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Hi guys! quick question!

To make "

Crescent Moon" it's important if the base is

Crystal Sword, phase sword or dimentional sword?

Thanks!

If the choice is a sword then I would go with

Phase Blade, unless you're okay with frequently repairing your weapon.

It would be helpful if you provided more information on your build and what your end game goals are?

Thanks for the answer

Im doing the lightning sorcerer build, with Spirit shield and crecent moon sword. So, the only difference between those swords, is the durability?

First of all - never make it in

Dimensional Blade, there's no advantage to that.

The purpose with making it in a

Phase Blade is that it's the fastest 3os sword base in the game (-30 base speed, the next fastest is

Long Sword with it's exceptional & elite counterparts at -10), but that only matters if your build is reliant on attack speed (vs cast speed).

What class/build are you playing?

If you're a trapsin, then trap laying speed is based on your attack speed - so weapon base and IAS on gear matters. Faster attack speed equals faster trap laying. For this reason,

Phase Blade is the best base to make Crescent Moon Runeword in - however, with the caveat that you have to invest a lot of points into dexterity which you don't have much use for (unless you're actually aiming for max block, I guess). In this case, I would recommend sticking with a normal base (

Long Sword is the fastest normal tier sword that can have 3os - not

Crystal Sword), until you have Enigma, then you can go for

Phase Blade. Since Enigma saves you a lot of strength, the loss of vitality points from also investing a lot in dexterity won't be as bad.

If you're a sorceress, then attack speed is meaningless, so make it in a normal base (whether that be

Crystal Sword,

Broad Sword,

Long Sword or

War Sword is up to you - it only matters for str/dex requirements, and looks, i.e. style).

Predataker wrote: 9 months ago

Im doing the lightning sorcerer build, with Spirit shield and crecent moon sword. So, the only difference between those swords, is the durability?

Durability matters not for spellcasting. A weapon only loses durability if you actually swing it at an enemy, not when casting spells or taking damage. The only difference beween the sword bases for Crescent Moon Runeword on a sorceress is different str/dex requirements, and looks.

Imo
Sorcerer :

Crystal Sword (low requirements to wear, youre not using it as a sword so you dont consume durability on it)
Assassin :

Phase Blade (higher than CS requirements, but has higher IAS there for works for trapper better, wish I had known this before I made mine)
(Edited the comment. Had wrong

Blade for assassin)

Awesome dude, understood

Thank you so much

Semirotta wrote: 9 months ago

Assassin :

Dimensional Blade (higher than CS requirements, but has higher IAS there for works for trapper better, wish I had known this before I made mine)

Dimensional Blade has same speed as

Crystal Sword. You probably meant

Phase Blade?

Crystal Sword and

Dimensional Blade have the same base speed (0)
It is

Phase Blade that is faster (-30) and is a better option for Assassins.

Semirotta wrote: 9 months ago

Imo
Sorcerer :

Crystal Sword (low requirements to wear, youre not using it as a sword so you dont consume durability on it)
Assassin :

Dimensional Blade (higher than CS requirements, but has higher IAS there for works for trapper better, wish I had known this before I made mine)

ShadowHeart wrote: 9 months ago

If you're a sorceress, then attack speed is meaningless, so make it in a normal base (whether that be

Crystal Sword,

Broad Sword,

Long Sword or

War Sword is up to you - it only matters for str/dex requirements, and looks, i.e. style).

Isn't

Chain Lightning and Lightning cast speed also based on Attack Speed?

Blubbalutsch wrote: 9 months ago

ShadowHeart wrote: 9 months ago

If you're a sorceress, then attack speed is meaningless, so make it in a normal base (whether that be

Crystal Sword,

Broad Sword,

Long Sword or

War Sword is up to you - it only matters for str/dex requirements, and looks, i.e. style).

Isn't

Chain Lightning and Lightning cast speed also based on Attack Speed?

It used to be, a very long time ago, but not anymore. A quick google suggests the change happened in LoD patch 1.10, over 20 years ago

Little addendum: Lightning and

Chain Lightning cast breakpoints are different from the others sorceress' skills.

https://diablo-archive.fandom.com/wiki/ ... Diablo_II)

(Probably because of that fact that they were based on attack speed on older versions )

ShadowHeart wrote: 9 months ago

Blubbalutsch wrote: 9 months ago

ShadowHeart wrote: 9 months ago

If you're a sorceress, then attack speed is meaningless, so make it in a normal base (whether that be

Crystal Sword,

Broad Sword,

Long Sword or

War Sword is up to you - it only matters for str/dex requirements, and looks, i.e. style).

Isn't

Chain Lightning and Lightning cast speed also based on Attack Speed?

It used to be, a very long time ago, but not anymore. A quick google suggests the change happened in LoD patch 1.10, over 20 years ago

fredkid wrote: 9 months ago

Crystal Sword and

Dimensional Blade have the same base speed (0)
It is

Phase Blade that is faster (-30) and is a better option for Assassins.

Semirotta wrote: 9 months ago

Imo
Sorcerer :

Crystal Sword (low requirements to wear, youre not using it as a sword so you dont consume durability on it)
Assassin :

Dimensional Blade (higher than CS requirements, but has higher IAS there for works for trapper better, wish I had known this before I made mine)

OH it was

Phase Blade. Someone told me it was

Dimensional Blade, they got it wrong then and taught me wrong in the progress. My bad! apologies people. I try to remember its the

Phase Blade instead.

Lightning Sorceress, Lightning Ironwolf:

Crystal Sword

Trapsin, Dream-Sorc, Dream-Paladin, Barb Merc:

Phase Blade

The best Crescent Moon Runeword base for pure casters is the humble

Axe. It has a lower strength requirement than the

Crystal Sword and is visually distinct from Phase Blades, Spirit, and the common bases of Call To Arms.

If you intend to use it as a weapon, the

Phase Blade is indestructible and will have the highest attack speed of any option by a significant margin, which is conducive to Dream builds.

As an aside, trap-laying speed for the Assassin is based on attack speed, making the

Phase Blade an appealing choice for trapsins - though the increased rate might not necessarily be worth the Dexterity investment.

Aelanwyr wrote: 9 months ago

The best Crescent Moon Runeword base for pure casters is the humble

Axe. It has a lower strength requirement than the

Crystal Sword and is visually distinct from both Phase Blades and the common bases of Call To Arms.

For trapsins, I'd argue that if you want to go the

Axe route, that

Military Pick is superior to

Axe, since it's faster. Its dex requirements are easy to meet with a low anni, and str? Well, you need some str anyway for most gear

Aelanwyr wrote: 9 months ago

As an aside, trap-laying speed for the Assassin is based on attack speed, making the

Phase Blade an appealing choice for trapsins - though the increased rate might not necessarily be worth the Dexterity investment.

Yeah, that's why I would recommend sticking to

Long Sword (or

Military Pick), at least until you have Enigma. Having Enigma saves you 60+ str points (assuming you're level 80+), making the dex investment for

Phase Blade less wasteful (investing lots of both str and dex to equip both

Phase Blade and Spirit

Monarch at the same time makes a huge dent in your HP pool).