TOPIC: Best in Slot Items

I'd like your thoughts on what generally is considered the "Best in Slot" (BiS) item for each equippable slot. Please Copy/Paste the list below and then type in your thoughts for what item(s) you feel is the best for most classes. Feel free to divide your answers into areas like Fighters/Spellcasters or however it makes sense for that slot. Thanks so much for your help!

Best in Slot Magic Item(s)
Please list no Treasure Enhancers.

Back -
Bead -
Charm (give 3) -
Ear -
Eyes -
Feet -
Figurine -
Finger -
Hands -
Head -
Ioun Stone (give 3) -
Legs -
Mainhand (weapon) -
Neck -
Offhand -
Runestone -
Shins -
Shirt -
Torso (armor or robe) [divide into classes if possible] -
Waist -
Wrist -

Treasure enhancers will always be top based on prior forum discussion. Should we include or exclude them?

Endgame wrote: Treasure enhancers will always be top based on prior forum discussion. Should we include or exclude them?

Good idea. I made a note so folks will leave them out.

The short answer is generally going to be highest rarity, especially for general use. I’ll write a more detailed post later, but here is the 100% general list

Back - Pharacus’s Greater Cloak of Destiny
Bead - bead of The lucky traveler
Charm (give 3) -
1. Charm of awakened synergy
2. Charm of glory
3. Charm of brooching (general) / charm of spell storing (spell caster)
Ear - Arcane Earcuff
Eyes - goggles of instant analysis (melee) / lenses of hunting (spell caster)
Feet - boots of the 4 winds
Figurine - (pass save FoP for your weakest save)
Finger - Muk’s
Hands - death Knight gauntlets (melee) / blessed tempest gloves (ranged)
Head - Cranston’s Helpful Hat
Ioun Stone (give 3) -
1. IS mystic orb
2. IS champions choice
3. IS elfstone shard
Legs - kilt of dungeon bane
Mainhand (weapon) - Thors (general) / +5 of Focus (spell caster)
Neck - class legendary / charm necklace (general)
Offhand - brawlers horn
Runestone - eldrich
Shins - Venomguard greaves
Shirt - linked shirt of Healing (coordinated party) / shirt of Focus (spell caster ) / shirt of the oaf (melee)
Torso (armor or robe) [divide into classes if possible] -
Sunhide Robe (general) / Byr’s (if fitting whole redoubt set) / Death Knight armor or mail (melee not using redoubt)
Waist - Surtr’s (melee) / deadshot (spell caster)
Wrist - Luna’s

Back - I will argue the Pharacus’ Greater Cloak of Destiny, though there is merit to say Cloak of Shadowskin

Bead - Bead of the Lucky Traveler

Charm (give 3) - Charm of Awaken Synergy, Key of Taborlin, Charm of Brooching or Charm or Glory

Ear - Icecrag Hero’s Earcuff or Earcuff of Orbits

Eyes - Lenses of Divine Sight for healy types. I personally don't think there is a BiS for meleers, rangey and spellcaster types just because there are multiple options depending what they want to do.

Feet - Boots of the Four Winds

Finger - Relsa’s Ring of Supreme Focus for healer Muk’s Greater Ring of Havoc for all others

Hands - Lots of options no clear winner generically, imo.

Head - Lots of options no clear winner generically, imo.

Ioun Stone (give 3) -

Legs - Kilt of Dungeonbane

Mainhand (weapon) - This is VERY class specific, Legendary Weapons generically though.

Neck - Class specific Legendary Necklaces for the classes that have them.

Offhand - class dependent.

Shins - None is BiS all are dependent on sources of damage. Acid and Poison could be argued are generically
better as there are fewer reductions from these but also could be argued tell happen less.

Shirt - Depends on Class Shirt of Oaf or Shirt of Blessed Strength depending on odd or Even for meleers, Shirt of Focus for casters, Shirt of the Nimble for rangey types.

Torso (armor or robe) [divide into classes if possible] - class/type dependent Legendary Armor

Waist - Surtr’s Girdle of Fire Giant Strength for Meleers, Orion's Belt for all others

Wrist -Luna’s Greater Charm Bracelets

Best in Slot Magic Item(s)

Back - Pharacus', second back slot is usually Greater Cloak of Destiny or Shadowskin
Bead - Lucky Traveler, Master Ale Drinker's, third is often Dire Bear but could be Focus or Guided
Charm (give 3) - I don't like it, but I always run it when playing with others - Awakened Synergy, Brooching, Glory
Ear - Arcane, Orbits
Eyes - Melee types Instant Analysis, Dexy builds Lenses of the Fae, Thief SA with ranged
Feet - Boots of the Four Winds
Figurine - None
Finger - Muk's, (spellcaster) Relsa's, third can be interesting where often not SRoEC
Hands - (melee) +4/+5 STR, (blaster) Blessed Tempest Gloves, missile builds actually varies
Head - Cranston's
Ioun Stone (give 3) - Mystic Orb, then varies
Legs - Dungeonbane
Mainhand (weapon) - outside of class stuff that is more than just a weapon - Drue's, Drake's - Thor's is by far the most useful to own, but Asher's is better in some cases, Io's vs Thor's in ranged is interesting, Averon's at times, but throwing a Hammer is de rigeuer in my play
Neck - some of the class specific for those classes, if bard/paladin/melee ranger, then Charm Necklace or stats boosters
Offhand - (druid) Brawler's Horn and Lucky Shield or Scholar in ranged, (monk) Asher's, (ranger) Thor's, (fighters) Giln's, often Lucky Shield if don't care about AC
Runestone - no opinion as I ignore Runestones nearly all of the time
Shins - None
Shirt - (spellcaster) Focus, (melee) Oaf, (missile) Nimble
Torso (armor or robe) [divide into classes if possible] - Aron's can go in any build as AC often doesn't matter and feeds throwing a Hammer, if care a lot about AC which I do a lot more often than most folks and able to Byr's (then add Pern's/Giln's or whatever relic for barb/cleric for high AC builds) but there's all sorts of interesting choices at times and just complete lack of interesting choices for monks and wizzes
Waist - (melee) Surtr's but not as dominant, (other) not as clear, was clearly Orion's for a while but Deadshot is competitive
Wrist - Luna's obviously, which is a shame as wrist was actually interesting until it got slotlocked by anybody who can run this

