All Alone Tournament III

jiansonz said:
I am curious as to why the rare bow wasn´t interesting, though.
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Thus far I haven't even thought about using a bow. This being only my second attempt at a hardcore amazon(the first was a pure javazon who met her fate only because i tried to play her on my laptop during a trip with my family to Michigan and took my eyes off the screen for a second...:cry: ) I will probably regret not using a bow if and when I reach hell. Any tips and tricks from the pros out there would be most appreciated.:wink3:



 
ilshad said:
Thus far I haven't even thought about using a bow.
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I didn't concern myself with bows until Act 5 Nightmare, where regular LI monsters are present and I wanted to have Frozen Arrow's crowd control/corpse disposal available. Until that point, I usually had spare javs on my switch, readily accessible for re-rolling, which helped me get the replenishing maiden javs. My priorities were CS/synergy, valk, and decoy; which has left me with pitiful AR unsuitable for any bow skill except FA which is thankfully auto-hit. Theoretically a cracked short bow would suffice but I'm glad to have a +skill/+mana bow.

jiansonz said:
One of the things that do take a while for me in this tourney is to sort through the huge piles of stuff from sparkly/super chests. I find a spot without any items and dump my three Grand Charms there. Then I pick up all the gold (and maybe some less useful potions and drink them), then I move items from the dropped pile to a trash pile until the drop pile is small enough to see the text from every item left in it.
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I have a similar technique which is perhaps quicker (but usually more wasteful). I drink full column(s) of reds and/or blues and pick up new ones directly into my belt. First I pick up the regular red/blue/minor purple (drinking them) and then restock my belt with the remaining greater/super. No gold/potions are left behind, which clears enough space to scan the items. Often some of my potions are downgraded super --> greater, or I end up a couple short, with no reserves, but that's the price I pay. Finally, if anything is worth identifying, I dump a charm or two.
 
I'm an assassin and I've been using a bow since like act 2 norm :rolleyes:. Mostly because I don't have any id scrolls ever to id any potential weapons and I never find good staffmod claws.
 
Insane Wayne said:
I didn't concern myself with bows until Act 5 Nightmare, where regular LI monsters are present and I wanted to have Frozen Arrow's crowd control/corpse disposal available.
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Very good idea here. I was actually thinking of doing the same thing, with the frozen arrows. Inventory space is such a issue right now, i can't really afford to look for a halfway decent bow at the moment. I will, however, begin to i.d. some bows once I hit Act 4 or even Act 5.



 
Pwned!! :hanky:

I found the stairs to level 3 almost as early as possible. As usual, I moved on when I was strong. Cleared most of level 3 with little trouble. I even found a Ral so I could repair my gloves. Resists were about cold 70, lightning 50.

Shadow moves in, I cast Life Tap, switch weapons and go to work. I noticed a lot of whiffing going on. I don´t remember Meph being this hard to hit...

Anyway, I suffered a hit, but soon scored a hit myself and the LT brought my life back up. Suffered a bigger hit, so it was time for a big healing potion. I hit the potion button then BAM!. Dead from about 2/3 life. That´s 3/4*900 = almost 600. I think that´s more than a little overpowered, eh?

Dammit, second time Meph has slain me in a SPF tourney, and just at the start of the fight this time around, too.

OK, so I should probably have moved around, recast the Shadow so it was closer to Meph than I was, etc. I don´t know if that would have made him attack the shadow instead of me. Maybe I could have done him in with Guillaume´s-BF-ing and many Shadow recasts, but I want to FIGHT the prime evils, dammit! This was a really good tanking character, at least by my standards.


[Highlight]R.I.P. Conqueror Evangelina the PS Assassin, level 81, Slain by Mephisto[/Highlight]

Please avenge Evie! Pulverize the Wispy One for me!

