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[2007] Tournament : The Bountyhunter's heaven [by Merlin The Wizzard]
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Well, after noticing silence for a month now, I finally figured it was time to bump the tourney and ask if the participants are still participating.
If not, no problemo, I will simply ask Cattleya or Thyiad to change the tournament listing to tourney ended
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Note to all reading this: This tournament is already over.
I'm only posting this as an update for me and those who participated.
Long time no see
BUT, Shockfosted is now in Act III NM! Yay! Depending on the area I switched between players 3 (no bountymobs in that area) and players 7 (bountymobs in that area).
No spectacular finds:
Blood witch the Wild gave me a Skull and this:
Gale Shell
Tigulated Mail
Defense: 383
Durability: 19 of 19
Required Strength: 76
Required Level: 25
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 48
Fingerprint: 0x4510da56
+34% Enhanced Defense
Poison Resist +8%
17% Faster Hit Recovery
Ethereal (Cannot be Repaired)
My merc can put it to good use
Things are getting tougher now, I guess, esp. since in Act III the only monsters I will be allowed to take items from are those from the High Council...that are a lot of WPs to pass first. I think I'll stay with /p3 till I reach Travincal.
What about jiansonz? Still making progress?
My score:
Normal
Fallen in Act I wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6
Sabre Cats in Act II wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6
High Council in Act III wiped out: +12 (includes SU bonus)
Megademons in Act IV wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +2 +5 = +7
Reanimated Hordes in Act V wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6
39 WPs: +39
27 quests: +27
completed Act I, II, III, IV, V: +15
All quests, all WPs in Act I, II, III, IV, V: +5
SU Bonus (Rakanishu, Blood Witch, Infector of Souls, Pindleskin, Bonesaw Braker, Bartuc the Bloody, Ventor the Unholy down): +14
Normal Total: 137
Nightmare
Fallen in Act I wiped out: +1
Sabre Cats in Act II wiped out: +1
19 WPs: +19
11 quests (imbue still open): +11
completed Act I, II: +6
SU Bonus (Rakanishu, Blood Witch): +4
NM Total: 42
Level 58: -58
Total: +121
Code:[highlight]ALIVE[/highlight] [U]Score Character Class Forum Name Level Act WP[/U] 121 Shockfrosted Paladin Grisu 58 NM A3 Kurast Docks 21 Maryam Assassin jiansonz 31 A3 Kurast Bazaar [highlight]DEAD/RETIRED[/highlight] [U]Score Character Class Forum Name Level Act WP[/U] 76 Mary Assassin jiansonz 49 A1 NM Cold Plains 31 Bobbie_Fett Sorc Butzull 31 A3 Durance II 2 Pasmani Druid Merlin 21 A2 Sewers Lv 2 -6 Lloyd Necromancer Merlin 19 A1 Inner Cloister -7 Tryman Paladin Jaelen 19 A1 Jail Level 1 -7 Floyd Necromancer Merlin 17 A1 Outer Cloister
Code:[highlight]BOUNTY MOBS[/highlight] [U]Character Act I Act II Act III Act IV Act V Boss[/U] Maryam Zombies Vulture Dem Willowisps Vile Mother Siege Beast Andariel Shockfrosted Fallen Sabre Cat Council Megademon Reanimated Mephisto Pasmani Skeleton Bat Demon Giant Mosqu OK Stygian Fury Andariel
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Awesome work Grisu! And good to see an update again. I actually thought about this tourney when contemplating the rules for the emperor's clothes... Imagine my surprise when I see it suddenly appear again on page 1 of the forumAnd that IS a pretty impressive drop, that tigulated mail...
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Note to all reading this: This tournament is already over.
I'm only posting this as an update for me and those who participated (and those who are interested
Here we are again!
Shockfrosted made it to the Pandaemonium Fortress. Yes, that means 6 superunique drops and one boss drop for me to use. Yay! The Council in Travincal proved easier as I assumed - even on players 7. What gave me some NDEs though were those nasty dolls that spawned all over the place in Durance 1. And yeah - of course exactly there occured the phenomenon of the "invisible mercenary" :badteeth:
Anyways, Mephisto himself was easy - unlike the council pack in Durance 3: Lightning+Fire Enchanted and Conviciton Aura...no melee for me there. So I switched to the Bow, had an escape TP opened, let my merc tank for about 5 seconds (hey, sometimes he lasted even 10 seconds!), went back to town for healing. Repeat.
