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Orb: melee weapon clarification

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{{Item type nav}}
{{Intro}}
* Item types are "blueprints" for items and are used to categorize them, which is used by many game mechanics, including, but not limited to [[affix]] generation, [[Rune Word]] base eligibilty, skill mechanics and so on.
* Form a hierarchy, so a particular item type is also considered of its supertypes. For example, an [[amazon bow]] is a [[bow]] so can roll bow affixes and be used as a base for bow Rune Words (unless the subtype is explicitly excluded - that's why many melee affixes cannot be rolled on [[staff|staves]] and [[wand]]s).
: Item types can have multiple supertypes, so the hierarchy is not a simple tree. For example, a [[combo weapon]] is both a [[melee weapon]] and a [[thrown weapon]].
* Items can also have multiple item types. For example, a [[Flawed Amethyst]] is both a [[Flawed Gem]] and an [[Amethyst (item type)|Amethyst]].

Base stats for individual armor and weapons can be found on separate item type pages.
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[[File:Item Types weap armo.png|center|thumb|800px|Hierarchy of item types. Since it is most often used to determine available [[affix]]es and valid bases for Rune Words, only weapons and armor are shown. For clarity class-specific item types are also hidden.]]

==Armor==
{|border=1 cellpadding=2 rules=all style="empty-cells:show; text-align:center; font-size:90%" width=100%
|-
! colspan=10 class="header" | '''[[Armor]]'''
|-
| colspan=3 class="subheader" | '''[[Helm]]'''
| colspan=4 class="subheader" | '''[[Any shield]]'''
| rowspan=2 | [[Body armor]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Belt]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Boots]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Gloves]]
|-
| class="item" | [[Circlet]]
| class="item" | [[Pelt]]
| class="item" | [[Primal helm]]
| class="item" | [[Shield]]
| class="item" | [[Auric shield]]
| class="item" | [[Shrunken head]]
| class="item" | [[Grimoire]]
|}
 

==Weapon==
{|border=1 cellpadding=2 rules=all style="empty-cells:show; text-align:center; font-size:90%" width=100%
|-
! colspan="4" | '''[[Weapon]]'''
|-
|| '''[[Melee weapon]]'''
|| '''[[Missile weapon]]'''
|| '''[[Thrown weapon]]'''
|| [[Orb]]
|}
 

===Melee===
{|border=1 cellpadding=2 rules=all style="empty-cells:show; text-align:center; font-size:90%" width=100%
|-
! colspan="13" | '''[[Melee weapon]]'''
|-
| [[Axe]]
| colspan="6" | '''[[Blunt weapon]]'''
| [[Claw]] 
| colspan="2" | '''[[Swords and Knives]]''' (D2R only)
| colspan="3" | '''[[Spears and Polearms]]''' (D2R only)
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Throwing axe]] (combo weapon) 
| rowspan="3" | [[Club]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Hammer]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Mace]]
| colspan="3" | '''[[Rod]]'''
| rowspan="3" | [[Hand to Hand 2]]
| [[Dagger]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Sword]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Polearm]] 
| colspan="2" | [[Spear]]
|- style="border-color:inherit;"
| rowspan="2" | [[Scepter]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Staff]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Wand]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Throwing knife]] (combo weapon) 
| rowspan="2" | [[Amazon spear]]
| [[Javelin]] (combo weapon) 
|- style="border-color:inherit;"
| [[Amazon javelin]]
|}

* Blunt weapons all have +50% [[Damage to Undead]].
* In LoD subtypes of item types introduced in D2R are simply subtypes of absent item types' supertypes. For example swords are a subtype of melee weapons.
 

===Missile===
{|border=1 cellpadding=2 rules=all style="empty-cells:show; text-align:center; font-size:90%" width=100%
!colspan=2|[[Missile weapon]]
|-
|width=50%|
'''[[Bow]]''' 
[[Amazon bow]]
|width=50%|
[[Crossbow]]
|}

*Missiles (arrows or bolts) fired by missile weapons, are not weapons themselves.

===Thrown===
{|border=1 cellpadding=2 rules=all style="empty-cells:show; text-align:center; font-size:90%" width=100%
|-
! colspan="4" | '''[[Thrown weapon]]'''
|-
| colspan="3" | '''[[Combo weapon]]'''
| rowspan="3" | [[Missile potion]]
|-
| [[Javelin]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Throwing axe]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Throwing knife]]
|-
| [[Amazon javelin]]
|}

 

===Orb===
* Although [[orb]]s can be used to perform [[melee]] attacks, they are not classified as melee weapons and they can neither spawn with melee weapon [[affix]]es, nor be used to make melee weapon [[Rune Word]]s.

