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[2007] Tournament : The Bountyhunter's heaven [by Merlin The Wizzard]
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Nice pin!
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Finally Shockfrosted defeated Andariel. Andariel herself was easy, but those Tainteds in the Catacombs made life hard, even with 89% Lightning Resistance…there were other nasty boss packs, too, like CI LI ones (1, , 2, , 3), Extra Strong extra fast Fana ones , LE Conviction Bosses.
But thanks to Smite and Malice weapon on my merc they all went down eventually…
Oh, got some nice drops on my way, too: There was this nice unique Thresher in the Mausoleum …unfortunately not from a bounty mob. Then a Thul Rune from a Fallen (usable – yay!), Set Heavy Bracers (not usable), this amulet , which turned out to be this one :shocked:…not usable for me, of course
Oh, and almost…
Well, anyways, I’m now level 79 and imbued some nice pair of gloves at Charsi’s:
Stone Hold
Bramble Mitts
Defense: 82
Durability: 9 of 12
Required Strength: 50
Required Level: 42
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 83
Fingerprint: 0x196469bb
+31% Enhanced Defense
+12 to Attack Rating
Fire Resist +7%
22% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
+5 to Light Radius
20% Increased Attack Speed
5% Bonus to Attack Rating
Could prove useful
Well, on it goes to Act II Hell…that’ll take some time…those tombs…
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Got some time to make some progress with my Shockfroster...no good screenies though, since situations were a bit ... dangerous sometimes. Esp. those Hollow Ones (LI) with their skeletons (CI). Fortunately I managed to kill those skeletons a bit faster than the Hollow Ones revived them, so I got to land some blows on the Mummies till I again faced 4 to 5 skeletons, which I had to bring down again, and then hit the mummy another few times.
Smite worked perfectly in those situations, when there was only one Mummy. But if there were more...well, I was quite thankful for the Malice weapon on my merc, although keeping him alive proved to be a quest of its own
Esp. this stair trap cost me about 40 minutes to overcome...
There were a few bounty mobs on my way, but not too much. Blood Witch the Wild decided to drop only weapons again, so I now have an even bigger supply of weapons to choose from...most of them crap *cough*
Here are her drops from Hell mode:
Grim Scratch
Zweihander
One-Hand Damage: 42 to 63
Two-Hand Damage: 60 to 97
Durability: 50 of 50
Required Dexterity: 94
Required Strength: 125
Required Level: 30
Sword Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0xa55c74ba
+80% Enhanced Damage
+314 to Attack Rating
+8 to Minimum Damage
Adds 1-4 cold damage over 3 seconds
Repairs 1 durability in 33 seconds
Maiden Javelin of Vileness
Throw Damage: 6 to 22
One-Hand Damage: 8 to 14
Quantity: 78
(Amazon Only)
Required Dexterity: 47
Required Strength: 33
Required Level: 17
Javelin Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 85
Fingerprint: 0x7dfe8d24
Prevent Monster Heal
+2 to Javelin and Spear Skills (Amazon Only)
Some time after the Halls of the Dead I remembered that I forgot to clear 2 rooms on level 1, so I went back there and good that I did.
Now I think I will be switching from /p3 to /p1...it was really tedious sometimes till monsters went down...
Conqueror Shockrosted the Teslafroster and Jemali, the BA Town Guard, level 81, Hell Palace next.
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Big congrats to Grisu and his Shockfroster for making it all the way to Jerhyn´s Palace!
Why so much cheering? Well, he´s the leader at the moment, and will (unfortunatly for me) stay that way unless someone starts a new character and is very succesful.
Maryam had a relatively easy time in the Far Oasis, but very tough in the Maggot Lair. There were bosses against whom merc resurrections would be futile. In fact, I am proud that Maryam could actually kill Foul Maggot (great name - it really was a foul maggot!) and survive it. Fade is great sometimes.
Coldworm was Cursed, which was very bad news for us. Especially for Mizan. I could soon shelve the Life Tap plans I had for keeping him alive. Amped damage en masse was just too much for him. As I have said many times before, I am constantly withdrawing gold from my account. He died a few more times, and I decided to try without him.
