Help with end-game gear

[Blackiron_Two]

I have a second life Warlock following Great Old Ones. The character is level 30. I can solo pretty much any Legendary quest on Hard without any problem. I have soloed a few Legendary quests on Elite, although I often die once or twice before completing.

I like Enlightened Spirit and almost always run with Eldritch Aura. I do not have any real gear other than Thunderforged armor and weapons. I have been running with a rapier and a dagger both crafted to increase spell power (one increasing Acid and the other increasing Radiance). All of the rest of my gear is Cannith crafted.

I have Spell Focus and Greater Spell Focus for Conjuration, Enchantment, and Illusion (but I don't seem to ever get value from the Illusion so am thinking I'll swap those for Spell Penetration and Greater Spell Penetration). I'm not sure I need Conjuration, I took it for Trap the Soul but don't use the spell much so am considering switching that to Evocation.

Given that information, what gear should I aim for? I prefer it not be raid gear. I solo almost exclusively and am very nervous about joining raids.

Thanks for your help.

[mikarddo]

This very likely is not fully optimized - but it is a good place to start - and does not include any raid gear.
I did not fill in augment except for one in the weapon and one in the orb - nor did I fill in filigrees.
It is a **** shame that the setup bonus uses the gloves slot as that means you cannot use the Stone Forged Gauntlets.

The +wis items is for use with Mass Frog, which you should definitely use.
Maybe someone more intimately knowledgeable about warlocks can improve.
Have fun farming all of this


Equipped Gear Set : Standard
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Armor · · · · Legendary Feycraft Mail
· · · · · · · +15 Enhancement Bonus
· · · · · · · Fortification +214%
· · · · · · · Physical Sheltering +54
· · · · · · · Healing Amplification +85
· · · · · · · False Life +81
· · · · · · · Legendary Feywild Dreamer
Belt· · · · · Legendary Burnscar Sash
· · · · · · · Enhanced Corrosion +202
· · · · · · · Enhanced Combustion +202
· · · · · · · Acid Lore +29%
· · · · · · · Fire Lore +29%
· · · · · · · Beacon of Magic Set (Legendary)
Boots · · · · Legendary Sunken Slippers
· · · · · · · Lesser Displacement
· · · · · · · Insightful Potency +77
· · · · · · · Quality Potency +38
· · · · · · · Nearly Finished (Qual IWC): +5 Quality Charisma
Bracers · · · Legendary Bracers of Order and Chaos
· · · · · · · Chaos Absorption +28%
· · · · · · · Law Absorption +28%
· · · · · · · Healing Amplification +80
· · · · · · · Resistance +16
Cloak · · · · Legendary Gossamer Weave
· · · · · · · Enchantment Focus +9
· · · · · · · Illusion Focus +9
· · · · · · · Spell Resistance +47
· · · · · · · Spell Penetration +9
· · · · · · · Legendary Feywild Dreamer
Gloves· · · · Legendary Delicate Thimbletips
· · · · · · · Magical Efficiency 10%
· · · · · · · Insightful Spell Penetration +5
· · · · · · · Conjuration Focus +9
· · · · · · · Mystic Diversion +33%
· · · · · · · Legendary Feywild Dreamer
Goggles · · · Legendary Collective Sight
· · · · · · · Quality Resistance +4
· · · · · · · Temperance of Belief
· · · · · · · Nearly Finished (SDCIWC): +21 Wisdom
· · · · · · · Nearly Finished (Ins SDCIWC): +10 Insightful Constitution
Helmet· · · · Legendary Arcsteel Brim
· · · · · · · Spell Focus Mastery +7
· · · · · · · Will Save +17
· · · · · · · Insightful Magical Sheltering +26
· · · · · · · Magical Sheltering +54
· · · · · · · Legendary Arcsteel Battlemage
Necklace· · · Sigil of Regalport
· · · · · · · Charisma +22
· · · · · · · Quality Spell Focus Mastery +2
· · · · · · · Wizardry +481
· · · · · · · Cold Absorption +53%
Ring1 · · · · Legendary Celestial Sapphire Ring
· · · · · · · Improved Deception
· · · · · · · Dodge Bonus +21%
· · · · · · · Profane Well Rounded
· · · · · · · Nearly Finished (DIC): +21 Constitution
Ring2 · · · · The Legendary Shattered Onyx
· · · · · · · Profane Spell Focus Mastery +2
· · · · · · · Insightful Resistance +8
· · · · · · · Insightful Dodge Bonus +10%
· · · · · · · Nearly Finished (Ins IWC): +10 Insightful Charisma
Trinket · · · Legendary Five Rings
· · · · · · · Legendary Slavelords Prefix: Dexterity +17
· · · · · · · Legendary Slavelords Suffix: Spell Lore Light +27
· · · · · · · Legendary Slavelords Extra: Spell Craft +22
· · · · · · · Legendary Slavelords Bonus: Quality Constitution +4
Weapon1 · · · Legendary Nightmother's Sceptre
· · · · · · · Damage and Type 5[1d6+2] + 15 Bludgeon, Magic
· · · · · · · Critical Threat Range 20 x2
· · · · · · · +15 Enhancement Bonus
· · · · · · · Spell Focus Mastery +7
· · · · · · · Insightful Spell Focus Mastery +4
· · · · · · · Spell Penetration +8
· · · · · · · Insightful Spell Penetration +4
· · · · · · · Orange: +150 Ruby of Light/Alignment Spell Power
Weapon2 · · · Legendary Resplendant Fury
· · · · · · · Spellcasting Implement +29
· · · · · · · +15 Orb Bonus
· · · · · · · Insightful Radiance +107
· · · · · · · Insightful Radiance Lore +18%
· · · · · · · Coalesced Flame
· · · · · · · Nearly Finished (Ins IWC): +10 Insightful Wisdom
· · · · · · · Purple: Ruby of Corrosion Spell Power


