Some question about Base armor

Hi everyone, I wanted to make this topic because I couldn't find anything that could satisfy my need to know how things work regarding armor bases.

I understand that sometimes armor drops in different types: normal, elite, and exceptional. These have the option of being socketed or unsocketed, and ethereal or normal. And exceptionally, they drop superior (ED) and with increased durability, but my question is...

If I need armor for a runeword as well-known as Enigma... many sites say that the best is Archon Plate, and if it has 15% ED, even better. But what do you do when these armors don't have sockets?

I ask because I have some armors like:
- Dusk Shroud
- Mage Plate
- Great Hauberk
- Cuirass
- Wyrmhyde



This item have Superior but dont socket or someone with 3 socket without ED, plz if someone Could you kindly answer me, I would greatly appreciate it.

Ty

 

There are two ways to add sockets to an item, the act 5 quest or the cube recipe.
The act five quest always gives max sockets the item can have, while the cube randomly picks a number, and anything it rolls more than the item can have gives the item's max number of sockets.
Quest: https://diablo2.io/quests/siege-on-harrogath-t3983.html
Cube: https://diablo2.io/recipes/#filter=Socket

 

ty both for answer me. very helpfull.

ty gix for recipes i dont ever see it <3

 

archon plate is the worst option its preferable to be mage plate usually on everyone except paladin and barbarian that would wear corona later on with 2 bers for barbarian or GG jewel with -15 req for paladin usually
the superior when socketed throught recipe will give random amount of sockets so at this point you are risking too much from GG coh - to not get anything (1-2) sockets

edit: the point is when you need 1 fcr ring to reach the exact breakpoint you need str on the ring or even if you need 20% than 2 fcr + str rings and wearing monarch eth with 146 even on swap so you dont need to spend anything in str or even having skillers with + 6 to str

 

Can’t agree mate, AP is really best choice, as it has best balance of str required and base defense (103 str isn’t that much when you have torch and anni, considering str which enigma provides). More than that it is most pretty looking

 

you are not right you need to spend too much in strenght which is useless on mages or even javazons you are getting those 200-300 bonus defense and you are losing points at vitality which is the most important thing when you consider having +skills and you are using cta
you are left with too much strength as you are reaching higher level and you are having less life
edit: having more life reduces the chances from having to go in faster hit recovery animation

 

Really?… If you are going to wear enigma you don’t need to invest single point to strength, even for necro (whose base str is 15)…

P.S. only problem is if you like to die and equip str rings to wear eni

 

so how exactly you are going to wear archon plate than ?
sry my bad well 20 from anni and 20 from torch is exactly 55 for wearing mage plate
edit to the P.S. you can have str charms also at this point your inventory is x3 larger than original

 

Let’s just count on necro - 15 base and let’s have mid torch and anni 15 both. Total is 45, so we require 58 more. Enigma gives 2/3 of lvl str, 58/2*3 =87 lvl.

So on 87 lvl (and I don’t take into account any other equip or charms with str) you put on rings and amulet which give 58+str, put on Enigma and change rings amulet for main equip. Wear Eni and be happy.

 

you dont have to use spirit monarch you are better using eth homunculus bugged def zoded as well as spending in dex for max block in my opinion
on swap should be grim shield (lidless wall) when not enough str for bo (spirit monarch)
i am not quite sure if i had or didnt have enough str for wearing monarch but i prefer the max block on necro and the insane amount of defence that you can get only on eth bugged homunculus
maybe i had 1 skiller with 6 str and on the swap it was eth monarch cant remember
edit: P.S. when you are talking for mid torches and so on consider mara for mages which gives 5 attributes also as well as shako which gives another +2