest Players Killers:

Bone Fetish (their explosion does Physical Damage, but may be Blocked) and

Willowisp (deals lightning damage).
(But if you don't farm areas with them, or you don't feel them as threats... no need to get more resistance against them )

Bonemancer is my favorite character and a huge part of that is how much control of the battlefield you have with it. With

Bone Wall,

Bone Prison, and

Decrepify you almost never die, especially if you're wearing an Enigma, with your likely high FCR.

Given that, I find that survivability stats aren't that big a deal. But of the two big threats correctly identified by @fredkid, I'd say Willowisps are much more dangerous because you can't block their attacks with either an actual shield,

Bone Armor, or your Bone constructions (they

Pierce everything), and they're much harder to avoid than physical stuff (I pretty much never get touched by melee, in particular, unless I'm in auto-pilot).

So, with all that said, I think your priority should be to max out lightning resistance, then increase MF (or some other non-survivability stat), and I'd put physical resistance dead last. IMO, MF/other is the better option, since it's easy to max out lightning resistance from other sources and physical resistance will be wasted 90% of the time.

human_being wrote: 2 months ago

I'd say Willowisps are much more dangerous because you can't block their attacks

True. Would consider 2x

Lo for this reason, as @fredkid mentioned. Combined with

Wisp Projector with decent % absorb, you'll get close to immune to lightning damage. Must add that i havn't tried this setup myself as my last bonemancer was some years ago.

Quick question before : have you managed to set :
- your FCR to 125 ?
- your res to 75 in hell

Anya included ?

If you answered yes to both, then you can think of what to socket freely...
What stats does your

Tiara already have ? FCR for ex, or is is a White or blue one ? In latter case, wouldn't it be better to wear a good old Harlequin's Crest for the life boost ?

Necrarch wrote: 2 months ago

Quick question before : have you managed to set :
- your FCR to 125 ?
- your res to 75 in hell

Anya included ?

If you answered yes to both, then you can think of what to socket freely...
What stats does your

Tiara already have ? FCR for ex, or is is a White or blue one ? In latter case, wouldn't it be better to wear a good old Harlequin's Crest for the life boost ?

fcr is 125
res unfortunately not 75, because of eni

Tiara is 3/20 2 soc, blue one.

Got some problem with mana but not possible to gain significantly more with jewels.

So I put

Um in first soc and I'm thinking second one would be the best choice.

Johny82PL wrote: 2 months ago

Got some problem with mana but not possible to gain significantly more with jewels.

What Merc do you use?
Some Bonemancer use Merc 2 with Insight (with that you shouldn't have mana problems...)

fredkid wrote: 2 months ago

Johny82PL wrote: 2 months ago

Got some problem with mana but not possible to gain significantly more with jewels.

What Merc do you use?
Some Bonemancer use Merc 2 with Insight (with that you shouldn't have mana problems...)

Insight lvl 17, but it's not enough. I'm full of skillers, lowest row - small charms with res, so only way to boost mana is ring. But 10 fcr ring, mana and res is very very expensive. second is SOJ, Amu, 3/10, White and Darkforce. I can put

Perfect Skull in

Tiara or change from Trang to Magefists but still - base mana about 600 is not a great amount.

Darkforce Spawn

Stone of Jordan

Trang-Oul's Claws

Magefist

you will probably lose resistances... but may give

Silkweave a try

It worked well for my Javazon (I kept using it until recently, when I switched to a Phoenix shield variant and didn't need the maek anymore )

Johny82PL wrote: 2 months ago

fredkid wrote: 2 months ago

Johny82PL wrote: 2 months ago

Got some problem with mana but not possible to gain significantly more with jewels.

What Merc do you use?
Some Bonemancer use Merc 2 with Insight (with that you shouldn't have mana problems...)

Insight lvl 17, but it's not enough. I'm full of skillers, lowest row - small charms with res, so only way to boost mana is ring. But 10 fcr ring, mana and res is very very expensive. second is SOJ, Amu, 3/10, White and Darkforce. I can put

Perfect Skull in

Tiara or change from Trang to Magefists but still - base mana about 600 is not a great amount.

(and

Magefist don't help much when paired with Insight - as it is additive with

Meditation...)

I am a Bonemancer myself and Insight on merc works like a charm, my 600 mana are enough as long as merc survives.
Do you have Enigma ?
3/20 2os is excellent.
What do you use as Weapon ? HotO is great to cover res. Amulet ?
Anni and Torch of course, if possible with high res ?

Necrarch wrote: 2 months ago

I am a Bonemancer myself and Insight on merc works like a charm, my 600 mana are enough as long as merc survives.
Do you have Enigma ?
3/20 2os is excellent.
What do you use as Weapon ? HotO is great to cover res. Amulet ?
Anni and Torch of course, if possible with high res ?

Tiara 3/20, Eni MP, Trangs, White (3

Bone Spear, 1 decrep base), Darkforce, SOJ, 10 fcr, all res ring, Arach. Anni, 20 res, torch 20 res.
Darkforce with

Um,

Tiara with

Um and the second soc probably

Um

Decrepify

Hellfire Torch

Annihilus

Arachnid Mesh
Heart of the Oak

For me - White is a must have on Bonemancer. HotO is fantastic weapon for casters, but U know... 8

Bone Spear is sth.

Johny82PL wrote: 2 months ago

arkforce, SOJ, 10 fcr, all res ring, Arach. Anni, 20 res, torch 20

well, Spirit gives a lot of mana (especially since you can wear 2xsoj with it) so maybe Spirit?

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uuee wrote: 2 months ago

Johny82PL wrote: 2 months ago

arkforce, SOJ, 10 fcr, all res ring, Arach. Anni, 20 res, torch 20

well, Spirit gives a lot of mana (especially since you can wear 2xsoj with it) so maybe Spirit?

sg like this:
https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/qskca0ym

It may be a good idea. I will try it.