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  • Khuzdul
    Scout
    • Dec 2014
    • 27
    #1

    Which ring is best

    So I was scumming around dlvl 85ish with Nenya on one hand and a speed <+18> ring on the other when I came across Narya. I'm having a hard time choosing between the speed ring and Narya because the latter brings my hp above the 700 mark which I really need at this stage but the loss of so much speed is a bad blow.
    Any advice would be wonderful, thanks.
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    • Grotug
      Veteran
      • Nov 2013
      • 1637
      #2
      what are your speeds with the +18 and narya?
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        • Pete Mack
          Prophet
          • Apr 2007
          • 6883
          #3
          Assuming you have speed from other sources, I'd go with two rings of Power. Native speed +20 is enough for most anything.

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            • Ingwe Ingweron
              Veteran
              • Jan 2009
              • 2129
              #4
              Depends on sustains, other sources of speed, etc. However, if in doubt, use one as a swap with the speed ring. You can then get the sustains, resistances, immunities, and speed needed for specific situations until you have enough speed from boots, cloaks, trickery, etc., to confidently two-fist the Elven rings.
              “We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see.”
              ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

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                • luneya
                  Swordsman
                  • Aug 2015
                  • 279
                  #5
                  I wish I had that character. Two rings of power and a +18 speed ring? Those are some insanely lucky finds.

                  But yeah, +18 is probably overkill if you have any other sources of permanent speed at all, so the elven rings are the better choices. But do keep that ring around to show off, because you probably won't find anything cooler to put in a house slot.

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                    • PowerWyrm
                      Prophet
                      • Apr 2008
                      • 2986
                      #6
                      Got a char a while ago that found a +23 speed ring... and didn't use it
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                        • Soteria
                          Rookie
                          • Oct 2011
                          • 8
                          #7
                          Originally posted by luneya
                          I wish I had that character. Two rings of power and a +18 speed ring? Those are some insanely lucky finds.

                          But yeah, +18 is probably overkill if you have any other sources of permanent speed at all, so the elven rings are the better choices. But do keep that ring around to show off, because you probably won't find anything cooler to put in a house slot.
                          Right now, I'm playing a mage (level 49, now) who just found Narya and Vilya in a vault at 4450'. Alas, now I have to choose between the 3 rings of power, a +6 con ring, and a +12 speed ring.

                          Kelek's Grimoire was in there, too, just in case I didn't already have it. I figure I've about used up my luck at this point, so I'm pretty much headed down to end it now.

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