larzuk giving 3 sockets to shields?

[Juicy]

larzuk giving 3 sockets to shields?

just had a quick question about larzuking a crude paly shield. since its crude i heard that it wont get the full 4 sockets instead it will get 3 so you dont have to take the chance if cubing it to get 3. is this true? has anyone tested it?

 

[nubikoen]

Re: larzuk giving 3 sockets to shields?

If you normalize it (El + Chipped gem + low quality armor piece) it'll get an ilvl of 1.

Then Larzuk will punch 3 holes in it, not 4.

I know the Wiki says otherwise, but in this case it's incorrect.

 

[Juicy]

Re: larzuk giving 3 sockets to shields?

hmmmm, dang what if you dont normalize it and leave it low quality? i dont want to risk losing the high resists of normalizing it cause for some reason that rerolls the natural modifiers.

and i guess if it gives it an item lvl of 1 you cant get very good modifiers eh?

yes thanks for the info

 

[IntelligentX]

Re: larzuk giving 3 sockets to shields?

Know that when you use the normalise recipe, the automod on the shield will reroll too.

 

[0blique]

Re: larzuk giving 3 sockets to shields?

So since the ilvl becomes 1, does that preclude the chance of getting the higher automods?

 

[Insane Wayne]

Re: larzuk giving 3 sockets to shields?

hmmmm, dang what if you dont normalize it and leave it low quality? i dont want to risk losing the high resists of normalizing it cause for some reason that rerolls the natural modifiers.

I'm 90% sure that Larzuk will only give 2 sockets to a crude pally shield, the max for a low-quality item.

 

[Orphan]

Re: larzuk giving 3 sockets to shields?

I'm 90% sure that Larzuk will only give 2 sockets to a crude pally shield, the max for a low-quality item.

The sockets available to the low quality item should only be limited by it's ilvl, and not it's quality type. I ran some tests awhile ago for another thread (copy/paste):

To hopefully address all your questions about low quality, sockets and cubing:

- The recipe that takes a low quality item and makes it a normal item works with all "low quality" items, including crude, damaged, etc
- The recipe that takes a low quality item and makes it a normal item will set the new items ilvl to 1. This applies to both armors and weapons.
- If you socket a low quality item it'll get the maximum amount of sockets available to it by it's ilvl. That's to say that if you socket a crude thunder maul that has an ilvl of 60, it'll get 6 sockets.
- You cannot use the cube recipe to socket a low quality item. Only larzuk can socket a low quality item.
- If you take an already socketed low quality item and make it a normal item using the cube recipe, it'll lose it's sockets. Any items that were in the sockets will also be lost.
- If you use the cube recipe or larzuk to socket an item that has been "normalised" with the cube recipe, it'll get the amount of sockets available to it at ilvl 1 (Since it'll have an ilvl of 1)

 

[jiansonz]

Re: larzuk giving 3 sockets to shields?

So since the ilvl becomes 1, does that preclude the chance of getting the higher automods?

Pally shields are a bit different that other staffmodded items. Their automods are related to affix level, which depends on both item level and quality level (what base item it is).

@Insane Wayne: Orphan is right. Item quaility has no effect on Larzuk socketing.