Green with Envy II Tournament

[jgreg7]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

This tournament is now officially finished. Therefore no new contestants may join. However those who are still currently playing, don't take this as incentive to stop. Infact i encourage you to keep going and try and get the first Guardain for this tournament

It sounds more "closed" than "finished", since there was no clear winner (i.e. Guardian). I certainly plan to keep at it, once RL calms down a bit.

 

[iomanip]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

^ what he said...

 

[sequana]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

[Highlight] Filip, Necromancer, Act II Hell – Canyon of Magi, level 75, points 176 [/highlight]

lvl 74................-75
Qs 64...............128
WPs 96..............96
greens 9............ 27
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Total ........... 176

Filip was slowly walking through act II Hell. He was quite lucky on monster roll and mainly on their quantity there, so no bigger trouble on his way up to now.

Radament was without chance.

In Maggot Lair was nice that we didn't meet any cruel bosspack. I was afraid of this area, but in the end I was pleasantly surprised that it was quite fast. Pic 2.

In Claw Viper Temple I was really careful to not end as bassano's necro, mainly I wanted to have good position for killing Fangskin, what I fortunately managed.

But Arcane Sanctuary was pain. Of course the right way was the 4th way, and it took me ages to kill all those PI ghosts. I had to decrepify them (amplify damage wasn't enough because then they were destroying my army) and so I had to go to town for mana pots every now and then, also many times I had to jump into tp just to put my army together or to get merc closer to me and so, it really took me ages to reach last WP. But as a reward was Sigon armor with its wonderful 30 LR, I couldn't wish anything better, now my light resist is nice red -9.

Next: Canyon of Magi and Duriel

Name            Character         Class      Area          Level    Points 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
sequana         Filip             Necro      Canyon ofMagi(H)75      176
Road Ratt       Rebel Jen         Amazon     Rogue Camp(H)   75      151
jgreg7          Venus             Sorceress  Harrogath (NM)  66      145
Charlo          Fice              Sorceress  Lut Gholein(NM) 52      102
Slayer37        Bella             Assassin   Jail (NM)       51       86
iomanip         Blisters          Sorceress  Rogue Camp(NM)  46       72
Insane Wayne    Pepper            Sorceress  Harrogath       36       60
Profound        Roy               Barbarian  Lower Kurast    30       42
Es Mors         Prisikelk         Necro      Kurast Docks    23       30
Jabari          Arimos            Druid      Palace Cellar   24       17
Barkstav        Dorothea          Sorceress  Lost City       25       12
Ikeren          Javazon           Amazon     Lut Gholein     25       12
EmperorMoo      Monster           Necro      Lut Gholein     19        9
Ikuze           H-lessChick       Amazon     Palace Cellar   25        7
jiansonz        Allisandrina      Assassin   Lut Gholein     20        5
Harrid          Veridian          Assassin   Halls o/t Dead  22        1
topoada         NaturalKingCole   Druid      Lut Gholein     20        1
Arkansaw        Sincro            Necro      Burial Grounds   8        1
Low Key         Avarice           Assassin   Rogue Camp       1        0
Hoop76          ?                 ?????      Rogue Camp       1        0
howdidigethere  Mikey             Paladin    Rogue Camp       1        0
Derivial        Zealot            Paladin    Rogue Camp       1        0
Soi Lo          Og                Barbarian  Rogue Camp       1        0
Turbocannon     Gaia              Assassin   Rogue Encampment 1        0
nilynrae        VincentPrice      Necro      Rogue Camp       7       -1
Imploder        Kyouken           Druid      Cold Plains      7       -3
erimatbrad      Futility          Sorceress  Rogue Camp      12       -5
SomethingProf   Meridian          Druid      Cold Plain      12       -8
Lostprophet     Sadler            Sorceress  Inner Cloister  19        ?

