What stats should a fresh Enchanter aim for when gearing?
 

I can't resist the urge to roll an Enchanter anymore, so I'm gonna do it. The question I have though, is should I prioritize CHA or INT on gear? From what I have seen, CHA items are decently cheap (which is good, because I have 200p to my name), with things like Cats Eye Bracelets and A Crude Stein packing good CHA while being very cheap. I'm guessing that there is some sort of sweet spot in regards to the positive benefits of CHA on charm/mez, and beyond that I should aim for INT gear? Not like I can go all out with purchases, but I just want to have an idea of what I should fill my slots with. Thanks. ;)

CHA if you want to charm (get reliable at 190+, pretty dodgy between 170-190, I woudn't rely on it below this). It will also be cheaper to buy cha stuff than int.

I always just tried to get as much charisma as I could. You can get charisma in most slots (earrings, rings, wrists, neck, face, offhand all being especially good+cheap slots for it). Then once you are higher level and your charisma buffs start putting you up over the charisma cap of 255, you can swap in hp or int or ac or whatever gear where it is most efficient.

Charisma.

INT really doesn't mean much outside of AE groups where you can swap to a full INT set. Charisma allows you to gear more toward HP.

Furthermore, a high naked charisma is good for CR'n yourself with pacify so also dump your starting points into charisma!

I definitely regret going full int with Loraen (read too many stupid guides). Intelligence helps a bit when you are very low level but once you hit L20-30 or so your mana pool won't matter as much, and at 51 with taps its not important at all.

So yeah, go full cha on startup and try and get it to 200 asap.

Awesome, thanks guys! Good to see Tecmo's respond, as his stream is what pushed me over the edge and made it impossible for me to continue my Monk. ;)

Lol. Loraen and the solo challenge convinced me to make a chanter, now I'm just passing along the fun! You should bug pasi to stream if you want to see someone REALLY push the envelope :)

That sounds awesome. :) I never really realized it before, but it seems pretty obvious to me now that Enchanters have the highest skill cap in the game. That more than anything is the real appeal to me, and no so much OMGIWANTTOBERICHLIKETECMO'S!!!1

I don't claim to be an expert on enchanters or bards, but I feel like bards would definitely be contenders for that title as well.

I'd say you're correct. The way I see it, in general day to day combat situations, a good Bard can probably outshine anyone if they're able to effectively twist as many songs as possible, while still managing to engage in meaningful melee combat etc. However watching Tecmo's streams makes me drool because the Enchanter toolkit is so diverse and powerful, that you can pull off some amazing stuff if you know how to and don't screw it up and die in 5 seconds. :p