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[2015] The Passive Aggressive Tournament [by Pb_pal]
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@Pb_pal - Sorry, I just realized I never answered your question about utilizing Conversion. Well I was on the fence at first, but now that I am at that level I think I will put a point or two into the skill just to have some extra bodies to soak up the shots. Debating whether or not to use a Thorns mercenary once I hit that point because of the 1-2 delay that converted monsters hang onto your thorns aura and can kill you or your high damage mercenary in a heartbeat if your not careful.Pb_pal said:@Lord Molybdenum - Great start, and awesome intro post for Passive!
@Southpaw8668 - Are you planning on using conversion at all? I've never personally tried it, but I know others have had good success with it.
I'm going to update the table quickly to get Passive and Isen's new starts in there.Good luck everyone!
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Isen and Kasim ventured further into the frozen land and were happy to utilize the energetic aid of the barbarian warriors along the way. With the added cleansing and blessed aim they were a force to be reckoned with.
Once Isen found the first Amn rune he assembled a Edge hunter's bow to provide the pair with another beneficial aura of Thorns. It worked wonderfully against the hard hitting beasts in the frozen lands and he could apply poison, cold and PMH all at once from a safe distance. Conversion was learned and often used when multiple hard hitting monsters started to surround Kasim. It is an amazing thing having these hard hitting Frenzytaurs on your side duking it out.
The Ancients were taken at /p8 to see the pairs' damage and survivability potential and they definitely faired well. Korlic was taken down first, then the double thrower and lastly Talic. Isen pumped a few arrows in each to apply the PMH and then weapons switched and started opening wounds with his Steel flail and Swordback Hold setup. What a bloody mess!!!
The healing potential of Isen's Holy Bolts are awesome now that they are almost maxed and they receive an added bonus from Heal as well. Here Isen is blasting Kasim with bolts as he is taking heavies from a pack of Witches in the Throne of Destruction.
On the opposite side of the spectrum Isen displays the damaging potential of his Holy power to Achmel the Cursed and his defiled crew. Isen safely dropped every one of the Greater Mummies on his own as Kasim occupied his time with the skeleton mages.
Baal was also taken down on /p8 with a couple trips to town to banish his clone and appendages. PMH, poison, and OW were once again applied to drop the big boss in a reasonable amount of time.
As they were venturing toward Nith, Pindleskin dropped a base Partizan, which was socketed with the Larzuk quest and made into an Insight with a pretty sweet roll. Kasim will be gladly putting this to work as we start back down to take out Nith and afterwards the King of steers.
Isen and Kasim, Level 45, Nith, then Cows
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@Southpaw8668 - Congrats on the Destroyer! Glad to see this build is working well so far, best of luck with cows, and then in NM.
Let's get a table update in here, good progress everyone!
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It's due to Cos, yes. I'm sure someone has a more comprehensive list/reasons why it happens, but here is a list of areas/objects I know CoS is prone to crashing the game:
- Mummy Sarcophagi (I would imagine this is what triggered it for you?)
- Trapped Souls (the attackable ones on pillars in A4)
- The Arreat Summit (Ancients)
That's all I can remember off the top of my head. With the first 2, running away a few screens before the CoS timer runs out often can keep the game from crashing, so keep that in mind if you accidentally trigger it near those objects. But as you mentioned, your Shadow Master trick will work too, as she only uses the skills you have on active keys.
Good luck in Act 3!
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@queenEm - Congrats on the Destroyer! Well done.
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Isen and Kasim finished up Nihl and Cows then ventured on into NM with generally the same tactics, except for when confronted with hordes of undead creatures, which tend to prevent getting Holy Bolts to Kasim and Shamans and their minions who we needed to convert until Kasim could kill off all the little Carvers and then slay the Shamans just as they changed back to the enemy once again. Kasim had to be resurrected dozens of times throughout Act I thus far.
Found an Impaler War Spear in the Hole as well as another Crushflange. A second Cathan's ring and two Beserker's axes were dropped in Trist. Found another Isenhart's breastplate and actually gambled a set of Threads of Cthon boots. First S/U I've think I ever gambled. Cows dropped Bladebone Axe, Arcanna's helm and a Leadcrow crossbow.
All in all it hasn't been too terribly exciting, just shooting thousands of Holy Bolts at Kasim and switching from Cleanse to Salvation depending on if he gets confronted with a nasty elemental Unique pack such as these fellows. The cold enchanted, stone skin or extra strong ones such as Sharp Froth the Grim being the worst.
I tried my luck at converting these suckers and having them fight two boss pack archers on one normal zombie after they toasted Kasim and they only did measly damage to one another for how badly they were damaging the pair of heroes. They serve better as a distraction than a useful weapon like a Necromancer's Summoned Monsters. It's fun to manage them though and it a great crowd control spell for sure.
If Isen can stand back and gain a clear shot at Kasim he can stand in an entire swarm of monsters hammering on him and stay alive, even though he gets caught in hit recovery quite a bit it's still no worries usually, unless they are really nasty or start messing with Isen when he gets to close. Kasim is definitely earning his paycheck!
His Insight Partizan is doing sufficient damage still once he gets in the groove and pokes them a few times consistently. He lacks life leech like he had on his previous Savage weapon, which made his health a whole lot easier to manage.
This was quite the showdown, but Kasim eventually prevailed as the thorns of the Edge bow is a great help against hard hitting beasts when Conversion is not needed.
Dang found the wrong skillset booster for this tourney.
This Unique bosses' pack was downright nasty, I think she killed Kasim multiple times and Isen had to give her a wide berth every time she would curse them. They took out her partners first and then was able to best her as well. When Kasim is cursed it's usually lights out for him if Isen isn't close enough to quickly start blasting him with bolts.
Moving a bit slower now in NM, since this is definitely a defensive build and sometimes it's difficult getting Kasim to move properly without putting Isen at too much risk. It will only get worse I'm sure.
Isen and Kasim, Level 50, Approaching the Malus
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Isen and Kasim battled their way to Andariel, as you can see was a very safe fight for Isen standing passively behind Kasim blasting him with Holy Bolts and providing his Cleansing aid. You could tell Andy was extremely angry with them, with all the growling and hissing she was producing from her foul mouth. Of course Kasim was poisoning the crap out of her as well with his Insight weapon and no one would come to her aid.
Here is a skills amulet, which was found somewhere in the Catacombs.
This nasty little skeleton mage boss just kept teleporting all around the sewers, he had one of the best AIs I've seen on a D2 monster. He was quite crafty! Usually they wait till they are about dead and teleport once, this fellow kept teleporting half a dozen times during the entire fight and all the while with plenty of health.
This Ghostly Marauder pair could put a hurting on you, but with Salvation and Holy Bolts it was pretty safe for Ilzan. Darn phallus shaped piling is in the way of his action shot.
Lovely gloves gambled from Gheed with Weaken charges I might try out on Duriel if we get there.
Primo Conversion shot here, this tactic saved their butts quite often in the tombs.
Isen and Ilzan, Level 55, Lost City
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