Mavinazon Socket Suggestions

Currently i have a maxed lvl 86 FA/Strafe Mavinazon which i really enjoy using and i was wondering what the best jewels would be to socket helm + armor + bow. I have read something about either adding IAS or ED jewels to both helm + armor and usually socketing the bow with a shael. I currently possess a few 15IAS jewels, some mid range ED jewels and 1 good 31ED/+13 max damage jewel. I want to increase the damge of stafe which is of course lacking with this build. Dexterity is over 350+ so thats not an issue. Is it worth it to use those jewels or is there a better solution? Advice and suggestions are appreciated.|||So, first question: can you afford a Faith bow? If you can get a Faith on your merc, you can hit 8fpa (or 7fpa if you use one of the IAS jewels in addition to Shael'ing the bow)...otherwise with Mavina's set--even with a Shael in the bow, 15IAS jewels in your helm and armor AND Cat's Eye--you're stuck at 9fpa.

For the biggest boost to your damage (and your attack speed), you could build as follows:

Shael the bow. IAS the helm/armor. Use that 31ED/+13 Max Dmg jewel in helm/armor. And give your merc some Faith (even slvl 12 Fanat would get you to 7fpa).|||Quote:








Use that 31ED/+13 Max Dmg jewel in helm/armor.




Nonono. Its a waste of a good jewel as ed/max is bugged in armor/helms/shields. (unless it was fixed in the last patch..?)|||Thanks for responding. I Forgot to add this is a SP character and use a might merc for support so ladder rune words are out. I do not use RWM either. Yeah i dont know the technical details of achieving fastest strafe speeds so thats good to know. Didnt know about that ED bug either. So it would be better to save those jewels and at least socket the bow and equip Cats Eye or Highlords Wrath?|||Since Faith is out, you can, at best, achieve 9fpa. Currently, if you're just running Mav's set, you've got 10fpa. Shael the bow and then go for Atma's Scarab (amp!) to increase dmg. If you haven't got Atma's, then go for Highlord's, I guess, as it'll at least offer more dmg than Cats Eye.|||I do have Atma's Scarab which i forgot about as an alternative. Just to clarify,

adding any sort of ED to helm+armor will have a negative effect because of an existing bug? Does that apply to all armor and helms as well currently? I guess i will at least shael the bow and switch to Atmas for now.|||After playing a Mav FA/Strafer for a long time I realised a few things;

1) Due to Mav's set using a Bow, Helm, and Gloves, the only way to get knockback is by socketing a Nef in the bow. I really don't think anything in the bow is as good as a Nef.

2) With a Nef in the bow you only have two options for hitting 9/3. You can put a 15ias jewel in the helm and another in the chest, or you can use highlords or cats eye as your amulet.

3) Your FA absolutely owns anything not CI, so I didn't think Cold Facets were worth it. If you want to gem your chest/helm for damage then a +15 Max Damage Jewel in each is the way to go.

4) War Travs are better than Gores. I prefer Travs on most Bowazons but it's a lot closer for the majority of builds. However the Mav set cripples your bows physical damage so that 15-25 adds a much much much larger % of physical damage for a Mav strafer than it does for regualr zons using Faith/WF/WWS/etc

I can't tell you what I ended up deciding was best because it was that long ago. If I remade her today I would think that Atma's is bleh seeing as though you have FA for PI's, so I would go Highlords + 15max jewel helm + 15max jewel chest + Travs.

Stuff about bugged Jewels;

It's been a while so I might be a tad off but iirc it's only jewels with +ED%/+Max that were bugged. I think Blizzard got sick of every zon being encouraged to use duped ED/Max jewels in 4soc 100life armor and 3soc helms as it further encouraged duping. Around 1.10? or so they hotfixed the jewels so that if placed in helms or chestplates they only gave 15max damage and ignored the other stat entirely. They definately still worked in weapons and 'plain' 15max or ED jewels work fine obviosuly. The bug was simply that if a jewel had Enhanced Dmage AND Max Damage on it then only one applied if placed in armor.

Again my details might be a bit off because this was aaages ago, but really all you need to know is that there's nothing wrong with using single-mod jewels in armor.|||Thanks for all the input and explanations guys. I have been using Travs and Highlords Wrath so i guess nefing the bow and socketing max jewels sounds most ideal.