Question concerning Runearms

[Sir_Noob]

I recently picked up Coronach in Deleras and I am wondering what sort of suggestions would come if I asked what would be good to craft onto it?

So far in my limited experience with Arties I have only crafted Power III onto the Korthos Runearm.

Not sure what would work on a Runearm either that might enhance spells etc.

[Paleus]

Personally the only thing that I have crafted on rune-arms is the masterful craftsmanship that lowers the min level by 2. Crafting other enhancements will raise the min level of the item and while leveling I would rather just switch out to a better rune-arm as I level, that and for TRing an artificer I wouldn't want to start accumulating a ton of different version of the same rune arm.

That said, I'd look into ranged alacrity as a primary, possibly backed up by blindness immunity min level permitting (probably not the case with a low level rune arm). I crafted those onto a trinket slot, but you could consolidate them onto the rune-arm.

[Darkrok]

What Paleus said about the min level. This goes for the tier 3 challenge items too - crafting even a +1 shard takes it half way to the next tier item. Crafting a +2 shard makes it the same ML as the next tier up. On the challenge items just making the item T3 makes it BTC instead of BTA.

That said, once you get to level 20 it's a whole new ball game. I tend to craft greater (and eventually when I get crafting high enough major) lore of the appropriate type. It makes a nice difference on rune-arm damage and it makes the most sense gear-wise as the correct lore is then always paired with the rune arm.

[TimoteoDeLani]

Rune arms take the same shards as trinkets. If you are going to put something on a rune arm, I suggest the following (depending obviously on max craftable level and your level):

- Secret door detection.

- Attack +2/+4.

- Appropriate damage increaser or Lore. I think you need the max tier +1 so for a max tier 3 charge you would want Superior IV.

- (Major/Greater) Repair Lore (if you have Construct Essence).

- Spell resistance

- (Greater/Improved) False life

- Blindness immunity (but usually better to swap in somewhere else).