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[highlight]Alive Characters[/highlight]  
[b][u]Forum Name      Character       Build       Class       LVL   ACT         WP      [/u][/b]  
OldSoldier      Princess_Diana  MA/LF       Amazon      79  A3 Hell  Kurast Docks
Insane Wayne    Asteria         CS          Amazon      79  A2 Hell  Lost City
skoolbus        OneFingaPushup  Trapper     Assassin    61  A3 NM    Travincal
Ilshad          StyxofThunder   CS          Amazon      47  A1 NM    Rogue Camp
SinningThings   Rapunzel        Trapsin     Assassin    25  A1 NM    Rogue Camp
Breaker         Nosiop          Poison      Necromancer 36  A5 Norm  Frigid Highlands
Chern           All_Alone       Summoner    Druid       33  A4 Norm  River of Flame
Zodwizard       HC_Rainwalker   Fire-Hunter Druid       29  A4 Norm  Pand Fortress
Anraxas         To_easy         Summoner    necro       28  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
WestXylophone   SoloFirer       HolyFire    Paladin     26  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
stephan         Louise                      Assassin    23  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
Silverslasher   Forlorn         fire/summon Druid       28  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
Cygnus          Lycus           Hammers     Paladin     25  A2 Norm  Harem
Butzull         Silencia                    Amazon      24  A2 Norm  Lost City
Friiser         HCAll_Alone     Summoner    Necro       22  A2 Norm  Far Oasis
Docturnal       Angriez         Fishyzon    Zon         21  A2 Norm  Rocky Waste
Ron             Bamboozle       Passive     Amazon      17  A2 Norm  Sewers Level 2
San             Sigrdrifa       PsnJava/MA  Zon         21  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
thewamp         Athena          PJ/FA       Amazon      20  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
Tweety          Remi            Boner       Necromancer 19  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
Brak            Tojolobal       Quesodin    Paladin     19  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
Ohomemgrande    Lonely          Trapper     Assassin    19  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
tripsu          InsaneEnvy                  Amazon      18  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein  
Credge          YinMKII         --          Necro       17  A1 Norm  Jail Level 1
Hoop76          Lone_Ranger                 Paladin     15  A1 Norm  Outer Cloister
ZeN             DieAlone        Fishy       Necro       14  A1 Norm  Outer Cloister
GreyEagle       LoneEagle       Trapper     Assassin    17  A1 Norm  Tamoe Highlands
mjosh           Electrolyte     light sorc  Sorceress   15  A1 Norm  Black Marsh
Feared          April_Ethereal  Summoner    Necro        ?  A1 Norm  Black Marsh
Elendoras       TheBarbWhoCould             Barbarian   14  A1 Norm  Dark Wood
Fingerzam       Happiness       TS/DTail    Assassin    13  A1 Norm  Stony Field
Farfus          Farfus          Healbot     Paladin     12  A1 Norm  Stony Field
FromBeyond      HesHardcore                 Barbarian   11  A1 Norm  Stony Field
SonOfBaal       IHateYouAll     Trap/Summon Assassin    11  A1 Norm  Stony Field
Quickdeath      Eve             Cold        Sorceress   10  A1 Norm  Stony Field
Sindus          LonelyMaiden    Enchantress Sorc         7  A1 Norm  Stony Field
Chizz           Trapper         ?           Assassin     6  A1 Norm  Stony Field
AlienBoyz       DocWho          Summoner    Necro       12  A1 Norm  Cold Plains
Chymaera        Marius II       BlizBolt    Sorceress   10  A1 Norm  Cold Plain 
Liquidcore      ThaDru          Wind/fire   Druid        6  A1 Norm  Cold Plains
Vang            WirtsOldMan                 Barbarian    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
rY xD           Illidan         Berzerker   Barbarian    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
adny            Scorch          Hydrasorc   Sorceress    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Gabriel74       Smelly          Lightning   Sorceress    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Retawd          Sinistral       --          Assassin     1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Darkstrikes     lighamus                    Amazon       1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Schmeat         SchmeatOhs*t                Necromancer  1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Mordeth         Destitute       Hybrid      Paladin      1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
[highlight]Dead Characters[/highlight]
[b][u]Forum Name      Character       Build       Class       LVL   ACT         WP   [/u][/b] 
jiansonz        Evangelina      Phoenix     Assassin    81  A3 Hell  Durance of Hate lvl 3
Mursilis        Anubis          Summoner    Necromancer 75  A2 Hell  Cellar lvl 3      
Crazy_Bear      Jane_Doe        Javazon     Amazon      78  A2 Hell  Cellar lvl 2
Butzull         Warnie          Hunter      Druid       75  A1 Hell  Outer Cloister
Breaker         PokePoke        Lancebarb   Barb        36  A4 Norm  River of Flame  
inSTAALed       EmoPhil         Ele         Druid       28  A4 Norm  River of Flame
whoisfu         WhoIsZon                    Amazon      35  A4 Norm  Chaos Sanctuary
jiansonz        Kevin           HF Zealot   Paladin     31  A3 Norm  Disused Reliquary
Silverslasher   Sizzlingpain    Trap        Assassin    28  A3 Norm  Kurast
EmperorMoo      GumbyKicksAss   Golemancer  Necro       26  A3 Norm  Flayer Jungle
Jabash          RunAway         Blade/Shdw  Assasin     28  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
Anraxas         ibone_alone     ranger      Paladin     27  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
newco           KissMyBoots     Hybrid      Assassin    27  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
Crazy_Bear      Silent_Bob      Psn/Mage    Necromancer 27  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
Butzull         Spinster                    Amazon      26  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
EmperorMoo      BertieWooster   Summoner    Necromancer 25  A2 Norm  Duriel's chamber
Sindus          Sindus          Comando     Necro       25  A2 Norm  Summoner
inSTAALed       HumanMeatBlock  Con         Barb        21  A2 Norm  Halls of Dead
CDRToast        Isolated        Bow/Trap    Assassin    22  A2 Norm  Halls/Dead2
Colorless Green Omega                       Assassin    21  A2 Norm  Halls/Dead2
EJB             WheresEveryone              Druid       22  A2 Norm  Radament
EmperorMoo      GotArrers       Mageazon    Amazon      21  A2 Norm  Radamant  
ShockTactics    Frostshock      Frostadin   Paladin     20  A2 Norm  Radamant
Chymaera        Marius          BlizBolt    Sorceress   14  A1 Norm  Black Marsh
chizz           Chizzy          Summoner    Necro       11  A1 Norm  Jail level 1
EmperorMoo      Wordsworth      Summon      Necromancer 11  A1 Norm  Tamoe Highland
Anraxas         ibone_alone     bone        Necro        8  A1 Norm  Countess
Liquidcore      FightingLove    Sniperzon   Amazon       6  A1 Norm  Stony Field
 
jiansonz said:
Pwned!! :hanky:
Anyway, I suffered a hit, but soon scored a hit myself and the LT brought my life back up. Suffered a bigger hit, so it was time for a big healing potion. I hit the potion button then BAM!. Dead from about 2/3 life. That´s 3/4*900 = almost 600. I think that´s more than a little overpowered, eh?

