Matriarch DairyQueen, Blizzsorc
All those crazy 500+ MF Blizzsorcs running AT for the level 85 tournament got me thinking that I should go ahead and level one myself like I've been wanting to for awhile now. Plus, I felt like playing a new and unusual build, you know, something original. So a Blizzy was the obvious choice. :grin:
Introducing Matriarch DairyQueen
LCS
Level 80
Life: 856, 1380 w/BO
Mana: 483, 726 w/BO
Resists: 67/41/75+/11
Blizzard damage: 7851-8190
Skills:
20 in Blizzard and all synergies
6 in Cold Mastery <-- future points go here
1 in Warmth, Teleport, Static
Prereqs
Gear:
Mercenary: Gulzar, level 80 Prayer Mercenary
Eth Duriel’s, Tal’s helm, Insight Thresher
Notable finds: really don't remember many. Io rune dropped in Nightmare (can't remember where), Raven Frost from a chest in the Bloody Foothills in Hell. Hellforge runes were Ist and Pul.
For some weird reason I was thinking Arachnid's Mesh was level 82, not level 80, which is why she's still wearing Snowclash. I've rolled about 8 Spirits at this point trying to get a 35% FCR one, but no luck yet.
This character actually started life as a v1.11 HF rushee, so when I started building her she was a level 45 Champion. I decided to basically start from the beginning of Nightmare and progress through the game from that point on, but with the intention of skipping quite a lot, since I wanted to start running AT. So I geared her up and spent her skill points and started killing stuff. Probably goes without saying that Nightmare was... easy. The entire act can be summed up as: 1) Run around in circles. 2) Cast Blizzard. 3) ??? 4) Profit!
Hell was interesting. I knew I'd be skipping lots due to CIs, but I was a bit concerned about certain areas, Chaos Sanctuary in particular since OKs are CI and I knew I couldn't really rely on my merc to kill them due to IM. Sure enough, it was a pain, but not as bad as I'd expected. The only OK I ended up having to kill was De Seis, I just ignored the rest of them. Predictably, my merc died more times than I can count. The funny thing is that after worrying so much about clearing the CS, it was when I went to kill Big D that I had real problems. Diablo himself wasn't bad, but I stupidly stood in his fire and died, and I didn't have a portal up. No big deal, I thought, I'll just teleport back to the CS and finish him off. Right, except that the path from the waypoint to the CS was full of all the stuff I'd teleported past the first time, mostly CIs. Trying to teleport past them naked was a real problem, since I'd get stuck in hit recovery and die, and even when I tried to take it slowly my merc couldn't make much progress on his own since he kept switching targets. I think I eventually ended up dying like 10 times just trying to get back to the CS, and I didn't want to S&E since I'd have to clear the CS again. I finally made it though, and Diablo died to Blizzard, and all was well.
The other areas that gave me problems were trying to get Lam Esen's Tome, killing Shenk, and rescuing Anya. Just too many cold immunes. Eventually I gave up and figured I'd just come back and rush myself through those quests on my Meteorb (yeah I know, cheesy). Of course the upside to all this is that anything that wasn't CI died very quickly. This was the first char I've played that could handle Hell on P8 without breaking a sweat, though I did take it back down to P1 in some areas, like the CS and WSK. Baal's minions and Baal himself died easily enough. Drops were crap, as usual.
After that I went and finished up the remaining quests.
Not much else to say really. I spent most of the game just teleporting past everything and casting the occasional Blizzard. 80 is a bit low for me to hit Matriarch, usually I'm around 82 or 83, but I'll level quickly enough in the AT I'm sure. Oh, I forgot to say whether this character was fun, didn't I? She was okay, I guess. It was weird being completely OP in some areas and totally helpless in others. I think a Blizzballer would be more fun overall. I really hate being forced to skip stuff.
Bonus screenshot: Occy teleport. I could never have managed to screenshot this on purpose, I’m sure of it.
