Equipment: which to use and what to avoid?

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Wokeye said:
Does anyone actually use the whips? They seem useless to me.

I;ve used Crystal shield on a TC (rainbow) mage + reinvig boots to good effect.

In CB, some whips are worth using. N1 and 5 gems for Animal Awe should be good againt elephants, Thunder Whip is the first AN weapon I think, Demon Whip only takes Fire for an AoE attack...

I've also tried making a repel thug armed with a whip, but that seems like a dead end.