Dammit, second time Meph has slain me in a SPF tourney, and just at the start of the fight this time around, too.

OK, so I should probably have moved around, recast the Shadow so it was closer to Meph than I was, etc. I don´t know if that would have made him attack the shadow instead of me. Maybe I could have done him in with Guillaume´s-BF-ing and many Shadow recasts, but I want to FIGHT the prime evils, dammit! This was a really good tanking character, at least by my standards.


[highlight]R.I.P. Conqueror Evangelina the PS Assassin, level 81, Slain by Mephisto[/highlight]

Please avenge Evie! Pulverize the Wispy One for me!
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:cry: Oh no! I'm sorry meph got to you like that. RIP Evangelina.



 
jiansonz said:
Resists were about cold 70, lightning 50...
Dead from about 2/3 life. That´s 3/4*900 = almost 600.
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RIP Evangelina! So, it was a critical strike lightning attack? Are those blockable? Or was it charged bolts? Incredibly unlucky. Maybe that's the vulnerability of a max-block build: awesome against lots of small/medium attacks, yet susceptible to a 2-hit knockout blow, especially from unblockable attacks. Still, even with max-block you still had decent life. Very surprising.

I was planning on valk-moating Meph for a while at a higher player setting. Instead I will be sure to meet Meph face-to-face for payback, vendetta-style, and give him a sustained taste of his own lightning medicine. :devil:
 
Insane Wayne said:
RIP Evangelina! So, it was a critical strike lightning attack?
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No, it was not lightning, not at all like for my mojomancer. I was too close for that. I have never been bothered by his Charged Bolts either, they are way too weak to be a threat if resistance is decent. No, it must have been his melee attack. I checked the AS and it states that his best melee attack maxes out at 215 damage. So 430 on a maxed critical. That is still less than half my life. :scratch: Although I have been really scared by some of his hits in the past, but I´ve survived those times.

It´s quite embarassing, I seem to be the only player here who has died to Mephisto...twice.

That does it! It will be the moat trick every time from here. Well, unless I have a super-strong minion or 1500+ life.



 
RIP Evangelina. Those critical hits hurt, as Jane_Doe discovered as well.:cry:

I figured you would make guardian this time too. Hopefully I didn't jinx you!

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StyxofThunder trudged through Act 1. CS sustained a lot of its killing power. Most things fell with 1-2 hits except for the ones with high lightning resistance.

Was lucky enough to find this in the Black Marsh. It served me well during the fight with Andy.

Had 1 NDE. Was in the Catacombs lvl 3, ran into a room, and came face to face with a champ pack of banished and a unique ghoul + minions. Got hit by one of the ghouls twice and it slivered my life bulb. A quick reflex of the revuv finger is all the saved me.

Andy fell with not much trouble. She didn't drop anything of use.

I now have acquired the runes to make a Peace armor. I just need a suitable armor. The only thing I am worried about is it overriding my valk. I guess I can live with it though.

Items found and left:
Spectral Shard in a house in the Blood Moor.
Gravepalm from the Crypt.
Hellcast from the Dark Wood.
Rockfleece in the Tamoe Highland.
Bloodletter in Jail lvl 1.
Crushflange from Catacombs lvl 3.