Jeff Martin wrote: I'd like your thoughts on what generally is considered the "Best in Slot" (BiS) item for each equippable slot. Please Copy/Paste the list below and then type in your thoughts for what item(s) you feel is the best for most classes. Feel free to divide your answers into areas like Fighters/Spellcasters or however it makes sense for that slot. Thanks so much for your help!

Best in Slot Magic Item(s)
Please list no Treasure Enhancers.

For a Ranged Ranger

Back - 1st Pharacus Greater Cloak of Destiny, 2nd (due to Charm of Brooching) Cloack of Shadowskin
Bead - Bead of the Lucky Traveler, Bead Cleric;s Piety, Bead of Dire Bear
Charm (give 3) - Charm of Awakened Syngergy, Charm of Glory, Charm of Brooching
Ear - Left = Earcuff of Orbits, Right = Arcane Earcuff
Eyes - 1st Lenses of the Fae, 2nd (due to Cranston's Helpful Hat) Psyferre's Spectacles
Feet - Boots of the Four Winds
Figurine - FoP Reaver, FoP for class Ie. Owl-Ranger
Finger - 1st--Muk's Greater Ring of Havoc, 2nd--Ring of Wonder, 3rd (due to Charm of Glory)--SRoEC (if available) more common is Ring of the Yeti
Hands - Gloves of Greater Archery
Head - Cranston's Helpful Hat
Ioun Stone (give 3) - IS Topaz Trilliant, IS Charming Cabochon, IS Champion's Choice, IS Mystic Orb, IS Elfstone Shard
Legs - Kilt of Dungeonbane
Mainhand (weapon) - Melee--Asher's +5 Viper Strike Fang or Thor's +5 Returning Hammer of Smiting;
Missle or Ranged - IO's +4 Ultra Keen Slayer Bow
Neck - Class Legendary Ralson's Pendant of the Elder Yew
Offhand - +3 Viper Strike Fang (to get Viper Set Bonus) Missile - +2 Archer's Buckler
Runestone - Eldritch
Shins - Venomguard Greaves
Shirt - Viper Strike Shirt (to get the Viper Set Bonus)
Torso (armor or robe) [divide into classes if possible] - Aron's Sunhide Robe
Waist - Orion's Belt
Wrist - Luna's Greater Charm Bracelets

If you're speaking best in slot you need to include 3 beads, 2 eyes, 2 figurines, 6+ ioun stone, 6+ charm, 3 rings, 2 back slots.

Assume all of the auto equip slot boosters are used

Arcanist Kolixela wrote: If you're speaking best in slot you need to include 3 beads, 2 eyes, 2 figurines, 6+ ioun stone, 6+ charm, 3 rings, 2 back slots.

Assume all of the auto equip slot boosters are used

I understand the argument but counter that he does not need to. He is not asking for 5 IS's and 2 ear's though you are allowed 2 of them without slot expanders.

Endgame wrote: here is the 100% general list

Generally +1 everything Endgame said above, except that I would additionally highlight for certain classes:

Charm of Spell Swapping (always top 3 for Druid, sometimes for other casters)
Lenses of Divine Sight (always for Cleric, sometimes for Druid)
Relsa’s Ring of Supreme Focus (for Cleric/Druid)
Necklace of the Songbird (for Bard)

David Zych wrote:

Endgame wrote: here is the 100% general list

Generally +1 everything Endgame said above, except that I would additionally highlight for certain classes:

Charm of Spell Swapping (always top 3 for Druid, sometimes for other casters)
Lenses of Divine Sight (always for Cleric, sometimes for Druid)
Relsa’s Ring of Supreme Focus (for Cleric/Druid)
Necklace of the Songbird (for Bard)

In fairness, he mentioned CoSS for casters

NightGod wrote:

David Zych wrote:

Endgame wrote: here is the 100% general list

Generally +1 everything Endgame said above, except that I would additionally highlight for certain classes:

Charm of Spell Swapping (always top 3 for Druid, sometimes for other casters)
Lenses of Divine Sight (always for Cleric, sometimes for Druid)
Relsa’s Ring of Supreme Focus (for Cleric/Druid)
Necklace of the Songbird (for Bard)

In fairness, he mentioned CoSS for casters

There is no "CoSS" anymore. Endgame mentioned CoSSt, I am mentioning CoSSw