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This tournament has already ended. It was originally started by @GooberGrape on Sep 19, 2018. The last post was made Mar 11, 2019.
(link to original thread on diabloii.net)
This tournament has already ended. It was originally started by @GooberGrape on Sep 19, 2018. The last post was made Mar 11, 2019.
(link to original thread on diabloii.net)
"Those devils! This time they've gone too far!"
Goober the Grape returned from a hunt only to find her home ransacked. Broken glass and charred furniture was all that remained of her once beautiful stone cottage.
As she descended the steps to her stash, despair set in.
"Oh no."
It was empty, save for a single +1 staff of Firebolts. Her first magical staff from when she was a young child, before she even knew a single spell by heart.
It was then that she realized they'd stolen her memories as well. She couldn't remember a single enchantment or conjuration.
The one thing she still remembered was a list. The names of every single demon who was responsible, searing in her mind white hot.
In a rage, she grabbed her childhood staff and stormed up the stairs and out into the night.
"Pindleskin, Stormtree, Rakanishu...prepare yourself. I'm coming to claim what's mine!"
***Welcome to the "Super Unique" Tournament!***
The concept of this tournament is to kill every Super Unique monster in the game, and take back your loot!
We ran this back in 2012, I cleaned up the ruleset and rewrote the FAQ. So even if you remember playing this before, please read the updated rules and FAQ below.
The Rules!
1. Single pass HC or SC. You may continue after SC death but it will affect final score.
2. Any version of LoD is accepted, but no Classic.
3. MP is accepted, but try to avoid rerunning areas.
4. All forum approved mods (FAM) and muling programs are allowed.
5. Any players setting is allowed.
6. Saving quest rewards is allowed, but try to avoid rerunning areas.
7. Respecs are allowed if your game version allows it.
8. When in doubt, do whatever is fun to you. It's just a game.
The Challenge!
*You may only equip items dropped by Super Unique (SU) monsters or Act Bosses* with the following exceptions:
- You may equip the very first weapon and shield you start the game with
- You may equip items given to you by quests, such as Ormus's ring
- You may also equip items imbued by Charsi's quest, socketed by Larzuk, or personalized by Anya.
- You may use charms but only if they were dropped by a SU
- You may use any items dropped by SU's in any cube recipe
- You may use gems and runes freely but only in items that already meet the above criteria
- Consumable items such as scrolls, potions, arrows and bolts may be used freely without restriction
- Mercenaries follow same equip rules as players
The Heroes!
Since this is the "Super Unique" tournament, you should be playing a "Super Unique" character! Try to play something you've never played before. Ideas for potential builds include ranged paladin, tri-elemental sorc, summoner druid, MA sin, melee spearazon, double throw barb, or poison dagger necro. Most importantly have fun!
Playing this tourney SC will of course be a much more forgiving game, so I recommend you try a harder character build and really make it "Super Unique!"
The Villains!
You get one point per Super Unique killed.
There are 60 per difficulty, for a total of 180 points.
Each SC death gives a -10 to total score.
Below is a list of all qualifying monsters (Super Uniques, or SU's):
Act I
Corpsefire
Bishibosh
Blood Raven
Bonebreak
Coldcrow
Rakanishu
Treehead Woodfist
Griswold
The Countess
Pitspawn Fouldog
Bone Ash
The Smith
Andariel
The Cow King
Act II
Radament
Bloodwitch the Wild
Fangskin
Beetleburst
Coldworm the Burrower
Fire Eye
Dark Elder
The Summoner
Ancient Kaa the Soulless
Creeping Feature
Duriel
Act III
Witch Doctor Endugu
Stormtree
Battlemaid Sarina
Icehawk Riftwing
Sszark the Burning
Ismail Vilehand
Geleb Flamefinger
Toorc Icefist
Wyand Voidbringer
Maffer Dragonhand
Bremm Sparkfist
Mephisto
Act IV
Izual
Hephasto the Armorer
Infector of Souls
Grand Vizier of Chaos
Lord De Seis
Diablo
Act V
Dac Farren
Shenk the Overseer
Eldritch the Rectifier
Thresh Socket
Eyeback the Unleashed
Sharptooth Slayer
Frozenstein
Bonesaw Breaker
Snapchip Shatter
Pindleskin
Nihlathak
Colenzo the Annihilator
Achmel the Cursed
Bartuc the Bloody
Ventar the Unholy
Lister the Tormentor
Baal
FAQ:
Q: What items can I loot?
A: You can loot and sell any item. Otherwise it would be nearly impossible to afford merc resurrection, repairs, scrolls, etc. You can only *equip* items dropped by SU's or listed in the exceptions above. If using a muling program, be sure to keep your equippable items separate from your "Saving this for Charsi/Larzuk/Anya" items. I recommend two stashes to be safe.
Q: What if the screen fills up and I can't tell who dropped what?
A: Just grab the appropriate number of items and call it close enough.
Q: So I can use any item that I find for the Charsi imbue quest?
A: Yes, any item you find with your tournament character. I'll use an example. Say my tournament character finds a Pike on a regular monster or a vendor, not from a Super Unique or Act Boss. Normally I would not be able to equip it due to the rules of this tournament. But if I use Charsi's imbue on it, then it becomes a "Super Unique item" and I may equip it freely. Same goes for Larzuk's socket quest or Anya's personalization. This gives you three "free" items per difficulty, and also allows you to build a few runewords which would otherwise be sorely missing.
Q: Can I use jewels, runes and gems?
A: Yes you may use any jewels, runes and gems you find on any monster, not only SU's. But you may only equip them in items dropped by SU's. So save those gems and runes for cube recipes, modify the items you find on SU's and make them awesome!
Q: How about throwing potions like fulminating/gas potions?
A: Throwing potions are allowed as long as you don't abuse the repair bug. You can use what you find, but when they're gone they're gone.
Q: How about javelins?
A: Javelins are treated as equippable weapons, all tournament rules apply.
Q: How about special chests like the one in Countess?
A: Just the items from Countess herself are equippable.
Q: How about horking?
A: Horking (Barbarian "Find Item" skill) is allowed, and you may equip items horked from SU monsters.
Q: How about Wirt's leg?
A: Sure why not, sounds fun. Wirt's leg may be equipped and used freely. Consider it a reward for reading the entire FAQ.
Q: Can I use any cube recipe I want?
A: Yes you may use any cube recipe you like. But the equippable item(s) must be dropped by SU's. Any item created using the cube may be equipped and used freely, see examples below:
Example: 4 Health Potions (of any type) + Ruby (any type) + Magical Sword = A Magic Sword of the Leech. In this case only the sword needs to come from a SU.
Example: Diamond (any quality) + 1 Staff (any type and quality) + 1 Kris (any quality) + 1 Belt (any type and quality) = Savage Polearm Class Weapon. In this case the Staff, Kris, and Belt all need to come from SU's.
Example: 3 rings = 1 amulet. All three rings need to come from SU's.
You may also turn your SU items into Crafted Items: http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Crafting_Recipes
Below is the signup sheet:
Code:
Forum Name Hero Name Class HC/SC Last Waypoint Score
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GooberGrape Einfuhr Druid SC Rogue Encampment 0
This tournament will run starting today until March 1, 2019. Entries posted after March 1, 2019 will not count toward final score.
Please read the FAQ before signing up, any additional questions feel free to post in this thread.
***Time to take back your loot and become a Super Unique!***
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