Hand Scythe

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Hand Scythe

Item Level: 41
Speed Modifier: -10
Range: +1

Damage: 16 to 37
Durablity: 72 of 72
Required Strength: 73
Required Dexterity: 73
Required Level: 30
Socketed (0 to 2)

A Hand Scythe can spawn with up to 3 individual Assassin skill bonuses with +1 to +3 each. These bonuses will keep the item normal, and still allow runewords to be created with it.

A superior Hand Scythe can also spawn with 2 of the following bonuses:

+5% to +15% Enhanced Damage
Increase Maximum Durability 10% to 15%
+1 to +3 to Attack Rating

Magic Hand Scythes worth keeping

Most magic Hand Scythes are sold or dropped, but these are worth keeping. The stats shown are the rolls that make them valuable.

Cunning Hand Scythe of Quickness: +3 Traps and 40% increased attack speed; best with +3 Lightning Sentry or Death Sentry on top.

How to upgrade a Hand Scythe

Transmute a Low Quality Hand Scythe, an Eld Rune, and any Chipped Gem to create a Normal Quality Hand Scythe.

How to add sockets to a Hand Scythe

You can add sockets to a Hand Scythe by giving the item to Larzuk as a quest reward. Larzuk will always add 2 sockets (if the iLevel is high enough), the maximum. You can also add sockets with the following horadric cube recipe. This recipes will not work for low or superior quality items.

Transmute a Hand Scythe, a Ral Rune, an Amn Rune, and a Perfect Amethyst to create a socketed Hand Scythe.

This recipes will add between 1 and 2 sockets to the item. The game will roll a 6 sided dice, if it rolls higher than 2, the maximum amount of sockets is chosen.

Amount of sockets for a Hand Scythe
Roll	Sockets	Odds
1	1 socket	1 in 6 (16.67%)
2	2 socket (max)	5 in 6 (83.33%)
3	2 socket (max)	5 in 6 (83.33%)
4	2 socket (max)	5 in 6 (83.33%)
5	2 socket (max)	5 in 6 (83.33%)
6	2 socket (max)	5 in 6 (83.33%)

The maximum amount of sockets an item can roll with depends on the iLevel of the item. The iLevel is equal to the monster level (mLevel) the item dropped from, the mLevel is equal to the area level (aLevel). Champions will have an mLevel of aLevel+2, Uniques and their minions aLevel+3, and Super Uniques will have a predefined mLevel.

possible sockets for a Hand Scythe
iLvl 0-25	iLvl 26-40	iLvl 41 and up
2	2	2

Vendors that sell Hand Scythes

What each vendor sells of a Hand Scythe per difficulty, and from which character level (cLvl). A vendor can also sell it in place of another item in Nightmare and Hell (from level 26), or on a small chance as the exceptional or elite version of one. The last column says from which level it can roll as Cunning Hand Scythe of Quickness.

Vendor	How	Magic	cLvl	Worth keeping
ElzixSmall chance, in place of Cestus	Small chance, in place of Cestus	0–3	always	cLvl 75+
FaraSmall chance, in place of Cestus	Small chance, in place of Cestus	1–3	always	cLvl 75+

Runewords you can make in a Hand Scythe

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Runeword	Sockets	Bases	Runes	Level	Stats
Strength (original)	2 Sockets	Melee Weapon	Amn Tir	25	7% Life stolen per hit ()25% Chance of Crushing Blow+20 to Strength+10 to Vitality+2 to Mana after each Kill ()+35% Enhanced Damage
Wind (1.10)	2 Sockets	Melee Weapon	Sur El	61	10% Chance to cast level 9 Tornado on striking+20% Faster Run/Walk+40% Increased Attack Speed+15% Faster Hit Recovery-50% Target Defense+50 to Attack Rating ()Hit Blinds Target +1 ()+1 to Light Radius ()Level 13 Twister (127/127 Charges)+120 to 160% Enhanced Damage

Compared to other Hand to Hand 2s

Table of base stats
Name	Mindam	Maxdam	Speed	Reqstr	Reqdex	Durability	Level	Levelreq	Max Sockets
Hand Scythe	16	37	-10	73	73	72	41	30	2
Greater Claws	18	37	-20	76	76	52	45	33	3
Greater Talons	21	35	-30	79	79	69	50	37	3
Scissors Quhab	19	40		82	82	68	54	40	3

Prefixes that can spawn on Hand to Hand 2s

All Prefixes
Name	Property	Affix Level	Level Req	Item Types	Rarity	Group
Cruel	+201 to 300% Enhanced Damage	51	43	Weapon	Magic only	105
Cruel	+201 to 300% Enhanced Damage	56	48	Weapon	Magic and Rare	105
Ferocious	+101 to 200% Enhanced Damage	41	33	Weapon	Magic and Rare	105

Suffixes that can spawn on Hand to Hand 2s

All Suffixes
Name	Property	Affix Level	Level Req	Item Types	Rarity	Group
of Piercing	Ignore Target's Defense	25	18	Staves And Rods, Knife, Hand to Hand	Magic and Rare	4
of Puncturing	-10 to -20 to Monster Defense Per Hit	6	4	Melee Weapon	Magic and Rare	4
of Bashing	-25 to -40 to Monster Defense Per Hit	16	12	Melee Weapon	Magic and Rare	4