Okay, that's it. Thanks for reading
All those crazy 500+ MF Blizzsorcs running AT for the level 85 tournament got me thinking that I should go ahead and level one myself like I've been wanting to for awhile now. Plus, I felt like playing a new and unusual build, you know, something original. So a Blizzy was the obvious choice. :grin:
Introducing Matriarch DairyQueen
LCS
Level 80
Life: 856, 1380 w/BO
Mana: 483, 726 w/BO
Resists: 67/41/75+/11
Blizzard damage: 7851-8190
Skills:
20 in Blizzard and all synergies
6 in Cold Mastery <-- future points go here
1 in Warmth, Teleport, Static
Prereqs
Gear:
Code:
Nightwing's Veil
Spired Helm
Defense: 307
Durability: 38 of 40
Required Strength: 96
Required Level: 67
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 86
Fingerprint: 0xf2da828
+15 to Dexterity
+92% Enhanced Defense
Adds 24-38 cold damage over 0 seconds
Requirements -50%
Half Freeze Duration
+2 to All Skill Levels
+6 Cold Absorb
100% Chance to cast Level 37 Blizzard When You Die
+18% to Cold Skill Damage
-3% to Enemy Cold Resistance
Socketed (1: 1 used)
Socketed with:
Rainbow Facet
Jewel
Required Level: 49
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0xe564a825
Adds 24-38 cold damage over 0 seconds
100% Chance to cast Level 37 Blizzard When You Die
+3% to Cold Skill Damage
-3% to Enemy Cold Resistance
Tal Rasha's Adjudication
Amulet
Required Level: 67
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 87
Fingerprint: 0x42d954c6
+50 to Life
+42 to Mana
Lightning Resist +33%
Adds 3-32 lightning damage
+2 to Sorceress Skill Levels
Ormus' Robes
Dusk Shroud
Defense: 404
Durability: 12 of 20
Required Strength: 77
Required Level: 75
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 87
Fingerprint: 0xc8f18d67
Regenerate Mana 13%
+18 Defense
20% Faster Cast Rate
+3 to Blizzard (Sorceress Only)
+15% to Fire Skill Damage
+10% to Lightning Skill Damage
+12% to Cold Skill Damage
The Stone of Jordan
Ring
Required Level: 29
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 87
Fingerprint: 0x324c0c7c
+20 to Mana
Adds 1-12 lightning damage
Increase Maximum Mana 25%
+1 to All Skill Levels
Blood Knot
Ring
Required Level: 47
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 81
Fingerprint: 0xdd33bfbe
+10 to Strength
+10 to Maximum Stamina
+86 to Attack Rating
Lightning Resist +28%
Replenish Life +4
10% Faster Cast Rate
Snowclash
Battle Belt
Defense: 115
Durability: 18 of 18
Required Strength: 88
Required Level: 42
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 87
Fingerprint: 0x3dd69d11
+169% Enhanced Defense
+15% to Maximum Cold Resist
Adds 13-21 cold damage over 3 seconds
+2 to Blizzard (Sorceress Only)
+2 to Chilling Armor (Sorceress Only)
+3 to Glacial Spike (Sorceress Only)
+15 Cold Absorb
5% Chance to cast Level 16 Blizzard when struck
Aldur's Advance
Battle Boots
Defense: 41
Required Strength: 95
Required Level: 45
Indestructible
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 87
Fingerprint: 0x9007b1d
+50 to Life
+180 to Maximum Stamina
Heal Stamina Plus 32%
Fire Resist +48%
40% Faster Run/Walk
10% Damage Taken Goes to Mana
Indestructible
Trang-Oul's Claws
Heavy Bracers
Defense: 70
Durability: 15 of 16
Required Strength: 58
Required Level: 45
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 87
Fingerprint: 0x7dcb69b0
+30 Defense
Cold Resist +30%
20% Faster Cast Rate
+2 to Curses (Necromancer Only)
+25% to Poison Skill Damage
Call to Arms
War Scepter
'AmnRalMalIstOhm'
One-Hand Damage: 35 to 60
Durability: 70 of 70
Required Strength: 55
Required Level: 57
Mace Class - Fastest Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 60
Fingerprint: 0xbaaac8f5
+256% Enhanced Damage
Adds 5-30 fire damage
7% Life stolen per hit
Replenish Life +12
30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
40% Increased Attack Speed
+4 to Battle Cry
+5 to Battle Orders
+2 to Battle Command
+3 to Vengeance (Paladin Only)
+1 to Redemption (Paladin Only)
+2 to Conversion (Paladin Only)
Prevent Monster Heal
150% Damage to Undead
+1 to All Skill Levels
Socketed (5: 5 used)
Spirit
Monarch
'TalThulOrtAmn'
Defense: 147
Chance to Block: 42%
Durability: 86 of 86
Required Strength: 156
Required Level: 54
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0x555fa212
+22 to Vitality
+94 to Mana
+250 Defense vs. Missile
Lightning Resist +35%
Cold Resist +35%
Poison Resist +35%
Attacker Takes Damage of 14
55% Faster Hit Recovery
28% Faster Cast Rate
+2 to All Skill Levels
+3 Magic Absorb
Socketed (4: 4 used)
The Oculus
Swirling Crystal
One-Hand Damage: 18 to 42
Durability: 50 of 50
(Sorceress Only)
Required Level: 42
Orb Class - Slow Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 82
Fingerprint: 0x4a9be14d
+20 to Energy
+20 to Vitality
+20% Enhanced Defense
All Resistances +20
50% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
+3 to Sorceress Skill Levels
30% Faster Cast Rate
+5 to Mana After Each Kill
25% Chance to cast Level 1 Teleport when struck
Spirit
Monarch
'TalThulOrtAmn'
Defense: 141
Chance to Block: 42%
Durability: 83 of 86
Required Strength: 156
Required Level: 54
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0xe0add475
+22 to Vitality
+100 to Mana
+250 Defense vs. Missile
Lightning Resist +35%
Cold Resist +35%
Poison Resist +35%
Attacker Takes Damage of 14
