The Untwinked Level 99 Progress Thread, Revenge of the 99ers

@Luhkoh
yy, pretty sure i will

Well, i made all the stuff now, enigma and cta. cta rolled 3 :)
Still have enough runes left to make hoto and even another cta i think^^ (dont hav 4 os flail so far)
Currently i respecced to mf summoner, summoning with arm of leoric and then play with wizzy which is pretty nice cause of the allres and mana so u can focus mainly on mf on restgear.
Did 2-3 runs on pindle, diablo, meph and andy now and works pretty nice :)

Gear:
Code:
Name: Necronomicon

Class: Necromancer

Experience: 1497229102

Level: 89



Naked/Gear

Strength: 80/156

Dexterity: 75/75

Vitality: 355/387

Energy: 25/44

HP: 917/976

Mana: 201/500

Stamina: 507/507

Defense: 18/1463

AR: 330/482



Fire: 138/98/38

Cold: 170/130/70

Lightning: 167/127/67

Poison: 140/100/40



MF: 359 Block: 14

GF: 231

FR/W: 70

FHR: 60

IAS: 0

FCR: 125



Amplify Damage: 1/9

Dim Vision: 0/0

Weaken: 1/9

Iron Maiden: 0/0

Terror: 1/9

Confuse: 0/0

Life Tap: 0/0

Attract: 0/0

Decrepify: 1/9

Lower Resist: 0/0



Teeth: 1/7

Bone Armor: 0/0

Poison Dagger: 0/0

Corpse Explosion: 20/26

Bone Wall: 0/0

Poison Explosion: 0/0

Bone Spear: 0/0

Bone Prison: 0/0

Poison Nova: 0/0

Bone Spirit: 0/0



Skeleton Mastery: 20/30

Raise Skeleton: 20/30

Clay Golem: 1/11

Golem Mastery: 1/11

Raise Skeletal Mage: 1/11

Blood Golem: 1/11

Summon Resist: 1/11

Iron Golem: 1/11

Fire Golem: 0/0

Revive: 1/11



Tome of Identify

Fingerprint: 0x195d0104

Item Level: 94

Version: Expansion 1.10+



Tome of Town Portal

Fingerprint: 0xb993697b

Item Level: 94

Version: Expansion 1.10+



Horadric Cube

Fingerprint: 0xb118b862

Item Level: 13

Version: Expansion 1.10+



Enigma

Breast Plate

JahIthBer

Defense: 830

Durability: 39 of 50

Required Level: 65

Required Strength: 30

Fingerprint: 0x2612a0d2

Item Level: 81

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+2 to All Skills

+45% Faster Run/Walk

+1 to Teleport

+762 Defense

+66 to Strength (Based on Character Level)

Increase Maximum Life 5%

Damage Reduced by 8%

+14 Life after each Kill

15% Damage Taken Goes To Mana

89% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items (Based on Character Level)

3 Sockets (3 used)

Socketed: Jah Rune

Socketed: Ith Rune

Socketed: Ber Rune



Jah Rune

Required Level: 65

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: Ignore Target's Defense

Armor: Increase Maximum Life 5%

Shields: +50 to Life



Ith Rune

Required Level: 15

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: +9 to Maximum Damage

Armor: 15% Damage Taken Goes To Mana

Shields: 15% Damage Taken Goes To Mana



Ber Rune

Required Level: 63

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: 20% Chance of Crushing Blow

Armor: Damage Reduced by 8%

Shields: Damage Reduced by 8%



Arachnid Mesh

Spiderweb Sash

Defense: 127

Durability: 10 of 12

Required Level: 80

Required Strength: 50

Fingerprint: 0xd5d4ceb3

Item Level: 87

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+1 to All Skills

+20% Faster Cast Rate

Slows Target by 10%

+103% Enhanced Defense

Increase Maximum Mana 5%

Level 3 Venom (11/11 Charges)



Tarnhelm

Skull Cap

Defense: 9

Durability: 15 of 18

Required Level: 15

Required Strength: 15

Fingerprint: 0xb6823de5

Item Level: 87

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+1 to All Skills

75% Extra Gold from Monsters

40% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



War Traveler

Battle Boots

Defense: 123

Durability: 46 of 48

Required Level: 42

Required Strength: 95

Fingerprint: 0x7f1f4991

Item Level: 87

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+25% Faster Run/Walk

Adds 15 - 25 Damage

+158% Enhanced Defense

+10 to Strength

+10 to Vitality

40% Slower Stamina Drain

Attacker Takes Damage of 10

44% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

+30 Maximum Durability



Trang-Oul's Claws

Heavy Bracers

Defense: 69

Durability: 11 of 16

Required Level: 45

Required Strength: 58

Fingerprint: 0xee2511d6

Item Level: 87

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+2 to Curses (Necromancer only)

+20% Faster Cast Rate

+25% to Poison Skill Damage

+30 Defense

Cold Resist +30%





Golemlord's Amulet of Wizardry

Amulet

Required Level: 45

Fingerprint: 0x22486c68

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+3 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)

+19 to Energy



Nagelring

Ring

Required Level: 7

Fingerprint: 0xd71709b6

Item Level: 88

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+70 to Attack Rating

Magic Damage Reduced by 3

Attacker Takes Damage of 3

25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Nagelring

Ring

Required Level: 7

Fingerprint: 0x5fee381

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+59 to Attack Rating

Magic Damage Reduced by 3

Attacker Takes Damage of 3

26% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Graverobber's Grand Charm

Grand Charm

Required Level: 42

Fingerprint: 0x73155150

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+1 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)



Gheed's Fortune

Grand Charm

Required Level: 62

Fingerprint: 0x443cfdbe

Item Level: 87

Version: Expansion 1.10+

156% Extra Gold from Monsters

Reduces all Vendor Prices 15%

29% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Small Charm of Good Luck

Small Charm

Required Level: 33

Fingerprint: 0x91f5bc7b

Item Level: 85

Version: Expansion 1.10+

6% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Snake's Small Charm of Fortune

Small Charm

Required Level: 24

Fingerprint: 0x68cdf765

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+11 to Mana

5% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Small Charm of Good Luck

Small Charm

Required Level: 33

Fingerprint: 0x781a7ea5

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

6% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Small Charm of Good Luck

Small Charm

Required Level: 33

Fingerprint: 0xb2a62808

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Small Charm of Good Luck

Small Charm

Required Level: 33

Fingerprint: 0xb49b70

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Small Charm of Good Luck

Small Charm

Required Level: 33

Fingerprint: 0x2a6e610b

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Small Charm of Good Luck

Small Charm

Required Level: 33

Fingerprint: 0x69fed914

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Small Charm of Good Luck

Small Charm

Required Level: 33

Fingerprint: 0xaa9defe

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Small Charm of Good Luck

Small Charm

Required Level: 33

Fingerprint: 0x72936cea

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Small Charm of Good Luck

Small Charm

Required Level: 33

Fingerprint: 0xaa937013

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

6% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Small Charm of Good Luck

Small Charm

Required Level: 33

Fingerprint: 0x69ef83f3

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Small Charm of Good Luck

Small Charm

Required Level: 33

Fingerprint: 0x4fa1f907

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Iron Small Charm of Good Luck

Small Charm

Required Level: 33

Fingerprint: 0xd1783124

Item Level: 61

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+23 to Attack Rating

7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Snake's Small Charm of Good Luck

Small Charm

Required Level: 33

Fingerprint: 0x6958134d

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+11 to Mana

6% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Small Charm of Good Luck

Small Charm

Required Level: 33

Fingerprint: 0xf9bd869e

Item Level: 85

Version: Expansion 1.10+

6% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Coral Small Charm of Fortune

Small Charm

Required Level: 20

Fingerprint: 0xedb3badf

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Lightning Resist +8%

5% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Amber Small Charm of Fortune