Most of Act 3 I did on players 3, except for Travincal and Durance 3 (players 7), since these were the only places where bounty mobs could spawn for me. (yes, I even did Mephisto on players 7
Anyway, here are my finds:
The gloves from Mephisto would be nice, but currently I'll stay with the others ones I found (see below), since they offer resists and the additional 10% IAS doesn't matter - no weapon I am allowed to use so far would benefit with Zeal from it. Although I might try them for the additional blocking (+15 Dex...around 5% more)Code:[b]Mephisto joker drops[/b] Storm Song Long Sword One-Hand Damage: 16 to 27 Durability: 28 of 44 Required Dexterity: 39 Required Strength: 55 Required Level: 40 Sword Class - Fast Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 59 Fingerprint: 0xafc1acf4 +43% Enhanced Damage +96 to Attack Rating +12 to Minimum Damage Adds 8-45 cold damage over 6 seconds +50 poison damage over 5 seconds 117% Damage to Undead +82 to Attack Rating against Undead Stormguild Large Shield Defense: 53 Chance to Block: 72% Smite Damage: 2 to 4 Durability: 21 of 39 Required Strength: 34 Required Level: 13 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 59 Fingerprint: 0x7fda3e7f +54% Enhanced Defense +30% Increased Chance of Blocking +30 Defense Magic Damage Reduced by 1 Lightning Resist +25% Adds 1-6 lightning damage +15 Maximum Durability Attacker Takes Lightning Damage of 3 Shadow Wrap Plate Mail Defense: 216 Durability: 58 of 60 Required Strength: 65 Required Level: 33 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 59 Fingerprint: 0xe3b3f36a +85% Enhanced Defense Damage Reduced by 6 Fire Resist +8% Attacker Takes Damage of 6 17% Faster Hit Recovery Merciless Maul Two-Hand Damage: 56 to 81 Durability: 80 of 120 Required Strength: 69 Required Level: 24 Mace Class - Slow Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 59 Fingerprint: 0x2f3b4266 +89% Enhanced Damage 150% Damage to Undead Cruel Clutches Heavy Gloves Defense: 5 Durability: 12 of 14 Required Level: 48 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 59 Fingerprint: 0x8f205f2b +15 to Dexterity +19 to Mana 20% Increased Attack Speed Repairs 1 durability in 20 seconds Plate Mail of Light Defense: 172 Durability: 61 of 61 Required Strength: 55 Required Level: 4 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 59 Fingerprint: 0x722889b6 +15 to Attack Rating +1 to Light Radius Ethereal (Cannot be Repaired) [b]bounty mob superuniqe drops[/b] Beryl Giant Conch of Radiance Defense: 115 Durability: 29 of 30 Required Strength: 142 Required Level: 40 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 57 Fingerprint: 0x74e6f763 +30 to Attack Rating Poison Resist +9% +3 to Light Radius Merciless Hatchet One-Hand Damage: 18 to 38 Durability: 15 of 28 Required Dexterity: 25 Required Strength: 25 Required Level: 24 Axe Class - Normal Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 57 Fingerprint: 0xdd0d84c9 +84% Enhanced Damage Composite Bow of Craftmanship Two-Hand Damage: 4 to 9 Required Dexterity: 35 Required Strength: 25 Bow Class - Fast Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 58 Fingerprint: 0x587fcc83 +1 to Maximum Damage Hawkeye Throwing Spear Throw Damage: 12 to 30 One-Hand Damage: 5 to 15 Quantity: 60 Required Dexterity: 65 Required Level: 26 Javelin Class - Fast Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 58 Fingerprint: 0x458b986a +372 to Attack Rating (Based on Character Level) Demonhide Sash of Restoration Defense: 32 Durability: 12 of 12 Required Strength: 20 Required Level: 24 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 58 Fingerprint: 0x3e47e66f Repairs 1 durability in 20 seconds Tal Rune Can be Inserted into Socketed Items Weapons: +75 poison damage over 5 seconds Helms: Poison Resist +30% Armor: Poison Resist +30% Shields: Poison Resist +35% Required Level: 17 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Tir Rune Can be Inserted into Socketed Items Weapons: +2 to Mana After Each Kill Helms: +2 to Mana After Each Kill Armor: +2 to Mana After Each Kill Shields: +2 to Mana After Each Kill Required Level: 13 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Boreal Grand Charm of Greed Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus Required Level: 22 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 58 Fingerprint: 0x6d1f0398 Adds 6-15 cold damage over 1 seconds 34% Extra Gold from Monsters Flawless Amethyst Can be Inserted into Socketed Items Weapons: +100 to Attack Rating Helms: +8 to Strength Armor: +8 to Strength Shields: +24 Defense Required Level: 15 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Soul Hand
Leather Gloves
Defense: 4
Durability: 12 of 12
Required Level: 15
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 24
Fingerprint: 0x4fb8ead6
+1 to Strength
+19% Enhanced Defense
Cold Resist +14%
Poison Resist +6%
10% Increased Attack Speed
Half Freeze Duration
My score:
Normal
Fallen in Act I wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6