55% Faster Hit Recovery
33% Faster Cast Rate
+2 to All Skill Levels
+6 Magic Absorb
Socketed (4: 4 used)
Amber Grand Charm of Life
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 22
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 50
Fingerprint: 0x5d88362
+5 to Life
Lightning Resist +30%
Garnet Grand Charm of Sustenance
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 23
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 87
Fingerprint: 0x83ed45a1
+24 to Life
Fire Resist +25%
Shimmering Small Charm of Vita
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 39
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 80
Fingerprint: 0x576638d1
+16 to Life
All Resistances +3
Ruby Grand Charm
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 22
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0x69c1a72
Fire Resist +29%
Shimmering Small Charm
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 25
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 80
Fingerprint: 0xdca97969
All Resistances +5
Sapphire Small Charm of Thunder
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 32
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 62
Fingerprint: 0x98857359
Cold Resist +11%
Adds 1-11 lightning damage
Emerald Small Charm
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 32
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 80
Fingerprint: 0xb1bd861f
Poison Resist +11%
Shimmering Large Charm
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Required Level: 26
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 86
Fingerprint: 0xd5a0bc27
All Resistances +7Mercenary: Gulzar, level 80 Prayer Mercenary
Eth Duriel’s, Tal’s helm, Insight Thresher
Notable finds: really don't remember many. Io rune dropped in Nightmare (can't remember where), Raven Frost from a chest in the Bloody Foothills in Hell. Hellforge runes were Ist and Pul.
For some weird reason I was thinking Arachnid's Mesh was level 82, not level 80, which is why she's still wearing Snowclash. I've rolled about 8 Spirits at this point trying to get a 35% FCR one, but no luck yet.
This character actually started life as a v1.11 HF rushee, so when I started building her she was a level 45 Champion. I decided to basically start from the beginning of Nightmare and progress through the game from that point on, but with the intention of skipping quite a lot, since I wanted to start running AT. So I geared her up and spent her skill points and started killing stuff. Probably goes without saying that Nightmare was... easy. The entire act can be summed up as: 1) Run around in circles. 2) Cast Blizzard. 3) ??? 4) Profit!
Hell was interesting. I knew I'd be skipping lots due to CIs, but I was a bit concerned about certain areas, Chaos Sanctuary in particular since OKs are CI and I knew I couldn't really rely on my merc to kill them due to IM. Sure enough, it was a pain, but not as bad as I'd expected. The only OK I ended up having to kill was De Seis, I just ignored the rest of them. Predictably, my merc died more times than I can count. The funny thing is that after worrying so much about clearing the CS, it was when I went to kill Big D that I had real problems. Diablo himself wasn't bad, but I stupidly stood in his fire and died, and I didn't have a portal up. No big deal, I thought, I'll just teleport back to the CS and finish him off. Right, except that the path from the waypoint to the CS was full of all the stuff I'd teleported past the first time, mostly CIs. Trying to teleport past them naked was a real problem, since I'd get stuck in hit recovery and die, and even when I tried to take it slowly my merc couldn't make much progress on his own since he kept switching targets. I think I eventually ended up dying like 10 times just trying to get back to the CS, and I didn't want to S&E since I'd have to clear the CS again. I finally made it though, and Diablo died to Blizzard, and all was well.
The other areas that gave me problems were trying to get Lam Esen's Tome, killing Shenk, and rescuing Anya. Just too many cold immunes. Eventually I gave up and figured I'd just come back and rush myself through those quests on my Meteorb (yeah I know, cheesy). Of course the upside to all this is that anything that wasn't CI died very quickly. This was the first char I've played that could handle Hell on P8 without breaking a sweat, though I did take it back down to P1 in some areas, like the CS and WSK. Baal's minions and Baal himself died easily enough. Drops were crap, as usual.
After that I went and finished up the remaining quests.Not much else to say really. I spent most of the game just teleporting past everything and casting the occasional Blizzard. 80 is a bit low for me to hit Matriarch, usually I'm around 82 or 83, but I'll level quickly enough in the AT I'm sure. Oh, I forgot to say whether this character was fun, didn't I? She was okay, I guess. It was weird being completely OP in some areas and totally helpless in others. I think a Blizzballer would be more fun overall. I really hate being forced to skip stuff.
Bonus screenshot: Occy teleport. I could never have managed to screenshot this on purpose, I’m sure of it.
Okay, that's it. Thanks for reading
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