Small Charm

Required Level: 32

Fingerprint: 0x44cc912a

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Lightning Resist +10%

3% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Ruby Grand Charm of Vita

Grand Charm

Required Level: 69

Fingerprint: 0xa66a3662

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+40 to Life

Fire Resist +26%



Russet Small Charm of Vita

Small Charm

Required Level: 39

Fingerprint: 0x4dd91158

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+19 to Life

Fire Resist +7%



Coral Small Charm of Balance

Small Charm

Required Level: 29

Fingerprint: 0x1afc7688

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+5% Faster Hit Recovery

Lightning Resist +9%



Trang-Oul's Girth

Troll Belt

Defense: 155

Durability: 12 of 18

Required Level: 62

Required Strength: 91

Fingerprint: 0x7ad10257

Item Level: 88

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+92 Defense

+66 to Life

Replenish Life +5

+49 to Mana

+30 Maximum Stamina

Cannot Be Frozen

Requirements -40%

Set (3 items): Cold Resist +40%





Flawless Ruby

Required Level: 15

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: Adds 10 - 16 Fire Damage

Armor: +31 to Life

Shields: Fire Resist +28%



Super Mana Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenishes Mana 250%



Super Mana Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenishes Mana 250%



Super Mana Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenishes Mana 250%



Super Mana Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenishes Mana 250%



Magefist

Light Gauntlets

Defense: 24

Durability: 13 of 18

Required Level: 23

Required Strength: 45

Fingerprint: 0x77fdee96

Item Level: 75

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+1 to Fire Skills

+20% Faster Cast Rate

Adds 1 - 6 Fire Damage

+22% Enhanced Defense

+10 Defense

Regenerate Mana 25%



Chance Guards

Chain Gloves

Defense: 27

Durability: 8 of 16

Required Level: 15

Required Strength: 25

Fingerprint: 0xa95f23e6

Item Level: 87

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+25 to Attack Rating

+25% Enhanced Defense

+15 Defense

200% Extra Gold from Monsters

39% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

+2 to Light Radius



Storm Cowl

Coronet

Defense: 65

Durability: 23 of 30

Required Level: 67

Fingerprint: 0x4868322

Item Level: 88

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+2 to Necromancer Skill Levels

+5 to Minimum Damage

7% Mana stolen per hit

+60% Enhanced Defense

All Resistances +15

Level 1 Attract (19/22 Charges)



Burning Essence of Terror

Fingerprint: 0x7ab1e7dc

Item Level: 94

Version: Expansion 1.10+



Arm of King Leoric

Tomb Wand

One Hand Damage: 10 - 22

Durability: 15 of 15

Required Level: 36

Required Strength: 25

Fingerprint: 0x652e1841

Item Level: 87

Version: Expansion 1.10+

5% Chance to cast level 10 Bone Spirit when struck

10% Chance to cast level 2 Bone Prison when struck

+2 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)

+2 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)

+10% Faster Cast Rate

+2 to Raise Skeletal Mage (Necromancer Only)

+2 to Terror (Necromancer Only)

+3 to Raise Skeleton (Necromancer Only)

+3 to Skeleton Mastery (Necromancer Only)

+111 to Mana (Based on Character Level)



Full Rejuvenation Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenishes Mana 100%

Replenishes Health 100%



Full Rejuvenation Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenishes Mana 100%

Replenishes Health 100%



Rejuvenation Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenishes Mana 35%

Replenishes Health 35%



Super Healing Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenish Life +320



Greater Healing Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenish Life +180



Super Healing Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenish Life +320



Super Mana Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenishes Mana 250%



Super Mana Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenishes Mana 250%



Super Mana Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenishes Mana 250%



Super Mana Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenishes Mana 250%



Super Healing Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenish Life +320



Full Rejuvenation Potion

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Replenishes Mana 100%

Replenishes Health 100%



Flawless Amethyst

Required Level: 15

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: +100 to Attack Rating

Armor: +8 to Strength

Shields: +24 Defense



Ort Rune

Required Level: 21

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: Adds 1 - 50 Lightning Damage

Armor: Lightning Resist +30%

Shields: Lightning Resist +35%



Call to Arms

Superior Crystal Sword

AmnRalMalIstOhm

One Hand Damage: 18 - 54

Durability: 22 of 22

Required Level: 57

Required Strength: 43

Fingerprint: 0x457f84d4

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+1 to All Skills

+40% Increased Attack Speed

264% Enhanced Damage

Adds 5 - 30 Fire Damage

7% Life stolen per hit

Prevent Monster Heal

+2 to Battle Command

+3 to Battle Orders

+2 to Battle Cry

Replenish Life +12

30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Increase Maximum Durability 14%

5 Sockets (5 used)

Socketed: Amn Rune

Socketed: Ral Rune

Socketed: Mal Rune

Socketed: Ist Rune

Socketed: Ohm Rune



Amn Rune

Required Level: 25

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: 7% Life stolen per hit

Armor: Attacker Takes Damage of 14

Shields: Attacker Takes Damage of 14



Ral Rune

Required Level: 19

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: Adds 5 - 30 Fire Damage

Armor: Fire Resist +30%

Shields: Fire Resist +35%



Mal Rune

Required Level: 49

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: Prevent Monster Heal

Armor: Magic Damage Reduced by 7

Shields: Magic Damage Reduced by 7



Ist Rune

Required Level: 51

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: 30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Armor: 25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Shields: 25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items



Ohm Rune

Required Level: 57

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: Enhanced Maximum Damage

Armor: +5% to Maximum Cold Resist

Shields: +5% to Maximum Cold Resist



Spirit

Monarch

TalThulOrtAmn

Defense: 141

Chance to Block: 0

Durability: 67 of 86

Required Level: 54

Required Strength: 156

Fingerprint: 0x67ef83d8

Item Level: 84

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+2 to All Skills

+33% Faster Cast Rate

+55% Faster Hit Recovery

+250 Defense vs. Missile

+22 to Vitality

+92 to Mana

Cold Resist +35%

Lightning Resist +35%

Poison Resist +35%

+3 Magic Absorb

Attacker Takes Damage of 14

4 Sockets (4 used)

Socketed: Tal Rune

Socketed: Thul Rune

Socketed: Ort Rune

Socketed: Amn Rune



Tal Rune

Required Level: 17

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: Adds 75 Poison Damage Over 5 Secs (125 Frames)

Armor: Poison Resist +30%

Shields: Poison Resist +35%



Thul Rune

Required Level: 23

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: Adds 3 - 14 Cold Damage Over 3 Secs (75 Frames)

Armor: Cold Resist +30%

Shields: Cold Resist +35%



Ort Rune

Required Level: 21

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: Adds 1 - 50 Lightning Damage

Armor: Lightning Resist +30%

Shields: Lightning Resist +35%



Amn Rune

Required Level: 25

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: 7% Life stolen per hit

Armor: Attacker Takes Damage of 14

Shields: Attacker Takes Damage of 14



Wizardspike

Bone Knife

One Hand Damage: 23 - 49

Durability: 21 of 26

Required Level: 61

Required Strength: 38

Required Dexterity: 75

Fingerprint: 0x3d59ce71

Item Level: 86

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Indestructible

+50% Faster Cast Rate

Increase Maximum Mana 15%

+178 to Mana (Based on Character Level)

Regenerate Mana 15%

All Resistances +75



Spirit

Monarch

TalThulOrtAmn

Defense: 146

Chance to Block: 0

Durability: 80 of 86

Required Level: 54

Required Strength: 156

Fingerprint: 0x7b07e3ee

Item Level: 84

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+2 to All Skills

+35% Faster Cast Rate

+55% Faster Hit Recovery

+250 Defense vs. Missile

+22 to Vitality

+99 to Mana

Cold Resist +35%

Lightning Resist +35%

Poison Resist +35%

+7 Magic Absorb

Attacker Takes Damage of 14

4 Sockets (4 used)

Socketed: Tal Rune

Socketed: Thul Rune

Socketed: Ort Rune

Socketed: Amn Rune



Tal Rune

Required Level: 17

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: Adds 75 Poison Damage Over 5 Secs (125 Frames)

Armor: Poison Resist +30%

Shields: Poison Resist +35%



Thul Rune

Required Level: 23

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: Adds 3 - 14 Cold Damage Over 3 Secs (75 Frames)

