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Quickdeath said:
Welcome!
Looks like a good plan. I hope to see you in Hell:crazyeyes:
[2011] Spirit Tournament [by Wolron]
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Have to do this while I remember.
WraithWrath started out fine, if a bit slow taking out /p8 zombies with only his fists, but he luckily found an ethereal scepter before even taking on the Den of Evil. That lasted him till after Blood Raven, and by then he was rocking a 1 point Holy Fire aura. Assassins aren't the only ones with Fists of Fire. A few eth armour items dropped, which evaporated remarkably quickly (oh well, that's what I get for picking a melee char). The merc is also extremely helpful, as well as being his only source of MF.
He actually continued using his fists even after finding an ethereal scimitar, might as well make it last as long as possible. He's actually managed to build up a somewhat significant weapons stockpile:
Code:Gemmed Bardiche Bardiche Two Hand Damage: 1 - 40 Durability: 6 of 26 Required Level: 1 Required Strength: 30 Fingerprint: 0x1ad22266 Item Level: 7 Version: Expansion 1.10+ 1% Mana stolen per hit 2% Life stolen per hit Ethereal 1 Sockets (1 used) Socketed: Chipped Skull Gemmed Superior Bardiche Superior Bardiche Two Hand Damage: 1 - 40 Durability: 28 of 28 Required Level: 1 Required Strength: 30 Fingerprint: 0x43e65478 Item Level: 5 Version: Expansion 1.10+ +2 to Attack Rating Adds 3 - 4 Fire Damage 2% Mana stolen per hit 4% Life stolen per hit Increase Maximum Durability 11% Ethereal 3 Sockets (3 used) Socketed: Chipped Skull Socketed: Chipped Skull Socketed: Chipped Ruby Scepter of Craftmanship Scepter One Hand Damage: 9 - 17 Durability: 25 of 26 Required Level: 1 Required Strength: 15 Fingerprint: 0xadc196e4 Item Level: 5 Version: Expansion 1.10+ +1 to Maximum Damage +150% Damage to Undead +2 to Might (Paladin Only) Ethereal Throwing Knife Throw Damage: 6 - 13 One Hand Damage: 3 - 4 Quantity: 101 Required Dexterity: 11 Fingerprint: 0xa9f38267 Item Level: 5 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Ethereal Scimitar One Hand Damage: 3 - 9 Durability: 12 of 12 Required Dexterity: 11 Fingerprint: 0xc7394c8 Item Level: 5 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Ethereal 1 Sockets (0 used)
And Wirt's Leg of course
Currently he's at the Black Marsh waypoint, and has extracted 1 Ral from the countess out of 10 runs total. Has anyone else playing actually run her for the maximum allowable runes? My character seems over-leveled from it already with just the one ral...
Right now he's using an almost-full charm inventory, a +2 strength amulet, 2x Greed rings and the worse Bardiche. Nothing else. Stash is almost full though, definitely looking forward to the Atma reward.
Code:ALIVE Forum Name Class Level Act WP Score Wolron Spirit_Bull Barbarian 25 A2 Palace 361 Alceus Ghostlosity Necro 30 A4 Pand. Fort. 317 Tupsi Strangely_Frail Assassin 26 A3 Docks 276 Vang Spirit_Rod Druid 32 A4 Pand Fort. 246 Frowzor WraithWrath Paladin 18 A1 Black Marsh 214 ChrisTheMean Wraithel Amazon 20 A2 Lut Golein 207 ancalagon Angela Assassin 21 A2 Far Oasis 139 Hoop76 Wraith_Hoop Necro 16 A1 Black Marsh 131 Quickdeath GhostOfAChance Druid 6 A1 Cold Plains 1 Skunkbelly Spirit-Skunk Necromcr 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 skoolbus Amber_Ghost Assassin 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 skipjack Ghost-Shift Assassin 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 Mournblade SpiritOfAnnaMay Amazon 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 Grisu GhostInTheShell Paladin 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 DEAD/RETIRED
Oh, and this is what I get for deliberately avoiding a Necromancer (would've needed personalization, but still):
Code:Wand One Hand Damage: 2 - 4 Durability: 8 of 15 Required Level: 1 Fingerprint: 0xe828779f Item Level: 5 Version: Expansion 1.10+ +3 to Bone Armor (Necromancer Only) +3 to Skeleton Mastery (Necromancer Only) +3 to Raise Skeleton (Necromancer Only)
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Well I bit the bullet and got started. I have had a build in my mind for a while that I think will fit in perfectly here:
May I introduce Wraith_Flea, the Druid. He has decided to take the summoning tree to start with and then will move on to the SS tree in NM. I was a little worried at first when I had to punch a fallen like 10 times to kill it, but after a few went down and I got my first level I popped out my poison creeper, who wasn't amazing, but did help a lot. Then it was just a push until level 6 to get wolves and spirit. I didn't find anything ETH until the mauoleum, but I got to level 8 before blood raven so I just hired a trusty helper to do most of the work. I pumped 5 points into wolves asap and they were very faithful companions, I think I only lost 2-3 wolves up until andy. I soon had a rash of good luck coming across 2 "Wraith xxx" items, a scimitar and a cap. Neither are very useful, the cap has a bit of resists, but got stashed once I got an eth os cap to put topazes in. The weapon has no usable mods except for 1 MPK, which is a waste since I only have to recast raven about once per minute. I also found 2 eth self-repair items, a leather armor and some boots. neither have other mods, so they are just filling up a bit of defense. I ran the countess a few times and got 2 rals and decided to move on, it's not like I have the space to store all of those items anyways. I ended up selling about 25 gems to make room, which was a real heart breaker for me. Only one rare in act 1, a leadcrow crossbow, would have been fun to use hunter style, but oh well. Andy was pretty easy, I used an eth scepter with 2 rubys in it, she killed about 8 wolves (dire now) but never got the merc or spirit. I pushed on to get my ATMA reward and that is where I am currently resting. I switched to a prayer merc and decided to put a point in HoW and have been using that now. Nothing else besides dire wolves is getting more points until grizzly at 30. I haven't had much luck with str charms yet, and only have found 1 3str LC, hopefully more will come soon.