Maryam tried her best - she really did. I´ve had trouble here with previous Phoenix Strikers as well, but more than once, Death Sentry has given me an extra edge to win. That skill is of course banned in this tourney. I seemed to make progress now and then, spreading huge flame carpets and lightning storms while keeping most of the room blinded or Mind Blasted, etc. But the Amp was tough for Maryam. Coldworm´s poison aura made sure Amp was active pretty much all the time. (With a merc, it is possible to avoid the poison aura if you do not enter the room yourself for quite a while, but I had no such luxury). Maryam´s blocking sucks, and sometimes big bites were very scary. Many healing (and mana) potions were shopped and used. I took bigger and bigger risks in order to progress. Several NDEs where I still did not use purples, because I figured I could back off and rely on reds. It only worked so many times, until...oops.
I can´t say I am disappointed. I understood the risks I was taking, and I was willing to take them, in desperation of otherwise facing a defeat by Coldworm. I know I could have started a new game, plowed through the Lair again and hoped for easier Coldworm abilities, or maybe dashed in and picked up the Staff without fighting or something, but that´s not how I play. I play 'do or die', and this time the big worm and her army had me beaten. Simple as that.
Big thanks to Merlin for coming up with the idea and hosting the tournament! :yes:
It is possible that I try once more. Yes, with a PS assassin! Maybe that time, I´ll get a good bow from a bounty-SU so I can have a rogue merc. Because I know I could have won vs. this Coldworm with a rogue merc if she had a decent bow.
Conqueror Maryam the Phoenix Striker and Mizan the HF Guard, level 79, slain by Coldworm´s Breeding Chamber. R.I.P.
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:shocked: That are a lot of maggots :shocked:jiansonz said:
I'm really sorry to hear about your deeds! I have to say - if it wasn't for you and your iron will to carry on some weeks (or already months??) back, I probably wouldn't have picked Shockfrosted up again.
Huge congrats though for making it that far! Your progress reports were always not only fun but quite inormative, too, and I learned a lot about playing more safe by your tournament posts! I think a big "Thank you!" ist due
One of the main reasons I didn't die yet to all those Beetles is my lightning resistance of 90%...that Holy Thunder RW really is awesome. I can't imagine how you managed to survive all those beetles and LE bosses with probably less lightning resistance...
About the gold: I was lucky to roll Fallens as Act I bounty mob - there are myriads of them and so I managed to build up some wealth...but I'm afraid, that this pile of gold will disappear very fast in Act III (bountymob Council
Anyways, congrats to you for making it that far and thank you for being a great competitor, from whom so much is still to learn!
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I was curious to test Coldworm's spawning abilities, because I frequently take risks to quickly infiltrate her burrow, often with teleport charges. So I did a little experiment. I fired up my No-Vit Blizz sorc. Her merc is defensive-oriented, a true tanking merc with HF aura and 55 PDR. (His weapon ain't bad either, an upped Amned Kelpie, 700-1800 damage.) Ideal setup for safe and slow maggot extermination. I teleported to the Maggot Lair (p1, Hell) and quickly found my way to the breeding chamber. I placed the merc right at the entrance, close enough to Coldworm to piss her off. Emilio hacked away steadily as she spawned maggots, which quickly laid eggs. Within ~6 minutes they were all dead. I made sure to teleport around the chamber to pick off any wandering adults. Coldworm stopped spawning. I also noted that she stopped attacking early during the test. After Cursing us immediately with her proximity poison attack, she did not strike again.
I let her live, portaled to town, and killed a couple minutes gambling. When I returned to Coldworm, she did not spawn any new maggots. I left again and this time I wasted more time gambling for several minutes. The extra time did indeed reset her behavior. She spawned adults immediately, two at a time. I tele'd to the chamber entrance and let Emilio start over. As before, 6 minutes later, they were all dead. I did a quick Eldritch run, and this also reset Coldworm. Another 6 minutes, all maggots dead again, and I was convinced the spawn count was identical, although I never did count them exactly. All three visits showed the same pattern, an early Cursing attack from Coldworm, and then nothing at all. This time I let Emilio kill her, which triggered her usual proximity strike poisoning death-nova.