Armor: Cold Resist +30%

Shields: Cold Resist +35%



Ort Rune

Required Level: 21

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: Adds 1 - 50 Lightning Damage

Armor: Lightning Resist +30%

Shields: Lightning Resist +35%



Amn Rune

Required Level: 25

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: 7% Life stolen per hit

Armor: Attacker Takes Damage of 14

Shields: Attacker Takes Damage of 14



Mercenary:



Name: Waheed

Race: Desert Mercenary

Type: Off-Nightmare

Experience: 85551986

Level: 89

Dead?: false



Naked/Gear

Strength: 193/193

Dexterity: 156/156

HP: 1927/1927

Defense: 1416/2638

AR: 1961/1961



Fire: 153/113/53

Cold: 153/113/53

Lightning: 179/139/79

Poison: 153/113/53



Vampire Gaze

Grim Helm

Defense: 252

Durability: 23 of 40

Required Level: 41

Required Strength: 58

Fingerprint: 0xdfa5a21d

Item Level: 87

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Adds 6 - 22 Cold Damage Over 4 Secs (100 Frames)

8% Mana stolen per hit

8% Life stolen per hit

+100% Enhanced Defense

15% Slower Stamina Drain

Damage Reduced by 19%

Magic Damage Reduced by 14





Black Hades

Chaos Armor

Defense: 970

Durability: 35 of 70

Required Level: 53

Required Strength: 140

Fingerprint: 0x5ba5614f

Item Level: 87

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+45% Increased Attack Speed

+38% Damage to Demons

+222 to Attack Rating against Demons

+183% Enhanced Defense

Half Freeze Duration

-2 to Light Radius

3 Sockets (3 used)

Socketed: Jewel of Fervor

Socketed: Jewel of Fervor

Socketed: Jewel of Fervor



Jewel of Fervor

Jewel

Required Level: 31

Fingerprint: 0xf9cabae

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+15% Increased Attack Speed



Jewel of Fervor

Jewel

Required Level: 31

Fingerprint: 0x505c55a6

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+15% Increased Attack Speed



Jewel of Fervor

Jewel

Required Level: 31

Fingerprint: 0x62244a4c

Item Level: 80

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+15% Increased Attack Speed





Hone Sundan

Ghost Spear

Two Hand Damage: 61 - 498

Durability: 28 of 28

Required Level: 69

Required Strength: 104

Required Dexterity: 139

Fingerprint: 0xa8e734c8

Item Level: 87

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+40% Increased Attack Speed

196% Enhanced Damage

+8 to Minimum Damage

+40 to Maximum Damage

45% Chance of Crushing Blow

Lightning Resist +26%

Repairs 1 Durability in 10 Seconds

Required Level +7

Requirements -15%

3 Sockets (3 used)

Socketed: Grim Eye

Socketed: Shael Rune

Socketed: Shael Rune



Grim Eye

Jewel

Required Level: 37

Fingerprint: 0x53a49c9b

Item Level: 84

Version: Expansion 1.10+

+8 to Minimum Damage

Lightning Resist +26%

Requirements -15%



Shael Rune

Required Level: 29

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: +20% Increased Attack Speed

Armor: +20% Faster Hit Recovery

Shields: +20% Faster Block Rate



Shael Rune

Required Level: 29

Version: Expansion 1.10+

Weapons: +20% Increased Attack Speed

Armor: +20% Faster Hit Recovery

Shields: +20% Faster Block Rate

 
While @Bewitch has been using up all the luck in LK, Stevesy managed to squeak some out from the Council as well.

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A quick update on him now as he's run Trav enough to gain one more level, reaching 91.

S/U finds have been a little better as of late. Stevesy started off with a Felloak (awesome, needed that for the grail!), his 2nd Highlord's, a Shako, gheed's, Butcher's Pupil, and a Kira's for the merc. And then:

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Which makes Stevesy a nice new armour to use:

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Awesome stuff! That will be the merc's armour once we're all finished getting Stevesy kitted out, so it feels good to make an important piece like that.

The finds continued with a SoJ (of course, on a build who has no use for it :P), another set of gimmershreds, and a Stormspike before hitting 91.

Skillers:
- Burning
- Sparking
- Harpoonist's
 
FRIENDS!!!

The Overburdened Tournament has renewed my love for this game, and I haven't played a traditional character in years. Reading this thread has inspired me, so I made a Hammerdin over the weekend

I've never played a Hammerdin (ever. Even in my Bnet days in 1.10), and I've never guardianed a single character, so I'm thinking as a long term project, I'll try for a HC 99er Hammerdin. Crazy, I know, but softcore just isn't interesting to me these days. Paladins are also pretty good candidates for HC, with max block being easy to achieve with holy shield, and life per vita being relatively high

I've also never named a character after my forum name, so Dazliare is the name for this one. The name Dazliare came from World of Warcraft's random name generator back in 2004 - a Night Elf Rogue. I thought about doing an assassin just to fit that theme, but Assassin's in D2 are female, and Dazliare is not a female name

This is meant as an extremely long term project. I don't have kids or a wife, and I live with my brother who's also a gamer, so big projects like this that take a lot of time really appeal to me. I have an 18,000 piece jigsaw puzzle I'm working on as well, to give you an idea of my life :D Classic WoW is coming out soon, and I'll be playing that quite a bit, but won't start until mid September, so I have about a month to work on Dazliare and Melisandre in the Overburdened Tournament

I'll post an update on the character itself tonight, as well as a tentative plan
 
Because I didn't want to have five UT99ers started with none close to finish I vowed to take one of them to a reasonably high level with as many milestones behind them as possible before I updated here again. After 14 days of playing it is done, tragic_misstep the sorceress reached level 93.

I started her after coming home from a particularly boring late shift at my summer job and over the next three days I got her to Hell and rolled a sweet LK map after which I promptly forgot her for a week :D

When I returned to her at the end of July I started recording her drops, when I played her, general strategy as well as XP progression. This gives a whole new perspective on how 'lucky' one is or how much time it actually takes to level (that XP bar moves slower at the beginning and the end, I swear ;)). I guess at one point I'll turn my notes into a spreadsheet so I can guesstimate my time to 99 more precisely.

This LK map was insane with only minor flaws (3 doom apes getting stuck behind a superchest which prevented me from popping it ... wth? o_O) and doing p5 runs I found the runes for HotO, CtA and Infinity after using 2880 keys (~2520 runs). The HotO rolled 30@ and the CtA had 3 BO, good enough!

To break the monotony of LK I mixed in Pindle as I did those LK runs which meant that I reached level 89 before leaving LK. Not only that but Pindle was nice enough to drop not one but two bombs on me:

The next step required me to reroll my sweet LK map for a Mephisto map. I got a three teleport map for him and to my suprise a decent AT map to boot! From this point on I ran a mixture of Mephisto, AT and Pindle to level 92 which netted me tons of nice uniques and sets as well as a 4os eth CA :) (I'm still waiting on Infinity... that base would be sweet for an Insight)

Over the course of all of this I found three more grailers (Death Cleaver, Executioner's Justice and Medusa's Gaze) which puts me at grail -25. But the real kicker is this:
Code:
Ormus' Robes
Dusk Shroud
Defense: 401
Durability: 12 of 20
Required Level: 75
Required Strength: 77
Fingerprint: 0x9d54fa7d
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+20% Faster Cast Rate
+14% to Cold Skill Damage
+12% to Lightning Skill Damage
+14% to Fire Skill Damage
+3 to Blizzard (Sorceress Only)
+11 Defense
Regenerate Mana 14%
I continued my Mephisto+AT routine for a while after this dropped but I didn't use it. After getting to 20% of the way 91->92 on saturday I got frustrated with the slow XP gain in AT and decided to try p8 Pindle for real. About 900 Pindle runs (and some deaths with recoveries) later I sit at level 93!