RIP
Name            Character    Class       Area            Level    Points 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bassano         envylord      Necro      Viper temple(H)   72      170
Merlin          Mihanti       Trapsin    Black Marsh(H)    77      165
StevehRogers    MrsGreen      Sorceress  Kurast Docks NM   60      108
StevehRogers    The Hulk      Necro      River of Flame    35       79
DuesNox         MutNinjaTurt  Assassin   Outer Cloister(N) 48       77
Merlin          Buggha        Druid      Chaos Sanctuary   35       47
Morathi         Cosi          Druid      Chaos Sanctuary   35       23
Es Mors         Kelkis        Necro      Swampy Pit lvl3   25       30
Charlo          God_Himself   Paladin    Dark Wood         14       -2
linkato1        Albert        Paladin    The Barracks      17       -3

 

[bassano]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

finally somebody have more points than my death envylord so I must continue with my trapsin on way to guardian for catch him

 

[jiansonz]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

Nice going, sequana and Filip!

But as a reward was Sigon armor with its wonderful 30 LR, I couldn't wish anything better, now my light resist is nice red -9.

Haha, demands and expectations go down a bit in this type of challenge.

 

[Es Mors]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

Looks like I'll be officialy resigning from this tournament. With the ladder reset my character would be useless to me after the tournament and I really want a necro I could use afterwards. None the less, it's been a blast, thanks to everyone participating! Here's my final update:

35 Level: -35 p
26 Quests: 52 p
38 Waypoints: 38 p
6 Greens: 18 p
TOTAL: 73 POINTS

Last thing done: killed ancients.

Name            Character         Class      Area          Level    Points 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
sequana         Filip             Necro      Canyon ofMagi(H)75      176
Road Ratt       Rebel Jen         Amazon     Rogue Camp(H)   75      151
jgreg7          Venus             Sorceress  Harrogath (NM)  66      145
Charlo          Fice              Sorceress  Lut Gholein(NM) 52      102
Slayer37        Bella             Assassin   Jail (NM)       51       86
Es Mors         Prisikelk         Necro      Arreat Summit   35       73
iomanip         Blisters          Sorceress  Rogue Camp(NM)  46       72
Insane Wayne    Pepper            Sorceress  Harrogath       36       60
Profound        Roy               Barbarian  Lower Kurast    30       42
Jabari          Arimos            Druid      Palace Cellar   24       17
Barkstav        Dorothea          Sorceress  Lost City       25       12
Ikeren          Javazon           Amazon     Lut Gholein     25       12
EmperorMoo      Monster           Necro      Lut Gholein     19        9
Ikuze           H-lessChick       Amazon     Palace Cellar   25        7
jiansonz        Allisandrina      Assassin   Lut Gholein     20        5
Harrid          Veridian          Assassin   Halls o/t Dead  22        1
topoada         NaturalKingCole   Druid      Lut Gholein     20        1
Arkansaw        Sincro            Necro      Burial Grounds   8        1
Low Key         Avarice           Assassin   Rogue Camp       1        0
Hoop76          ?                 ?????      Rogue Camp       1        0
howdidigethere  Mikey             Paladin    Rogue Camp       1        0
Derivial        Zealot            Paladin    Rogue Camp       1        0
Soi Lo          Og                Barbarian  Rogue Camp       1        0
Turbocannon     Gaia              Assassin   Rogue Encampment 1        0
nilynrae        VincentPrice      Necro      Rogue Camp       7       -1
Imploder        Kyouken           Druid      Cold Plains      7       -3
erimatbrad      Futility          Sorceress  Rogue Camp      12       -5
SomethingProf   Meridian          Druid      Cold Plain      12       -8
Lostprophet     Sadler            Sorceress  Inner Cloister  19        ?

