Upped hellplague? Decent meleementalist weapon?

[beezly]

Upped hellplague? Decent meleementalist weapon?

I'm well off itemwise, i have some good MF gear and somebody gave me the diciple set, but my highest char is on lvl 63 so i don't have that great gear. I found a hellplague longsword. Here are the stats.

Hellplague
Long Sword
One-Hand Damage: 5 To (32-34) (18.5-19.5 Avg)
Required Level: 22
Required Strength: 55
Required Dexterity: 39
Durability: 44
Base Weapon Speed: [-10]
+70-80% Enhanced Damage(varies)
+2 To Fire Skills
Adds 25-75 Fire Damage
Adds 28-56 Poison Damage Over 6 Seconds
5% Life Stolen Per Hit
5% Mana Stolen Per Hit

Right now my meleementalist is on lvl 16 and just working his way through act 2 weilding khalim's will (great starter weap btw). Once i get to lvl 22 i'm weilding this. However, i'm worried that it will fall into too low damage too quickly. If i upgrade it, how long will it be able to be used effectivley? Or should i save the runes for other upgrades?

 

[Beowulf]

its alright but not worth the runes imo...what realm are you on....i am east none ladder and might be able to set you up with some gear.

 

[beezly]

East ladder, however, my char is only lvl 16 and i'd be fine starting him over.

 

[beezly]

Hey, i made a nonladder char, his name is SizzleandBurn, username Beezly, i'm on east NL. Hit me up.

 

[Salo]

Hey, i made a nonladder char, his name is SizzleandBurn, username Beezly, i'm on east NL. Hit me up.

the weapon is nice as is, dont up it. lots of other items work better upgraded and gives +2-3 to your fire side.

its a great starting weapon though, definitely gets one through normal.

hexfire,earthshaker, and that +2 club unique thing, upgrade these for a decent weapon vs the hellplague at higher levels.