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[highlight]Alive Characters[/highlight]  
[b][u]Forum Name      Character       Build       Class       LVL   ACT         WP      [/u][/b]  
OldSoldier      Princess_Diana  MA/LF       Amazon      79  A3 Hell  Kurast Docks
Insane Wayne    Asteria         CS          Amazon      79  A2 Hell  Lost City
skoolbus        OneFingaPushup  Trapper     Assassin    61  A3 NM    Travincal
Ilshad          StyxofThunder   CS          Amazon      52  A2 NM    Lut Gholein
SinningThings   Rapunzel        Trapsin     Assassin    25  A1 NM    Rogue Camp
Breaker         Nosiop          Poison      Necromancer 36  A5 Norm  Frigid Highlands
Chern           All_Alone       Summoner    Druid       33  A4 Norm  River of Flame
Zodwizard       HC_Rainwalker   Fire-Hunter Druid       29  A4 Norm  Pand Fortress
Anraxas         To_easy         Summoner    necro       28  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
WestXylophone   SoloFirer       HolyFire    Paladin     26  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
stephan         Louise                      Assassin    23  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
Silverslasher   Forlorn         fire/summon Druid       28  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
Cygnus          Lycus           Hammers     Paladin     25  A2 Norm  Harem
Butzull         Silencia                    Amazon      24  A2 Norm  Lost City
Friiser         HCAll_Alone     Summoner    Necro       22  A2 Norm  Far Oasis
Docturnal       Angriez         Fishyzon    Zon         21  A2 Norm  Rocky Waste
Ron             Bamboozle       Passive     Amazon      17  A2 Norm  Sewers Level 2
San             Sigrdrifa       PsnJava/MA  Zon         21  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
thewamp         Athena          PJ/FA       Amazon      20  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
Tweety          Remi            Boner       Necromancer 19  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
Brak            Tojolobal       Quesodin    Paladin     19  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
Ohomemgrande    Lonely          Trapper     Assassin    19  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
tripsu          InsaneEnvy                  Amazon      18  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein  
Credge          YinMKII         --          Necro       17  A1 Norm  Jail Level 1
Hoop76          Lone_Ranger                 Paladin     15  A1 Norm  Outer Cloister
ZeN             DieAlone        Fishy       Necro       14  A1 Norm  Outer Cloister
GreyEagle       LoneEagle       Trapper     Assassin    17  A1 Norm  Tamoe Highlands
mjosh           Electrolyte     light sorc  Sorceress   15  A1 Norm  Black Marsh
Feared          April_Ethereal  Summoner    Necro        ?  A1 Norm  Black Marsh
Elendoras       TheBarbWhoCould             Barbarian   14  A1 Norm  Dark Wood
Fingerzam       Happiness       TS/DTail    Assassin    13  A1 Norm  Stony Field
Farfus          Farfus          Healbot     Paladin     12  A1 Norm  Stony Field
FromBeyond      HesHardcore                 Barbarian   11  A1 Norm  Stony Field
SonOfBaal       IHateYouAll     Trap/Summon Assassin    11  A1 Norm  Stony Field
Quickdeath      Eve             Cold        Sorceress   10  A1 Norm  Stony Field
Sindus          LonelyMaiden    Enchantress Sorc         7  A1 Norm  Stony Field
Chizz           Trapper         ?           Assassin     6  A1 Norm  Stony Field
AlienBoyz       DocWho          Summoner    Necro       12  A1 Norm  Cold Plains
Chymaera        Marius II       BlizBolt    Sorceress   10  A1 Norm  Cold Plain 
Liquidcore      ThaDru          Wind/fire   Druid        6  A1 Norm  Cold Plains
Vang            WirtsOldMan                 Barbarian    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
rY xD           Illidan         Berzerker   Barbarian    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
adny            Scorch          Hydrasorc   Sorceress    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Gabriel74       Smelly          Lightning   Sorceress    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Retawd          Sinistral       --          Assassin     1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Darkstrikes     lighamus                    Amazon       1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Schmeat         SchmeatOhs*t                Necromancer  1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Mordeth         Destitute       Hybrid      Paladin      1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
[highlight]Dead Characters[/highlight]
[b][u]Forum Name      Character       Build       Class       LVL   ACT         WP   [/u][/b] 
jiansonz        Evangelina      Phoenix     Assassin    81  A3 Hell  Durance of Hate lvl 3
Mursilis        Anubis          Summoner    Necromancer 75  A2 Hell  Cellar lvl 3      
Crazy_Bear      Jane_Doe        Javazon     Amazon      78  A2 Hell  Cellar lvl 2
Butzull         Warnie          Hunter      Druid       75  A1 Hell  Outer Cloister
Breaker         PokePoke        Lancebarb   Barb        36  A4 Norm  River of Flame  
inSTAALed       EmoPhil         Ele         Druid       28  A4 Norm  River of Flame
whoisfu         WhoIsZon                    Amazon      35  A4 Norm  Chaos Sanctuary
jiansonz        Kevin           HF Zealot   Paladin     31  A3 Norm  Disused Reliquary
Silverslasher   Sizzlingpain    Trap        Assassin    28  A3 Norm  Kurast
EmperorMoo      GumbyKicksAss   Golemancer  Necro       26  A3 Norm  Flayer Jungle
Jabash          RunAway         Blade/Shdw  Assasin     28  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
Anraxas         ibone_alone     ranger      Paladin     27  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
newco           KissMyBoots     Hybrid      Assassin    27  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
Crazy_Bear      Silent_Bob      Psn/Mage    Necromancer 27  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
Butzull         Spinster                    Amazon      26  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
EmperorMoo      BertieWooster   Summoner    Necromancer 25  A2 Norm  Duriel's chamber
Sindus          Sindus          Comando     Necro       25  A2 Norm  Summoner
inSTAALed       HumanMeatBlock  Con         Barb        21  A2 Norm  Halls of Dead
CDRToast        Isolated        Bow/Trap    Assassin    22  A2 Norm  Halls/Dead2
Colorless Green Omega                       Assassin    21  A2 Norm  Halls/Dead2
EJB             WheresEveryone              Druid       22  A2 Norm  Radament
EmperorMoo      GotArrers       Mageazon    Amazon      21  A2 Norm  Radamant  
ShockTactics    Frostshock      Frostadin   Paladin     20  A2 Norm  Radamant
Chymaera        Marius          BlizBolt    Sorceress   14  A1 Norm  Black Marsh
chizz           Chizzy          Summoner    Necro       11  A1 Norm  Jail level 1
EmperorMoo      Wordsworth      Summon      Necromancer 11  A1 Norm  Tamoe Highland
Anraxas         ibone_alone     bone        Necro        8  A1 Norm  Countess
Liquidcore      FightingLove    Sniperzon   Amazon       6  A1 Norm  Stony Field
 
The jungles of Act 3 weren't as bad as I'd feared, in terms of LI-infestation. Spider Forest had LI cloud-stalkers and apes. I thought I was in for a long lesson of frustration, but I perked up when my carefully-selected valk 1-hit killed the first stalker! She was very strong, and cut through the mobs which I kept frozen. Asteria took care of the bramble hulks herself. The spider caves had no bats. 100% spiders and fat maggots, very easy for CS. Great Marsh had gloams, but I soon found the waypoint.

