Orphan's Call

[Occhidiangela]

First off, I don't pay attention, so what character(s) is (are) this set designed for?
Any comments appreciated.
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Orphan's Call

The nice thing about this set is that any character set up for melee, and for that matter a throw focused Javazons or Barbarian, can use this set with a one handed weapon of choice. Most folks I know like two handed throwing for a Barb, so the shield switch would be for special times on Weapons II when you want the shield up for blocking . . . maybe in the Hell Bloody Foothils? Anywhere archers lurk.

The shield and Helm strike me as the sweetest of the bunch. My enchant Sorceress had a WG shield, whose blocking made Hell Duriel way less of a problem. The belt hits the "what's not to like" category quickly. I do not suspect that a Spell caster would prefer to use this set, unelss one is trying to boost blocking while wielding a wand or orb type weapon.

If you add a Strength or Black rune worded weapon, or indeed any CB weapon, your CB rate gets to "nice" quickly. To hit becomes your major concern. With that hat and Goblin Toe, you could use The Diggler (ITD) for example, and the majority of your damage via CB. Back to Strength and BlackToss in a Goblin Toe boots and you end up with good blocking, CB at the 80%+ level. Sacrifice some resistances in Hell if your rings and Amulet don't come through for you there. Lack of a "cannot be frozen" means that Baal's cold wedge still needs to be accounted for.

Maybe charms make up the rest of your resistance needs, or Natural Resistance if you are a Barbarian.

The hat on a merc from Act II or V is a very nice boost to mercdom by itself.

Guillaume's Face
Winged Helm Defense: 217 (Base Defense: 85-98)
+120% Enhanced Defense
+30% Faster Hit Recovery
15% Deadly Strike
35% Chance of Crushing Blow
+15 To Strength
Whitstan's Guard
Round Shield Defense: 154 (Base Defense: 47-55)
Chance To Block: Pal: 97% Ama/Asn/Bar: 92% Dru/Nec/Sor: 87%
Paladin Smite Damage: 7 to 14
+175% Enhanced Defense
Half Freeze Duration
40% Faster Block Rate
+55% Increased Chance Of Blocking
+5 To Light Radius
Magnus' Skin
Sharkskin Gloves Defense: 60 (Base Defense: 33-39)
+50% Enhanced Defense
+20% Increased Attack Speed
+100 To Attack Rating
+3 To Light Radius
Fire Resist +15%
Wilhelm's Pride
Battle Belt Defense: 75 (Base Defense: 37-42)
16 boxes
+75% Enhanced Defense
5% Life Stolen Per Hit
5% Mana Stolen Per Hit
+10 Cold resistance
Partial Set Bonus
+35 Life (2 Items)
Attacker Takes Damage of 5 (3 Items)
Complete Set Bonus
+85 To Life
Attacker Takes Damage of 5
All Resistances +15
+100 Defense
+10 To Dexterity
+20 To Strength
80% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

+35 to Strength and +10 to Dexterity is a nice boost to stats, the "Attacker takes damage" is trivial at the levels required for the complete set, the resistance boost is modest, (One could put a PD or an Um in the shield with a socket to improve that, and the dual leech is a very nice mod for a belt, leaving you free to do other th ings with your rings and amulets. The IAS, blocking, CB, Deadly Strike, FHR, and defense boosts point to a "slug in out in the mosh pit" approach. :)

The MF is lovely, if not über.

What is really sacrificed is +skills in the hat and the shield, and to a certain extent, big resistance bonuses.

Enjoy.

Occhi