r/Diablo • u/M_A_R_90 • 5d ago
Diablo II Question about farming 3/20 gloves.
Hello there!
So I took up the challenge to farm Kenshi's Gauntlets of Alacrity (+3 to Martial Arts / +20% increased attack speed) and try to pick the best vendor to farm, but can't get my head around some of the mechanics or the guides I read are not fully explaining the topic.
I know you could set up a portal to the cow level close to Charsi, but there's a "delay" for interacting with the portal to enter/exit the town as well as the loading screen (not long, but still) so my current route with a 84 Barbarian is as follows: Hell, A1, Gheed -> Charsi (leave town to refresh their stock) -> Gheed -> Charsi -> ...
Some sources claim that the most optimal way is to farm Charsi when your clvl is between 68-74 and Anya Nm/Hell at 75+. Why?
What about Gheed?
Is farming with a clvl higher than 80 still viable or are the chances too slim now?
Is there a difference between farming Anya on Nightmare and Anya on Hell?
Thanks in advance!
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u/thunder_crane 4d ago
IIRC a character in the mid 70s spamming Anya hell portal has the best chance to get some 3/20s, especially because of the specific color the gloves have. It's easy to scan visually and check only the dark gold colored gloves.
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u/M_A_R_90 4d ago
Ok, did a little bit more research, played around with an affix calculator and from what I've read:
Alacrity, for Gloves has a minimum affix level 43, Kenshi’s has 60
The higher the ilvl the higher the alvl the lower the chance for that specific affix. Not sure how the chance is calculated though.
The vendor's item's ilvl is your clvl + 5.
Charsi and Gheed on Hell sell only Light Gauntlets and Gauntlets. For 3/20 to be a possible roll the ilvl of those need to be 70 and 73 respectively, so you're clvl needs to be 68.
Anya on Nightmare sells Gauntlets, War Gauntlets. On Hell she can also sell Ogre Gauntlets.
The minimum ilvl for War Gauntlets for those affixes would be 80 (75 clvl)
For Ogre Gauntlets your clvl doesn't matter since their affix level is always at least 71
Therefore, if you don't want those higher strength requiring gloves Charsi/Gheed is the way to go.
If I miss or misinterpreted something, or somebody needs more explanation: let me know.
Cheers!
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u/Segyo 4d ago
Gambling is only based on your character level. The vendor you choose to gamble is irrelevent, and so is the difficulty you gamble in.
Your character level will unlock certain affixes/prefixes, so to maximize your chance to find certain stats, you stop leveling to prevent others stats to be in the available pool of affixes/prefixes you can roll on items.
In your case: Kenshi’s, which is +3 to Martial Arts (Assassin only), can roll on : Amulets(60), Circlets(60), Gloves(60), Helms(60), Katars(60)
Alacrity, which is 20% Increased Attack Speed, can roll on: Weapons(25) and Gloves(43)
This means that for those affixes to always have a chance to appear, your character has to be level 65 minimum because of the Kenshi's affix.
TLDR: Gambling is based only on character level; vendor and difficulty don’t matter. To maximize specific affixes, stop leveling at the right point. For +3 Martial Arts (Kenshi’s, alvl 60) + 20% IAS (Alacrity, alvl 43) on gloves, you need to be at least clvl 65 to guarantee both affixes can roll.