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[Enkidu]

Looks like all the bases are covered, but that second weapon is adding very little and the low radiance lore probably holding you back. That said you could solo r4 with no problems and r8 with a little help using this gear and most of it easy to come by. The first things I'd advise getting are the burnscar belt and nightmothers scepter from Ravenloft, those two items fill so many important holes and will make getting the rest much easier.

[mr420247]

This uses the fvs set armor blessed vestments, cloak hallowed trail, bracers hallowed castigators, hat memoirs reaper,

belts black satin waist cha 5, ravenlofts burnscar, silver thread, gogs collective sight cha, ins cha,

rings shattered onyx ins wis 10, celestial saphire dex, quik swap legendary cheiftan for frog 72 wis

boots legendary flight foots reflex saves, or devil commanders max prr, gloves artifact gauntlet iron council 3 cha fils,

neclace legendary sigil or cracked core, trinket slavers ins con 2 aug slots or cursebane focus

Main hand night mother, off hand lgs affirmation, sky vault tower shield

Heal amp 240-265 shining through, ac 171 +, max prr 274 hopin to hit the 300 mark with better reaper sharn gear

saves 84, 88, 68 + 17 spell saves, wail is at 122 dc in majister ed

[mikarddo]

Looks like all the bases are covered, but that second weapon is adding very little and the low radiance lore probably holding you back. That said you could solo r4 with no problems and r8 with a little help using this gear and most of it easy to come by. The first things I'd advise getting are the burnscar belt and nightmothers scepter from Ravenloft, those two items fill so many important holes and will make getting the rest much easier.

It is definitely far from a perfect setup - just what I could brainstorm fast - but why do you call the radiance lore low with +45% from items (+27 from slavelords and +18% from orb)?

At a small loss in DC the Celestial Beacon from WPM could be used though rather than the Night Mothers Scepter for better light damage.

[mr420247]

No enhancement light spell power really not enough stuff synergy in drac or maj to make it viable for high skulls and ea is just bad these days needs a total over haul to make that viable

[Blackiron_Two]

Thank you to everyone thus far.

I appreciate the comments and advice.

I mostly solo so am OK if the character doesn't have the optimal gear. Eldritch Aura plus melee fits my skill level with the game so I really want to stick with that if I can. I would be satisfied with being able to solo thru Legendary on Elite. Low to mid Reaper would just be a bonus for me.

If I need to learn to play the character differently, what should I be practicing? If I did join a group what would they expect from me and does it matter about the eldritch stance at all?

I can lesser reincarnate to bring my stats to a better place and rework my spell choices. I don't really want to do a different type of reincarnate because it is fun to be at the top level and to run these higher level quests.

I try to avoid the store but have used it. I did use a +8 stat tome when they were last available.

If I were to reset using lesser reincarnation, what would be a better stat distribution and spell choices for Great Old Ones?

Thanks again.

[Enkidu]

It is definitely far from a perfect setup - just what I could brainstorm fast - but why do you call the radiance lore low with +45% from items (+27 from slavelords and +18% from orb)?

At a small loss in DC the Celestial Beacon from WPM could be used though rather than the Night Mothers Scepter for better light damage.

From just lore and insightful lore should be closer to 50%, but also missing other pieces of the attack puzzle. Radiance is the primary weapon, it needs to be the best you can make it in spell power and lore plus getting evocation as high as possible. You can work on acid after that since it's not always going to work. So the build should cover all the bases for regular, insightful, quality, profane, etc. for any blaster's the primary attack. You can backfill and make compromises with all the defense after you get the offense sorted.

I agree you can do better than nightmothers on a stat or two, but it's very handy for covering a lot of bases. Also, there's no such thing as a small loss from DC for R5 and up reaper builds. If the spell doesn't land your extra light power doesn't help much.