Last thing I did was craft 70 caster amulets of which only one peaked my interest:
Code:
Doom Heart
Amulet
Required Level: 89
Fingerprint: 0x1c90a926
Item Level: 91
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+9% Faster Cast Rate
7% Mana stolen per hit
+17 to Mana
Regenerate Mana 4%
All Resistances +10
Poison Resist +7%
I guess it will do for Travincal runs. (I also got a Mara's from Meph but honestly: what do I use this for? I'd rather have the Rising Sun)

I found one Cold, two Fire and one Light Skiller which isn't exactly conclusive yet. The 4os caddy might be a better hint at her future though :D

What else happened?
Code:
Lion Branded Grand Charm of Balance
Grand Charm
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0xa6e7f2d3
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Combat Skills (Paladin Only)
+12% Faster Hit Recovery

Entrapping Grand Charm of Inertia
Grand Charm
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0x9bfef32f
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+1 to Trap Skills (Assassin Only)
+7% Faster Run/Walk

Fine Small Charm of Sustenance
Small Charm
Required Level: 21
Fingerprint: 0x92c56c61
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+3 to Maximum Damage
+18 to Attack Rating
+15 to Life
Add to that the SotV+Occi combo I got from NM Mephisto and I would say she's quite lucky so far :D


Next goal is to run Mephisto some more for a Rising Sun, Kira's, Steelshade and maybe an Arach. After that it's Travincal until I have the runes for either Beast/Dream/Dream or Phoenix, depending on wether I decide on Bearsorc or Firesorc for 98->99. A lot is up to luck here. In any case I want Fortitude for the merc.

If the Rising Sun doesn't emerge from that I will have to go back to normal to MF for Hotspurs before I proceed to level in the CS.