I was also thinking that you could make a bowzon still, you could just gamble a bow or wait and personalize one in act 5, you could just play the passive tree first, would be tough, but not impossible. You can also get the 'wraith' suffix on melee weapons at aLvL 21, so you should be able to shop a permanent weapon in act 3 if you are really desperate for melee damage. Of course you would have to have the str to weild it though
Score:
WPs: 11 * 2 = 22
HP: 327 * 1 = 327
Str: 16 * -1 = -16
Level: 21 * -5 = -105
Total: 228
Code:ALIVE Forum Name Class Level Act WP Score Wolron Spirit_Bull Barbarian 35 A5 Harrogath 425 Alceus Ghostlosity Necro 30 A4 Pand. Fort. 317 skipjack Ghost-Shift Assassin 21 A2 Lut Gholein 284 Tupsi Strangely_Frail Assassin 26 A3 Docks 276 Vang Spirit_Rod Druid 32 A4 Pand Fort. 246 kestegs Wraith_Flea Druid 21 A2 Sewers 228 Frowzor WraithWrath Paladin 18 A1 Black Marsh 214 ChrisTheMean Wraithel Amazon 20 A2 Lut Golein 207 ancalagon Angela Assassin 26 A3 Great Marsh 206 Quickdeath GhostOfAChance Druid 18 A1 Catacombs 2 205 pwangsta Angelique Sorceress 21 A2 Sewers Lvl 2 179 Hoop76 Wraith_Hoop Necro 16 A1 Black Marsh 131 Skunkbelly Spirit-Skunk Necromcr 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 skoolbus Amber_Ghost Assassin 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 Mournblade SpiritOfAnnaMay Amazon 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 Grisu GhostInTheShell Paladin 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 DEAD/RETIRED
What is the policy on stuff like shifting, BO, and spirits that affect your life? When should we calculate our life total?
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Angelique is safely in the Kurast Docks. Act 2 was largely unventful. Static-Static-Static, wait-while-merc-hacks-everything-to-pieces was the general strategy. Nothing gave me any particular trouble, but it was somewhat tedious. I was fortunate enough to find an ethereal helm and ethereal heavy boots in the tombs right before facing Duriel, so instead of 13 defense I had 58.Code:ALIVE Forum Name Class Level Act WP Score Wolron Spirit_Bull Barbarian 35 A5 Harrogath 425 skipjack Ghost-Shift Assassin 32 A4 Panda Fort 387 Tupsi Strangely_Frail Assassin 31 A4 Pand. Fort. 352 Alceus Ghostlosity Necro 30 A4 Pand. Fort. 317 pwangsta Angelique Sorceress 28 A3 Kurast Docks 254 Vang Spirit_Rod Druid 32 A4 Pand Fort. 246 kestegs Wraith_Flea Druid 21 A2 Sewers 228 Frowzor WraithWrath Paladin 18 A1 Black Marsh 214 ChrisTheMean Wraithel Amazon 20 A2 Lut Golein 207 ancalagon Angela Assassin 26 A3 Great Marsh 206 Quickdeath GhostOfAChance Druid 18 A1 Catacombs 2 205 Hoop76 Wraith_Hoop Necro 16 A1 Black Marsh 131 Skunkbelly Spirit-Skunk Necromcr 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 skoolbus Amber_Ghost Assassin 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 Mournblade SpiritOfAnnaMay Amazon 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 Grisu GhostInTheShell Paladin 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 DEAD/RETIRED
Duriel went down very fast thanks to static field. I have not really managed to upgrade my equipment any. The aforementioned helm and boots will wear out soon enough. The only "permanent" items I have are an ethereal orb with +1 SF which won't break since I don't swing the orb and a rare sash I'd gambled last act. I went through pretty much the entire act naked except for those two items, so I made sure to stay well away from where my merc was killing things.
