Warlock Book Bases

are these like barb helms, ie mostly useless?

max 2 sockets for all so:
Rhyme Splendor and Vigilance the only options

any good automods?

Better use

Moser's Blessed Circle than Vigilance and save a

Gul.

I guess it depends on the base. If you find a godly one with the right +skills it might be worth it to make one of those runewords.

A Rhyme's not a bad option if you find a decent enough base, but in the meantime, it's a cheap low level requirement option so I went with it.

For Magic Warlock

Ars Dul'Mephistos and for Fire Warlock

Ars Al'Diabolos will be very hard to beat as BiS.

And the 2 socket runewords are weak. So maybe a great rare or magic book will have some value, but 99,9% of all book bases will not be competitive endgame, I guess. (But I might be wrong, time will tell). For leveling in Nightmare and early Hell however, a decent Rhyme with some +skills is very nice.

mikelessar wrote: 1 hour ago

For Magic Warlock

Ars Dul'Mephistos and for Fire Warlock

Ars Al'Diabolos will be very hard to beat as BiS.

And the 2 socket runewords are weak. So maybe a great rare or magic book will have some value, but 99,9% of all book bases will not be competitive endgame, I guess. (But I might be wrong, time will tell). For leveling in Nightmare and early Hell however, a decent Rhyme with some +skills is very nice.

I feel like I'd still rather use Phoenix with a fire Warlock. Minus enemy fire res and the QoL of

Redemption.

justinman114 wrote: 1 hour ago

mikelessar wrote: 1 hour ago

For Magic Warlock

Ars Dul'Mephistos and for Fire Warlock

Ars Al'Diabolos will be very hard to beat as BiS.

And the 2 socket runewords are weak. So maybe a great rare or magic book will have some value, but 99,9% of all book bases will not be competitive endgame, I guess. (But I might be wrong, time will tell). For leveling in Nightmare and early Hell however, a decent Rhyme with some +skills is very nice.

I feel like I'd still rather use Phoenix with a fire Warlock. Minus enemy fire res and the QoL of

Redemption.

Redemption is nice, yes, but

Apocalypse alone gives me -45% enemy fire res and i get -15% if I

Consume a

Tainted. Plus Flickering Flame and Infinity. The +5 to +7 to

Apocalypse are just massive, plus up to 25% fire damage. I have a bad one, which already is super strong, a good

Ars Al'Diabolos will improve your damage by about 50%. And on top of that you get mana for every monster killed (and you usually kill at least 10 monsters with one blast, often many more). That helps with the mana issues. On top of that: 25 FCR. Phoenix comes nowhere close. The Warlock's skills are massively OP, so is his top gear.

mikelessar wrote: 1 hour ago

justinman114 wrote: 1 hour ago

mikelessar wrote: 1 hour ago

For Magic Warlock

Ars Dul'Mephistos and for Fire Warlock

Ars Al'Diabolos will be very hard to beat as BiS.

And the 2 socket runewords are weak. So maybe a great rare or magic book will have some value, but 99,9% of all book bases will not be competitive endgame, I guess. (But I might be wrong, time will tell). For leveling in Nightmare and early Hell however, a decent Rhyme with some +skills is very nice.

I feel like I'd still rather use Phoenix with a fire Warlock. Minus enemy fire res and the QoL of

Redemption.

Redemption is nice, yes, but

Apocalypse alone gives me -45% enemy fire res and i get -15% if I

Consume a

Tainted. Plus Flickering Flame and Infinity. The +5 to +7 to

Apocalypse are just massive, plus up to 25% fire damage. I have a bad one, which already is super strong, a good

Ars Al'Diabolos will improve your damage by about 50%. And on top of that you get mana for every monster killed (and you usually kill at least 10 monsters with one blast, often many more). That helps with the mana issues. On top of that: 25 FCR. Phoenix comes nowhere close. The Warlock's skills are massively OP, so is his top gear.

Good points. It's hard to tell what will be the absolute best, but there is flexibility here. You could arguably use Phoenix and Obsession (65 FCR), and instead of Infinity, just

Consume a monster with

Conviction. The 125 FCR BP should be attainable with gloves/

Belt/your choice ring/amulet. What a time to be alive!