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[HIGHLIGHT]Hall of Fame[/HIGHLIGHT]
Rich (BB code):
Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
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zticazzy         Perkele          SC     Barb   99     3.52  2016-07-12  No      -      -       -      -
Pb_pal           Eleanor          SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2016-11-09  No   3068    437       5      -
NanoMist         Izuna            SC     Sin    99     3.52  2016-12-25  No   5109    470       4    360
PhineasB         Mercy            SC     Sin    99     3.52  2017-05-23  Yes     -    475      11      -
PhineasB         Hiatus           SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2017-12-25  Yes     -    471      21      -
ffs              HelpYourself     SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2018-04-29  Yes     -    447       -      -
Neksja           Aura             SC     Pala   99     3.52  2018-08-08  Yes     -    481       -      -
Yng              Sophie           SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2018-08-26  Yes     -      -      10   <300
T72on1           Neverland        SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2018-10-21  Yes  lots    483      13    350+
Bewitch          itssoftcore      SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2018-11-07  Yes     -      -       -      -
PhineasB         Phaedrus         SC     Pala   99     3.52  2018-11-12  Yes     -    401      13      -
ffs              Ric              SC     Necro  99     3.52  2018-12-26  Yes     -    463       -      -
Bewitch          Mayhem           SC     Barb   99     3.52  2019-07-07  Yes     -      -       -      -
PhineasB         Pestilence       SC     Necro  99     3.52  2019-07-29  Yes     -      -       -      -
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Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
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Pb_pal           Klaus            HC     Druid  98.6   3.40  2019-08-06  Yes     -    426      NA      -
ffs              Lucid            SC     Pala   98.1   3.22  2019-08-02  Yes     -      -       -      0
Gynli            Amazon           SC     Ama    97.61  3.12  2019-07-15  Yes     -      -       -      -
PhineasB         Quinta           SC     Ama    97.25  3.03  2019-08-19  Yes     -    391       4      -
darkstarhub      Neptune          SC     Sorc   97     2.96  2018-07-23  Yes     -    470       -      -
Ashenshugar      Natur            SC     Druid  97     2.96  2018-11-20  Yes  2529      -       -      -
ResTTe           ResTTe           SC     Barb   96.5   2.83  2019-07-19  Yes     -      -    many   120+
Luhkoh           Arkana           SC     Sorc   96     2.80  2019-07-28  Yes     -      -       -      -
Me2Nik           Fugu             HC     Ama    95     2.50  2019-02-03  Yes  Lots      -       -      -
teddeeboy        Atheyanore       SC     Sorc   95     2.52  2019-02-03  Yes  300+      -       8   many
Quinneczech      Blackwell        HC     Barb   95     2.49  2019-04-01  -       -      -      NA      -
Chaostar         Prairie          SC     Sorc   95     2.49  2019-06-15  Yes     -    384      25      -
Hutton           Terrahork        HC     Barb   95     0.00  2019-04-24  Yes     -      -      NA      -
Babyhell         IpBanPrevales    SC     Sin    95     ?.??  2019-07-14  Yes     -      -       9      -
PhineasB         Death            SC     Barb   94.5   2.39  2019-07-07  No      -      -       2      -
Vildecor         Trina            SC     Ama    94     2.29  2019-07-20  Yes     -      -      16      -
sanguillen       GordonChen-UT    HC     Necro  93     2.14  2019-02-27  Yes     -      -      NA      -
T72on1           TooMuchEnergy    SC     Sorc   93     2.10  2019-07-19  Yes   267    181      12     47.5
art_vandelay     tragic_misstep   SC     Sorc   93     2.09  2019-08-12  Yes     -      -       -      -
liquid_mage      zDadColdSorc     SC     Sorc   91     1.89  2019-02-04  Yes     -    223       -      -
LongingForDeath  VelvetSky        SC     Sorc   91     1.77  2019-03-09  Yes     -    207      11      -
Smittyphi        TheLongRun       SC     Sorc   91     1.76  2019-02-04  Yes    30      -     Yes      -
sir_cyclops      devi             SC     Sin    91     ?.??  2019-02-27  Yes     -      -       -      -
Babyhell         BabyNinetyNiner  SC     Pala   91     ?.??  2019-08-02  Yes     -      -       3      -
AlexTheNextOne   Orion            SC     Pala   90     1.62  2018-07-22  Yes     -      -       -      -
Pb_pal           Stevesy          HC     Barb   90     1.61  2019-07-25  Yes     -      -      NA      -
Bewitch          Necronomicon     SC     Necro  89     1.56  2019-07-09  Yes     -      -       -      -
art_vandelay     snow_dog         SC     Nec    89     1.48  2019-07-19  Yes     -      -       -      -
Jocular          BareBear_Where   HC     Druid  **     1.47  2019-05-20  ???     -      -      NA      -
MizzouFTW        Mariah           SC     Sin    **     1.36  2019-01-28  Yes     -     -        -      -
BasicBhoy        Belgarath        HC     Druid  **     1.36  2019-01-29  Yes     -      -       -      -
TwentyMuleTeam   Chore            SC     Sin    **     ?.??  2019-02-09  Yes     -      -       -      -
Klonki           Dualizt_Ann      SC     Sorc   86     1.14  2019-05-26  Yes     -     37       1     15+
nMEKn            Summon           SC     Nec    85     1.07  2019-05-17  Yes    -       -       4      -
Bobbo            Barbamel         HC     Barb   84     1.01  2019-01-11  Yes     -      -      NA      -
nepeta           finistere        SC     Sin    83     1.14  2019-01-04  ?       -      -       1      4
kstuart          Nena             SC     Sorc   83     0.94  2019-04-14  Yes     -      -       -      -
art_vandelay     predatory_wasp   SC     Sin    81     0.76  2019-05-25  Yes     -      -       -      -
Irenicus_Mfs     Morgana          HC     Sorc   69     0.26  2018-12-09  Yes     -      -      NA     14+
RIP              Sucell           HC     Druid  47     0.03  2018-12-08  Yes     -     20       -      -
Grape            Coke             SC     Barb   42     0.00  2018-12-06   ?     14     14       0      -
Izzak            Bones            SC     Necro  42     0.**  2019-01-10   -      -      -       1      -
jjscud           Ragnarok         SC     Pala   06     0.00  2019-03-30   No     -      -       0      -
MizzouFTW        Hocus            HC     Necro  01     0.00  2019-02-19   No     -      -       0      0
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Rich (BB code):
Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
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Buckcrazy        Zic              HC     Sorc   98.5   3.38  2019-07-22  Yes     -      -      NA   lots
hasuprotoss      Reina            SC     Sorc   97     2.96  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes  1751    384       -      -
Tarantella       Tarasha          HC     Sorc   96     2.72  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Grim             Furious_Blonde   SC     Ama    96     2.72  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
CrustyRusty      Space_Oddity     SC     Ama    95     2.49  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
XyleneCyanol     Fishie           HC     Sorc   95     2.49  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -      -
ThomasJohnsen    xInTheBuffx      HC     Sorc   95     2.49  2017-03-31  Yes     -      -       -      -
NamelessPenguin  Rockatansky      SC     Barb   95     2.49  2017-12-14  Yes     -      -       -      -
Dezrok           Salome           SC     Sorc   95     2.49  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   792    318       -      -
Reyz             Qty              SC     Sorc   93     2.10  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -      -
Zenigma          Ayura            SC     Barb   93     2.12  2018-09-08  No      -      -       -      -
Potent           Challenge(CL)    SC     Sorc   92     1.96  2018-07-30  no      -      -       -      -
Trapin'          ceegee           SC     Pala   92     1.92  2018-08-16  No      -      -       -      -
Tatterson        Titaani          SC     Barb   91     1.84  2018-11-27  Yes     -      -       -      -
Zenigma          Gnosis           SC     Druid  91     1.79  2018-04-26  No      -      -       -      -
OldSoldier       Battleforge      HC     Pala   91     1.76  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -    236       -      -
kyndig           DrearyAura       HC     Sorc   91     1.76  2018-02-20  Yes     -      -       -      -
tokerdin         tokeress         SC     Sorc   91     1.76  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Neksja           Aurora           SC     Sorc   90     1.70  2018-09-08  Yes     -    215       -      -
Lord Molybdenum  Verisimilitude   SC     Ama    90     1.62  2018-06-02  No     98     77       3      -
Southpaw         Njord            SC     Druid  90     1.62  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Qwernt           CanbeOnlyBlizz   SC     Sorc   90     1.62  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       ?      ?
MercMan          Este             SC     Ama    90     1.62  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes  1212    278       2      ?
Lynchgrinch      Tattersail       SC     Sorc   89     1.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -    321       ?      ?
LiquidClear      Sally            SC     Sin    **     1.36  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   225      -       1      -
Lord Molybdenum  Cruise_Control   SC     Necro  87     1.25  2018-06-02  No    128    101      22      -
Neksja           Turirao          SC     Druid  87     1.25  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   191    124       5      -
T72on1           Grapelike        SC     Barb   87     1.25  2019-01-24  Yes    98     82      13     37
Gladstone        Socrates         HC     Druid  86     1.15  YYYY-MM-DD  -       -      -       -      -
Burgomaster3     Hastur           SC     Druid  86     1.14  2018-07-02  Yes     -      -       -      -
sanguillen       DirkStruan-UT    HC     Pala   85     1.10  2018-12-19  Yes     -      -      NA      -
hackedagainanda  Hugo             HC     Necro  85     1.05  2017-12-17  Yes     -      -       -      -
DaveW            Long_Term        SC     Sorc   84     0.97  2018-05-02  Yes Heaps      -    Lots     30+
Naturallog       Athos            HC     Barb   84     0.96  YYYY-MM-DD  No    159    105       0      -
Kitteh           Gwynt            HC     Druid  83           2018-10-28  Yes     -      -      NA      -
Xul's Gull       Xul              HC     Necro  81     0.74  2018-03-26  No      -      -      NA      -
Qwernt           AmaAgainstAll    SC     Sorc   81     0.74  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Gambit           Mallenroh        SC     Sorc   81     0.74  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     0      0       0      0
Lord Molybdenum  But_Why          SC     Sin    81     0.74  YYYY-MM-DD  No     55     51      53      -
aarrgus          Acala            SC     Barb   80     0.68  2017-12-30  Yes     -      -       5      -
ioupainmax       Durnik           SC     Pala   79     0.63  2018-06-28  Yes   177    111       0      -
Jean Avila       SpeedAdict       SC     Ama    77     0.52  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -     50
logoutzero       Digimon          HC     Necro  76     0.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes    85     65       0      -
Gripphon         Ryu              SC     Sorc   76     0.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       ?     13
Darke Rahl       Bells            HC     Ama    74     0.40  YYYY-MM-DD  No     19      -       0      -
Smittyphi        SliceNDice       SC     Sin    70     0.30  2018-03-27  Yes    15      -       6      -
Xul's Gull       Araphel          HC     Necro  60     0.12  2017-12-21  No      -      -       -      -
Burton Roberts   Arizona          SC     Ama    56     0.08  2018-06-12  No      -      -      15     38
Lord Molybdenum  Essa             SC     Sorc   55     0.08  2018-06-02  No     20     19       5      -
Sleepybear123    Rob_theBarb      HC     Barb   50     0.05  2018-01-06  Yes     -      -       -     10
Pijus            AGoodBoy         HC     Druid  45     0.00  2018-05-29  Yes     -      -      NA      -
TrU              Henryk           SC     Barb   41     0.02  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -      22     12
Gambit           Colossus         SC     Pala   39     0.02  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     0      0       0      0
Smancer          Smancer          SC     Necro  26     0.00  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     1      -       -      -
drmalawi         Liv              SC     Sorc   24     0.00  2018-05-01  Yes     -      -       0      -
RIP              Espada           HC     Necro  24     0.00  2018-06-01  Yes     -     13       -      -
BKC              FearsomeFreddie  SC     Necro  23     0.00  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Ergroilnin       Erilinda         HC     Sorc   20     0.00  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -      -
DaveHutt         Alice            SC     Ama    13     0.00  2018-05-18  Yes     -      -       1      -
MizzouFTW        Hocus            HC     Sorc   01     0.00  2018-10-28  Yes     -      -      NA      -
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Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
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1have2much3time  Vagabond         HC     Necro  95     2.66  2019-06-22  Yes     -      -       1      -
RIP              Kaira_II         HC     Sin    95     2.55  2018-09-06  Yes     -    399       -      -
T72on1           ShouldBeEasy     HC     Pala   95     2.52  2019-01-04  Yes  lots    320      NA    103
Kitteh           Gwynt            HC     Druid  87     XXXX  2018-11-07  Yes     -      -       -      -
Bewitch          itsreal          HC     Sorc   87     1.xx  2018-04-24  No      -      -       -      -
MizzouFTW        Pure             HC     Necro  86     1.15  2018-01-10  Yes     -      -       1      -
Vildecor         Celia            HC     Ama    84     0.99  2018-05-30  Yes   125     97       1      -
coju             NintyNine_orRiP  HC     Sorc   81     0.74  2016-04-07  Yes     -      -       1      -
RIP              Attila           HC     Barb   78     0.59  2018-09-26  Yes     -     73       -      -
TwentyMuleTeam   Valus            HC     Barb   76     0.48  2016-10-27  Yes     -      -       1      -
Pb_pal           Stevesy          HC     Pala   76     0.48  2017-06-19  Yes     -      -       1      -
weezaard         Cypher           SC     Druid  66     0.00  2018-02-21  Yes     -      -      20+     -
Tenecabo         OldShatterhand   HC     Druid  49     0.04  2016-06-16  Yes     -      0       1      -
Pijus            Pyrestarter      HC     Druid  36     0.00  2018-05-21  Yes     -      -       1      -
coju             fB               HC     Sorc   29     0.00  2016-04-09  Yes     1      1       1      2
Kitteh           Verallus         HC     Druid  26     0.00  2016-03-25  No      -      -       1      -
logoutzero       Rolex            HC     Barb   21     0.00  2016-03-26  Yes     0      0       1      1
 
@art_vandelay great job and congrats! Do you have tals ammy on her as well? The armor is such a nice find either way, but I'm still waiting for that tal's ammy to get that sweet 3piece combo even on my twinked chars. Two telling of beads, but no tals yet for me :(

I assume you're planning on doing chaos as a blizz sorc until 98? Just my 2 cents as someone who has only does 1000-1500 of the runs so far, but I don't think you need hotspur or rising sun. I think 75 fire res is fine for sorc (I just use aldurs and maras). She stands in the fire breath a lot less than hammerdin. I would say delirium, 75 fire and poison res, and powerful(ish) blizzard (I would def use that ormus tbh, congrats on that I'm jealous :p) are the main things you need for the runs. I do have a lot of mdr though. That's probably helping me out a good amount too.

