New Runewords

[GrassDragon]

There have been several new runewords found in the last few days. These only seem to work on Battle.net multiplayer so far, not single player. The first one, Splendor, was found 5-16-04 and has these stats:

Splendor
+1 to all Skills
+10% faster cast rate
+20% faster block rate
+(60-105)% enhanced defense (varies)
+10 to energy
Regenerate Mana 15%
+50% gold from monsters
+20% chance of finding magic items
+3 to light radius

The enhanced defense range is not fully known yet, it is updated as more reports come in with workin runeword stories. It works in 2 socket sheilds and the rune recipe is EthLum. Apparently it was working in e1.07, but has not been "turned on" since then until a few days ago. This new found rune word has led others to try and find runewords, and lots of experimenting with rune words that worked in e1.07 has taken place. Yesterday (5-17-04) two new runewords were found, Prudence and Duress, with the following stats:

Prudence
+25% Faster Hit Recovery
+(142-161)% Enhanced defense (this may turn out to have a larger range)
All Resistances +(29-35) (range not confirmed)
Damage Reduced by 3
Magic Damage reduced by 17
+2 to mana after each kill
+1 to light radius
Repairs 1 durability in 4 seconds

Duress
+40% Faster Hit Recovery
+(10-20)% Enhanced Damage (range not confirmed)
Adds 37-133 cold damage
15% Chance of Crushing Blow
33% Chance of Open Wounds
+(176-197)% Enhanced Defense (range not confirmed)
-20% Slower Stamina Drain
Cold Resist +45%
Lighting Resist +15%
Fire Resist +15%
Poison Resist 15%

Prudence works in two socket armors, and has the recipe MalTir. Duress can be made in three socket armors, with the runes ShaelUmThul.

All three of these runewords used to be valid in e1.07, and are now working again. More testing is being done to find out if any other old runewords now work.

You can find info on the testing of these runewords here:
http://www.battle.net/forums/thread.aspx?FN=d2-useast-ladder-trading&T=895290&P=1
http://www.theamazonbasin.com/d2/forums/index.php?showtopic=44182&st=0

And the list of 1.07 runewords is here:
http://www.d2lod.dk/dailyrush/files/runew.html

[tRiX]

splendor is sexy

[Geno]

Keep updating us on runewords. And that leads me to this question: Is splendor really worth it? I hear a Lum is worth 2 lidless...? That means 1 splendor = 2 lidless, in essense... o.O

~Larry "Geno" Meyers

[GrassDragon]

The testing thread on the Battle.net forums changed, because the testers changed (I guess they ran out of runes. Or steam.). I edited the first post. No new runewords yet, 38 untested ones on the 1.07 list.

And I really like Duress. I don't know what those runes are worth, I'm not a trader, but I think I could round up those runes from across my characters.

[tRiX]

prudence is nice, especially with the self-repair

[dmagus5152]

lol, sry if i sound like a noob, but wuts a runeword? is that like a rune set?

[GrassDragon]

This should tell you what you need to know:

http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/runewords.shtml