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icon vs runestone? Ioun Stone

tojolobal2tojolobal2 Member Posts: 35 Arc User
edited June 2013 in General Discussion (PC)
I'm looking at the Ioun Stone and Rune Cat.
An Icon slot was mentioned in a few posts.. what's the difference? Are Icon's the same as Rune Stones.. was this in closed beta and not now? I've searched and find little about "companion icons" or icons in general..

The ioun stone appears to have two offensive rune slots and one def and three slots for magic items.. still curious to know if the rune stones that stack stats and the equipment bonuses applied to the ioun stone carry over to the character. (and not just the base stats of the ioun stone).

Can anyone verify this is true (not by assumption, but by testing)
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  • kiraliakiralia Member Posts: 383 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    An icon is the offhand item that a cleric uses, so would be 1 of the 3 magic items that you mention rather than a replacement for a runestone.
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  • dakalystadakalysta Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Hello,

    I just purchase a Ioun stone of Allure and i don't know what kind of runestone to apply on it.
    Im a control wizzard.

    can you help me ?
  • clortbagsclortbags Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    *removed wrong info to avoid confusion*
  • clortbagsclortbags Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    OP the stats loaded onto both the cat and stone are augmented onto the player stats but don't effect your gear score and aren't carried over to pvp.

    Both have 2 offense and 1 defense slots and the stone holds ring, neck & icon whereas the cat holds a ring, neck and belt.
  • vaelosvaelos Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    clortbags wrote: »
    Cat for CW & the Stone for the other 4 classes seems to be the general consensus, we don't need the stone's extra recovery potential since 3k soft cap and can get 4k easy from gear without even trying to stack rec.

    Go big with the cat's power/crit potential instead.

    You're mixed up. the Cat has crit/recovery at higher values with no power.

    stone has power+crit+recovery at an even spread
  • clortbagsclortbags Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    ok thanks for the clarification but the cat still seems better for my build, are the stats available on icons the same as those available on belts?
  • swoomustdienowswoomustdienow Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 136 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2013
    clortbags wrote: »
    ok thanks for the clarification but the cat still seems better for my build, are the stats available on icons the same as those available on belts?

    The stats on icons are superior to any belts currently attainable (Edit: Stones and cats both transfer all stats on them except +Health Points, so the major stat of belts are wasted). You will gain Power/Crit/Recovery and an offense slot from all of them, with the easiest attainable epic versions having a 161/161/129 breakdown in various combinations with an offense slot.

    Honestly, I'd take the Ioun Stone on any class I played over the cat. Especially for 300k+ cheaper.
  • clortbagsclortbags Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    swoomustdienow wrote: »
    The stats on icons are superior to any belts currently attainable (Edit: Stones and cats both transfer all stats on them except +Health Points, so the major stat of belts are wasted). You will gain Power/Crit/Recovery and an offense slot from all of them, with the easiest attainable epic versions having a 161/161/129 breakdown in various combinations with an offense slot.

    Honestly, I'd take the Ioun Stone on any class I played over the cat. Especially for 2/3 the price of a cat.

    kk maybe the stone is the way forward then think I'd already max leveled my cat before the stone was released I've got a blue power/crit/rec/offense slot belt on mine but I can't get in to check the values because patching.

    It's think it's 150/150/110 so not a huge amount in it but at two thirds of the price is clearly a better deal.
  • gaatorgaator Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 104
    edited June 2013
    The cat is better for a rogue because of the crit, but can only slot belts. The stone is better for cw's because of the recovery and power and the ability to slot recovery gems. OP is asking if the icon slot on the stone is as good as the belt slot for the cats.

    /thread
  • dakalystadakalysta Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    thank you all for this precious informations ! :)
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