Would you rather go to CS now and run to 98 and see what runes drop for your bear/fire sorc, and then go to trav at 98 if CS doesn't give the goods? Just curious. If you were doing blizz CS anyways, it should yield quite a decent amount of runes before 98, whereas trav gives so little exp after lvl 93 or 94.
 
@Luhkoh Nope, no Tal's Amulet here... instead the game thought that a second Guardianship would go well with the first :D Part of the reason why I want to do Trav is to get some good jewelry for her. I also lack a decent fcr ring and they are so good at dropping rare rings.

And yes it's CS to 98 if nothing unexpected happens. I am not yet convinced of the potential for rune drops there so I'd rather do it a bit safer with Travincal runs. It's not like 10 hours of Travincal will increase my overall time radically.

Also as for safety: I am not convinced that I want to use Delirium because it just seems too dangerous to lose something to a crash. But your point about her not standing in the middle of infernos is spot on. Instead I guess OKs will be more dangerous with their high elemental damage.


The one thing I know is that Pindle is over for me. It's 605 or so runs for 92->93 and I am sure that the 93->94 transition will be over 1000 runs... I guess I should learn how XP works and find out how many Pindle runs you need for 99 o_O
 
@art_vandelay great point on 10hrs of trav being insignificant. If you feel like doing it, then why not? May drop something really nice and useful. I guess my point is that you lose very little if you do those 10 hours of trav after you get lvl 98, because the xp from trav is paltry compared to CS anyways. Rare rings are a good enough reason though if you don't feel you are adequately geared for chaos.

As for the rune drops, it's certainly less efficient for runes than trav, especially doing exp-type runs rather than RFL-style runs. However after you kill vizier and and infectors group 5k times on p8, you'd have to have some seriously bad luck to not find some really nice runes :p

I can't recommend delirium enough though. Definitely worth the ist to try it for several runs. I only had 1 crash in the runs I've done so far, and the chance of losing anything from it (as long as you remember to unequip it during body recovery) seem like almost nothing. I feel like it may be suboptimal from an efficiency perspective if your sorc is a TANK like frozzen's old videos (max block stormshield 1.07 ark, beta cta), just because it keeps the monsters from getting in a single tight group. But I built my sorc pretty dang tanky for a vita variant, and I think runs are, by comparison anyways, relaxing with delirium and rather stressful without. But you'll have plenty of time to test many merc setups. I'll be interested to see what you like the most since there are several reasonable choices.

And yeah the ok's are annoying. The main danger imo is just taking melee hits because the density is just thick, but without a careful eye on the life bulb, a multishot ok can take you down really fast. I think the big mdr I have equipped helped the most on them.

I have a terribly organized exp spreadsheet I made that I should share with you. Its roughly 100k p8 pindle runs from 98-99 ;) @Bukama you do get exp from him (5% if clvl-mlvl>= 10), but it's so little that most people just say it's nothing.

And idk the specific's of your gear, but it sounds to me like you have enough to get the CS grind started if you want to. P8 AT wasn't too far behind for me though at lvl 93 and 94 if you wanted to stay there for a while.
 
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Figured I might as well mention it here since this is my main hangout, but I wanted to hint at a very special (at least for me it is) thread/journey I have planned once I finish Normal with my Exploding/Freezing Arrow Bowazon (should have gone with javelins, because this has been quite a slog... looks like my prior 1.09d experience is a tad outdated), followed by carrying a Barbarian through Normal as well.

Let's just say, it'll be a story you might not see around here very often, considering the wealth of veteran experience around here.
 
DAAAMN, today was a good d2day :p

Made my normal mfruns - pindle, cs, mephisto, travi, andy on p3 and i really had a lot of great drops - including 3 HRS and a DEATHS WEB!
So before the DW (+1 -41^^but my first DW ever in singleplayer and that on untwinked necro, crazy) i found 2 OHM runes, which i later upgraded to a Lo rune and made a eth forti dusk (under 1k def base haha) and it rolled perfect, 1,5 life and 30 allres.
After the deaths web i used all my gems beside Amethists for rerolling charms but didnt get a single nec skiller (so 0 pb skillers so far) and respecct to poison and after some pit runs i found a Sur rune^^

Drops: gores, Ist, Gladiators bane, Stormshield, sc 15l 10 fr, Jool 10 allres 7 fhr, Raven 19/250, Ohm, IK armor, Gaze, Natures peace, Cg 40 mf, light sk 27 life, Ohm, DEATHS WEB +1 -41, Sur









Dropvideos:
Ohm1: https://www.twitch.tv/enforcaa/clip/AmazonianGoldenPeafowlKappaRoss?filter=clips&range=7d&sort=time
Ohm2: https://www.twitch.tv/enforcaa/clip/UgliestBlightedLorisWutFace?filter=clips&range=7d&sort=time
Deaths web: https://www.twitch.tv/enforcaa/clip/MuddyShyDaikonJKanStyle?filter=clips&range=7d&sort=time
Sur: https://www.twitch.tv/enforcaa/clip/CulturedEndearingFoxHassanChop?filter=clips&range=7d&sort=time

€ dunno why but the deaths web link doesnt work, i made a new clip of it and uploaded it on yt^^
-> Deaths web drop:


