3 red 1 blue socket on Alpha's howl
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Hi guys,
I am thinking about using herald of ash, herald of purity and Anger + Enlighten Support on my alpha's howl which is dexterity based. This means I need 3 red and 1 blue socket on it. It's not neccesary, I know. But what else to do with the 4th slot on alpha's howl. Additional mana might make me use another gem instead of blood magic on my leap. So if i use the "at least 3 red sockets" thing more than once - will I get a blue one some day? How would you do it? Last bumped on Sep 28, 2018, 1:31:27 PM
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You can try a small trick.
At first you will craft 4 sockets yourself or use vorici. Once you have 4 sockets, use vorici bench and buy 2 red sockets for 25 chromes. If you need another red socket and didnt get it, use the vorici bench to go back to 2 sockets. Those 2 sockets will be the red ones you bought before. Then use vorici bench again to craft a 3rd sockets. Not the right color? Go back to 2 sockets and repeat until the color is right. If you have to, do the same for the 4th socket (it will take more jewels though). You will get even 4 off colors that way rather easily but there´s still luck involved. I hope it´s clear or use YT for better understanding. Gl:) Last edited by Rakiii#5559 on Sep 26, 2018, 6:00:30 AM
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You can also try with "2 red, 1 blue" from Vorici and hope for the best.
A single try will cost you 100 chromes though. This is a buff © 2016
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" @Rakiii thanks! I didn't know that if you go "back" to less sockets you keep the ones you have crafted before. So basically you are saying it's cheaper to go "erase" sockets and get a new one if I got this right. I thought the item "sees" it has already 3 "wrong colours" so the 4th is extremely unlikely to not be a green one. Am I wrong here? Last edited by rolfdafiftynine#7692 on Sep 26, 2018, 8:51:24 AM
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On an int base I did three green from Vorici and then went back and forth from 3 to 4 sockets until the last one showed up red. Took about 120 jewelers. You probably won't get all off colours using chromes. |
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Alright, so it seems it's not even that unlikely and also it seems the items do not "see" that they have already 3 "wrong coloured" sockets doing the vorici method.
So thanks guys! Will try that out soon. |
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This is a great tip that I used to get 3 red sockets on intelligence-based boots. Doing that with dumb luck would cost several thousand chromes according to https://siveran.github.io/calc.html
It can still cost a lot, mind you, as you still rely on RNG rolls, but it will certainly be cheaper than rolling and rolling and rolling the usual way. |
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For the record I'd like to mention that the socket trick is far cheaper on average than getting a forced 3rd off coloured socket by paying 100/120 chroms.
Going by poe.ninja, each attempt for the 3rd socket costs less than 0.4c, but a forced 3rd costs ~5.4 (or 6.8 if you need the same colour for all 4). |
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If i understand whats happening correctly here, when additional sockets get added they have an even chance of all 3 colors instead of the exponentially harder odds using chromatics?
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This technique is how I made this:
But I used 2R+1B vorici on a 3S, then 4S/3S repeat until I got the 4th socket red. I think it took 5 tries. POE Serenity Prayer: GGG, grant me the serenity to accept the RNG I cannot change,
the courage to challenge any unbalanced content, and the wisdom to avoid the forums. Mad: "Oh, it's simple and if you insist... I just think you're a dick. That's all." QFT: 4TRY4C&4NO |
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