RIP
Name            Character    Class       Area            Level    Points 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bassano         envylord      Necro      Viper temple(H)   72      170
Merlin          Mihanti       Trapsin    Black Marsh(H)    77      165
StevehRogers    MrsGreen      Sorceress  Kurast Docks NM   60      108
StevehRogers    The Hulk      Necro      River of Flame    35       79
DuesNox         MutNinjaTurt  Assassin   Outer Cloister(N) 48       77
Merlin          Buggha        Druid      Chaos Sanctuary   35       47
Es Mors         Kelkis        Necro      Swampy Pit lvl3   25       30
Morathi         Cosi          Druid      Chaos Sanctuary   35       23
Charlo          God_Himself   Paladin    Dark Wood         14       -2
linkato1        Albert        Paladin    The Barracks      17       -3

 

[Harrid]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

Well, I finally decided to just screw trying to find the desk set-up that I had before and play D2 while sitting on my bed. Worked well enough

Radament is dead, and the Staff of Kings is recovered. I was a bit worried with how much of Lost City I was clearing without having found the waypoint, but I got one of those maps where the way point, the path to Valley of the Snakes, and the Ancient Tunnels entrance are all in the smaller area up the stairs, so it worked out alright for a stopping point.

Hit level 24, so I've got an slvl 1 Lightning Sentry now. Debating between putting more points into it (currently have 6 skill points saved) or leaving it there so that I can save another 5 points for eventually simultaneously putting points into Death Sentry and Shadow Master. Considering that points into skills help the shadow minion as well as the assassin, I'm leaning towards the former. Death Sentry isn't really needed until I drop the /pX setting anyway, and I'd probably appreciate the extra Lightning Sentry power against act bosses.

And I FINALLY found my first set item. Only Isenhart's Horns, but at least it's a step in the right direction.

On a side note: Woooo, this is the furthest I've been playing HC! (In my defense, the only other time I played HC, I stopped due to boredom with the build, not because I did something like dying to Bishibosh *laughs* )

Levels:   24 x-1 = -24
Quests:    7 x 2 = 14
Waypoints:15 x 1 = 15
Set Items: 1 x 3 = 3
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Total		 =  8

[highlight] Veridian, Level 24 Fury Assassin who is walking around in the dark, Lost City[/highlight]

 

[iomanip]

Deeds...

Blisters' blisters burst in Act 3, flayer dungeon.
Inspired by the relative ease of the 'Make no bones' tourney, i thought i'd play some in this as well. Stupid, it turns out. A pack of very fast dolls charged me while the merc was occupied elsewhere.

Good luck to everyone still alive. This was a really hard tourney, especially since the merc was weaponless the majority of the time.

[highlight]Blisters, forever resting in the flayer dungeon lvl 2, NM [/highlight]

 

[Morathi1]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

Ah.....sorry to hear about your deeds iomanip .

Good work getting as far as you did, and good luck with your other tournament characters :thumbup:.

 

[jiansonz]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

Allisandrina the Assassin has defeated Duriel. It has been very easy for her in Act II. She has almost not fought anything herself. The merc does well with this weapon and the Shadow Warrior is usually "programmed" to use Blades of Ice. In general, they shatter about half the enemies on the first kill. In the false tombs, Alli has helped a few times against Unravelers, either with BoI on the Unraveler, or with strategic Dragon Flights, to sic the merc on the Unraveler.

For almost the whole act, she was only dressed in one green item - the Hasaru´s belt Andariel dropped. Halfway through the false tombs, Isaenhart´s Case dropped. And just before she took on Duriel, I gambled about 300k on Caps, Leather Gloves and Kite Shields. Scored Milabrega´s Orb with almost the last gamble of that gold stash.

Since Alli wears pretty good kicking boots (Light Plated), her kicking skills combine well with fully charged Tiger Strike cycles. I used TS/DTail against /p5 Duriel and it was hardly dangerous at all. I just had to feed the merc a bunch of Greater Healers (yep, I always save up a bunch of those when they drop). Dury-boy gave me a green ring, and I got lucky: Angelic Halo. :jig:

Quests: 12 (24p)
Waypoints: 19 (19p)
Greens: 4 (12p)
Level: 29 (-29p)
Total: 26p

 

[Charlo]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

update coming soon

...tryin to make it a worthwhile update

 

[jiansonz]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

Allisandrina has reached Harrogath, and is now a Phoenix Striker worth the name (PS at level 6, FoF at level7).

