Sad Indeed...

Egg'd HT Pendant
Z-Helm
Equips with luk using the maker skill

Egg'd pendant - 24 luk tops (perhaps slightly more if you Chaos Scroll the last 2 slots for the better)
Zakum helm - 17 luk tops.

Those are a given. That's only 41 luk. That means that you can safely wear any gear up to 45 luk requirement without wasting any int.

Could you describe the benefit of using Maker to get luk, stat-wise? I'm unfamiliar with the concept (say, if you could put luk on a nose or whatever).

Regardless, there is no way to get 161 luk out of gear that couldn't be scrolled for int that can be scrolled for luk. So the luk magician is always, always, always at a loss. ALWAYS. The fact that it requires the luk means you're taking points out of int.

Look, 165 luk requirement, which is effectively 161 since you have 4 base luk. Oop, 41 from pendant/helm, that's 120.

That's 120 int (and therefore, matk) that you're missing. The 163 staff is then essentially equivalent to a 58 matk lukless weapon. 178 base, right? 120 requirement?

You do realize the 130 wand has literally over double that - nearly triple? And that's with zhelm/pendant as a factor - it's much, much worse when you don't include them.

It does not matter how a luk magician struggles. The potential of a luk magician is lower - theoretically, realistically, and effectively. Assuming equal scrolling, the luk magician will never overcome a lukless. Ever. Continue with your shrine, butterfli.

EDIT: o, had the staff requirement slightly lower than it is, not that that helps luk magicians any. Also, typos.