Sabre Cats in Act II wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6
High Council in Act III wiped out: +12 (includes SU bonus)
Megademons in Act IV wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +2 +5 = +7
Reanimated Hordes in Act V wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6
39 WPs: +39
27 quests: +27
completed Act I, II, III, IV, V: +15
All quests, all WPs in Act I, II, III, IV, V: +5
SU Bonus (Rakanishu, Blood Witch, Infector of Souls, Pindleskin, Bonesaw Braker, Bartuc the Bloody, Ventor the Unholy down): +14
Normal Total: 137
Nightmare
Fallen in Act I wiped out: +1
Sabre Cats in Act II wiped out: +1
High Council in Act III wiped out: +12 (includes SU bonus)
28 WPs: +28
17 quests (imbue still open): +17
completed Act I, II, III: +9
SU Bonus (Rakanishu, Blood Witch down): +4
NM Total: 72
Level 62: -62
Total: +147
Code:[highlight]ALIVE[/highlight] [U]Score Character Class Forum Name Level Act WP[/U] 147 Shockfrosted Paladin Grisu 62 NM A4 Panda Fortress 21 Maryam Assassin jiansonz 31 A3 Kurast Bazaar [highlight]DEAD/RETIRED[/highlight] [U]Score Character Class Forum Name Level Act WP[/U] 76 Mary Assassin jiansonz 49 A1 NM Cold Plains 31 Bobbie_Fett Sorc Butzull 31 A3 Durance II 2 Pasmani Druid Merlin 21 A2 Sewers Lv 2 -6 Lloyd Necromancer Merlin 19 A1 Inner Cloister -7 Tryman Paladin Jaelen 19 A1 Jail Level 1 -7 Floyd Necromancer Merlin 17 A1 Outer Cloister
Code:[highlight]BOUNTY MOBS[/highlight] [U]Character Act I Act II Act III Act IV Act V Boss[/U] Maryam Zombies Vulture Dem Willowisps Vile Mother Siege Beast Andariel Shockfrosted Fallen Sabre Cat Council Megademon Reanimated Mephisto Pasmani Skeleton Bat Demon Giant Mosqu OK Stygian Fury Andariel
@jiansonz: Good to still you're still in:thumbup:
and as I see it, the SUTC4 tourney is coming to an end the next few weeks - Act IV Hell - nicely done! Good luck for that and hope to see you returning to this one afterwards!
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Note to all reading this: This tournament is already over.
I'm only posting this as an update for me and those who participated (and those who are interested
Ah - Act IV ... I love it
Took some hours to clean all areas till the RoF WP, because my resists were crappy (-5/16/1/50). So I decided to make some nice improvements in the equipment section. As you may remember, Normal Ventar the Unholy dropped a Shael for me, and one of the Council SUs dropped Tal and Tir. So I was hoping for an Um from NM HF, but I "only" got a Pul.
So I made these goodies (Ventor's SU drops at the bottom of this list):
Code:Tal went into this RW: [highlight]Holy Thunder[/highlight] War Scepter 'EthRalOrtTal' One-Hand Damage: 16 to 37 Durability: 70 of 70 Required Strength: 55 Required Level: 24 Mace Class - Fast Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 36 Fingerprint: 0x894efba2 +60% Enhanced Damage +10 to Maximum Damage Lightning Resist +60% +5% to Maximum Lightning Resist Adds 5-30 fire damage Adds 21-110 lightning damage +75 poison damage over 5 seconds +3 to Holy Shock (Paladin Only) -25% Target Defense 150% Damage to Undead Level 7 Chain Lightning (60/60 Charges) Socketed (4: 4 used) Shael into this: [highlight]Rhyme[/highlight] Aerin Shield 'ShaelEth' Defense: 29 Chance to Block: 72% Smite Damage: 4 to 10 Durability: 50 of 50 (Paladin Only) Required Strength: 50 Required Level: 29 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 38 Fingerprint: 0x97989517 +20% Increased Chance of Blocking Regenerate Mana 15% Fire Resist +25% Fire Resist +19% Lightning Resist +25% Lightning Resist +19% Cold Resist +19% Cold Resist +25% Poison Resist +19% Poison Resist +25% 50% Extra Gold from Monsters 25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items 40% Faster Block Rate Cannot Be Frozen Socketed (2: 2 used) Tir I cubed up till Eth and made this for my merc: [highlight]Malice[/highlight] Partizan 'IthElEth' Two-Hand Damage: 45 to 108 Durability: 57 of 65 Required Dexterity: 67 Required Strength: 113 Required Level: 23 Polearm Class - Slow Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 40 Fingerprint: 0xb4616833 +33% Enhanced Damage +50 to Attack Rating +9 to Maximum Damage Drain Life -5 +0 to Light Radius -25% Target Defense Prevent Monster Heal -100 to Monster Defense Per Hit 100% Chance of Open Wounds Socketed (3: 3 used) [SIZE="1"][highlight]Infector's SU drops:[/highlight] War Fork of Slaying Two-Hand Damage: 16 to 46 Durability: 21 of 28 Required Dexterity: 95 Required Strength: 80 Required Level: 25 Spear Class - Fast Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 61 Fingerprint: 0x49624857 +6 to Maximum Damage Havoc Lash Light Belt Defense: 4 Durability: 8 of 8 Required Level: 18 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 61 Fingerprint: 0x9c424c39 +1 to Strength +39 to Life +7 to Mana Cold Resist +7% Ethereal (Cannot be Repaired) [/SIZE]
These items only lead to a small improve in Fire Resistance (21), so Infector of Souls was battled this way.
