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String of Ears

String of Ears

Legendary Belt

  • Legendary
  • Level 70

Properties

440–506 Armor

Primary Attributes

  • +416–500 Vitality

Secondary Attributes

  • Reduces damage from melee attacks by 25–30%.

Random Affixes

  • +416–500 Strength
  • +416–500 Dexterity
  • +416–500 Intelligence

Ancient & primal values

Ancient

  • +550–650 Strength
  • +550–650 Vitality

Primal

  • +650 Strength
  • +650 Vitality

Fixed properties of the ancient form; primal items roll the top value of the ancient range. Game files, version 2.8.0.

All possible random properties (37 primary, 14 secondary)

Besides its fixed properties, this item rolls 2 primary and 1 secondary properties at random from these lists.

Primary

  • +10–15% Life
  • Regenerates 4,643–5,528 Life per Second ancient 6,080–7,185
  • +91–100 Resistance to All Elements ancient +110–130
  • +416–500 Strength ancient +550–650
  • +416–500 Dexterity ancient +550–650
  • +416–500 Intelligence ancient +550–650
  • +416–500 Vitality ancient +550–650
  • +373–397 Armor ancient +436–516
  • Sockets (1–1)
  • Barbarian +10–15% damage: Bash, Cleave, Frenzy, Weapon Throw
  • Crusader +10–15% damage: Punish, Slash, Justice, Smite
  • Demon Hunter +10–15% damage: Hungering Arrow, Entangling Shot, Bolas, Evasive Fire, Grenade
  • Monk +10–15% damage: Fists of Thunder, Deadly Reach, Crippling Wave, Way of the Hundred Fists
  • Necromancer +10–15% damage: Bone Spikes, Grim Scythe, Siphon Blood
  • Witch Doctor +8–15% damage: Poison Dart, Plague of Toads
  • Witch Doctor +10–15% damage: Corpse Spiders, Firebomb
  • Wizard +10–15% damage: Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, Electrocute

Secondary

  • +32–35% Extra Gold from Monsters
  • Monster kills grant +140–200 experience. ancient +220–260
  • Increases Gold and Health Pickup by 1–2 Yards.
  • +141–160 Physical Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Fire Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Cold Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Lightning Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Poison Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +141–160 Arcane Resistance ancient +176–210
  • +5,334–7,696 Thorns Damage ancient +7,697–9,500
  • Level Requirement Reduced by 2–30 ancient 30–40
  • +4,252–5,942 Life after Each Kill ancient +6,536–7,725
  • 1–5.1% Chance to Freeze on Hit
  • Ignores Durability Loss

Pool of the item type from the game files, version 2.8.0. Skill damage bonuses only carry weight for their class. All properties of this slot

A proud fighter displays the ears of those he has slain in battle.

A tough belt for melee fighters

The String of Ears reduces a fixed percentage of the damage that enemy melee attacks deal to you. For a belt slot, that is a remarkably defensive effect, since it stacks neatly with armor and general damage reduction and makes you considerably tougher against tightly packed mobs.

Because this belt also brings vitality and one of the three primary attributes, it suits any class that loves to wade into the fray, such as the Barbarian, Crusader or Monk. Its benefit fizzles against ranged attacks, projectiles and ground effects, though, since those do not count as melee. My tip: use it mainly in builds where you deliberately fight in the middle of enemies, and combine it with a life-leech source to convert the damage you save directly into survival time.

A Narrow Range

The reduction rolls between 25–30%. The gap between a weak and a strong roll is small - even the worst copy cuts a full quarter of melee damage. When comparing two Strings of Ears, it pays to weigh the two attributes as much as the power. A Primal Ancient copy reaches 30%.

Two Attributes on One Belt

Vitality is fixed at +416–500, and the belt rolls a main stat of the same size: Dexterity, Intelligence or Strength. For the melee fighters named in the tip, that usually means Strength or Dexterity. If your copy has the wrong attribute, the Mystic can re-enchant exactly that property. A Primal Ancient String of Ears carries 500 Vitality and 500 main stat.

Since the power has no condition beyond being hit in melee, it works without any activation - you neither cast a skill nor keep a resource up.

Trophies on the Belt

The flavor text explains the name bluntly: a proud fighter displays the ears of those he has slain in battle.

by eRnstl