Chains of Honor
A
A-Tier — Excellent, Widely Used
Rune Recipe
Insert in order: Dol → Um → Ber → Ist
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Stats & Properties
All Resistances +50
+70% Enhanced Defense
+200% Damage to Demons
+100% Damage to Undead
8% Life Stolen Per Hit
+2 To All Skills
+20 To Strength
--- Rune Bonuses ---
Dol: +7 Replenish Life
Um: +15% Resist All
Ber: Damage Reduced by 8%
Ist: +25% MF
How to Socket Your Base
🛡️ Body Armor
Tal + Thul + Perfect Topaz + Normal Armor
Adds 1-4 sockets (random). For exactly 4, Larzuk is more reliable on the right base.
Larzuk Quest Reward — Gives max sockets on normal items. Best way to guarantee exactly 4 sockets on the right base.
Best Base Items for Chains of Honor
Best defense-to-str-req ratio for heavy armor. Standard CoH base. 103 str requirement is manageable for most endgame builds.
Budget: Dusk Shroud — Only 77 str req with excellent defense. The go-to for low-str builds (Sorceress, Necromancer).
Where it drops Hell difficulty only.
Socket ilvl Archon Plate: ilvl 26+ = 4 sockets from Larzuk (too many for CoH 4os — wait, CoH IS 4os, so this is perfect). Dusk Shroud: ilvl 26+ = 4 sockets. Both are ideal for CoH.
How to socket Larzuk gives exactly 4 sockets on any Hell-dropped Archon Plate or Dusk Shroud — perfect for Chains of Honor (4os). Cube recipe gives random 1–4 sockets. Use Larzuk.
Best farming spots Hell Mephisto (Act 3 — most efficient armor farming) · The Pit (Act 1 Hell) · Chaos Sanctuary (Act 4 Hell) · Worldstone Keep (Act 5 Hell)
Terror Zones scale monster levels to your character level (up to 99), so any terrorized area can drop elite bases — great supplemental farming.
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