What's the best item for Impulse Spell Power?

[Thrudh]

Right now I'm using Cannith-crafted gloves with 159 Impulse, and 79 Insightful Impulse.

And I have quality Impulse 45 on an orb.

Better ways to increase it?

[asdfghhjkl]

The strongest impulse item in the game is http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Nocturn..._Song_of_Night

[Fivetigers33]

Right now I'm using Cannith-crafted gloves with 159 Impulse

You can put 185 on a slaver's blank.

[xveganrox]

Impulse bonuses are equipment, insightful, quality, implement, and artifact, along with any base class bonuses and Spellcraft. You can't Cannith Craft any higher than what you have. A freebie Morninglord's Sceptre will add +33 spellcraft (22 normal, 11 insightful), which equals +33 impulse, and any extra intelligence will add +1 per modifier boost. Slaver's crafting can give you +185 impulse and +4 quality intelligence or +5 quality spellcraft. Like asdfghhjkl said Nocturne is the best single item for Impulse -- it gives the highest equipment, insightful, quality, and implement bonuses, all on one item, but it is a raid item and it does take both weapon slots. For max impulse gearing you'd need Nocturne (implement + equipment + insightful + quality spellpower), +22 spellcraft/+11 insightful spellcraft (Cannith crafted item), Beacon of Magic set (+50 artifact spellpower), Intelligence +20/+9/+4 (+16-17 spellcraft), Meridian Fragment (up to +24 psionic spellpower, but relies on you getting hit) or Xachosian Eardweller (+25 psionic spellpower, but on a 3x 1 minute clickie), Impact potions (+25 alchemical spellpower, they only last 3 minutes), and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting about.

Best way to increase it is probably through optimizing enhancements/ED/twists, farming Slave Lords, and running Curse of Strahd whenever you're not on timer. After that, making sure you're using a +22/+11 spellsight item, slotting Good Luck +2 if you haven't already, wearing Beacon of Magic (generally wouldn't recommend, but if you're after max spellpower...), buying/farming a Meridian Fragment for Nocturne, using an Int item even if it isn't your casting stat, using a +6 exceptional int skills item, etc. There are pretty serious diminishing returns after that (and opportunity cost, especially for using Beacon & Legendary Phasecloak if you're not int-based) -- you could farm mythic/reaper bonuses for extra stacking SP, use alchemical pots, etc. but in general the first few things are where I'd start.

[HungarianRhapsody]

The strongest impulse item in the game is http://ddowiki.com/page/Item:Nocturn..._Song_of_Night

Depends on what you want to cast. If you want to use BOTH of your weapon slots, that's a good weapon, but a little less Impulse could still be a stronger set of items together if you're casting other spells as well.

[asdfghhjkl]

Depends on what you want to cast. If you want to use BOTH of your weapon slots, that's a good weapon, but a little less Impulse could still be a stronger set of items together if you're casting other spells as well.

I would never use that stick full-time, but it's perfectly itemized to swap in for bosses so that you can Ruin/Arcane Pulse/whatever. You don't need Nightmother's Scepter or a shield/orb for that part of the quest.