Next session, Great Marsh rolled zombies, hulks, and frogs. A dream roll, rich with boss packs. The first zombie pack dropped a perfect Small Charm of Vita (20)! However, the pack had spawned along the small trail to the waypoint, and thus was already cleared the previous session. D'oh! Sadly, I gave up the charm.

No major problems with the Flayer Jungle. Some of the flayers were LI, but others were CI or PoI, and easily killed. The dungeons were dangerous but the valk was able to tank the narrow passages OK. I scouted a pack of HF gloams, and emptied a quiver of arrows while the valk tanked them. The Witch Doctor dropped a rare coronet. +10 dex and 18 resist-all. Not nearly good enough to give up my Sazabi's helm. Finally, Stromtree made his appearance: CELE Extra Fast Fanaticism. I took down a couple minions before the full pack arrived, which was enough for the valk to survive while I killed the rest.

The Kurast monster rolls were also good to me. I think one area had LI leapers, and LI vultures in another. No big deal. Lots of fat hulks again! Whee!! :grin:
At the start of a new session, the first thing I did was click a log. It was close to previously cleared area, but I knew for sure it was legal and gladly equipped it. My FA damage is improved, and now I can cast level 24 valks full-time. Also my D/A/E is significantly better, very helpful when wielding a bow.

Down into the sewers, rarely a fun experience for me. Bats, mosquitos, and mummies, another great roll! I saw the tiny X-shaped island, with 4 mummies and a skull pile. Eager to keep my latest uber-valk, I used a teleport charge. Of course, I didn't think it through very well, and had to use another charge to get off. A while later, another little island! This time, I killed them all with FA. One of them dropped an ID scroll. I decided it was worth 1 telekinesis charge to fetch it.

Severe NDE against Icehawk. As jiansonz mentioned earlier, Icehawk loves to flee and disappear. I was too zealous about preventing that, and nearly paid the price. Chasing him relentlessly, too close to the remaining minions, Asteria took a couple hits as his CELE nova unleashed. I was in the process of pressing the rejuv key, and saw a brief glimpse of an empty life bulb before it filled again. I killed another minion, and just sat there stunned for a few seconds. :nervous:

Back to business. The task at hand: clear the Kurast temples.
Ruined Temple was crazy. 4 boss packs in the large room, and much of the crowd piled up against the doorway. Boss vampires and spiders too. CS works well against such a dense mob. Usually the monster I'm jabbing lasts longer than those behind it.
Forgotten Reliquary: Hello! Very scary, but they didn't last long and I only needed one healing potion.

The Travincal zealots were LI. Valk + group freezing sufficed. Durance wasn't too bad, although the LI maulers were a pain. I did Meph's level at p3. Wyand spawned PILI which required the malice knife. At p3 it was a bit of a wait.

Asteria wasted no time rushing Meph and zapped away. Meph scored a couple good hits, but nothing too drastic. Soon the valk caught up, and drew Meph's fire. An easy battle, with an unrewarding drop.

Keepers:
Ral and Sol
Russet (7) Small Charm
Small Charm of Sustenance (11)
Small Charm of Vita (18)

Left Behind:
Steel (105) Grand Charm
Spineripper

[highlight]Conqueror Asteria, 1.11 CS Amazon, level 82, Act 4 Hell, Outer Steppes[/highlight]
 
DEEDS.:hanky:

Was doing the Far Oasis and ran across a Unique Beetle that was CE. Wasn't watching my health and the minions were getting in some good hits. Health was down half way when the valk got the last hit on the beetle. Cold explosion = instant deeds. It did more than 300 damage.

GL to those remaining. This was a great tourny. I may re-enter and I may not, am undecided at the moment.