The combo of Prayer merc and Shadow Warrior (using Blades of Ice and Burst of Speed) has been quite succesful. They have been able to take on rather large packs of monsters, and come out alive. The continous healing combined with group freezing has helped a lot to keep them alive.

In Act IV, Allisandrina has been more active herself. Venom Lord breath was not kind to the Shadow (Alli froze many monsters with PS 3rd charge) and then there were spawners in City and River (Ack! Kill them fast!).

The greens have dropped in OK numbers, but strangely enough, not a single weapon yet. I see that as a good thing, because I can keep my Prayer merc do decent damage.

Speaking of merc damage, I found a Crude Partizan in Act IV. Even a Crude one does more damage than a Pike, plus it´s faster. And I have the means to normalize it. Nice! I left it on the ground because I was doing a selling trip. I sold the merc´s 3s Pike, got back and tried to equip it.

"I can´t use that"

No, of course you can´t! I know this. Really. I mean, in most tourneys I have a cubed Savage Partizan ready. Merc can usually equip that around the Anya quest...
I guess I was too excited and tired to remember...
So I had sold my Pike, and had no weapon for him at all. Sigh. Back to Fara and buy him a Spetum...
(Good thing I found a Halberd a few minutes later.)

Diablo. A major hurdle for this character. And too much green potential to fight him on /players 1. I chose /p3, and I chose to not use PS. That is far too dangerous! Blade Fury was an option, but it takes a little while to get the blades flying. I do not have much time. And my resists were bad. I had found Isenhart´s Parry a short while earlier (in the Infector´s wing of the CS) and the two Resist All partial bonuses on the helm/shield was all I had for lightning resist (really bad luck with lightning resist charms). 49 Fire and 16 Lightning. That is bad.

With such bad resists, you might think I would choose to go with Fade in this fight. However, I thought that speed was more important. Better to avoid getting hit than to resist damage. Alli has about 360 life, so she should be able to take at least small bursts of lightning breath.

I fought Diablo with
* Level 1 Burst of Speed
* Javelins bought from Charsi
* Level 1 Venom
* Level 1 Shadow Warrior, to provide short moments of distaction to D, and get him to stand still a little more.

I soon got into a nice rhythm. Dodge D´s attacks, throw a bit, stay on the move often, summon a Shadow when I have time. Drink healing potions when needed. Keep track on my javelin stack. Go back to town when there are 1-3 left (so I don´t need to bug Charsi for more of them).

During the town trip: refresh BoS and Venom, cast a Shadow, see Jamella for mana refill (and greater healers if I´ve used any, and TP scrolls if they have run low). Visit Halbu to refill the javelin stack (for 1 gold) :badteeth:

Repeat about 25 times. I was beginning to feel like :crazyeyes: before I had finally won...


Current gear:
* Isenhart´s Horns
* (no amulet)
* 3s Blade Talons
* Isenhart´s Case
* Milabrega´s Orb (gambled)
* Cleglaw´s Pincers (kind of annoying to use PS wearing these...)
* Angelic Halo
* Hsaru´s Iron Stay
* (no second ring)
* Greaves

Weapon switch:
* Javelin
* Isenhart´s Parry

Prayer Merc:
* Cathan´s Visage
* Halberd
* 2s Plate Mail

I have been very unlucky with green jewels. On average, every 6th jewel is green. I have not kept track, but it feels like less than 1/10 of them have been green for me.


[Highlight]Allisandrina the Phoenix Striker, level 35, Bloody Foothills next[/Highlight]

 

[jiansonz]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

I am now more than halfway through Act V, and it has been laughably easy lately. The power of PS has now pulled far away from what the monsters can withstand even for a few seconds. Even the lower-level version my level 2 Shadow is using is pretty deadly for them.