All that said, the gear list isn't terrible, but I think we all agree it's not optimal. The OP needs a place to start and we can help with theorycraft on what should go first, second, etc. I'd also suggest checking out the gear used by R8 warlocks you can find online. They can still be blasters under r10, but instakills and CC ultra high DCs make you have to sacrifice a lot for R10 builds and the gear reflects this.

[cmecu]

I am kind of in the same boat. I mainly play another class build, but I play Warlock once in a while to change things up. I just got to level 30, and I cant even do Epic Elite Sharn stuff with out getting killed. Was killed in Memoirs of an Illusory Larcene over and over.. I have all kinds of gear My Spell powers are Acid 734 ( can be higher if I used Legendary Stone-forged Gauntlet 214 Corrosion Insightful 107 , Legendary Stone Shoes Insightful 107 corrosion, Quality 53 corrosion) I have Enhanced 202 Corrosion from the Burnscar Sash . So I can have Enchanment 214, Enhanced 202 , Insightful 107, and Quality 53. That is 576 Corrosion just from those items.

But then I need to consider Radiance, Which I have Hallowed Trail cloak with its 214 Radiance with 31% Radiance lore, Legendary resplendant gives me 107 insightful radiance and insightful lore of 18% ( i havent seen Quality Radiance on anything)

And Finally Impulse for Evards Tentacles. the only 2 high items is an Orn that gives 214 and a cloak with 185 ... which both interfere with the radiance or corrosion items.

Then once spell power is taken care of I need to consider what items for the DC of my spells, penetration, not to mention my Survival so i need PRR MRR , Fortification, and Hit points.

As it stands right now I have 688 Hit points ( dont have a Constitution item equipped atm)
AC: 68
Fortification: 304
PRR: 92
MRR:50

Spell points : 2280
Charisma: 73 ( which can go higher from other gear like +22 cha minor artifact.. )

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I know a big part of it is game play, how you play your character. I normally try to Hold Monster ( 69 DC) atm, and I use Evards tentacles and use Wave, energy Burst ( acid), Divine Wrath, Spray spray spray...
Yet some how I still end up dying alot. I am pretty squishy with only 688 hp.

So what is the best way to maximize gear and be efficient. My warlock should be rolling through EE with having all my past lives Heroic and Epic.

I am level 30 and with the new pacts that come out, perhaps when i TR go down one of those routes? Which BTW I had no idea about them until yesterday. I dont know if any of the new pacts are really good or not. Even so, Would need gear for those builds.. But any way.. Im still looking for my GOO gear as it is..I need to optimize my gear. I am ready to farm some more . Any help would be great.
Thank you

[mr420247]

Respec to ES run in Drac max Aoe

Rejuv, staunch, shining through

Use fvs fury set n medium armor

Craft lgs affirmation for your off hand

Cha n Dcs are way too low for sharns they really raised the bar on that so just use tentacles dump the rest

Maybe swap to the con gloves artifact max that hp too while your at it

[majorhavoc]

I have a second life Warlock following Great Old Ones. The character is level 30. I can solo pretty much any Legendary quest on Hard without any problem. I have soloed a few Legendary quests on Elite, although I often die once or twice before completing.

I like Enlightened Spirit and almost always run with Eldritch Aura. I do not have any real gear other than Thunderforged armor and weapons. I have been running with a rapier and a dagger both crafted to increase spell power (one increasing Acid and the other increasing Radiance). All of the rest of my gear is Cannith crafted.

I have Spell Focus and Greater Spell Focus for Conjuration, Enchantment, and Illusion (but I don't seem to ever get value from the Illusion so am thinking I'll swap those for Spell Penetration and Greater Spell Penetration). I'm not sure I need Conjuration, I took it for Trap the Soul but don't use the spell much so am considering switching that to Evocation.

Given that information, what gear should I aim for? I prefer it not be raid gear. I solo almost exclusively and am very nervous about joining raids.

Thanks for your help.

Here is my cap gear set, this set is geared for an R10 CC role.