Compared to the Infector of Souls, Diablo was puppy (84 Lightning Resistance a.k.a. "U can't touch this").
And I like that screenie (shame I can't use that Chu-Ko-Nu)
Now on it goes to Act V - trophymob: Reanimated Hordes.
Code:My score: [highlight]Normal[/highlight] Fallen in Act I wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6 Sabre Cats in Act II wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6 High Council in Act III wiped out: +12 (includes SU bonus) Megademons in Act IV wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +2 +5 = +7 Reanimated Hordes in Act V wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6 39 WPs: +39 27 quests: +27 completed Act I, II, III, IV, V: +15 All quests, all WPs in Act I, II, III, IV, V: +5 SU Bonus (Rakanishu, Blood Witch, Infector of Souls, Pindleskin, Bonesaw Braker, Bartuc the Bloody, Ventor the Unholy down): +14 Normal Total: 137 [highlight]Nightmare[/highlight] Fallen in Act I wiped out: +1 Sabre Cats in Act II wiped out: +1 High Council in Act III wiped out: +12 (includes SU bonus) Megademons in Act IV wiped out: +2 31 WPs: +31 20 quests (imbue still open): +20 completed Act I, II, III, IV: +12 SU Bonus (Rakanishu, Blood Witch, Infector of Souls down): +6 NM Total: 85 Level 66: -66 [highlight]Total: +156[/highlight]
Code:[highlight]ALIVE[/highlight] [U]Score Character Class Forum Name Level Act WP[/U] 156 Shockfrosted Paladin Grisu 66 NM A5 Harrogath 21 Maryam Assassin jiansonz 31 A3 Kurast Bazaar [highlight]DEAD/RETIRED[/highlight] [U]Score Character Class Forum Name Level Act WP[/U] 76 Mary Assassin jiansonz 49 A1 NM Cold Plains 31 Bobbie_Fett Sorc Butzull 31 A3 Durance II 2 Pasmani Druid Merlin 21 A2 Sewers Lv 2 -6 Lloyd Necromancer Merlin 19 A1 Inner Cloister -7 Tryman Paladin Jaelen 19 A1 Jail Level 1 -7 Floyd Necromancer Merlin 17 A1 Outer Cloister
Code:[highlight]BOUNTY MOBS[/highlight] [U]Character Act I Act II Act III Act IV Act V Boss[/U] Maryam Zombies Vulture Dem Willowisps Vile Mother Siege Beast Andariel Shockfrosted Fallen Sabre Cat Council Megademon Reanimated Mephisto Pasmani Skeleton Bat Demon Giant Mosqu OK Stygian Fury Andariel
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Disaster in the Durance! Maryam got stuck (literally) in a situation she had NO business in. Merc fighting Dolls, with one of my Meteors and several of surrounding Dark Lords´Meteors coming down on the very spot I was standing in. So I knew I had to take some Doll explosions. I panicked and drank 5/6 of my stock of full rejuves. Overkill by far. This drinking reflex sure is bad for my ambitions of stocking up on purples... Thankfully, I had some regular-sized gems in my stash. I used up Emeralds to cube three full purples. Gotta have at least one column of them.
Otherwise, the fighting in the Durance was not hard and me clearing out the monsters took less than half the time than normal (because I was at full gold carrying capacity and had a good stock of potions, so drops were meaningless).
Then came the fight with Mephisto, my nemesis in two SPF tournies (granted, those were the Hell version). After a short skirmish where Mizan died, I used the moat trick. Spending 8 full blues and a couple of minutes, I got Mephy almost down to half life with Crushflange-BFing.
As you may know, Maryam uses an Ancient´s Pledge Large Shield. This means the base shield blocking is bad. I decided early that I would be better off pumping vitality like crazy instead of trying to maintain a high block percentage. I thought my 915 life, maxed PS (with maxed fire synergy) and a merc with HF aura would make the fight easy. I was dead wrong.
These three things in combination were bad news for Maryam:
* 20% blocking
* My unwillingness to drink rejuves because I have so few
* No Life Tap, meaning the merc could only take a few hits even if I gave him red potions like there was no tomorrow. Which meant that Maryam often had to step in and take some serious damage (Mephisto hit with 80% of the attacks, you know)
Three NDEs, and about 250k spent on merc resurrections and potions, but I did make it. Yay!
