Best way to use Health Boost?

[Turt]

I've been using a Health Boost 3 charm since high level and decided I didn't need it anymore. I ditched it for something else before fighting a furious monkey. One beam attack later and I decided that I very much need a health boost in my life, so now I'm trying to decide the best to get it. Should I go charm or deco? Or is there another option people recommend? Currently running IG and DBs elemental crit build if that helps.

[Nine]

Definitely don't waste your charm slot for health boost. The charm slot is better used for something like agitator or another skill where you can get a lot of points by using the charm slot. There are a variety of combo decorations that can have it such as tenderizer/vitality or critical/vitality decos, but those are of course very rare. Even just using 1 slots is okay. The best option would be the fatalis armor set which gains the effect of health boost as part of its set bonus, but it doesn't sound like you are at that point yet.

[makinaccion]

Health boost is the single biggest defensive skill you can have besides not getting hit, you should always use it, but obviously don't use it on a valuable spot like charm, just deco it somewhere in your armor, it's very common so shouldn't be an issue at all.

[Jaevwyn]

Meld 3 Vitality jewels, problem solved.

[Necroth]

get 4 pieces of fatalis gear

[IxianMace]

Any combination of Vitality Jewel 1s in small slots and Vitality Jewel 4s in huge slots should do as long as Health Boost is at 3 and the total levels of Health Boost you're getting from your decorations isn't more than that (otherwise you're wasting slots). For the huge vitality decorations, you'll want the other skill to be something that serves a good function for your build (e.g. Brace/Vitality Jewel 4, Tenderizer/Vitality Jewel 4, etc.).

[Bobucles]

A lvl 3 charm is worth 3 small decos. There are charms that have lvl 2 decos and some can have the strength of 5 lvl 2 decos.

Before fatalis, slot 3 small health decorations anywhere. After fatalis, max health is part of the set bonus. Health bonus is an S tier perk and should pretty much be the first thing in your gear.

[overmage]

Originally posted by Turt:

I've been using a Health Boost 3 charm since high level and decided I didn't need it anymore. I ditched it for something else before fighting a furious monkey. One beam attack later and I decided that I very much need a health boost in my life, so now I'm trying to decide the best to get it. Should I go charm or deco? Or is there another option people recommend? Currently running IG and DBs elemental crit build if that helps.

Health boost is pretty much a must-have in MR unless you're a sweaty tryhard, but having it on a charm sucks. Get it via decos since they are so common and 1-slots are plentiful

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by Bobucles:

A lvl 3 charm is worth 3 small decos. There are charms that have lvl 2 decos and some can have the strength of 5 lvl 2 decos.

Then there's the chad earplugs charm that gives five level 3 jewels.

[Jaevwyn]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

Originally posted by Bobucles:

A lvl 3 charm is worth 3 small decos. There are charms that have lvl 2 decos and some can have the strength of 5 lvl 2 decos.

Then there's the chad earplugs charm that gives five level 3 jewels.

I never use hammer without it! because im bad at hammer

[Turt]

Thanks for the responses! Health decos do seem to be the better route to go. The main issue I have rn is I was hoping to find combined decos that have health boost plus some other skill, but I haven't many that benefit me. Are there any good quests for farming those higher rank decos?

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by Turt:

Are there any good quests for farming those higher rank decos?

Most event quests have higher decoration chances and iirc The Greatest Jagras is one of the best for high rank.

[Turt]

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

Originally posted by Turt:

Are there any good quests for farming those higher rank decos?

Most event quests have higher decoration chances and iirc The Greatest Jagras is one of the best for high rank.

Will that quest still drop those decos that can have 2 skills in one? I thought those were exclusive to master rank quests

[Smaugi]

Originally posted by Turt:

Originally posted by Mez Koo:

Most event quests have higher decoration chances and iirc The Greatest Jagras is one of the best for high rank.

Will that quest still drop those decos that can have 2 skills in one? I thought those were exclusive to master rank quests

They are , the best quests to farm them is the 24MR quest for tempered Zinogre in the ancient forest (I don't remember the name) and then day of ruin at MR100 (tempered teo in seliana cache , but the drops rates are the same as kush and luna variants of this , teo is just the fastest to kill)

[Turt]

Originally posted by Smaugi:

Originally posted by Turt:

Will that quest still drop those decos that can have 2 skills in one? I thought those were exclusive to master rank quests

They are , the best quests to farm them is the 24MR quest for tempered Zinogre in the ancient forest (I don't remember the name) and then day of ruin at MR100 (tempered teo in seliana cache , but the drops rates are the same as kush and luna variants of this , teo is just the fastest to kill)

Thanks! I haven't reached MR 100 yet, so i guess I'll farm the Zinogre for a bit

[Kackstift]

health boost is always good.. but i would not use a 3 rank charm where other perks have 5 ranks. And vitality gems are common.. most offensive gems are rare