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[highlight]Alive Characters[/highlight]  
[b][u]Forum Name      Character       Build       Class       LVL   ACT         WP      [/u][/b]  
OldSoldier      Princess_Diana  MA/LF       Amazon      79  A3 Hell  Kurast Docks
Insane Wayne    Asteria         CS          Amazon      79  A2 Hell  Lost City
skoolbus        OneFingaPushup  Trapper     Assassin    61  A3 NM    Travincal
SinningThings   Rapunzel        Trapsin     Assassin    25  A1 NM    Rogue Camp
Breaker         Nosiop          Poison      Necromancer 36  A5 Norm  Frigid Highlands
Chern           All_Alone       Summoner    Druid       33  A4 Norm  River of Flame
Zodwizard       HC_Rainwalker   Fire-Hunter Druid       29  A4 Norm  Pand Fortress
Anraxas         To_easy         Summoner    necro       28  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
WestXylophone   SoloFirer       HolyFire    Paladin     26  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
stephan         Louise                      Assassin    23  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
Silverslasher   Forlorn         fire/summon Druid       28  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
Cygnus          Lycus           Hammers     Paladin     25  A2 Norm  Harem
Butzull         Silencia                    Amazon      24  A2 Norm  Lost City
Friiser         HCAll_Alone     Summoner    Necro       22  A2 Norm  Far Oasis
Docturnal       Angriez         Fishyzon    Zon         21  A2 Norm  Rocky Waste
Ron             Bamboozle       Passive     Amazon      17  A2 Norm  Sewers Level 2
San             Sigrdrifa       PsnJava/MA  Zon         21  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
thewamp         Athena          PJ/FA       Amazon      20  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
Tweety          Remi            Boner       Necromancer 19  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
Brak            Tojolobal       Quesodin    Paladin     19  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
Ohomemgrande    Lonely          Trapper     Assassin    19  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
tripsu          InsaneEnvy                  Amazon      18  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein  
Credge          YinMKII         --          Necro       17  A1 Norm  Jail Level 1
Hoop76          Lone_Ranger                 Paladin     15  A1 Norm  Outer Cloister
ZeN             DieAlone        Fishy       Necro       14  A1 Norm  Outer Cloister
GreyEagle       LoneEagle       Trapper     Assassin    17  A1 Norm  Tamoe Highlands
mjosh           Electrolyte     light sorc  Sorceress   15  A1 Norm  Black Marsh
Feared          April_Ethereal  Summoner    Necro        ?  A1 Norm  Black Marsh
Elendoras       TheBarbWhoCould             Barbarian   14  A1 Norm  Dark Wood
Fingerzam       Happiness       TS/DTail    Assassin    13  A1 Norm  Stony Field
Farfus          Farfus          Healbot     Paladin     12  A1 Norm  Stony Field
FromBeyond      HesHardcore                 Barbarian   11  A1 Norm  Stony Field
SonOfBaal       IHateYouAll     Trap/Summon Assassin    11  A1 Norm  Stony Field
Quickdeath      Eve             Cold        Sorceress   10  A1 Norm  Stony Field
Sindus          LonelyMaiden    Enchantress Sorc         7  A1 Norm  Stony Field
Chizz           Trapper         ?           Assassin     6  A1 Norm  Stony Field
AlienBoyz       DocWho          Summoner    Necro       12  A1 Norm  Cold Plains
Chymaera        Marius II       BlizBolt    Sorceress   10  A1 Norm  Cold Plain 
Liquidcore      ThaDru          Wind/fire   Druid        6  A1 Norm  Cold Plains
Vang            WirtsOldMan                 Barbarian    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
rY xD           Illidan         Berzerker   Barbarian    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
adny            Scorch          Hydrasorc   Sorceress    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Gabriel74       Smelly          Lightning   Sorceress    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Retawd          Sinistral       --          Assassin     1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Darkstrikes     lighamus                    Amazon       1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Schmeat         SchmeatOhs*t                Necromancer  1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Mordeth         Destitute       Hybrid      Paladin      1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
[highlight]Dead Characters[/highlight]
[b][u]Forum Name      Character       Build       Class       LVL   ACT         WP   [/u][/b] 
jiansonz        Evangelina      Phoenix     Assassin    81  A3 Hell  Durance of Hate lvl 3
Mursilis        Anubis          Summoner    Necromancer 75  A2 Hell  Cellar lvl 3      
Crazy_Bear      Jane_Doe        Javazon     Amazon      78  A2 Hell  Cellar lvl 2
Butzull         Warnie          Hunter      Druid       75  A1 Hell  Outer Cloister
Ilshad          StyxofThunder   CS          Amazon      55  A2 NM    Far Oasis
Breaker         PokePoke        Lancebarb   Barb        36  A4 Norm  River of Flame  
inSTAALed       EmoPhil         Ele         Druid       28  A4 Norm  River of Flame
whoisfu         WhoIsZon                    Amazon      35  A4 Norm  Chaos Sanctuary
jiansonz        Kevin           HF Zealot   Paladin     31  A3 Norm  Disused Reliquary
Silverslasher   Sizzlingpain    Trap        Assassin    28  A3 Norm  Kurast
EmperorMoo      GumbyKicksAss   Golemancer  Necro       26  A3 Norm  Flayer Jungle
Jabash          RunAway         Blade/Shdw  Assasin     28  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
Anraxas         ibone_alone     ranger      Paladin     27  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
newco           KissMyBoots     Hybrid      Assassin    27  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
Crazy_Bear      Silent_Bob      Psn/Mage    Necromancer 27  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
Butzull         Spinster                    Amazon      26  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
EmperorMoo      BertieWooster   Summoner    Necromancer 25  A2 Norm  Duriel's chamber
Sindus          Sindus          Comando     Necro       25  A2 Norm  Summoner
inSTAALed       HumanMeatBlock  Con         Barb        21  A2 Norm  Halls of Dead
CDRToast        Isolated        Bow/Trap    Assassin    22  A2 Norm  Halls/Dead2
Colorless Green Omega                       Assassin    21  A2 Norm  Halls/Dead2
EJB             WheresEveryone              Druid       22  A2 Norm  Radament
EmperorMoo      GotArrers       Mageazon    Amazon      21  A2 Norm  Radamant  
ShockTactics    Frostshock      Frostadin   Paladin     20  A2 Norm  Radamant
Chymaera        Marius          BlizBolt    Sorceress   14  A1 Norm  Black Marsh
chizz           Chizzy          Summoner    Necro       11  A1 Norm  Jail level 1
EmperorMoo      Wordsworth      Summon      Necromancer 11  A1 Norm  Tamoe Highland
Anraxas         ibone_alone     bone        Necro        8  A1 Norm  Countess
Liquidcore      FightingLove    Sniperzon   Amazon       6  A1 Norm  Stony Field
 
Insane Wayne said:
Asteria wasted no time rushing Meph and zapped away.
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Thanks! :thumbsup:



@ilshad:
Nasty stuff. I was killed by a CE nova in one of the first tourneys I entered ("Psycho´s" tourney, for v1.09 dagger melee characters.) My daggerzon died to a Conviction + CE Bone Warrior in NM Pit level 1. I was greedy (using mostly MF gear), so her resists were abysmal when Convicted.