I seriously need the personalization quest now, so I can give my rare Balanced Knives with Life Tap charges SU-status (and thereby, be allowed to use them). Life Tap, plus a MAJOR weapon upgrade for the merc is the hope I cling to for future big fights. Maryam won´t be able to tank much, not even if she reaches 1200 life. I can probably take down NM Diablo with some fancy footwork, but the fights with Ancients and Baal (even here in NM) scare me.
And Maryam has another serious problem. Neglecting DEX has made her attack rating really bad. About 1200 with PS, and a meager 496 with Attack. Maybe I should start using Dragon Flight from post-blank range to release charges? (it has the biggest AR bonus of my kicks)
Oh well, I am still alive and that´s what counts.
Destroyer Maryam the PS Assassin and Mizan the HF Guard, level 64, NM Outer Steppes next
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Good progress for Maryam. She is about to go up against NM Ancients.
Act 4 was not bad, bountymob-wise. Spawners on Outer Steppes, then Plains of Despair was more like Plains of Hope for Maryam, with both spawners and willowisps. Several gems she could collect dropped here. She also found a Nef rune, and I could finally craft her +2 DEX gloves into something better:
Fiend Fist
Heavy Gloves
Defense: 11
Durability: 3 of 14
Required Level: 42
+20 to Life
+61% Enhanced Defense
4% Life stolen per hit
10% Chance of Crushing Blow
Well, that was rather disappointing, but at least it was a little improvement.
I took down (/p1) Diablo with Crushflange-BF.
Act 5 has been some lean times. I knew it was probably going to be (no zombies can spawn anywhere, as far as I know) but I think it was bad luck seeing no Crush Beasts other than Thresh Socket. Except him, the only bountymob monsters I have fought are vultures on Frozen Tundra.
(btw, Thresh dropped two useless rare weapons. That´s OK, I have SU/wildcard items in all those slots already. Good thing he did not drop a useless 2-row belt or something like that!)
I found a Gem Shrine somewhere in Nilly´s areas, and I decided to upgrade an amethyst and try to do something about the bad Attack Rating. The rare sword has had an empty socket for far too long...
Hmm, at least it´s original.
"Would not an Eth rune have been better?", you might ask. Sure, I would gladly use that, if I had one!
Nihlathak has been defeated, and Maryam can now use those rare Balanced Knives with Life Tap charges (because personalized items get wildcard status). I hope that will help the merc tank the Ancients long enough for Crushflange´s CB to work them down. At least enough so I can fight them without needing rejuves (or very few).
Claws of Thunder is now at level 17. If I survive until Hell, I will max it (first time I´ve done that).
Destroyer Maryam the PS Assassin and Mizan the HF Guard, level 72, NM Arreat Summit next
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Maryam is now a Conqueror!
For some reason, I was lucky enough to separate the Ancients with simple running almost right away. Talic was first up. No problems for Mizan to tank when he had Life Tap to help him. Then the Teleporting Madawc had no chance either. Finally, FE Korlic was also not hard for Mizan to tank with LT help. Blade Fury with Crushflange ruled on the Summit.
My WSK draws were not too tough. The second level had willowisps, and I could collect some amulets (all crap, though) and a sweet Amber charm.
Baal also got the BF/CB treatment.
In the cow level, I lost two full rejuves. One out of necessity (Maryam was almost surrounded, and got severely beat on when she tried to flee) and one because I clicked the '4' button by mistake.
In Hell, I will wear my MF items only when I fight in areas with trophymob monsters (and only when I think it´s reasonably safe). The resist penalty in Hell made me create a customized resist armor (see below). What I ask of Corpsefire and Dark Elder is to not drop an armor, because then I can not wear the armor I just made! (I do have a couple of gems from NM Andariel (Emerald, chipped ruby/diamond) that I could use to create a customized wildcard armor to use instead, but since I only have a 2s armor available, that would be much worse than what I wear now...)
