Hello, I’m looking for clarification on a build setup. The build calls for active runes in a weapon, but then says the the emerald needs to go in the weapon. Is it suggesting the emerald only IF you don’t have the runes? Is there away to have both? Thank you for your time and answers.
Without knowing the actual build you’re referring to, there are two things to keep in mind:
- Gems’ effects depend on the item they’re socketed into
- Runes’ effects are independent off the item they’re socketed into, but inevitably block both of an item’s sockets, to combine one Rune of Ritual with one Rune of Invocation
Therefore socketing one gem and one rune into an item would only provide the gem’s effect, the rune would simply be useless in this case
I’d usually socket runes into armor and gems into weapons, as the latter affect certain damage types in most cases
Thank you so much. I had a feeling that this was the case. I think it’s more of an OR. “If you can’t use the runes then these gems”, this is build I’m going for.
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