When should I get Lohar's Two Handed Source Hammer?

[ADAS20]

So I recently arrived to Driftwood (Beast) and I was wondering at what level should I complete the Mordus quest to get the hammer. I heard that the hammer can essentially carry me through Act III once I get to it.

[gregfromthepeg]

If you're using that hammer throughtout Act 3, you are really delaying getting it in Act 2. I try to be level 11 or 12 when I get it now, as it is indeed very good. But I am still replacing it at level 15 usually, and definitely at level 16. The main chunk of Act 2 is level 12-14, so I like the hammer to be close to that so it can be useful for a long time. I have never had the patience to wait and not pick it up until level 14. It is too useful on some lower level fights in Act 2.

If you love using Onslaught in every fight, it may be more useful to you. I don't use it all that often, so that perk meant less to me.

[Chaoslink]

I find it an odd question myself because that hammer has never been a useful thing for me unless I run the gift bag to level items. However, I’m aware that it works differently for others than it does for me. On my end, that hammer is level 9. Do the act in reverse so I’m level 15 by the time I’m talking to Lohar? Level 9. Always. But then, my game has always been a little weird. My player character main hand wand attacks hit twice for instance.

That said, gear comes and goes. I wouldn’t worry too much about it since you’ll still replace it at some point anyway.

[Vipirio]

i use the source hammer as a bloodmage purely because of the 20% crit chance and i get it on lvl 13 because thats the time i can start bursting the dmg and the replacement for that weapon for me is in arx for the scyte that you can get in arx cathedral