Status Report at the start of Hell:
STR 60+4, DEX 96+1, VIT 284, ENE 25,
Life: 1084
Mana: 142
Blocking: 20%
Resists (fire/cold/lightning/poison)
With BoS: 23/-37/21/12
With Fade: 65/5/63/54
Skills:
20 Phoenix Strike
20 Fists of Fire
20 Claws of Thunder
5 Fade
1 in all Dragon kicks, Burst of Speed, Venom, Blade Fury, Cloak of Shadows, Mind Blast, prerequisites
Primary Gear:
* Skull Cap of Radiance (+30 AR; SU (NM Dark Elder))
* Tangerine (7) Amulet (trophymob)
* Rare Long Sword, reward-socketed with a PAmethyst: 10% IAS, 5% life steal, +179 AR in total, Resist Fire 8, self-repair)
* Gemmed Ghost Armor 'RalOrt' (Trophymob, runes from Qual-Kehk)
* 'Ancients´Pledge' Large Shield (Trophymob, runes from Qual-Kehk)
* Fiend Fist (crafted Heavy Gloves): +20 life, 4% life steal, 10% Crushing Blow (magical gloves is a Wildcard item (Andariel), then crafted)
* Steel (57) Ring of Thawing (Trophymob)
* rare Plated Belt (+34 life, +6 mana; non-magical belt from trophymob, then imbued)
* Tangerine (5) Ring (Trophymob)
* rare Chain Boots (30% Faster Run, 10% FHR, Resist Fire 17, Resist Poison 33; non-magical boots from trophymob, then imbued)
weapon switch:
* Maryam´s Plague Thirst (rare Balanced Knives with Life Tap charges; SU status because of Personalization)
* Spiked Shield of Balance (Trophymob)
* Small Charm of Greed (8)
* Jade (11) Large Charm of Strength (4)
* Stout Large Charm of Anthrax
* Small Charm of Dexterity (1)
* Small Charm of Balance
* Amber (11) Small Charm
(the last one was a nice find from Black Souls in the WSK, but this charm collection is still pathetic!)
Extra tools for different situations:
* Maryam´s Crushflange (SU status because of Personalization)
* Gemmed ring Mail with Topaz x2 and chipped topaz (Trophymob)
* Gemmed Helm with a flawless topaz and a chipped topaz (Wildcard; bought from Gheed, large gem originally from Andariel)
* Fortuitous (12) Amulet (trophymob)
* Cobalt (21) Ring (trophymob)
* My collection of socketables. The jewel has 7% fire resist and +4 max damage. If I can find a gem shrine and upgrade that amethyst to perfect, I will probably use it up to craft my magical Sharkskin Belt, hoping to get some nice resists. I have a second chance for the belt slot, too - an imbuable Demonhide Sash.
Mizan the HF Guard
* Stealskull unique Casque, reward-socketed with a PTopaz (71% MF); wildcard
* rare Partizan (63-140 damage, +49 AR, 9-11 fire damage, 1-4 cold damage, 12/3 poison damage; wildcard)
* Rare Leather Armor; +1 life, +3 mana, attacker takes 1 damage, self-repair (SU; Corpsefire)
Scoring:
Points scored in Normal earlier (not counting the penalty for her character level): 128
Exterminations in NM:
Act 1
Zombies wiped out: +1
Act 2
Zombies wiped out: +3
Vultures wiped out: +1
Act 3
Zombies wiped out: +3
Vultures wiped out: +2
Willowisps wiped out: +3
Act 4
Willowisps wiped out: +3
Vile mothers wiped out: +2
Act 5
Siege Beasts wiped out: +3
Vultures wiped out: +3
Willowisps wiped out: +3
Act rarity bonuses:
Vile Mothers and Siege Beasts in a single act each: +2*5
39 WPs: +39
27 quests: +27
Completed Act I, II, III, IV, V: +15
All quests, all WPs in Act I, II, III, IV, V: +5
SU Bonus (Corpsefire, Dark Elder, Thresh Socket): +6
Level 75: -75
Total: +182
Conqueror Maryam the Phoenix Striker and Mizan the HF Guard, level 75, Hell Bloor Moor next.
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Woohoo, jiansonz, nice work there. Very well written - I always enjoy your updates
Seems you outran me...but I am catching up! Yay!
That's right! Shockfrosted made Conqueror!
Act V was quite a surprise this time. Last time, I had no trophy mobs whatsoever, this time there appeared Fallens, Megademons and Sabre Cats...not that they dropped anything useful, mind you.
That doesn't mean that I only had bad drops. For example, I had this unique Ancient Shield drop, and this unique Gothic Bow, and that unique Skull Cap, a unique Francisca, a set Grand Crown, a set Basinet (ah, that would have been awesome...), a Lum rune and a Skin of the Vipermagi.
Too bad I am not allowed to use any of these...BUT, these things made up what I am missing in those finds above:
Found another set Grand Crown from a Reanimated Horde which I used for some time, but switched for something else I imbued and socketed with the socket quest:
Shockfrosted's Grim Hood
Circlet
Defense: 21
Durability: 35 of 35
Required Level: 63
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 78
Fingerprint: 0xb2aa0efd
+26 to Strength
+2 to Life
+69 to Attack Rating
All Resistances +14
+1 to Paladin Skill Levels
Level 4 Ice Blast (30/30 Charges)
Socketed (1: 0 used)
Not sure what to socket in it...of course, I have the Scintillating Jewel of Hope with +20 Life and +14 Resist All, but that's a bit too good to "waste" it on that item...maybe a Ral rune or something for more resists...
