IK Maul Socketing for AR

[anonymite]

IK Maul Socketing for AR

Since I decided my barb was just pretty much going to use Mauls, I've kept him at base-level dex. It's good for my HP (currently over 3K at level 78), but horrible for my attack rating. I've got a Raven Frost and Steel Grand Charm to help it along. I've also got 3 items of the IK set: the boots, the gauntlets and the maul. With a WW attack rating of ~4700, my chance to hit is as low as 68% on the skellies in the hell Pit, and I'm having having trouble landing hits.

So, I figure have 2 basic options for what to socket the IK Maul with:

Perfect Amethysts
Two gems for +300 AR. With the WW and Mace Mastery bonuses, this would probably add around a thousand points to my actual AR, bringing it to around 5700+.

Eth Runes
Two of them combine to -50% target defense.

I have some nice enhanced damage + speed jewels I'd rather wait to complete the set fefore I use. But, for now, what's the better poor man's way of landing more hits?

 

[canis_lupos]

A other thing you could do, is battle cry the enemy and then get thim with WW
but still that takes a lot more time.

 

[TekkaZeroX]

Why not try the Angelic Wings and Angelic Halo combo? That will give mega attack rating ((12 Per Character Level) 12-1188 To Attack Rating ).

 

[LprMan]

I don't know what you have socketed in your maul right now but I assume you have 2 Shael's in it, right?

Weapon IAS is the only thing which increases WW speed, IAS bonus on gloves/belt/armor/ammy/helm won't help. Without any extra IAS on IK maul you will have 6 fpa attacks (4,1 attack/sec), with 2 Shael's you will reach 4 fpa (6,2 attacks/sec, fastest speed). Some more AR from amehysts socketed in maul won't replace the IAS loss

So the options are limited to replace some gear, add more AR charms or just simply level him up

My WW barb has 6 or 7 100+ AR gc's in his inventory to gain nice AR

Angelic combo Tekka mentioned is very good, try it

 

[ULTIMATER]

Maybe AR jewels in the helm? If you dont have it, im sure a kind soul on in the SPF can spare one?

And like Lprman said, AR doesnt make up for the SHAELs "In da Club( )"

 

[anonymite]

Hmm. True enough. I was kind of hoping two Eth's would take me close 20 95% chance to hit, but I guess that's still not enough to make up for the loss hits per attack. Just checked my mule, and I can't find any Shaels so I guess I'll have to do some countess runs tomorrow. I'll remember the Angelic combo for the future, but at this point, I have a Mara's and a 3/5 dual leech ring on, so it's hard to justify their loss just for the AR. Thanks for the help, guys. I'm hoping

 

[Gouda]

Hi

Good luck, and remember to identify every charm you find on the way, you may find a good attack rating one! A steel grand charm gives ** - 132 attack rating and can have a suffix as well (+ 6 dex if you're very lucky).
Circlets can also get a decent AR boost, so you could try gambling for one.
Also keep looking/gambling for a nice ring, if your current helmet is already okay.

Last but not least i could send you this thing:

Wraith Shell
Fanged Helm
Defense: 28
Durability: 23 of 35
(Barbarian Only)
Required Strength: 35
Required Level: 24
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 61
Fingerprint: 0x5891f651
+3 to Energy
+9 to Life
+37% Enhanced Defense
+1 to Barbarian Skill Levels
+2 to Battle Orders (Barbarian Only)
+2 to Iron Skin (Barbarian Only)
1% Bonus to Attack Rating (Based on Character Level).

May help a bit as well, but no resist on it (I was saving it for a low level ironbarb, until i find something better).
Let me know if you want it,

Gouda