===Animation type===
{|border=1 cellpadding=2 rules=all style="empty-cells:show; text-align:center; font-size:90%" width=100%
!1HS
!2HS
!1HT
!2HT
!STF
!BOW
!XBW
!HT1
|-
| [[Axe | Axe (one handed)]] 
[[Throwing axe]] 
[[Sword | Sword (one handed)]] 
[[Club]] 
[[Scepter]] 
[[Mace]] 
[[Wand]]
||
[[Sword | Sword (two handed)]]
||
[[Dagger]] 
[[Throwing knife]] 
[[Javelin]] 
[[Amazon javelin]]
||
[[Spear]] 
[[Amazon spear]]
||
[[Axe | Axe (two handed)]] 
[[Polearm]] 
[[Hammer]] 
[[Staff]] 
||
[[Bow]] 
[[Amazon bow]]
||
[[Crossbow]]
||
[[Claw]]
|}

==Miscellaneous==
{|border=1 cellpadding=2 rules=all style="empty-cells:show; text-align:center; font-size:90%" width=100%
|-
! colspan="12" | '''[[Miscellaneous (item type)|Miscellaneous]]'''
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Amulet (item type)|Amulet]] [[Ring (item type)|Ring]]
| '''[[Charm]]'''
| colspan="2" | '''[[Missile (item type)|Missile]]'''
| colspan="4" | '''[[Socket filler]]'''
| colspan="3" | '''[[Potion]]'''
| rowspan="3" | [[Gold (item type)|Gold]] [[Key (item type)|Key]] [[Scroll]] [[Tome (item type)|Tome]] [[Player body part]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Small Charm (item type)|Small Charm]] [[Large Charm (item type)|Large Charm]] [[Grand Charm (item type)|Grand Charm]] [[Crafted Sunder Charm (item type)|Crafted Sunder Charm]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Bow Quiver]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Crossbow Quiver]]
| colspan="2" | [[Gem]] 
| rowspan="2" | [[Jewel (item type)|Jewel]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Rune]]
| [[Healing Potion (item type)|Healing Potion]]
| [[Mana Potion (item type)|Mana Potion]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Antidote Potion (item type)|Antidote Potion]] [[Thawing Potion (item type)|Thawing Potion]] [[Stamina Potion (item type)|Stamina Potion]] 
|-
| [[Chipped Gem]] [[Flawed Gem]] [[Standard Gem]] [[Flawless Gem]] [[Perfect Gem]] 
| [[Amethyst (item type)|Amethyst]] [[Diamond (item type)|Diamond]] [[Emerald (item type)|Emerald]] [[Ruby (item type)|Ruby]] [[Sapphire (item type)|Sapphire]] [[Topaz (item type)|Topaz]] [[Skull (item type)|Skull]] 
| colspan="2" | [[Rejuvenation Potion (item type)|Rejuvenation Potion]]
|}
 

==Class-specific==
{|border=1 cellpadding=2 rules=all style="empty-cells:show; text-align:center; font-size:90%" width=100%
|-
! colspan="10" | '''[[Class specific]]'''
|-
! colspan="3" | [[Amazon item|Amazon]]
![[Assassin item|Assassin]]
![[Barbarian item|Barbarian]]
![[Druid item|Druid]]
![[Necromancer item|Necromancer]]
![[Paladin item|Paladin]]
![[Sorceress item|Sorceress]]
![[Warlock item|Warlock]]
|-
|[[Amazon bow]]
|[[Amazon javelin]]
|[[Amazon spear]]
|[[Claw]]
|[[Primal helm]]
|[[Pelt]]
|[[Voodoo head]]
|[[Auric shield]]
|[[Orb]]
|[[Grimoire]]
|}
 

==Reference==
*Nefarius, [https://d2mods.info/forum/kb/viewarticle?a=221 Armor.txt File Guide] (Phrozen Keep)
*Ric Faith [https://d2mods.info/forum/kb/viewarticle?a=236 Misc.txt File Guide] (Phrozen Keep)
*Ric Faith, [https://d2mods.info/forum/kb/viewarticle?a=250 Weapons.txt File Guide] (Phrozen Keep)

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