All in all, Act V did take quite some time. Wide areas, lot of annoying monsters (those pesky gremlins...) for melee characters...well, what else? The Ancients were a piece of cake - 2 spawned with Spectral Hit, 1 was Cold enchanted (CBF from Rhyme came in handy
What was annyoing like hell were those spitter critter in Nihlatak's temple and the Glacial Trail (or Crystalline Passage? I don't remember...). How are they called? Spike Fiend or something like that? Even with Iratha's Collar, which I did use back then, it was a pain in the you-know-where.
I had one NDE in the Drifter Cavern, when I was attacked by Tainteds and Dolls and my keyboard didn't react anymore...I thought "wait...I took a potion, why had it no effect"...pressed "1" again...still no effect, tried to hit Esc to see what was wrong...nothing. Panicked, I hit Esc on my laptop keyboard rather than on the external keyboard and - voilà - there was the Esc screen. Life was somewhere below-what's-good-for-HC-play, so I tried some things until my keyboard worked again and resumed game while immediately gulpin a Rejuv...survived the situation, but it was a close call.
Nihlatak wasn't as bad as I assumed - he had only around 10 spawns in his room, so once I had most of them lured out, I simply went in and went directly for Nihlatak, who didn't last long, while my merc took the CE blasts
What was actually pretty nasty in the throne room was the 2nd wave. I lured all the skellies outside the throne room so that they couldn't be revived and then went in for the Mummies. Unfortunately, they were extra strong and my merc kept dying and dying, and without him my AR wasn't too good...lots of money lost here.
Baal's minions were taken one by one, no problem here. Baal himself took some minutes on /p7, but I never came into trouble.
More to follow! Have to leave now...
I used your listing, jiansonz - so thanks
My current stats @ level 74, beginning of Hell:
STR 99+4, DEX 129+2, VIT 217, ENE 15,
Life: 899
Mana: 133
Blocking: 75% with Holy Shield
AR: 1183/3668 (without/with BA merc)
Damage with Holy Shock: 152-3787, pulse 1-576
Damage with Holy Freeze: 618-810, pulse 93-95, slow 54%
Resists (fire/cold/lightning/poison)
47/53/87/8
Skills:
20 Holy Shock
20 Holy Freeze
15 Resist Lightning
8 Resist Cold
2 Salvation
5 Holy Shield
4 Zeal
1 in each prereq (Sacrifice, Holy Bolt, Smite, Charge, Blessed Hammer, Might, Holy Fire)
Primary Gear:
* Above posted circlet (imbued normal circlet, then personalised and socketed it - nonetheless no SU drop for headgear so far)
* Rare Linked Mail: Dmg Red 5, Mag Dmg Red 3, Fire Resist +15%, Lightning Resist +17%, +2 DEX (NM drop from Pindle)
* Holy Thunder War Scepter (made from NM Council SU dropped Tal Rune and throphymob runes/ruen reward act V in trophymob War Scepter)
* Rhyme Aerin Shield (made from Ventor's Shael (SU drop) with trophymob Eth in trophymob Aerin Shield)
* Crafted Blood Belt: 6% OW, 3% LS, 17% FHR, Resist Fire +22%, +17 Life, +2 STR (crafted from magical belt dropped by SU with trophymob ingredients)
* Goblin Toe (personalised trophymob drop)
* Rare Gloves: 10% IAS, Resist Cold +14%, Resist Posion +6%, +1 STR (trophymob drop, no SU drop so far)
* Cubed Cobalt Ring: +30% Cold Res, +9% MF (made from trophymob drops)
* Rare Ring: +17 Life, +80 AR, Res Lightning +13%, Res Poison +7%, Posion Dur -25% (from trophymob, no SU ring drops so far)
* crafted Caster Amulet: Resist Fire +25%, al other Res +17%, +12 Mana, Regenerate Mana 6%, 9% FCR, +1 AMA skills (crafted from regular trophymob drops - the only crafted amulet for which I had the required rune, no SU ammy drop so far)
weapon switch:
* Steel Short Battle Bow of Excellence
Charms:
* Tangerine (5) Small Charm of Sustenance (13)
* Russet (7) Small Charm of Life (9)
* Lapis (7) Small Charm
* Lapis (7) Small Charm of Greed (5)
* Rugged (4) Small Charm of Frost (1-2 over 1 sec)
* Large Charm of Life (13)
* Snowy Large Charm of the Icicle (4-8 Cold Damge over 2 sec in total)
* Grand Charm of Inertia
* Boreal (6-15 over 1 sec) Grand Charm of Greed (34)
Merc (Act II BA):
* Beryl Giant Conch of Radiance: +9% Res Poison, +30 AR, +3 LR (council SU drop)
* Rare eth Tigulated Mail: 17% FHR, Res Posion +8%, Def 383 (SU drop Act 2 NM)
* Malice Partizan (SU Council Tir drop cubed to Eth and then made in trophymob Partizan)