I can see how this approach would be maddening for a low-damage restricted build, especially above p1. Coldworm's regen is certainly formidable.
This little test was especially amusing for me, because during my brief Eldritch run, he dropped this. A grand reward!
1 run = 1 awesome EU. I will quit while I'm ahead.
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Very nice research Wayne that is interesting regarding Coldworm's spawning abilities
I must take this into consideration....if i ever make it to Hell Act 2
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Good progress there, jiansonz!
Shockfrosted meanwhile moved to Act III Hell. Shortly before reaching Duriel (I went for him first and then cleared the other tombs) I reached level 82. Duriel himself was smitten till not much of his health was left, and thanks to 100% OW and PMH from my merc (Malice) he finally went down presenting a typical Duriel drop.
In the other tombs I encountered some yucky bosses - fortunately the name was worse than the mods.
Now I'm off into the Jungle - the first trophy mob will be in Travincal though. Ah well, I hope I don't encounter Convicition aura Gloams on my way there
Conqueror Shockrosted the Teslafroster and Jemali, the BA Town Guard, level 82, Hell Spider Forest next.
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Act III has been very interesting so far. I lucked out and drew Gloams both in Great Marsh and in one floor of Swampy Pit. Their 4x drop rate for misc_good items showed and I could add some gems to the collection, plus a charm and some jewelry.
Sarina dropped magical Chain Boots and Long Battle Bow. Now I had two SU status weapons, both bows. So the only way I could keep a weapon for my Prayer merc was to equip both bows myself. So there was no elemental MA skills avilable for a while. Good thing I´ve taken a point in Venom, so Mavi could still do some damage. She preferred to use Blade Fury instead of Attack, both because the rate of fire is higher and that arrows cost money...
Merc used a Scythe for a while (dropped by bats in Swampy Pit) and then, for a very short (and glorious) time, a Poleaxe dropped by a bat minion in the Sewers. Then Icehawk Riftwing showed up gave me two rare weapons, and I suddenly had to make a decision: go with a weaponless Prayer merc or switch mercs. I chose the latter. None of my SU status bows are any good, so I hired a cold mage instead.
Mavi is now back to tanking duty. I added the 5 points from the Lam Esen quest to STR, taking it to 48, just enough for my best armor. Since Mavi does not yet have a SU status Claw, Fists of Fire can not be used now. But my level 2 PS (with good fire synegy) can. The two of us cleared out the rest of Sewers. Quite easy, except for one boss. For being Normal difficulty, our battle against the Holy Freeze Horadrim Ancient boss was almost epic.
Current Junk:
(my last report had errors; I have not yet found any 2s armors)
* Rare Skull Cap with a little lightning + cold resistance
* Amulet of Greed (SU status)
* rare Throwing Axe with a little AR bonus (extra so vs. undead) and 21/4 poison damage
* Superior Chain Mail (87 def.) (in bountymob areas, I use a 1s Leather Armor with chipped topaz instead)
* Small Shield (I can borrow ethereal Large Shield from the merc for tough fights)
* Heavy Gloves
* Ring of the Leech (4%)
* Light Belt
* Ring of Warding (MD reduced by 1)
* magical Chain Boots (useless ability I don´t remember ; SU status)
Weapon switch
* Crappy magical Long Battle Bow (SU status)
* Large Charm with +2 STR
Merc:
* Crimson Skull Cap
* ethereal rare Scimitar (just a little bonus AR and damage; SU status; Mavi can borrow it for tough fights - the base speed of a Scimitar is nice)
* 1s Leather Armor
* ethereal Large Shield
Mavi the Phoenix Strike Assassin and Phaet the Cold Iron Wolf, level 31, Upper Kurast next
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Nice to see updates from you, jiansonz!
Meanwhile, Shockrosted has beaten Mephisto. Take a deep breath, this is going to be a long story *g*
The journey started off with this boss - mark the aura, till I reached Kurast I will have had enough of them. Of course, there were other bosses, too, but not necessarily nicer ones. Also this combination appeared on 2/3 of all bosses, I guess: CI, LI. Yuck :yuck:
The Kurast Dungeons held only one stair trap, which wasn't dangerous at all due to 90% Lightning Resistance
After clearing the whole Jungle and entire Kurast, finally my trophy mob appeared: The first Council Member. He left me this. Then another, who dropped this (not useful at all). Then the 3rd, who dropped these - my first "must use" gloves, which are ethereal...