Set items found since last update:
* Berserker´s Headgear (merc uses it instead of Cathan´s Visage. His resists are maxed now in Normal anyway, but the Headgear has better Defense...)
* A second Isenhart´s Case (on merc)
* Tancred´s Crowbill
* Cathan´s Rule

So now I have two set weapons, which means that the merc´s mighty Partizan is now living on borrowed time. :wink:

Tancred´s Crowbill is a decent PS weapon. Its base weapon speed and range are good enough. On the switch, I prefer Isenhart´s Parry to the staff. I interpreted the rules in the way that the switch needs to be weaponless in this case. Correct?

Alli´s boots are now a pair of Superior Demonhide Boots. Going exceptional really boosted the kick damage. Her damage with Dragon Tail (after Tiger Strike x3) is quite impressive.

Since I found the Crowbill, I have started some serious amulet gambling (guess why...). Many of the set ammies are nice. Cathan´s is not bad, since I am almost guaranteed to find the armor and ring during NM. My latest amulet gamble brought a Nokozan Relic. Ha, I had too much luck!


[Highlight]Allisandrina the Phoenix Striker, level 45, Nihlathak´s Temple next[/Highlight]

 

[Morathi1]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

Tancred´s Crowbill is a decent PS weapon. Its base weapon speed and range are good enough. On the switch, I prefer Isenhart´s Parry to the staff. I interpreted the rules in the way that the switch needs to be weaponless in this case. Correct?

First of all great progress so far :thumbup:.

Now to answer your question. As i said in the rules that once you find 3 set items your main, switch and merc must contain a set or be empty. If your character/merc is unable to wear that specific set that drops then you must stay empty until an appropriate set drops.

Hope that answers your question.....:\.

 

[jiansonz]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

Now to answer your question. As i said in the rules that once you find 3 set items your main, switch and merc must contain a set or be empty. If your character/merc is unable to wear that specific set that drops then you must stay empty until an appropriate set drops.

Hope that answers your question.....:\.

Not really.

I think I understand how it works once the third set weapon drops, but how does it work in my current situation?

I have found two set weapons: one 1-handed and one 2-handed. Neither type is usable by any merc. That must mean that my merc can still use a non-magical weapon (which he does), right?.

I have also found two set shields.

Do weapons have higher priority than shields? Am I even allowed to wear Isenhart´s Parry rather than Cathan´s Rule? And if I do, can I still use a non-magical weapon with that shield (I have sold my 3s Blade Talons with a green +6 DEX jewel, plus some War Javelins I found)?


In my old Set/Unique Worshipper tourney, the rule was that you had to wear as many S/U items as possible at any one time. All setups that achieved that were allowed. So (if we disregard the uniques I have found) I would have been required to switch to an Act III merc in the current situation, so I could equip all the set items I´ve found (except for one helm, since I have three of them).

I know your tourney is different, but I do not really understand how it´s supposed to be done in my situation. It is complicated, and it was a lot of debate going on, and some rule changes.

 

[Morathi1]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

I have found two set weapons: one 1-handed and one 2-handed. Neither type is usable by any merc. That must mean that my merc can still use a non-magical weapon (which he does), right?.

Yes correct. But once a suitable weapon drops for your merc he/she must equip it.

I have also found two set shields.

Do weapons have higher priority than shields? Am I even allowed to wear Isenhart´s Parry rather than Cathan´s Rule? And if I do, can I still use a non-magical weapon with that shield (I have sold my 3s Blade Talons with a green +6 DEX jewel, plus some War Javelins I found)?

No both weapons and shields are considered equal i guess ( forgot to mention this in the rules). If you use a Set shield then yes i don't see why you cant use a non-magical weapon with that shield. Unless you find a suitable set weapon then you have to use that, with your shield if you like.

In my old Set/Unique Worshipper tourney, the rule was that you had to wear as many S/U items as possible at any one time. All setups that achieved that were allowed. So (if we disregard the uniques I have found) I would have been required to switch to an Act III merc in the current situation, so I could equip all the set items I´ve found (except for one helm, since I have three of them).

I know your tourney is different, but I do not really understand how it´s supposed to be done in my situation. It is complicated, and it was a lot of debate going on, and some rule changes.