Code:My score: [highlight]Normal[/highlight] Fallen in Act I wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6 Sabre Cats in Act II wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6 High Council in Act III wiped out: +12 (includes SU bonus) Megademons in Act IV wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +2 +5 = +7 Reanimated Hordes in Act V wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6 39 WPs: +39 27 quests: +27 completed Act I, II, III, IV, V: +15 All quests, all WPs in Act I, II, III, IV, V: +5 SU Bonus (Rakanishu, Blood Witch, Infector of Souls, Pindleskin, Bonesaw Braker, Bartuc the Bloody, Ventor the Unholy down): +14 Normal Total: 137 [highlight]Nightmare[/highlight] Fallen in Act I (C) and Act V (R) wiped out + appeared in only 2 Acts: +1 +3 +2 = +6 Sabre Cats in Act II (C) and Act V (R) wiped out + appeared in only 2 Acts: +1 +3 +2 = +6 High Council in Act III wiped out: +12 (includes SU bonus) Megademons in Act IV (U) and Act V (R) wiped out + appeared only in 2 Acts: +2 +3 +2 = +7 Reanimated Hordes in Act V wiped out + appeared only in 1 Act: +1 +5 = +6 39 WPs: +39 27 quests: +27 completed Act I, II, III, IV, V: +15 All quests, all WPs in Act I, II, III, IV, V: +5 SU Bonus (Rakanishu, Blood Witch, Infector of Souls, Pindleskin, Bonesaw Braker, Bartuc the Bloody, Ventor the Unholy down): +14 NM Total: 137 [highlight]Hell[/highlight] 1 WP: +1 Level 74: -74 [highlight]Total: +201[/highlight]
Code:[highlight]ALIVE[/highlight] [U]Score Character Class Forum Name Level Act WP[/U] 201 Shockfrosted Paladin Grisu 74 H A1 Rogue Camp 182 Maryam Assassin jiansonz 75 H A1 Rogue Camp [highlight]DEAD/RETIRED[/highlight] [U]Score Character Class Forum Name Level Act WP[/U] 76 Mary Assassin jiansonz 49 A1 NM Cold Plains 31 Bobbie_Fett Sorc Butzull 31 A3 Durance II 2 Pasmani Druid Merlin 21 A2 Sewers Lv 2 -6 Lloyd Necromancer Merlin 19 A1 Inner Cloister -7 Tryman Paladin Jaelen 19 A1 Jail Level 1 -7 Floyd Necromancer Merlin 17 A1 Outer Cloister
Code:[highlight]BOUNTY MOBS[/highlight] [U]Character Act I Act II Act III Act IV Act V Boss[/U] Maryam Zombies Vulture Dem Willowisps Vile Mother Siege Beast Andariel Shockfrosted Fallen Sabre Cat Council Megademon Reanimated Mephisto Pasmani Skeleton Bat Demon Giant Mosqu OK Stygian Fury Andariel
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Re: Tournament : The Bountyhunter's heaven
Wow, Hell sounds promising
Haven't thought about the crowd control skills, but yeah - come to think of it: it would have been a good idea, esp. in the Cow level. That one was driving me nuts:crazyeyes: Took around 3 hours to clear the whole level.
But yeah, I think pumping Conversion now is a little bit late (fisrt 1pt in Vengeance, then Conversion...I think I only get about 12 skill points max till Baal (if I get so far...). Smite might be a good idea actually, although it's a shame that Holy Shock doesn't apply to Smite. But you might just have given me another idea to go with this build...you know, up till now, my crowd control was: progress only a few steps, spot monsters, turn around on your heels and run away, fight them one by one (or 1 on 2 till a maximum of 1 on 4 depending on monster...).
About the gear: I was relly lucky when it came to imbuing and crafting, as well as to Rune drops and the necessary jewel/gem drops. Turned out that Fallens in Act I are really common, and reanimated Hordes are superb - you can kill the twice or even thrice sometimes, increasing your experience and item drops even more. So now that I've wasted around 4 jewels and PGems for crafting, I really am out of ammunition, so to say. I can cube some more PGems if required, but only have a Jewel of Envy and that tremendous +20 Life/+14 Resist All jewel left...don't want to cube those
Is CoS and Mind Blast enough for your crowd control? I thought about making a Nadir Helm for the CoS charges, but really don't know if I would be able to use it (is a personalised item counted as a "wildcard" or as a "SU drop" - meaning: do I have to equip it or am I allowed to equip it?)
What about your AR? You said it's hard to hit bosses...I didn't dare to switch mercs because of it...would you rather have a BA merc now or do you prefer your HF one?
About the merc thingy: yeah, I will have to try to keep him alive, too. The Malice on him is incredible, esp. vs. bosses/SUs. Also, as already mentioned, my chance to hit somehow sucks without him
Well, good luck and don't expect me to be too competitive - the next 4 weeks I will have enough to handle in RL. But I'll try my best!
EDIT: Speaking of dumb luck... unfortunately it came from a corpse and not a Fallen
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