Every stat point has gone into vitality, but I have 22 skill points saved up already for NM if I get there. :whistling:
Scoring:
WPs: 19 * 2 = 38
HP: 372 * 1 = 372
Str: 16 * -1 = -16
Lvl: 28 * -5 = -140
Total: 254
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Code:ALIVE Forum Name Class Level Act WP Score skipjack Ghost-Shift Assassin 48 A5 WSK Lvl 2 559 Wolron Spirit_Bull Barbarian 35 A5 Harrogath 425 Tupsi Strangely_Frail Assassin 31 A4 Pand. Fort. 352 Alceus Ghostlosity Necro 30 A4 Pand. Fort. 317 pwangsta Angelique Sorceress 28 A3 Kurast Docks 254 Vang Spirit_Rod Druid 32 A4 Pand Fort. 246 kestegs Wraith_Flea Druid 21 A2 Sewers 228 Frowzor WraithWrath Paladin 18 A1 Black Marsh 214 ChrisTheMean Wraithel Amazon 20 A2 Lut Golein 207 ancalagon Angela Assassin 26 A3 Great Marsh 206 Quickdeath GhostOfAChance Druid 18 A1 Catacombs 2 205 Hoop76 Wraith_Hoop Necro 16 A1 Black Marsh 131 Skunkbelly Spirit-Skunk Necromcr 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 skoolbus Amber_Ghost Assassin 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 Mournblade SpiritOfAnnaMay Amazon 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 Grisu GhostInTheShell Paladin 1 A1 Rogue's Camp 0 DEAD/RETIRED
Ghost-Shift is now a Destroyer
Summary of Act IV:
-Ghost-Shift only levelled up twice over the course of the act, so base strength only reached 35
-Izual took forever to kill at /p8, but the merc was able to tank without pots
-The merc still did most of the killing
Overall, Act IV was less productive than I had hoped.
Summary of Act V:
-Lots of decent runes were acquired and a couple runewords were made
-Lightning Sentry became ridiculously powerful rather quickly
-Camping Evil Urns spawns was fun
-The Ancients were a joke
-Lister’s mob required a fair bit of retreating
-Baal took a while to kill at /p8
Overall, Act V was very profitable. Ghost-Shift will be clearing the Secret Cow Level before moving on to NM.
I made the following two runewords prior to fighting the Ancients:
Lore
Ghost-Shift's Superior Bone Helm
'OrtSol'
Defense: 36
Durability: 41 of 46
Required Strength: 25
Required Level: 27
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 38
Fingerprint: 0xa92ed872
+10 to Energy
Damage Reduced by 7
Lightning Resist +30%
Increase Maximum Durability 15%
+2 to Light Radius
+1 to All Skill Levels
+2 to Mana After Each Kill
Socketed (2: 2 used)
Stealth
Ghost Armor
'TalEth'
Defense: 111
Durability: 7 of 20
Required Strength: 38
Required Level: 22
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 35
Fingerprint: 0x9894a00d
+6 to Dexterity
+15 to Maximum Stamina
Regenerate Mana 15%
Magic Damage Reduced by 3
Poison Resist +30%
25% Faster Run/Walk
25% Faster Hit Recovery
25% Faster Cast Rate
Socketed (2: 2 used)
I debated between making either Lore or Rhyme, but Lore seemed slightly more beneficial given what Ghost-Shift was already wearing.
WPs: 39 * 2 = 78
HP: 759 * 1 = 759
Str: 38 * -1 = -38
Lvl: 48 * -5 = -240
Total: 559
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kestegs said:I was also thinking that you could make a bowzon still, you could just gamble a bow or wait and personalize one in act 5, you could just play the passive tree first, would be tough, but not impossible. You can also get the 'wraith' suffix on melee weapons at aLvL 21, so you should be able to shop a permanent weapon in act 3 if you are really desperate for melee damage. Of course you would have to have the str to weild it though
What is the policy on stuff like shifting, BO, and spirits that affect your life? When should we calculate our life total?
As for when to calculate your score, it really is not very crucial until you die and get a final score. However, to get a fair score, you should wait until all temporary affects are gone.
As for the bowzon:
(1) Getting a bow before the personalization quest is very unlikely. Those key words do not drop often and are (from my experience) very rarely found on gambled items too.
(2) As for playing from the passive and magic tree, that is very possible. I made a guardian using only that tree and no weapon. It was a weaponless tournament. Ok, I admit that on HELL Baal I finally had to pick up a unique throwing axe (Gimmershred) after waiting several hours in vain for the Valk and merc to kill him off.
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