Yeah it is different and alot of rules have been changed along the way so it is quite confusing. But as your basically the only one still going in the tournament i guess you can make your own interpretation of the rules and go by that :thumbup:.

I will be happy to answer more questions if needed.

Good luck as well :nod:.

 

[jgreg7]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

I caught a break from RL this weekend, enough for Venus to finish Act V. We only encountered one CI/FI monster that I can remember. Unfortunately, it was Lister! However I had dropped the difficulty to /p3, and he was still vulnerable to Static Field. So Mizan handled him for us.

Baal dropped two greens, Tancred’s Crowbill and Sigon’s Guard. The Crowbill isn’t as useful to Venus as it might be to Allisandrina, so it went into the stash. The Guard might get equipped later, if I want the +skills.

We had better drops in the Halls: Arcanna’s Deathwand & Cathan’s Mesh. Now Venus only needs Cathan’s Sigil to have the full set. All her gambling has been Amulets since Act III, but to no avail.

Venus is otherwise moving along nicely; her FO skills are completed and now she’s beefing up Meteor. Off to Hell we go!

Venus’ green gear:

• Iratha’s Coil
• Vidala’s Snare
• Sander’s Superstition
• Sigon’s Shelter
• Milabrega’s Orb
• Sigon’s Wrap
• Vidala’s Fetlock
• Iratha’s Cuff
• Angelic Halo (2)
• Arcanna’s Deathwand (switch)
• Isenhart’s Horns [Mizan]
• Hwanin’s Justice [Mizan]
• Hwanin’s Refuge[Mizan]

Name            Character         Class      Area          Level    Points 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
sequana         Filip             Necro      Canyon ofMagi(H)75      176
jgreg7          Venus             Sorceress  Rogue Camp(H)   73      156
Road Ratt       Rebel Jen         Amazon     Rogue Camp(H)   75      151
Charlo          Fice              Sorceress  Lut Gholein(NM) 52      102
Slayer37        Bella             Assassin   Jail (NM)       51       86
Es Mors         Prisikelk         Necro      Arreat Summit   35       73
jiansonz        Allisandrina      Assassin   Nihlathak       45      26+
Insane Wayne    Pepper            Sorceress  Harrogath       36       60
Profound        Roy               Barbarian  Lower Kurast    30       42
Jabari          Arimos            Druid      Palace Cellar   24       17
Barkstav        Dorothea          Sorceress  Lost City       25       12
Ikeren          Javazon           Amazon     Lut Gholein     25       12
EmperorMoo      Monster           Necro      Lut Gholein     19        9
Ikuze           H-lessChick       Amazon     Palace Cellar   25        7
Harrid          Veridian          Assassin   Halls o/t Dead  22        1
topoada         NaturalKingCole   Druid      Lut Gholein     20        1
Arkansaw        Sincro            Necro      Burial Grounds   8        1
Low Key         Avarice           Assassin   Rogue Camp       1        0
Hoop76          ?                 ?????      Rogue Camp       1        0
howdidigethere  Mikey             Paladin    Rogue Camp       1        0
Derivial        Zealot            Paladin    Rogue Camp       1        0
Soi Lo          Og                Barbarian  Rogue Camp       1        0
Turbocannon     Gaia              Assassin   Rogue Encampment 1        0
nilynrae        VincentPrice      Necro      Rogue Camp       7       -1
Imploder        Kyouken           Druid      Cold Plains      7       -3
erimatbrad      Futility          Sorceress  Rogue Camp      12       -5
SomethingProf   Meridian          Druid      Cold Plain      12       -8
Lostprophet     Sadler            Sorceress  Inner Cloister  19        ?

