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(so obviouly no Werebear Enchantress, Fury Barb or Whirlwind Assassin...) Why do I want to know this? Because I want to try it in an untwinked single-pass tourney. ;) So what are your thoughts on this? Gear dependant because you need good gear for decent kill speed or gear dependant because...

Thought that this could be useful info to you. All frame times are with a weapon that has Weapon Speed Modifier (WSM) = 0, except for the 2-handed maces, since there is no such weapon with WSM=0. If the game is running as smoothly as it should, there are 25 frames per second. 1h-"swing"...

Okay, time for another one of these. The tournament concept where you often find yourself using crappier (and sometimes stranger) items than ever, where resists can be hard to come by, where rarely-seen upgraded uniques often make appearances, and where obscure partial set bonuses get a chance...

Introduction ”But I am telling you, she's got talent!” Shandor started to get upset. ”Something's stopping her.” ”Yes, laziness and lack of discipline”, Gurst blurted out. ”Have you seen her during lessons? She fails with everything we try to teach her!” ”Indeed...”, Lyssa added ”...but from...

Back in May 2013, I took an Amazon to Guardian in Morathi's Envious of the Green and Gold tournament. As usual, all my characters reports are in the tourney thread (quite detailed, many with screenshots). Being a combo of earlier tourneys that focused on set- and unqiue items, this tourney is...

Somewhat belated (but not nearly as much as the next one I am going to write...), I present to you my second Guardian of my favourite build. Many of my Phoenix Strikers have been killed in assorted tourneys, but this one lived. The rules in Morathi's Exposure tourney are not complicated. Other...

When I play my (usually long) sessions with my tournament characters, I still look for the (as of now) 12 remaining things I have left to find in the Scavenger Hunt 4, even though that contest is over since a long time. This, along with the standard Set/Unique item grail, gives me something...

Third time around I do this, I think. Like before, I will use spoiler cover and keep editing this first post as answers come in, so new readers can still have a go at the quiz unspoiled. (Questions are about v1.13) 1. What monster name do the warrior minions of Colenzo the Annihilator have...

I managed to go all the way with my Assassin in the Random Tournament 2013. Rules are explained in the tourney thread, but it boils down to (with some exceptions), basically, that you have 8 skills you are allowed to place points in and use at any one time. Three of these skills are the same for...

I post it here because this forum is far more frequented than the D1 forum, and because some SPFers like to read my character reports. Read it here. I think I will post updates from the progression in NM there (and hopefully I will remember to take some screenies in NM).

Hi there, I am currently playing an Amazon in the 'Envious of the Green and Gold' tournament over in the Single Player Forum. It's an untwinked Hardcore, Single Pass (no rerunning of areas) tournament where we can (once we have filled the slots) only use Set and Unique items. Sockets can only...

If you, like myself, rarely visit the class-specific forums, you may have missed this guide that was released a year ago. maxicek did most of the work and writing but we had plenty of communication and I wrote bits and pieces. We both love the build (you may have noticed how many of them I've...

Guardian Flea, Conversion + Concentration merc helper and Conviction Polearm Avenger The Random Tournament 2012 is the latest of a series of similar tourneys. This was the first time I entered one of them. Here is the gist of it: The player chooses a class and picks two main weapon types (with...

Re-Converted monsters' life getting dramatically reduced? As I am making progress in Act I Hell in the Random Tourney 2012 I have noticed something weird. I think it happened with my last Paladin, too, but now I have paid more attention. Conversion is a Paladin attack skill that will (with...

Guardian Jill, v1.10-1.11 Mastery Sorceress In September 2004, Uzziah kicked off a rather wacky tourney called Mastery Sorc Tourney. I eventually entered, but not for any prizes. My goal was not to beat NM at the lowest level but to play a single pass full clear on the highest comfortable...

Diablo II Quiz #2 (New Year´s edition) Hi there! :wave: Some more questions from yours truly. Hope you enjoy! (unless otherwise noted, the questions are about LoD versions 1.11 and higher) This post will be edited as correct answers come in. The correct answers will be put under spoiler...

Guardian Pete, Randomly Challenged Necromancer (Due to lazyiness, I haven´t gotten around to writing this until now) I managed to go all the way in "my own" tournament, Randomly Challenged II. I rolled a Necromancer with a Barbarian (Act V) mercenary, which I think is one of the better...

"Colenzo" I like how the Fallen type monsters shout out the names of some of their (presumably) heroes. Warriors mention Rakanishu, while the Shamans go with Bishibosh and Colenzo. Now to my question: did the Shamans call out Colenzo´s name already in Pre-LoD Classic, before Colenzo was in...

How do you avoid running out of hotkeys for certain builds? I´m sometimes having problems deciding what skills to leave out of the hotkeys for certain builds. This happens when I play Barbarians, Martial Arts Assassins and Necromancers. For Example, my Melee/Poisonmancer in the Exposure...

Two Decoy questions Hi there. I read somewhere that Decoys use Dodge and Avoid. I have never seen a Decoy do these things (meaning: the Dodge/Avoid animations) but that does of course not mean that they aren´t happening. Can someone confirm that a Decoy do indeed avoid attacks according to the...