Myth is a Rune Word that is crafted in Body Armor and is considered a cheap Rune Word due to the fact that the highest required Rune is Hel, which is a Semi-Rare Rune, and the other two Runes are both common Runes. With the +2 to the barbarian’s skill levels, it’s evident that this Runeword armor was designed with the barbarian in mind; other classes will find that Myth offers very little in terms of benefits.

Requirements:

3 socket body armor

Runes (in order): Hel + Amn + Ship

The statistics:

Level Requirement: 25

3% chance to cast a level 1 Howl when hit

10% chance to cast level 1 taunt on hit

+2 to barbarian skill levels

+30 Missile Defense

Replenish life +10

Attacker takes 14 damage

Requirements -15%

3% chance to cast a level 1 Howl when hit

Howl is one of the barbarian’s many war cries. Causes monsters to retreat and run away from the character (note: does not work on players).

This is a good mod for barbarians who are in danger of being assaulted by a large group of monsters. If this triggers, the barbarian will get a breather and may consider turning around and coming back later if the mob is too tough.

10% chance to cast level 1 taunt on hit

Taunt is another of the barbarian’s war cries. It forces monsters (and does not affect players) to engage in melee combat with the barbarian, making it useful against monsters that cast spells or attackers with long-range missiles.

Also slightly reduces the target’s damage output and attack rating. A level 1 taunt reduces both the target’s damage output and attack rating by 5%. This might not sound like much, but it can be said that everything counts in Diablo 2’s Inferno difficulty. Also, with the conditional trigger set to 10% on hit, this mod will trigger a lot, as Barbarians are a happy body class. to body

+2 to barbarian skill levels

This mod, and the affordable price to create Myth Runeword, is what makes the armor attractive to barbarians.

Replenish life +10

Replenish Life will increase the Myth user’s health recovery rate. This can be increased dramatically if they are wearing or have equipped other items that have the Replenish Life mod, as the effects stack.

Summary:

Given its low price and low level requirements, Myth is worth it with its +2 to barbarian skill levels. However, the lack of buffs to all resistances really hurts him, although it could be argued that a barbarian can overcome that by putting points into his natural resistances ability (which adds permanent bonuses to each of his elemental resistances). All in all, Myth is definitely affordable and viable placeholder armor until something better comes along.