How much mf do i need to make pit run useful?

[Melubas]

How much mf do i need to make pit run useful?

Just for fun i decided to make about 50 pit runs with my bonemancer, since he can clear the pits easily enough. The only mf i had was from my shako, 50mf. After about 40-50 runs i had found:
38% ed jewel, pala offensive skiller, 39% Gheeds, crappy ariocs needle, crappy headhunters glory and lots of crappy low uniques.
I know that 50 mf isn't enough, but i've got 89 now thanks to the gheeds, and i can socket a perfect topaz into the shako to make it 113. But i know that it probably isn't enough.
My question is: how much mf do i need to make pit runs useful?

 

[Backdoor Bandit]

It is important to find a good balance between killing speed and mf. If the time it takes for you to clear the pits increasing a lot after adding mf you have too much. Aim for something between 200-300 mf. This can easily be achieved by putting on some mf items, for example you might want to try WTs. Thats a possible 50mf increase. Pit runs are useful no matter how much you have...you also get a lot of exp :thumbsup:

-Backdoor Bandit

 

[probo24]

Assuming you know that your luck% is more important than your mf%, I can tell you that i've found pretty good gear with <100%. Being a necro mf summoner i've managed to build my mf upto 480%. Things i keep in mind are; resistances, killing speed, amount of runs, and lastly mf%. I play hardcore ladder so mf% is the last thing i build, resists are first!
Currently im using:
Lvl 90 hc mf nec summoner
pt shako
dual isted baba
pt tals armor
Crafted caster ammy +2 skills/9%mf
rhymed head
24% nagel
40% travs
26% gheeds
20% in smfc
74/75/75/69 resists in hell
10/5/8 skelly,mage,revive (not points, amount of summons)
ce radius of 11 yds (26points)
most of the time the 10 skellys are enough for soloing anywhere in the game save baals minions/baal. For the pit i revive mostly archers never use the mages and have no problems at all.
My other ring is natures, mostly for the oak sage as my dv is 12.6yds/9.2 secs. I'll trade the bodies that rest in peace for the extra life as i usually only need maybe 2-3 extra bodies for ce. Hope that helps, but again keep in mind luck>mf%

 

[Phresh]

400mf would be ideal and its very easy to achieve even without charms