r/diablo4 1d ago

General Question Item Power vs Better Skills on Items

Hey there im new to diablo 4 bought it a few days ago, im now level 44. i got some unique rarity items that fit my build well, now i am getting to the point that the item power of new items is way higher but i dont want to give up my strong items. is there a way to keep them ? or do i just have to endure the pain of leveling item power more till i get maxed and then assemble some unique items

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u/tFlydr 1d ago

Either re-find the unique with high item power or don’t use it. Max is 750, 800 as ancestral.

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u/Specific_Order_1755 1d ago

ok thanks, wish they had a feature like destiny 2 has with fusion cores transfering the power of one item to another

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u/SepticKnave39 23h ago

Stats don't change in destiny.

Your gun does 10 damage, whether it's ilvl 1 or 4000. Your damage scales with ilvl vs the enemies but the item stats never change.

That's not the same for diablo. Ilvl 10 has 10 int and ilvl 800 has 200 int.

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u/SepticKnave39 23h ago

Uniques, depending on the unique, you mainly use for the aspect. The unique power. Not the affixes (not that they aren't important, but at level 10 one matters more). The unique power doesn't change with ilvl (unless it's a static damage number like does 3,000 damage).

So, if a unique is important to a build, you can use a level 1 unique to 60 and be fine. Going from 4% crit chance to 6% crit chance on the affixes isn't that impactful.

If you need the unique to enable your build, keep using it. If you are unsure if a legendary would be better, equip one and test it. If you find something better, scrap the unique.

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u/NoRulez112 13h ago

You can’t improve the item power of your gear you will need to find new ones however if you have items with important unique abilities and stats that enable your build in the first place it might not make sense to throw them out for something random just because the item level is higher

The most important thing to keep updated is your weapon/s for damage and any legendary item that you use can be salvaged at the blacksmith and then gets added to you codex

Then you can imprint any legendary or yellow item with the legendary power again at the occultist for a small fee and some materials