Single Skill Tree Tournament- Resurrected

Unbelievable. Just the other day I started what was intended to be a single tree shadow Assassin, only to accidentally click on FireBlast at level 2 or 3. If only I'd been more careful I'd have had a nice little head start. :D

D'oh!
 
Forum Name: adzicents
Character Name: Vesta
Character Class: Fire Tree Sorceress
Character Level: 10
Farthest Quest: Sisters' Burial Grounds
Farthest WP: Stony Field

Didn't play as much as I expected to today, so didn't get alot in. Have all day tomorrow to play though, so that should be fun, hoping to get at least level 30 and Act III tomorrow :wink3:. So far it's been good, pumped all stats into vitality after 10 on strength. Back to pumping on strength for a while. As this is untwinked, I'm thinking of putting more into Energy than you normally would and less into strength, seeing as there's a very low chance of finding anything good... I think I'll grab around 80 strength and 120 energy base... Not going for max block, as I'll be changing shield often as expected, so maybe 100 max for a while. Rest into vitality as always.
Didn't want to go with enchantress so going with good old middle column. Max Fire Mastery, Meteor, Fire Ball and Fire Blast. Rest into warmth or Enchant, depending on what I decide to do.
As for what's happened so far, I found a few yummy Jewels and small charms to boost my melee damage up to 34-46, way higher than my measily 13-16 for fire bolt, although the range attack helps. Only had one trouble so far, as Blood Raven went down quickly. Had a Boss pack of Dark Rangers that nearly killed me... But I've been safe other than that.

Long story short... All is going well.
Good luck to the rest of you then :wink3:.

P.S. Been playing on p5 the whole time, not powerful enough to step up to p8 :P.
 
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Forum Name: Morathi
Character Name: Skarlath (aided by Kyoko Fire Rogue)
Character Class: Curse tree Necro
Character Level: 15
Last Quest Completed: Rescuing Cain. (about to do countress)
Last WP Collected: Black Mash

Skarlath is becomming quite skilled with his curses now. I have found a very cool and neat tactic against boss groups here is one example, and another situation. As you can see i first cast Amp damage on the group then quickly Dim vision. What happens is the boss pack becomes confused and runs around like lost dogs and the boss remains amp'ed and Skarlath and Kyoko just lure him away and pick him off, then we finish the rest. Skarlath finally found his first topaz which he quickly placed into a 2s skull cap and gave it to Kyoko (she kills alot faster). So far i have been gambleing boots and gloves like crazy. However the only good glove was my first one i gambled which had 5 % MF,20 poison resis (that will help against andy), half freeze duration, and posion length reduced by 25% (also good against andy). The rest after that has been all magical, the same goes for boots :rant:. Progress so far has been p/8 and about 95% full clears. I managed to find my 2nd S/U however it was the same as the last one :rant: dam you diablo!!!.
 
Forum Name: Docturnal
Character Name: Hidama
Character Class: Fire Sorc
Character Level: 22
Farthest Quest: Radament
Farthest WP: Halls of the dead 2

So far progress has been easy as cheese. Sure I have had to stick to the background based on my low life, but as my fireball rips everything to shreds at p8 the risk of getting hit is minimal.
Finally I have my targeted starting gear together as well...
This includes:
+2 fireball "leaf" short staff
Stealth breast plate
Teleport staff on switch
some fcr jewlery
and some mf/resistance gear.

Some stats:
Fireball average damage ~300
Fcr breakpoint 37%
Mf: 40%
FWR 25%
Hp: measly 140
Mana around the same as hp.
 
Well, I'm going to have to join only because I want to see if I can guardian an untwinked only fire sorc. Hell Ancients seem like they'll be a big problem (as most of Hell seems it may be!).

Will post character name and info once a table gets put up. Anyone good at making tables? :thumbsup:
 
Forum Name: asdfgah
Character Name: AvatarOfWoe
Character Class: Offensive aura paladin
Character Level: 20
Farthest Quest: Sisters to the slaughter
Farthest WP: Lut Golein

I used might level 1-5 and after that (and still) I'm using 1 point holy fire, I might switch to concentration to help boost me and my desert mercenary's damage.

Some screenies:

Nice chest
My shield
The smith
Imbue
Stats before battling Andariel
My weapon
Andy's drop

That's all for today ^_^

tripsu said:
Will post character name and info once a table gets put up. Anyone good at making tables? :thumbsup:
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Morathi said:
14. There wont be a table for this tournament (too much work and wastes space), if you are joining, or writing progress do it in this format.(see below)

Forum Name: Morathi
Character Name: Skarlath
Character Class: Curse tree Necro
Character Level: 1
Farthest Quest: none
Farthest WP: Rogue Encampment
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I've played neither HC nor a tournament before so this should be fun for me :smiley:

Forum Name: Dutes
Character Name: Getafix (of Asterix and Obelix fame :grin:)
Character Class: Summoning Druid
Character Level: 1
Farthest Quest: none
Farthest WP: Rogue Encampment
 
Well everything was going well... Seems I have also died :(. Stupid Rakinishu... Already started anew though... Decided to try out the Zon ;).

Forum Name: adzicents
Character Name: Artemes
Character Class: Passive + Magic Amazon
Character Level: 3
Farthest Quest: None
Farthest WP: Rogue Encampment
 
So the use of an extended stash isn't allowed?
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Yes ATMA may not be used as an extended stash or any other program. Just your inventory and stash at each town. :)

this makes it harder and more difficult because you must specifically choose what you want to be in your stash and what you dont. Extended stash's leaves so many options open and can make it easier for your character.
 
