Diablo II item socketing question

[brian_riendeau]

If I put two gems of one type into a weapon do I get double the effect or does the second gem negate the first? I have a bunch of gems and I want to stick two saphires and a diamond into a claymore to have an undead killing and freezing sword. Either that or I would use a diamond, one saphire and a ruby...

 

[jinglingxl]

u wont get a negate effect, it will just addup all the features of the gem

 

[JellyBaby]

Just posting so we have three mushrooms in a row...

 

[arthurb1]

If you use separate gems, they alternate between swings...otherwise they compund effect

 

[AaronP]

no, only the graphics alternates. If you use ice and lightning, you get both effects, although it only shows one graphic animation.

 

[Caitiff]

ARe you sure about the compound effect? It would be very cool to have both effects happen, but like you said, all you see is one or the other.

 

[Zoe]

All the effects are compounded, yes. But you only see one graphic animation which is displayed at random. So if your weapon does 1-7 lightning, and 1-3 fire, it will to a total of 2-10 elemental damage per hit. But the graphic effect animation may be lightning on one hit, and fire on the next hit.

 

[MontyBurns]

It definitely compounds. It will be clear when you check the item's stats in the inventory window.

I haven't found any great opportunities yet for socketed items.... I have a bunch of jewels and skulls, but it doesn't seem like anything comes close to the magic weapons I've found/bought so far. It does considerably improve an item's resale value, so if you have a bunch of objects laying around you can plug them into a weapon and sell it.

God I'm such a geek.

 

[Celstar]

Here is something that's gem related... if you socket a gem to a staff, does your magic user get bonus when casting, or only when he physcially uses that staff to attack?