Is it a non-eth thresher or is there something with lower requirements you can make it out of?

Also I had some questions about the insight. With the level 17 conviction insight on a sorceress and say 1 point in warmth, maybe a level 20 warmth, how long does it take to fully regenerate the mana ball?

Thank you

Also are there any hybrid runewords involving insight, besides the infinity one, maybe one that gives some FHR or some extra resists or mana or anything like that?

Insight has a meditation aura. If you intend to wear a polearm on a sorc I would go for the lowest requirements you can get since (presumably) you won't be needing it for melee damage.

Yeah that's what I meant, which is the lowest strength requirement? Is there maybe like a cryptic axe or something you can make it out of or is thresher the lowest?

Also on the D2 wiki it says insight is only on ladder? You can't make it or use it on non-ladder??? What? Is this correct?

1. etheral items have lower requirements than non-etheral (-10str and -10dext).

2. normal grade items (scythe...) have much lower requirements than elite grade items (thresher...).
http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/normal/polearms.shtml

3. Insight is a Ladder-only runeword. You cannot make it when playing no-ladder or unmodified SP.

4. for a sorc, I would probably consider staves as the most appropriate items to make insight from (because +X to specific sorc skills).

5. Level 17 meditation provides +700% mana replenish, level 20 warmth +258%.
In the absence of other modifiers (like items with +% mana replenish), that's a total of +958%.

Basically, you regenerate a full mana pool in 2 minutes. With +958% that's 10.58 times faster :

120 sec / 10.58 ~ 11.3 sec

So wait, as a non-ladder sorc, can I play with insight or not? And are you saying the lowest requirement item for a sorc insight is the scythe?

And you can find them in staffs or are they only made from polearms?

Thanks a lot for the help Crash. Realyl appreciate it. Sorry to be asking numerous questions as well. How realistic do you think it is for me to find a 17 conviction insight staff with say +3 fire ball, +3 warmth, +1-3 thunderstorm, or anything similar?