Forum Name: adzicents
Character Name: Artemes
Character Class: Passive + Magic Amazon
Character Level: 15
Farthest Quest: The Forgotten Tower
Farthest WP: Black Marsh

Not bad, count went down easy. I'm just hoping that she can drop Ort so can someone clarify that for me? Trying to get Zephyr (runeword). Got my first Set/Unique in the cave as well. The +10 resist on the Furs help :P.

Just need clarification on Ort drop before I can really push forward ;). If not I'll just get 3 Ral's and cube them when I get there :P.
 
adzicents said:
I'm just hoping that she can drop Ort so can someone clarify that for me? Trying to get Zephyr (runeword).
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Her best drop is Ral, which she has a good chance of dropping (1 in 8.12 according to ATMA). You can always come back after you get the cube.

I'm not joining, although I'd really like to make a daggerzon. I have way too many characters atm, so no new characters until I mat/pat one. Good luck to everyone participating.

@Morathi: No ATMA stash is pure evil :wink3:



 
dam this game can get annoying sometimes :(. Well Skarlath and kyoko was searching for the smith we came across a boss pack of skeleton mages which each had there leaders ability which was cold attack.. not good. Each bolt they aimed at us chilled and reduced our movement speed. Kyoko decided to flee into a room filled with chapion skeleton archers and well kyoko died within 2 seconds and i was too late to hit rejuv's and well deeds :( aw well it wasnt all bad considering it was only act 1 normal. So i will rejoin with another character...introducing Carrisa the shadow sin. Her name is reminiscent of her love for poison and the assassin art. Her name originated from the poisonous plant "Carissa macrocarpa" which has toxic poisons located within the stems and leaves.

Forum Name: Morathi
Character Name: Carrisa
Character Class: Shawdow sin
Character Level: 1
Farthest Completed: none
Farthest Collected: Rogue Enchantment
 
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Well then... this is my first tourney and my first HC character, so we'll how long I can last. Don't know if I will be able to keep up due to work and family, but I'll give it a shot.

Forum Name: A1cme3
Character Name: Barbie
Character Class: Passive tree Amazon
Character Level: 1
Farthest Quest: none
Farthest WP: Rogue Encampment
 
JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT RULE 4 IS CHANGING!.
All quests and waypoints are to be collected. using the imbue/personalize isn't required to 'complete' them. (you may save your imbues/personalize etc)
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is now= ALL quests must be completed and all waypoints must be collected before moving onto the next act.

If you havn't and are past act 1/2/3 etc and still have waypoints/ quests to complete in the past acts please do so then continue following the new rule.

Sorry for any Inconvenience.
 
Forum Name: adzicents
Character Name: Artemes
Character Class: Passive + Magic Amazon
Character Level: 19
Farthest Quest: Sisters To The Slaughter
Farthest WP: Lut Gholein

Andy has fallen ^_^. Did a few count runs to try and grab some runes for words, didn't work out exactly as I had planned, but then realised the poison from Andy would kill... Put this together to help me. The battle with Andy was short and bitter sweet, I had to tank for myself as my merc died near the start, but 220 life was easily sufficient and I was rewarded poorly :(. Found another Arctic furs along the way, so that was muled off along with the Cleglaw's Pincers. Coming into Act II and about to take on the sewers. That poison res from Andy will help alot in this act, although I was primarily going to use Bow.
Decoy, Critical Strike and Valkrie will be maxed. Still deciding on Penetrate or Peirce... I look too far ahead :P.
 
Morathi said:
Yes ATMA may not be used as an extended stash or any other program. Just your inventory and stash at each town. :)

this makes it harder and more difficult because you must specifically choose what you want to be in your stash and what you dont. Extended stash's leaves so many options open and can make it easier for your character.
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I can't decide wether to keep my chippies until I find the cube or throw some away too make oom :tongue:

RIP Scarlath

We should at least make a table for the dead characters though IMO so they and their scoring just won't get lost in the thread.
I made one just in case ;)
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DEAD CHARACTERS
Forum Name	Character name	Class	Level	Quest	Farthest WP	Difficulty
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Joosh		JumpInTheFire	Sorc	19	q5a1?	Catacombs?	Normal
adzicents	Vesta		Sorc	10	q2a1	Stony field	Normal
Morathi		Skarlath	Nec	?	q4a1?	Inner cloister?	Normal
It's up to you Morathi if you want to keep it or not.
Simply search the thread for dead characters to find it.



 
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It's up to you Morathi if you want to keep it or not.
Simply search the thread for dead characters to find it.
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sure asdfgah for the dead thats fine. For the info on my necro when he died was level 17, last quest completed was countress, i died in inner cloister.

edit- i just got my sin to the cold plains waypoint and i completed the den of evil. But something is troubleing me regarding what my skills i should invest points in. The plan i am thinking is max venom, shadow master, Fade, then its either Cloak of Shadows, or Claw Mastery. I am thinking claw mastery because it will help my damage output, AR and also provide some CS. This means i will just use CoS at level 1. But is that enough for it to be effective? Maybe i could just split it and do 10 in both CoS and claw mastery? i am not sure....any advice would be great. :)

thanks for your advice
 
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I'd say put a few more points in BoS to get it to around sLvl 5 before the diminishing returns start to kick in. Maybe it's not worth it to put 20 into fade since the diminishin returns start getting pretty bad after sLvl 10, the extra hidden DR might make it worth it though.. :scratch:
 
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