Guide Rolling charms & high ilvl charms

Table of content:

• Introduction
• Abbreviations
• Prefixes & Suffixes
• Obtaining high level charm
• FAQ
• Final words

Introduction
Hi, my name is North44 (as you well may know). Rolling grand charms was always a trend and with some patience, and a little bit of luck it can be highly rewarding. Over the course of few months as an active gem buyer I received quite a lot of questions on why do I buy gems, how do I roll charms, what's a high level charm and lastly, how to obtain one. So I finally decided to make a ... charming guide.
NOTE: This guide is devoted to gc rolling only.


Abbreviations
SC - small charm
LC - large charm
GC - grand charm
(iLvl) - item level
SK - skiller
Res - Resists
AR - Attack Rating
Mdmg - Max damage
MH - MapHack.

Prefixes & Suffixes
Below will be listed most common prefixes & suffixes that are considered to be a good mod.

Prefixes:
Serpent's +47-52 to Mana (43)
Serpent's +53-59 to Mana (49)
Shimmering All Resistances +13-15% (35)
Fletcher's +1 to Bow & Crossbow Skills (Amazon Only) (50)
Acrobat's +1 to Passive Skills (Amazon Only) (50)
Harpoonist's +1 to Javelin & Spear Skills (Amazon Only) (50)
Burning +1 to Fire Skills (Sorceress Only) (50)
Sparking +1 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only) (50)
Chilling +1 to Cold Skills (Sorceress Only) (50)
Hexing +1 to Curses (Necromancer Only) (50)
Fungal +1 to Poison & Bone Skills (Necro Only) (50)
Graverobber's +1 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only) (50)
Lion Branded +1 to Combat Skills (Paladin Only) (50)
Captain's +1 to Offensive Auras (Paladin Only) (50)
Preserver's +1 to Defensive Auras (Paladin Only) (50)
Expert's +1 to Combat Skills (Barbarian Only) (50)
Fanatic +1 to Combat Masteries (Barbarian Only) (50)
Sounding +1 to Warcries (Barbarian Only) (50)
Trainer's +1 to Summoning Skills (Druid Only) (50)
Spiritual +1 to Shapeshifting Skills (Druid Only) (50)
Natural +1 to Elemental Skills (Druid Only) (50)
Entrapping +1 to Traps (Assassin Only) (50)
Mentalist's +1 to Shadow Disciplines (Assassin Only) (50)
Shogukusha's +1 to Martial Arts (Assassin Only) (50)
Sharp +49-76 to Attack Rating +7-10 Maximum Damage (29)

Suffixes:
Balance 12% Faster Hit Recovery (1)
Inertia 7% Faster Run/Walk (19)
Dexterity +3-4 to Dexterity (1)
Dexterity +5-6 to Dexterity (14)
Life +5-10 to Life (1)
Life +11-15 to Life (9)
Life +16-20 to Life (19)
Sustenance +21-25 to Life (31)
Sustenance +26-30 to Life (45)
Sustenance +31-35 to Life (61)
Vita +36-40 to Life (77)
Vita +41-45 to Life (91)
Strength +3-4 to Strength (1)
Strength +5-6 to Strength (14)


Obtaining high level charm
The process of getting high ilvl gc is rather easy, however, like with most items in Diablo, you need some patience and luck on finding them.
These bosses can drop high ilvl gc - Hell Diablo (94), Hell Nihtalak a.k.a Nickleback (95) and Hell Ball (99). Now instead of dropping a regular magic gc, they will drop you a Gheeds Fortune uniq gc. To avoid this, before you start your gc hunt, you MUST get Gheeds Fortune gc dropped in places like Travincal, Council, Mephisto (these places has the highest probability). Important to note that Gheeds gc can be dropped only once in a game). Once Travincal or someone else drops uniq gc, you're good to go! Please be aware that this does not guarantee any of the bosses to drop the charm, it takes time to find one.
Note that lvl of item is usually visible using a mh.



FAQ
Q: How do I roll a charm?
A: You need 3 random perfect gems+1 charm (not uniq) to roll it. Gem prices range from 40-50 Vex.

Q: What's the point of rolling a high ilvl gc?
A: As can be seen in suffix table, higher ilvl gc can give you a higher life mod 41-45 which increase average of it.

Q: What mods should I be looking for?
A: Most expensive mods are with sk+life, however, all res+life, ar+mdmg+life, life+mana charms are also on high demand.

Q: How many perfect gems do I need to roll a good sk with life?
A: Luck plays a huge roll in rolling charms, it can take from 3 gems to 10 000 or more to roll a good charm. It's estimated that the average number of gems needed for 45 lifer are approx 300k.

Q: Is high level sc or lc worth anything?
A: No.


Final words
In closure I would like to say that buying gems and rolling gc's doesn't always pay off and often requires a huge investment. So unless you have spare 10 Bers to invest, it's better to collect gems on your own. Since more players will be aware on high ilvl gc value and how to obtain it I predict that these gc's will drop in value and will cost around Sur instead of Ber.
Hopefully that this in-depth thread of gc rolling was helpful.

Regards,
Mike (North44)

 

Really good work !!

 

Never thought about that Gheeds trick before Theres always space for something new thanks north

 

Only to add that charms 94,95,99 can roll skillers with 40-45 life, but Ilvl 74+(correct me if i am wrong, dont't remebrer the exact number) charms can have 36-40 life. So we peasants that don't have high Ilvl charm can just roll every GC that drops from hell and hpoe for the best

 

Do you have a screen of it with maphack on ?

 

That was already added in my thread, as well as which ilvl gc can have which mods. Of course rolling anything above 77 ilvl gc is efficient.

 

88 = up to 39, 40 (not sure) life
87 = up to 38
86 = up to 37
85 = up to 36

 

This is entirely not true. Read my post again please.

 

'of vita suffix can spawn on ilvl 77+ GC's. it can roll 36 to 40 hp on charms independently of ilvl. meaning you can roll 40life GC with 78 ilvl or 36l with 99ilvl etc... the hp cap doesnt increase with each level. 'of vita can roll 40->45 hp on 91+ charms, they didnt make a separate suffix for this purpose.
the chances of a suffix rolling maximum value has nothing to do with ilvl. its totally random. ilvl only affects the posibilitys. with this you can toy around and get better outcomes with usually lowering charm ilvls to get some useless affixes out of buisness. for example if there would be a suffix for giving you 5 potatoes tied to 82 ilvl then it would obviously be better to roll 77->81 gcs instead of 82->88 so you dodge rolling on useless potatoes. This technique can't be used in case of gcs couse life mods are on highest ilvl cap.

 

Do you have such charm? If u have - print it. I'd like to see.

 

its not an SK, but the 'of vita suffix would be the same in case this would be one. You can see ilvl is 84, still it got highest posible roll on life.
if you really really really want to see an ilvl77 sk with 40life, i can edit cubemain in patch_d2.mpq and roll one for you in single player then post video of it, but i hope its unecessary after this print screen. @Joaiuda

 

Yes. Good info. I kinda forgot when i started playing here that i actually rolled 81-83 charm (not sure) into 8 max ~60 ar and ~25 life. This is good. Really appreciate it.