Shako Crazy Wagon!

[sparklingwater]

Shako Crazy Wagon!

The Shako are going like crazy on ladder at the moment. People are asking for 1 hr now. Who paid that much?

What did you pay for your shako and why did you pay that much?

For me, instead of joining the shako wagon, I decided to use a Deliruim and Andy Mask instead.

 

[krischan]

Re: Shako Crazy Wagon!

I doubt that many people who found their own HRs don't have items of the "Shako class" yet, so maybe that's just greedy bastards who try to scam noo... err inexperienced people who bought their gear from item shops.

 

[Ardanien]

Re: Shako Crazy Wagon!

The Shako are going like crazy on ladder at the moment. People are asking for 1 hr now. Who paid that much?

What did you pay for your shako and why did you pay that much?

For me, instead of joining the shako wagon, I decided to use a Deliruim and Andy Mask instead.

Well, the price is really cruel, but as I know it's on every ladder start... I'm waiting till I found one for myself, using Tarnhelm Skull Cap just now...

 

[Nazara]

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I paid ist and mal for mine. Think I got a good deal.

 

[Kryptonic]

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I paid ist and mal for mine. Think I got a good deal.

Ouch. In a couple of weeks shako should be worth about Um.

 

[sparklingwater]

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I paid ist and mal for mine. Think I got a good deal.

damn that's expensive! You can use ist + 2 low runes to make Deliruim which is in every way better than a shako.

I still remember the days where I pay 1 pul for a shako... two weeks ago.

 

[krischan]

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The ctc cast effects of Delirium are cast when being struck, that makes it not worth using for everybody but melee builds. Apart from that, there's always the risk of turning into a bone fetish and nobody wants that while being struck. When leaving that out (and the +2 skill bonus which both have), there's nothing left which can compete with another 25% MF, life per level, mana per level, +2 to all attributes, 10% DR and another socket to fill up.

Ouch. In a couple of weeks shako should be worth about Um.

Yes, in a few weeks, but not now. If you want it now, it costs Ist+Mal, else you have to wait. Supply and demand .

 

[sparklingwater]

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The ctc cast effects of Delirium are cast when being struck, that makes it not worth using for everybody but melee builds. Apart from that, there's always the risk of turning into a bone fetish and nobody wants that while being struck. When leaving that out (and the +2 skill bonus which both have), there's nothing left which can compete with another 25% MF, life per level, mana per level, +2 to all attributes, 10% DR and another socket to fill up.



Yes, in a few weeks, but not now. If you want it now, it costs Ist+Mal, else you have to wait. Supply and demand .

Don't forget the 300 - 400 defence + 10 to Vit. But if you put it that way, it does seem sucky abit, but right now it's doing the job for Hell Meph farming, so I am not complaining.

The thing i hate most about the "Shako FT" games are that it's so frustrating because the host is always fishing for a hr, but don't tell you. You'll be wasting your time barganing with yourself most of the time...

Edit: I just saw a "Shako for Eth Andy" game...

 

[krischan]

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I would prefer a ptopazed 3 socket helm or Tarnhelm to something which needs an Ist rune and has less MF. The +2 bonus might mean 10% less spells to cast while doing the moat trick and saves you half a mana potion while teleporting, so I think it's worth giving it up for another 25-50% MF when visiting act bosses.

 

[Knarlfist]

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You can say all you want about Shako being nicer, but there is a time and a place to use certain pieces of gear...

And the fact is, Shako doesn't allow you to create things like a +5BO or Tornado helm like Delirium can. I had a +5 BO Delirium barb helm for my Singer last ladder, and the final +40 BO was insane. Wasn't that hard to find the base to make it in either.

Shako is a fine helm, but I would never consider over-paying for one, because in reality it is one of the more common drops in D2. My rule of thumb is: if it's something so common that even I find them quite often, then I ain't paying no stinkin' high rune for it :O

 

[krischan]

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You can say all you want about Shako being nicer, but there is a time and a place to use certain pieces of gear...

Yes, there is such a time, but that time isn't at the beginning of a ladder season . I would invest an Ist rune to get more basic gear, like better MF stuff for my sorc which is a bit hard to get. A shako is not among these items, as I prefer Tal's full set for my MF sorc.

 

[Sun Fired Blank]

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For what it's worth, the Shako market is about to crash pretty hard. It was already an unstable market fueled both in supply and demand by an astronomical number of restart characters. That demand starts tapering off at the same time that supply starts growing astronomically.

Earlier today seemed like the best time to grab one. I traded a socketed Stormshield and Um rune for a 107 defense Shako. Definitely worth it.

 

[Hodari]

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there's nothing left which can compete with another 25% MF, life per level, mana per level, +2 to all attributes, 10% DR and another socket to fill up.

Especially if you look at it like this...if the extra MF allows you to find even just one or two more good uniques before the prices on those also crash, then you still come out ahead.

 

[juju]

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You use shako=you find more shakos xD... 2sk/life/mana/dr/mf <-- all what u need for ur mf char, so why not buy it with hr and u find some good items and sell vs hr's so u win with ur 1hr shako @ ladder begining ^^

ofc shakos prices are going to drop really bad in some weeks

sry for bad english

 

[fudoshin]

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depends on char. not meantion mf and others i prefer shako for mele assa because she is little bit fragile.so +life and dr is very big different. delirium is especially very good for "class only" helms like baba and dudu helms with skills. cts when struck isnt so important.but there is confuse on striking. which is very useful skil especially e.g. for pala without crowd control skills.but! if u use other cts skill like mostly Lt from draculs or something like this, confuse from delirium sucks right cause of it...so i have delirium in baba helm with +3bo and +2 iron skin, which is very good.i think delirium is very good for ama, especially bowa.but for soso i prefer shako, mainly for mf bonus...

 

[sparklingwater]

Re: Shako Crazy Wagon!

Woot!! Today I found 141 Perfect Shako and 120 Shako!! Man, I am going to host one of those annoying Shako 4 Offer game tomorrow!!