Silence
C
C-Tier — Decent, Niche Use Cases
Rune Recipe
Insert in order: Dol → Eld → Hel → Ist → Tir → Vex
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Stats & Properties
4% Mana Stolen Per Hit
Hit Causes Monster to Flee 33%
+200% Enhanced Damage
+20% Increased Attack Speed
All Resistances +75
+2 To All Skills
+20% Faster Hit Recovery
--- Rune Bonuses ---
Dol: 25% Chance Hit Causes Monster to Flee
Eld: +75% Damage vs. Undead
Eld: +50 AR vs. Undead
Hel: -20% Requirements
Ist: +30% MF
Tir: +2 Mana Per Kill
Vex: 7% Mana Leech
How to Socket Your Base
Larzuk Quest Reward — Gives max sockets on normal items. Best way to guarantee exactly 6 sockets on the right base.
Best Base Items for Silence
Indestructible + fast. Silence Phase Blade is excellent for builds that want the all-resist and cannot-be-frozen without durability concerns.
Budget: Berserker Axe — High damage, 6-socket capable. Great for Barbarians.
Where it drops Hell difficulty only.
Socket ilvl Phase Blade: Larzuk gives 6 sockets. Silence needs 6 sockets — Larzuk is perfect. Berserker Axe: ilvl 41+ = 6 sockets from Larzuk — also perfect for Silence (6os).
How to socket Silence requires 6 sockets. Phase Blade: Larzuk gives 6os — ideal. Berserker Axe: Larzuk gives 6 sockets on any Hell-dropped Berserker Axe — also ideal. Colossus Blade: ilvl 41+ = 6 sockets — also works.
Best farming spots Hell Mephisto · Chaos Sanctuary · Worldstone Keep
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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