Level 30 DC Warlock Set
Goggle	Legendary Collective Sight, Nearly Finished - Constitution +20, Almost There - Insightful Constitution +10, Quality Resistance +4, Temperance of Belief, Empty Blue Augment Slot = +20 Vitality Hit points
Helm	Legendary Compliance Charisma +19, Potency +145, Exceptional Alluring Skills Bonus +10, Use Magic Device +7, Trace of Madness, Empty Green Augment Slot = The Masters Gift
Necklace	Sigil of Regalport, Charisma +22, Quality Spell Focus Mastery +2, Wizardry +481, Cold Absorption 53%, Yellow Augment Slot = Topaz of Greater Enchant, Blue Augment Slot = Good Luck +2, Empty Green Augment Slot = Topaz of Greater Necro, c/w 3 Filagree = (2)Coalesced Magic + **** and Back/Embraced by Light: +3 Charisma, +14 Spellpower, +6 MRR, -10% ASF
Trinket	Epic Litany of the Dead, Turn the Page — 5 Charges (Recharged/Day:5), Litany of the Dead II - Ability Bonus, Taint of Evil, Litany of the Dead II - Combat Bonus, Light of Dawn, Blue Augment Slot = Globe of True Imperial Blood, Green Augment Slot = Draconic Soul Gem
Cloak	Legendary Hallowed Trail, Radiance +214, Radiance Lore +31%, Evocation Focus +9, Quality Spell Penetration +3, Blue Augment Slot = +8 Natural Armor, Legendary Flamecleansed Fury
Belt	Legendary Burnscar Sash, Enhanced Corrosion +202, Enhanced Combustion +202, Acid Lore +29, Fire Lore +29, Green Augment Slot = Topaz of Greater Evo
Ring 1	Legendary Slave Lords Ring	17 Wis	27 Force crit		22 Heal	+4 Q Wis		Green Aug
Ring 1	Legendary Celestial Topaz Ring, Nearly Finished - Insightful Charisma +10, Wizardry +440, Parrying +10, Lesser Displacement, Yellow Augment Slot = Topaz of Feather Fall
Ring 1	Lantern Ring (Ring): Radiance +144, Insightful Wisdom +2, Radiant Glory, Radiance Lore VIII, Green Augment Slot = Topaz of Feather Fall, Colorless Augment Slot = +2 Spooky bonus to Int
Glove	Legendary Green Steal NEE X 3	+22 Int Skills & 151 Pro mana		+11 Int Skills & 151 Ins mana			+6 Int Skills & 75 Qul mana
Boots	Legendary Sunken Slippers Nearly Finished - Quality Charisma +5, Lesser Displacement, Insightful Potency +77, Quality Potency +38, Yellow Augment Slot = Topaz of 30% Striding
Ring 2	The Legendary Shattered Onyx, Nearly Finished - Insightful Wisdom +10, Profane Spell Focus II, Insightful Resistance +8, Insightful Dodge +10%, Blue Augment Slot = +2 Spooky bonus to Wis
Bracers	Legendary Hallowed Castigators, Devotion +214, Healing Lore +31%, Insightful Sheltering +27, Efficient Metamagic - Empower Healing II, Green Augment Slot = Topaz of Greater Conj, Legendary Flamecleansed Fury
Armor	Legendary Blessed Vestments, Medium Armor, +15 Enhancement Bonus, Fortification +214%, Physical Sheltering +54, Competence Healing Amplification +85, Hit Points +81, Blue Augment Slot = +15 Arcane Spell Failure, Legendary Flamecleansed Fury, While wearing three items from the Legendary Flamecleansed Fury set, you gain: +50 Artifact bonus to Fire, Force, Light and Positive Spell Power, +10% Artifact bonus to Fire, Force, Light and Positive Spell Crit Chance, +4 Artifact bonus to Wisdom and Charisma, +3 Artifact bonus to Spell DCs
Weapon 1	Legendary Wild Flame: - Spellcasting Implement +29, +15 Enhancement Bonus, Combustion +202, Insightful Combustion +101, Fire Lore +29%, Evocation Focus +8, Red Augment Slot , c/w 8 Filagrees = (3)Coalesced Magic + (2)Eye of the Beholder/(2)Inevitable Grave + (2)Embraced by Light: +3 Intelligence, +1 Charisma, +84 Universal Spellpower, +9 Negative Spellpower, +4 Concentration, +5% Universal Spell Crit Damage, +1 Caster Level, +4 MRR, +12 Positive Spellpower, +9 Light Spellpower, +5 Healing Amplification
Weapon 1	Nightmother's Sceptre:, +15 Enhancement Bonus, Spell Focus Mastery 7, Insightful Spell Focus Mastery 4, Spell Penetration 8, Insightful Spell Penetration 4, Orange Augment Slot = Meridian Fragment, c/w 8 Filagrees 4 X Eye of the Beholder Set + 4 X Melony's Melody Set = +3 Charisma, +3 Intelligence, +28 Universal Spellpower, +1 Wisdom, +8 MRR, +2 PRR, +4 Perform Skill, +50 Spell Points, +2 DC for Enchantment spells, +4 Concentration, +1 Spell Penetration, +2 DCs of all spells
Offhand	Legendary Resplendant Fury, Orb, Spellcasting Implement +29, +15 Orb Bonus, Insightful Charisma +10, Insightful Radiance +107, Insightful Radiance Lore +18%, Coalesced Flame, Purple Augment Slot = Golem's Heart

The extra Rings & Weapon are for swapping over to a DPS roll vers a DC CC roll.