RIP
Name            Character    Class       Area            Level    Points 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bassano         envylord      Necro      Viper temple(H)   72      170
Merlin          Mihanti       Trapsin    Black Marsh(H)    77      165
StevehRogers    MrsGreen      Sorceress  Kurast Docks NM   60      108
StevehRogers    The Hulk      Necro      River of Flame    35       79
iomanip         Blisters      Sorceress  flayer dungeon(N) 46       72
DuesNox         MutNinjaTurt  Assassin   Outer Cloister(N) 48       77
Merlin          Buggha        Druid      Chaos Sanctuary   35       47
Es Mors         Kelkis        Necro      Swampy Pit lvl3   25       30
Morathi         Cosi          Druid      Chaos Sanctuary   35       23
Charlo          God_Himself   Paladin    Dark Wood         14       -2
linkato1        Albert        Paladin    The Barracks      17       -3

 

[jiansonz]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

@jgreg7: Good luck to Venus in Hell difficulty!

I think it´s pretty cool that Mizan has two exceptional set pieces from the same set (although the partial set bonus is crappy).




Allisandrina had no problems making Destoyer. However, the Ancients, some packs of Death Lords and Baal at least reminded her what pain is like. She had almost forgotten that.

I switched out my Prayer merc for Narphet the cold mage before tackling WSK level 2. It´s damn hard getting XP for the Frenzied Ice Spawns with a melee merc. Besides, a cold mage is my engame choice and I want to get used to him early. He will make a lot of ice cubes out of Fallen in the next act.

The merc uses Isenhart´s armor + shield and Berserker´s Headgear. Weapon slot is empty. I hope to find a 4s one-handed sword for him in early NM, and hopefully some nice green MF/GF jewels before the third set weapon drops.

Halfway through the last session in Normal, I decided to socket Tancred´s Crowbill with a green 7% Jewel of Prosperity. So now I have +27% MF. Whee.
(btw, I really wish to find that elusive Weird!!)

Alli holds Cathan´s Rule on the weapon switch. It boosts four of her skills. The only one that is potentially useful is Dragon Tail.
(and Fists of Fire isn´t even possible to use)

Quests: 27 (54p)
Waypoints: 40 (40p)
Greens: 11 (33p)
Level: 48 (-48p)
Total: 79p

[Highlight]Destroyer Allisandrina the Phoenix Striker, level 48, NM Blood Moor next[/Highlight]

 

[jgreg7]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

@jgreg7: Good luck to Venus in Hell difficulty!

I think it´s pretty cool that Mizan has two exceptional set pieces from the same set (although the partial set bonus is crappy).

Thanks! I'd love to find Hwanin's Splendor, just for the style points. The partial set bonus is indeed crappy, though, essentially nonexistent. :unimpressed: Too bad Mizan can never get the full set bonus; those would be very helpful. (BTW I used Larzuk's socket to put a perfect emerald in Hwanin's Justice. Most of my green jewels were pretty poor alternatives, and I have a soft spot for poison damage. :evil2

Hope Allisandrina will tear through NM! And find a weapon for Narphet, too (not that he'll use it). Isenhart's Lightbrand seems to be everywhere...

 

[jiansonz]

Re: Green with Envy II Tournament

Allisandrina has defeated the Countess. Progress is fast, but not without danger. She has only about 560 life, and her resists suck. LE bosses of all kinds need to be approached with caution, and unless the Shadow can tank them a couple of seconds and I can see a clear gap between the spark streams, I dare not use PS against them. If that is the case, I resort to Blade Fury + Venom, and the merc.

Seems like at least every other archer boss has been LE something. Unless they have been other nice things, like Multishot + CE or Holy Freeze + Cursed...

Resist are slightly better after I scored an awesome Grand Charm reroll. I felt like I had to make an effort to improve the resists, since my charm luck has not been good. I make one reroll, and get a 14% Shimmering Grand Charm! Next one I find will also be rerolled. I am prepared to spend nearly all my perfect gems on that one. I hope for 20+ lightning resist.

One green item in NM so far: Vidala´s Fetlock. So now Alli is very quick to move around. If I can bring up the attack speed considerably, I may switch over to Fade, and then I may even invest more in it.


[Highlight]Destroyer Allisandrina the Phoenix Striker and Narphet the Cold Mage, level 50, NM Tamoe Highlands next[/Highlight]