I’m currently using open hand + closed fist. Which is really nice, with 8% to OA and DA that procs forever and 18% reduced resistance.
However, any other better options? Since I also have Lifegiver Signet, right hand of carnage and a nice incorruptible green ring.
Also, does the 18% reduced resist from open hand stack with the % reduce resist from black legion augment? Afaik it doesnt. But cmiiw.
Thank you.
No they don’t stack, essence of chthon just overrides it and you end up with 30% reduction. I’ve had many BMs and I am of the belief that these are 100% the best rings especially if you’ve got an open hand with a sick 18% roll. I don’t consider any of the other options suitable replacements
Belgothian’s Sigil, Lifegive Signet, Right Hand of Carnage, and incorruptible (preferably of alacrity) are all good options, as well as the Harvest Rings early on. I don’t think these stack up to closed fist when we consider the set bonus. I would only consider running incorruptible if you want to run a blademaster that doesn’t have the usual lack of aether/poison res but I think that is pretty unnecessary. I have 18% poison and 4% aether and do just fine farming even in areas where these damage types are prevalent. If you are absolutely desperate for health/vit res you could run a lifegiver, but if you are desperate for that I think you are doing something wrong. The lifesteal is fairly useless outside of small quantities for BMs in my exp. I have 8% from unknown soldier node+black star and I tried putting a haunted steel on my weapon just to see what it was like, couldn’t even tell the difference
Hello there, thanks for the reply.
I don’t have the Blackstar yet, thus my lifesteal is only at 3% without haunted steel. I’m relying quite a lot on lifesteal to survive, but I also feel that it’s not a very good and reliable strategy. But it’s what I have and make use of right now, since I haven’t crafted Belgothian’s Carnage to enable me to spam Pneumatic Burst.
The reason I started this thread is because:
Lastly, is Blackstar any good? I’m currently using Direwolf Crest that gives me quite a lot of DPS and OA.
Btw forgot to add that even though they don’t stack I still think you should use essence of chthon alongside open hand. Direwolf is pretty decent for the flat damage and big OA number, but outside of that it doesn’t offer too much. Black Star’s 25 reduced all resists is going to offer more damage, not super useful vs random heroes but it’s a big damage increase vs boss/nemesis monster. Black Star fits BMs very very well. Ideal BM gear leaves us lacking in poison, aether, vitality, and chaos resistances and we can get by with minimal poison res and ~no aether res. Black star gives us ~35% chaos/vitality res filling the gaps nicely as well as ~4% lifesteal it really rounds out the build very nicely.
Dryad is a really good option if you need more healing and it fits the devotion builds pretty well. Even tied to a WPS it will proc pretty quickly off cooldown, I no longer use it but with 199% attack speed and bound to a WPS it was proccing pretty damn quickly off CD. You can tie it onto shadow strike or put a lone point into blitz for a 100% proc chance to control it’s use as well
I can craft Belgo’s and anything it builds out of as well if that is what stopping you from obtaining it if and you don’t mind a helping hand. Otherwise gl farming those mats if you’ve got all the needed BPs 
Black star of Deceit is very good, try to get your hand on it mate. It offers much needed Vitality and Chaos resistance as well as a permanent flat resist reduction if you are running a crit build like BM. This little gem fits really well into like 80% of the popular builds right now. Black Star + the life steal node in Unknown Soldier constellation offer all the life steal I ever need on my BM.
On the topic though, I would consider swapping 2xLifegiver Signets for the Zantarin fight, just to overcap Vitality res and sustain his shotgun attack.
Other than that, the Judicator set win hands down. Only the very best combination of prefixes/suffixes on Cronley/Gollus rings can beat it, and even so, only by a small margin, which is not worth the effort I guess.
P/S: I’m looking forward to 1.0.0.4 to farm some of the MI rings though…
+1 Lifegiver is a good option for Zantarin for sure. I wouldn’t drop my Judicators for god tier MI rings, but I am certainly gonna farm some as well 
Thanks for the feedback guys. Guess I will keep my judicator set for now.
I’m almost finished with my Belgothian Carnage crafting. Can’t wait. 
Will try to farm Blackstar later. Epic medals are really hard to get. At least I can gamble at Etram Fald to get a legendary accessory. Any tips on getting it? Other than, “it’s all RNG mate”. Lol.
Cheers
Here’s a tip you can have my extra one Otherwise gl with RNGesus. I traded for a Black Star after learning about it I didn’t know it existed after 900 hours of GD and only learned of it via a thread. Obviously I traded it for it and had 3 drop in the next 2 days xD If you’re SC and want it just shoot me a message.
Magic/rare rings with “of Attack” suffix (90+ OA) and some good prefix (resists,etc) are also great. BM favours OA over all.
I get 110-120 OA on my “of Attack” rings. You seem to be rolling pretty low on those "of Attack"s.
Never seen 111+ OA with just one suffix. Most probable, i am just getting T2 mod most of the time (+92 OA average), and not T1 (112 average). I noticed this issue when crafting. Even if my toon has 85 level, i often get lackluster T2 mods on items.
It would be awesome to get an incorruptible of attack ring.
But the judicator set offers more than 200 OA including the procs which is active all the time. Not to mention other bonuses such as elemental resist, DA, health regen, etc.