What's that cloud? Oh, I see - It's Mephisto's door bell.
This was only one of 4 nasty Boss dolls on level 1. How I survived, I do not know. But I did. Found IK Stone Crusher from a chest - of course I'm not allowed to use that one. Oh, that boss almost killed me on his death due to CE. I had around 10 HPs left, I guess...
So I started clearing level 2, and there were a lot of Vampire bosses, the nastiest being LE CE Extra Strong, followed by LE Extra Strong and an aura I don't remember. I cursed when a boss dropped me an unique Thresher in the Durance level 2 - not usable, since the only drops I can use from Act III monsters are those from the Council Members. So down I went to level 3.
Then again some trophy mobs: Here's Council SU #4, offering this drop (again, not very useful). I have no screenie of #5, since there were some Champion Vampires nearby and I was in a hurry to defeat them all. Member #6 on the other hand was somehow unpleasant due to HF aura, but once I knocked him against the pillar and kept on smiting he was done (thanks to Malice weapon from my merc).
Mephisto himself was quite easy. First, some Smite to trigger CB from my Goblin Toe boots, then Zeal+Holy Shock until he rewarded me with this really really awesome drop :jig: More on it in a minute. But first: "GO GO GO" to Panda Fortress
Well, first, here are my drops from the Council SUs:
Code:[highlight]Garnet Trellised Armor of Thorns[/highlight] Defense: 138 Durability: 54 of 64 Required Strength: 61 Required Level: 25 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 85 Fingerprint: 0x6179687d Fire Resist +25% Attacker Takes Damage of 3 [highlight]Emerald Elder Staff of Readiness[/highlight] Two-Hand Damage: 80 to 93 Durability: 31 of 35 Required Dexterity: 37 Required Strength: 44 Required Level: 55 Staff Class - Fast Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 85 Fingerprint: 0xa46cc407 Poison Resist +38% 10% Increased Attack Speed +2 to Frozen Orb (Sorceress Only) 150% Damage to Undead [highlight]Viridian Bramble Mitts[/highlight] Defense: 91 Durability: 7 of 7 Required Strength: 40 Required Level: 42 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 85 Fingerprint: 0x6266ac7e Poison Resist +11% Ethereal (Cannot be Repaired) [highlight]Decapitator of Readiness[/highlight] Two-Hand Damage: 49 to 137 Durability: 30 of 40 Required Dexterity: 33 Required Strength: 189 Required Level: 54 Axe Class - Normal Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 86 Fingerprint: 0x863b3e64 10% Increased Attack Speed [highlight]Greater Claws of Blight[/highlight] One-Hand Damage: 18 to 37 Durability: 29 of 52 (Assassin Only) Required Dexterity: 76 Required Strength: 76 Required Level: 33 Claw Class - Fast Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 86 Fingerprint: 0x7620ad8d +7 poison damage over 3 seconds +1 to Mind Blast (Assassin Only) +3 to Venom (Assassin Only) +1 to Claws of Thunder (Assassin Only) [highlight]Sturdy Helm[/highlight] Defense: 22 Durability: 23 of 24 Required Strength: 26 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 86 Fingerprint: 0x1f9a9889 +18% Enhanced Defense [highlight]Knout of Venom[/highlight] One-Hand Damage: 13 to 35 Durability: 28 of 30 Required Dexterity: 73 Required Strength: 82 Required Level: 25 Mace Class - Fast Attack Speed Unidentified Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 86 Fingerprint: 0xcbbf93cc +21 poison damage over 4 seconds 150% Damage to Undead [highlight]Tireless Light Plated Boots[/highlight] Defense: 9 Durability: 17 of 18 Required Strength: 50 Required Level: 10 Unidentified Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 86 Fingerprint: 0xe33b35dc Heal Stamina Plus 50% [highlight]Strong Gauntlets of Fortune[/highlight] Defense: 22 Durability: 15 of 24 Required Strength: 60 Required Level: 12 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 86 Fingerprint: 0x6dabc089 +40% Enhanced Defense 25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items [highlight]Giant Sword of Readiness[/highlight] One-Hand Damage: 3 to 16 Two-Hand Damage: 9 to 28 Durability: 46 of 50 Required Dexterity: 34 Required Strength: 56 Required Level: 3 Sword Class - Fast Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 86 Fingerprint: 0x981d1eb8 10% Increased Attack Speed
Nothing really useful among it, although those Gloves might have been a substitute to the ones I used* before I found my first SU forced gloves (those ethereal ones above).