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[HIGHLIGHT]Hall of Fame[/HIGHLIGHT]
Rich (BB code):
Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
---------------  ---------------  -----  -----  -----  ----  ----------  ---  ----  -----  ------  -----
zticazzy         Perkele          SC     Barb   99     3.52  2016-07-12  No      -      -       -      -
Pb_pal           Eleanor          SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2016-11-09  No   3068    437       5      -
NanoMist         Izuna            SC     Sin    99     3.52  2016-12-25  No   5109    470       4    360
PhineasB         Mercy            SC     Sin    99     3.52  2017-05-23  Yes     -    475      11      -
PhineasB         Hiatus           SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2017-12-25  Yes     -    471      21      -
ffs              HelpYourself     SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2018-04-29  Yes     -    447       -      -
Neksja           Aura             SC     Pala   99     3.52  2018-08-08  Yes     -    481       -      -
Yng              Sophie           SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2018-08-26  Yes     -      -      10   <300
T72on1           Neverland        SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2018-10-21  Yes  lots    483      13    350+
Bewitch          itssoftcore      SC     Sorc   99     3.52  2018-11-07  Yes     -      -       -      -
PhineasB         Phaedrus         SC     Pala   99     3.52  2018-11-12  Yes     -    401      13      -
ffs              Ric              SC     Necro  99     3.52  2018-12-26  Yes     -    463       -      -
Bewitch          Mayhem           SC     Barb   99     3.52  2019-07-07  Yes     -      -       -      -
PhineasB         Pestilence       SC     Necro  99     3.52  2019-07-29  Yes     -      -       -      -
[HIGHLIGHT]Questing Heroes[/HIGHLIGHT]
Rich (BB code):
Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
---------------  ---------------  -----  -----  -----  ----  ----------  ---  ----  -----  ------  -----
Pb_pal           Klaus            HC     Druid  98.6   3.40  2019-08-06  Yes     -    426      NA      -
ffs              Lucid            SC     Pala   98.1   3.22  2019-08-02  Yes     -      -       -      0
Gynli            Amazon           SC     Ama    97.61  3.12  2019-07-15  Yes     -      -       -      -
PhineasB         Quinta           SC     Ama    97.25  3.03  2019-08-19  Yes     -    391       4      -
darkstarhub      Neptune          SC     Sorc   97     2.96  2018-07-23  Yes     -    470       -      -
Ashenshugar      Natur            SC     Druid  97     2.96  2018-11-20  Yes  2529      -       -      -
ResTTe           ResTTe           SC     Barb   96.5   2.83  2019-07-19  Yes     -      -    many   120+
Luhkoh           Arkana           SC     Sorc   96     2.80  2019-07-28  Yes     -      -       -      -
Me2Nik           Fugu             HC     Ama    95     2.50  2019-02-03  Yes  Lots      -       -      -
teddeeboy        Atheyanore       SC     Sorc   95     2.52  2019-02-03  Yes  300+      -       8   many
Quinneczech      Blackwell        HC     Barb   95     2.49  2019-04-01  -       -      -      NA      -
Chaostar         Prairie          SC     Sorc   95     2.49  2019-06-15  Yes     -    384      25      -
Hutton           Terrahork        HC     Barb   95     0.00  2019-04-24  Yes     -      -      NA      -
Babyhell         IpBanPrevales    SC     Sin    95     ?.??  2019-07-14  Yes     -      -       9      -
PhineasB         Death            SC     Barb   94.5   2.39  2019-07-07  No      -      -       2      -
Vildecor         Trina            SC     Ama    94     2.29  2019-07-20  Yes     -      -      16      -
sanguillen       GordonChen-UT    HC     Necro  93     2.14  2019-02-27  Yes     -      -      NA      -
T72on1           TooMuchEnergy    SC     Sorc   93     2.10  2019-07-19  Yes   267    181      12     47.5
art_vandelay     tragic_misstep   SC     Sorc   93     2.09  2019-08-12  Yes     -      -       -      -
liquid_mage      zDadColdSorc     SC     Sorc   91     1.89  2019-02-04  Yes     -    223       -      -
LongingForDeath  VelvetSky        SC     Sorc   91     1.77  2019-03-09  Yes     -    207      11      -
Smittyphi        TheLongRun       SC     Sorc   91     1.76  2019-02-04  Yes    30      -     Yes      -
sir_cyclops      devi             SC     Sin    91     ?.??  2019-02-27  Yes     -      -       -      -
Babyhell         BabyNinetyNiner  SC     Pala   91     ?.??  2019-08-02  Yes     -      -       3      -
Bewitch          Necronomicon     SC     Necro  90     1.73  2019-07-09  Yes     -      -       -      -
AlexTheNextOne   Orion            SC     Pala   90     1.62  2018-07-22  Yes     -      -       -      -
Pb_pal           Stevesy          HC     Barb   90     1.61  2019-07-25  Yes     -      -      NA      -
art_vandelay     snow_dog         SC     Nec    89     1.48  2019-07-19  Yes     -      -       -      -
Jocular          BareBear_Where   HC     Druid  **     1.47  2019-05-20  ???     -      -      NA      -
MizzouFTW        Mariah           SC     Sin    **     1.36  2019-01-28  Yes     -     -        -      -
BasicBhoy        Belgarath        HC     Druid  **     1.36  2019-01-29  Yes     -      -       -      -
TwentyMuleTeam   Chore            SC     Sin    **     ?.??  2019-02-09  Yes     -      -       -      -
Klonki           Dualizt_Ann      SC     Sorc   86     1.14  2019-05-26  Yes     -     37       1     15+
nMEKn            Summon           SC     Nec    85     1.07  2019-05-17  Yes    -       -       4      -
Bobbo            Barbamel         HC     Barb   84     1.01  2019-01-11  Yes     -      -      NA      -
nepeta           finistere        SC     Sin    83     1.14  2019-01-04  ?       -      -       1      4
kstuart          Nena             SC     Sorc   83     0.94  2019-04-14  Yes     -      -       -      -
art_vandelay     predatory_wasp   SC     Sin    81     0.76  2019-05-25  Yes     -      -       -      -
Irenicus_Mfs     Morgana          HC     Sorc   69     0.26  2018-12-09  Yes     -      -      NA     14+
RIP              Sucell           HC     Druid  47     0.03  2018-12-08  Yes     -     20       -      -
Grape            Coke             SC     Barb   42     0.00  2018-12-06   ?     14     14       0      -
Izzak            Bones            SC     Necro  42     0.**  2019-01-10   -      -      -       1      -
jjscud           Ragnarok         SC     Pala   06     0.00  2019-03-30   No     -      -       0      -
MizzouFTW        Hocus            HC     Necro  01     0.00  2019-02-19   No     -      -       0      0
[HIGHLIGHT]Resting Heroes[/HIGHLIGHT]
Rich (BB code):
Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
---------------  ---------------  -----  -----  -----  ----  ----------  ---  ----  -----  ------  -----
Buckcrazy        Zic              HC     Sorc   98.5   3.38  2019-07-22  Yes     -      -      NA   lots
hasuprotoss      Reina            SC     Sorc   97     2.96  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes  1751    384       -      -
Tarantella       Tarasha          HC     Sorc   96     2.72  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Grim             Furious_Blonde   SC     Ama    96     2.72  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
CrustyRusty      Space_Oddity     SC     Ama    95     2.49  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
XyleneCyanol     Fishie           HC     Sorc   95     2.49  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -      -
ThomasJohnsen    xInTheBuffx      HC     Sorc   95     2.49  2017-03-31  Yes     -      -       -      -
NamelessPenguin  Rockatansky      SC     Barb   95     2.49  2017-12-14  Yes     -      -       -      -
Dezrok           Salome           SC     Sorc   95     2.49  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   792    318       -      -
Reyz             Qty              SC     Sorc   93     2.10  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -      -
Zenigma          Ayura            SC     Barb   93     2.12  2018-09-08  No      -      -       -      -
Potent           Challenge(CL)    SC     Sorc   92     1.96  2018-07-30  no      -      -       -      -
Trapin'          ceegee           SC     Pala   92     1.92  2018-08-16  No      -      -       -      -
Tatterson        Titaani          SC     Barb   91     1.84  2018-11-27  Yes     -      -       -      -
Zenigma          Gnosis           SC     Druid  91     1.79  2018-04-26  No      -      -       -      -
OldSoldier       Battleforge      HC     Pala   91     1.76  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -    236       -      -
kyndig           DrearyAura       HC     Sorc   91     1.76  2018-02-20  Yes     -      -       -      -
tokerdin         tokeress         SC     Sorc   91     1.76  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Neksja           Aurora           SC     Sorc   90     1.70  2018-09-08  Yes     -    215       -      -
Lord Molybdenum  Verisimilitude   SC     Ama    90     1.62  2018-06-02  No     98     77       3      -
Southpaw         Njord            SC     Druid  90     1.62  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Qwernt           CanbeOnlyBlizz   SC     Sorc   90     1.62  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       ?      ?
MercMan          Este             SC     Ama    90     1.62  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes  1212    278       2      ?
Lynchgrinch      Tattersail       SC     Sorc   89     1.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -    321       ?      ?
LiquidClear      Sally            SC     Sin    **     1.36  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   225      -       1      -
Lord Molybdenum  Cruise_Control   SC     Necro  87     1.25  2018-06-02  No    128    101      22      -
Neksja           Turirao          SC     Druid  87     1.25  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes   191    124       5      -
T72on1           Grapelike        SC     Barb   87     1.25  2019-01-24  Yes    98     82      13     37
Gladstone        Socrates         HC     Druid  86     1.15  YYYY-MM-DD  -       -      -       -      -
Burgomaster3     Hastur           SC     Druid  86     1.14  2018-07-02  Yes     -      -       -      -
sanguillen       DirkStruan-UT    HC     Pala   85     1.10  2018-12-19  Yes     -      -      NA      -
hackedagainanda  Hugo             HC     Necro  85     1.05  2017-12-17  Yes     -      -       -      -
DaveW            Long_Term        SC     Sorc   84     0.97  2018-05-02  Yes Heaps      -    Lots     30+
Naturallog       Athos            HC     Barb   84     0.96  YYYY-MM-DD  No    159    105       0      -
Kitteh           Gwynt            HC     Druid  83           2018-10-28  Yes     -      -      NA      -
Xul's Gull       Xul              HC     Necro  81     0.74  2018-03-26  No      -      -      NA      -
Qwernt           AmaAgainstAll    SC     Sorc   81     0.74  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Gambit           Mallenroh        SC     Sorc   81     0.74  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     0      0       0      0
Lord Molybdenum  But_Why          SC     Sin    81     0.74  YYYY-MM-DD  No     55     51      53      -
aarrgus          Acala            SC     Barb   80     0.68  2017-12-30  Yes     -      -       5      -
ioupainmax       Durnik           SC     Pala   79     0.63  2018-06-28  Yes   177    111       0      -
Jean Avila       SpeedAdict       SC     Ama    77     0.52  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -     50
logoutzero       Digimon          HC     Necro  76     0.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes    85     65       0      -
Gripphon         Ryu              SC     Sorc   76     0.48  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       ?     13
Darke Rahl       Bells            HC     Ama    74     0.40  YYYY-MM-DD  No     19      -       0      -
Smittyphi        SliceNDice       SC     Sin    70     0.30  2018-03-27  Yes    15      -       6      -
Xul's Gull       Araphel          HC     Necro  60     0.12  2017-12-21  No      -      -       -      -
Burton Roberts   Arizona          SC     Ama    56     0.08  2018-06-12  No      -      -      15     38
Lord Molybdenum  Essa             SC     Sorc   55     0.08  2018-06-02  No     20     19       5      -
Sleepybear123    Rob_theBarb      HC     Barb   50     0.05  2018-01-06  Yes     -      -       -     10
Pijus            AGoodBoy         HC     Druid  45     0.00  2018-05-29  Yes     -      -      NA      -
TrU              Henryk           SC     Barb   41     0.02  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -      22     12
Gambit           Colossus         SC     Pala   39     0.02  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     0      0       0      0
Smancer          Smancer          SC     Necro  26     0.00  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     1      -       -      -
drmalawi         Liv              SC     Sorc   24     0.00  2018-05-01  Yes     -      -       0      -
RIP              Espada           HC     Necro  24     0.00  2018-06-01  Yes     -     13       -      -
BKC              FearsomeFreddie  SC     Necro  23     0.00  YYYY-MM-DD  Yes     -      -       -      -
Ergroilnin       Erilinda         HC     Sorc   20     0.00  YYYY-MM-DD  No      -      -       -      -
DaveHutt         Alice            SC     Ama    13     0.00  2018-05-18  Yes     -      -       1      -
MizzouFTW        Hocus            HC     Sorc   01     0.00  2018-10-28  Yes     -      -      NA      -
[HIGHLIGHT]The Fallen[/HIGHLIGHT]
Rich (BB code):
Forumite         Character        SC/HC  Class  Level  Exp   Date        E/S  S/U   Grail  Deaths  Hours
---------------  ---------------  -----  -----  -----  ----  ----------  ---  ----  -----  ------  -----
1have2much3time  Vagabond         HC     Necro  95     2.66  2019-06-22  Yes     -      -       1      -
RIP              Kaira_II         HC     Sin    95     2.55  2018-09-06  Yes     -    399       -      -
T72on1           ShouldBeEasy     HC     Pala   95     2.52  2019-01-04  Yes  lots    320      NA    103
Kitteh           Gwynt            HC     Druid  87     XXXX  2018-11-07  Yes     -      -       -      -
Bewitch          itsreal          HC     Sorc   87     1.xx  2018-04-24  No      -      -       -      -
MizzouFTW        Pure             HC     Necro  86     1.15  2018-01-10  Yes     -      -       1      -
Vildecor         Celia            HC     Ama    84     0.99  2018-05-30  Yes   125     97       1      -
coju             NintyNine_orRiP  HC     Sorc   81     0.74  2016-04-07  Yes     -      -       1      -
RIP              Attila           HC     Barb   78     0.59  2018-09-26  Yes     -     73       -      -
TwentyMuleTeam   Valus            HC     Barb   76     0.48  2016-10-27  Yes     -      -       1      -
Pb_pal           Stevesy          HC     Pala   76     0.48  2017-06-19  Yes     -      -       1      -
weezaard         Cypher           SC     Druid  66     0.00  2018-02-21  Yes     -      -      20+     -
Tenecabo         OldShatterhand   HC     Druid  49     0.04  2016-06-16  Yes     -      0       1      -
Pijus            Pyrestarter      HC     Druid  36     0.00  2018-05-21  Yes     -      -       1      -
coju             fB               HC     Sorc   29     0.00  2016-04-09  Yes     1      1       1      2
Kitteh           Verallus         HC     Druid  26     0.00  2016-03-25  No      -      -       1      -
logoutzero       Rolex            HC     Barb   21     0.00  2016-03-26  Yes     0      0       1      1
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I promised an update, so here's one!

