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Stacking mana regen?
Recently, I traded a Manald Heal ring to a Necromancer for a unique body armor. Since he didn't melee, I was surprised he wanted it, and asked him about that. I figured only melees or amazons wanted the ring for the mana leech.
He told me he wanted it for the mana regen (20%), since he was a bone spear necro, and that he was accumulating a lot of similar items with mana regen % on them.
That got me thinking... how effective is it to stack mana regen items? I know perfect skulls give 19% when in helms or body armor (plus life regen), and eth runes give 15% in shields, helms and body armor.
(EDIT - only 4 sockets possible in body armor) So 9 Perfect Skulls, 3 in a helm, 6 in a body armor(I know, 6 socket armor is rare), that's +171% mana regen, 4 eth runes in shield would be another 60%, 2 Manald Heal rings would be 40%. For a total of 271% mana regen if my math is correct. Add to that a unique weapon, gloves, boots, and amulet that regens mana, anybody know of any? I don't think rares can spawn with +mana regen%.
Over 270% mana regen sounds awesome on paper. But how well would it work in game? Does anyone know the formula for mana regen? And which characters would this regen setup work best for? If it stacks with a Sorcerors warmth, that would be massive.
I know, it wouldn't be optimal for max damage or survivability. But it sounds like a cool project.
Recently, I traded a Manald Heal ring to a Necromancer for a unique body armor. Since he didn't melee, I was surprised he wanted it, and asked him about that. I figured only melees or amazons wanted the ring for the mana leech.
He told me he wanted it for the mana regen (20%), since he was a bone spear necro, and that he was accumulating a lot of similar items with mana regen % on them.
That got me thinking... how effective is it to stack mana regen items? I know perfect skulls give 19% when in helms or body armor (plus life regen), and eth runes give 15% in shields, helms and body armor.
(EDIT - only 4 sockets possible in body armor) So 9 Perfect Skulls, 3 in a helm, 6 in a body armor(I know, 6 socket armor is rare), that's +171% mana regen, 4 eth runes in shield would be another 60%, 2 Manald Heal rings would be 40%. For a total of 271% mana regen if my math is correct. Add to that a unique weapon, gloves, boots, and amulet that regens mana, anybody know of any? I don't think rares can spawn with +mana regen%.
Over 270% mana regen sounds awesome on paper. But how well would it work in game? Does anyone know the formula for mana regen? And which characters would this regen setup work best for? If it stacks with a Sorcerors warmth, that would be massive.
I know, it wouldn't be optimal for max damage or survivability. But it sounds like a cool project.