*Stone Hold
Bramble Mitts
Defense: 82
Durability: 12 of 12
Required Strength: 50
Required Level: 42
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 83
Fingerprint: 0x196469bb
+31% Enhanced Defense
+12 to Attack Rating
Fire Resist +7%
22% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
+5 to Light Radius
20% Increased Attack Speed
5% Bonus to Attack Rating
But justice was served with Mephisto's drop:
Code:[highlight]Demon Limb[/highlight] Tyrant Club One-Hand Damage: 95 to 172 Durability: 39 of 65 Required Strength: 133 Required Level: 63 Mace Class - Normal Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 87 Fingerprint: 0x74d32d0e +198% Enhanced Damage Fire Resist +19% Adds 222-333 fire damage 12% Life stolen per hit 123% Damage to Demons 150% Damage to Undead Level 23 Enchant (15/20 Charges) Repairs 1 durability in 20 seconds [highlight]Aldur's Advance[/highlight] Battle Boots Defense: 45 Required Strength: 95 Required Level: 45 Indestructible Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 87 Fingerprint: 0xf4fab7cf +50 to Life +180 to Maximum Stamina Heal Stamina Plus 32% Fire Resist +50% 40% Faster Run/Walk 10% Damage Taken Goes to Mana Indestructible ***Partial Set Item Bonuses*** +15 to Dexterity +15 to Dexterity +15 to Dexterity ***Partial Set Item Bonuses*** [highlight]Havoc Hand[/highlight] Demonhide Gloves Defense: 48 Durability: 7 of 12 Required Strength: 20 Required Level: 42 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 87 Fingerprint: 0x9359d6b3 +34% Enhanced Defense Fire Resist +5% 3% Mana stolen per hit 20% Increased Attack Speed Level 3 Inner Sight (6/27 Charges) [highlight]Fiend Mantle[/highlight] Field Plate Defense: 159 Durability: 29 of 48 Required Strength: 55 Required Level: 47 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 87 Fingerprint: 0xd2bfe87f +14 to Strength +50% Enhanced Defense Fire Resist +7% Attacker Takes Damage of 6 Socketed (2: 0 used) [highlight]Raven Goad[/highlight] Halberd Two-Hand Damage: 29 to 111 Durability: 28 of 28 Required Dexterity: 37 Required Strength: 65 Required Level: 19 Polearm Class - Normal Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 87 Fingerprint: 0x378a71a3 +66% Enhanced Damage +163 to Attack Rating Ethereal (Cannot be Repaired) [highlight]Throwing Spear of Maiming[/highlight] Throw Damage: 12 to 34 One-Hand Damage: 5 to 19 Quantity: 75 Required Dexterity: 65 Required Level: 5 Javelin Class - Fast Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 87 Fingerprint: 0xbfec4edd +4 to Maximum Damage
That Demon Limb will solve my AR problems and help me fighting those many LI CI bosses, Aldur's Advance might well be worth a switch from Goblin Toe (which will be used for Bosses and LI CI in the future only, I guess), the gloves offer 20% IAS and Inner Sight for further reducing CtH problems, and the armor could replace either mine or my merc's. I'll see what I can socket there (e.g. I have spare Ort, Thul, 2 Perfect Rubies).
That's it from me this time, I'll write an update once I'm done with Act IV (or dead...).
Conqueror Shockfrosted the Teslafroster and Jemali, the BA Town Guard, level 83, Hell Outer Steppes next.
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