Dazliare is level 47, in act 2 Nightmare. Like I mentioned previously, I've never played a hammerdin, so I'm learning how they work as I go. The transition from normal to nightmare has been a bit awkward for me

I was hoping to grind pindle for some levels and gear, but single target is really awkward with a hammerdin until you have insight and some levels in hammers, so that didn't work. I tried cows, which was ok I guess, but not great. Baal runs were good xp wise, but really obnoxious without insight, and I pretty quickly realized baal himself wasn't worth killing. He can be colossally annoying if he wants to be.

I ran a bit of the Countess for some basic runewords - Lore and Rhyme specifically, which have been helpful. Most of my last 7 or so levels came from countess and NM andy runs.

Then Andariel dropped an ethereal war scythe. It's a crap base, but ugh I need mana so bad. So I cubed it, and boom! 4sox!

I went back to countess to farm the sol, and got a crappy Insight roll, but it's a huge boost

View attachment 14886

Hammers are now maxed out, 10 points in concentration, enough in holy shield to max block and have it last longer than 30 seconds, so I'm feeling much better

I'll spend some time reading through this thread today and tomorrow to understand some of the ways I might level in the future. I'm thinking NM Chaos and meph runs are in my future. When I originally made this character, I was thinking I would do pindle until ~90, but without respeccing, that feels like it might not be the best plan. I'm hoping to save the ancients for the end too, so I'm limited on respecs. I guess I do have two respecs left, so I could use one to make some kind of AT/Pindle runner, then the last one to go back to hammers for CS
 
@Dazliare Check out the 99er compendium for some tips on early progress in Untwinked setting: https://www.purediablo.com/forums/threads/spf-99er-compendium.961047/

That said, I think those of us who’ve done Hammerdins have focused on CS for leveling and LK for runes to Enigma. For earlier levels, I found Pindle difficult with hammers, so I’d consider Eldritch as an alternate. That’s what Phaedrus did, them some Pit runs, until he could tackle RoF/CS.
 
FRIENDS!!!

The Overburdened Tournament has renewed my love for this game, and I haven't played a traditional character in years. Reading this thread has inspired me, so I made a Hammerdin over the weekend

I've never played a Hammerdin (ever. Even in my Bnet days in 1.10), and I've never guardianed a single character, so I'm thinking as a long term project, I'll try for a HC 99er Hammerdin. Crazy, I know, but softcore just isn't interesting to me these days. Paladins are also pretty good candidates for HC, with max block being easy to achieve with holy shield, and life per vita being relatively high

I've also never named a character after my forum name, so Dazliare is the name for this one. The name Dazliare came from World of Warcraft's random name generator back in 2004 - a Night Elf Rogue. I thought about doing an assassin just to fit that theme, but Assassin's in D2 are female, and Dazliare is not a female name

This is meant as an extremely long term project. I don't have kids or a wife, and I live with my brother who's also a gamer, so big projects like this that take a lot of time really appeal to me. I have an 18,000 piece jigsaw puzzle I'm working on as well, to give you an idea of my life :D Classic WoW is coming out soon, and I'll be playing that quite a bit, but won't start until mid September, so I have about a month to work on Dazliare and Melisandre in the Overburdened Tournament

I'll post an update on the character itself tonight, as well as a tentative plan

I think I've mentioned this before, but I consider a CS hammerdin to be one of the safest HC 99er options by far. They are so damn sturdy. If I remember correctly @T72on1 HC hammerdin deeds was bad luck or something, and he would probably be 99 otherwise :P
 
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