What was Styx´ cold resist here?



 
RIP Evangelina. If I ever get to Hell Meph, I'll give him a deserved amount of butt-kicking.

Act 4 was a bit slow. I couldn't use CoS in the outdoors areas and the balrogs/pit lords really drained my health too fast to be comfortable with their inferno, so I just had them hit my shadow and tried to get my attacks charged somewhere without getting fried.

River of Flame was a completely different story. I could use CoS so it was safe and easy. Hellforge gave me a perfect ruby and a flawless emerald and some other gems that I didn't pick up. And the rune was... an Eld.

After that it was time for the main show, Chaos Sanctuary. I was pretty sure that a single charged kick would kill me if I had IM, so I decided not to try my luck and used blade fury for the whole CS and let my Shadow Master do the main killing (I didn't really have a good BF weapon after my Cleglaw's gloves got destroyed making the Cleglaw's sword kinda crappy). This took some time, but finally I had cleared the whole Sanctuary and could then open the seals and melee the non Lord de Seis groups. Somewhere here I found an Angelic's ring, which I decided to keep for the rest of the game in case I'd find the amulet.

The fight against Diablo was pretty easy. I would get Diablo to hit my shadow and would then start charging TS/CS from behind and release. My shadow could take a few hits, but the lightning attack killed it pretty much instantly. This was no problem though, because CS filled my mana to full with a single DTail, so after charging TS/CS I would recast my shadow, release and repeat until Diablo was dead.

Diablo dropped a heavy belt with self-repair, 17% FHR and some FR. I took it but didn't start using it at least yet because of losing a belt row.

A5 didn't give much trouble, though the infernos from towers and Siege Beasts did hurt me somewhat. I was pretty careful with using CoS in the outdoor areas here too, so I took some damage from ranged attack, but nothing serious. The indoor areas were again really easy thanks to CoS. The more I use this skill the more I love it. It forces those Frozen Horrors to only use their melee attack, so I don't have to worry about the cold inferno.

Somewhere in the Glacial Trail I found magic demonhide boots. They have more than twice the damage of greaves, so I quickly replaced my greaves with these. My rare gloves also started to break here, they only had 3 durability left.

In the Icy Cellar I found a rare ring, and what a ring it was. Considering that I haven't played 1.10/1.11 almost at all before, seeing an actual dual leech ring made me go pretty much yay^3. I had to press esc and take a 5 minute break to make sure I wasn't dreaming.

Then it was time for the Ancients, I changed to /players 1 for these. First I got all of them hitting my shadow and then started killing Madawc and after that which ever of the remaineng two was close. Had to use a single potion in here, but CS took care of life problems mostly.

After Ancients I crafted a safety amulet, which turned out to be totally crappy. On the topic of crafting, how hard can it be to find magic heavy gloves? I've been searching for them since the beginning of A3 to make blood gloves and haven't found a single pair.

Then it was time for Worldstone Keep and Baal. Clearing the Keep was an easy job, grabbed an antidote potion for Achmel's poison somewhere on the way. The first 4 waves in the Throne were pretty easy, but listers gang sure was another deal. CoS didn't blind them and because they kept knocking my shadow back, they would start hitting me as soons as I got behind them. I took a lot of hits, and that also hurt my gear. I took them out pretty much one at a time with TS/DTail. First I tried to kill them with BF but my BF damage was so low it didn't really work. My gloves broke, and my boots had only 2 durability left after them. At this point I realised I hadn't checked their durability when I found them.

Compared to Lister, Baal was a piece of cake. I changed to /players 5 for Baal. Here I quickly realised how good of a summon Shadow Master is against Baal. Every time he teleports away from melee my shadow would teleport after him with Dragon Flight. Because of this, Baal didn't cast that many spells, and killing him was an easy job.

Now I just need new boots quickly.

My Character:

Stats (with items):

STR 92
DEX 113
VIT 95
ENE 42

life 416
mana 179

Resistances on NM:

Fire -10
Cold -10
Light 4
Poison 13

Code: 
[highlight]Alive Characters[/highlight]  
[b][u]Forum Name      Character       Build       Class       LVL   ACT         WP      [/u][/b]  
OldSoldier      Princess_Diana  MA/LF       Amazon      79  A3 Hell  Kurast Docks
Insane Wayne    Asteria         CS          Amazon      79  A2 Hell  Lost City
skoolbus        OneFingaPushup  Trapper     Assassin    61  A3 NM    Travincal
Fingerzam       Happiness       TS/DTail    Assassin    47  A1 NM    Roque Camp
SinningThings   Rapunzel        Trapsin     Assassin    25  A1 NM    Rogue Camp
Breaker         Nosiop          Poison      Necromancer 36  A5 Norm  Frigid Highlands
Chern           All_Alone       Summoner    Druid       33  A4 Norm  River of Flame
Zodwizard       HC_Rainwalker   Fire-Hunter Druid       29  A4 Norm  Pand Fortress
Anraxas         To_easy         Summoner    necro       28  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
WestXylophone   SoloFirer       HolyFire    Paladin     26  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
stephan         Louise                      Assassin    23  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
Silverslasher   Forlorn         fire/summon Druid       28  A3 Norm  Kurast Docks
Cygnus          Lycus           Hammers     Paladin     25  A2 Norm  Harem
Butzull         Silencia                    Amazon      24  A2 Norm  Lost City
Friiser         HCAll_Alone     Summoner    Necro       22  A2 Norm  Far Oasis
Docturnal       Angriez         Fishyzon    Zon         21  A2 Norm  Rocky Waste
Ron             Bamboozle       Passive     Amazon      17  A2 Norm  Sewers Level 2
San             Sigrdrifa       PsnJava/MA  Zon         21  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
thewamp         Athena          PJ/FA       Amazon      20  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
Tweety          Remi            Boner       Necromancer 19  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
Brak            Tojolobal       Quesodin    Paladin     19  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
Ohomemgrande    Lonely          Trapper     Assassin    19  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein
tripsu          InsaneEnvy                  Amazon      18  A2 Norm  Lut Gholein  
Credge          YinMKII         --          Necro       17  A1 Norm  Jail Level 1
Hoop76          Lone_Ranger                 Paladin     15  A1 Norm  Outer Cloister
ZeN             DieAlone        Fishy       Necro       14  A1 Norm  Outer Cloister
GreyEagle       LoneEagle       Trapper     Assassin    17  A1 Norm  Tamoe Highlands
mjosh           Electrolyte     light sorc  Sorceress   15  A1 Norm  Black Marsh
Feared          April_Ethereal  Summoner    Necro        ?  A1 Norm  Black Marsh
Elendoras       TheBarbWhoCould             Barbarian   14  A1 Norm  Dark Wood
Farfus          Farfus          Healbot     Paladin     12  A1 Norm  Stony Field
FromBeyond      HesHardcore                 Barbarian   11  A1 Norm  Stony Field
SonOfBaal       IHateYouAll     Trap/Summon Assassin    11  A1 Norm  Stony Field
Quickdeath      Eve             Cold        Sorceress   10  A1 Norm  Stony Field
Sindus          LonelyMaiden    Enchantress Sorc         7  A1 Norm  Stony Field
Chizz           Trapper         ?           Assassin     6  A1 Norm  Stony Field
AlienBoyz       DocWho          Summoner    Necro       12  A1 Norm  Cold Plains
Chymaera        Marius II       BlizBolt    Sorceress   10  A1 Norm  Cold Plain 
Liquidcore      ThaDru          Wind/fire   Druid        6  A1 Norm  Cold Plains
Vang            WirtsOldMan                 Barbarian    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
rY xD           Illidan         Berzerker   Barbarian    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
adny            Scorch          Hydrasorc   Sorceress    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Gabriel74       Smelly          Lightning   Sorceress    1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Retawd          Sinistral       --          Assassin     1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Darkstrikes     lighamus                    Amazon       1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Schmeat         SchmeatOhs*t                Necromancer  1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
Mordeth         Destitute       Hybrid      Paladin      1  A1 Norm  Rogue Camp
[highlight]Dead Characters[/highlight]
[b][u]Forum Name      Character       Build       Class       LVL   ACT         WP   [/u][/b] 
jiansonz        Evangelina      Phoenix     Assassin    81  A3 Hell  Durance of Hate lvl 3
Mursilis        Anubis          Summoner    Necromancer 75  A2 Hell  Cellar lvl 3      
Crazy_Bear      Jane_Doe        Javazon     Amazon      78  A2 Hell  Cellar lvl 2
Butzull         Warnie          Hunter      Druid       75  A1 Hell  Outer Cloister
Ilshad          StyxofThunder   CS          Amazon      55  A2 NM    Far Oasis
Breaker         PokePoke        Lancebarb   Barb        36  A4 Norm  River of Flame  
inSTAALed       EmoPhil         Ele         Druid       28  A4 Norm  River of Flame
whoisfu         WhoIsZon                    Amazon      35  A4 Norm  Chaos Sanctuary
jiansonz        Kevin           HF Zealot   Paladin     31  A3 Norm  Disused Reliquary
Silverslasher   Sizzlingpain    Trap        Assassin    28  A3 Norm  Kurast
EmperorMoo      GumbyKicksAss   Golemancer  Necro       26  A3 Norm  Flayer Jungle
Jabash          RunAway         Blade/Shdw  Assasin     28  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
Anraxas         ibone_alone     ranger      Paladin     27  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
newco           KissMyBoots     Hybrid      Assassin    27  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
Crazy_Bear      Silent_Bob      Psn/Mage    Necromancer 27  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
Butzull         Spinster                    Amazon      26  A2 Norm  Duriel's Chamber
EmperorMoo      BertieWooster   Summoner    Necromancer 25  A2 Norm  Duriel's chamber
Sindus          Sindus          Comando     Necro       25  A2 Norm  Summoner
inSTAALed       HumanMeatBlock  Con         Barb        21  A2 Norm  Halls of Dead
CDRToast        Isolated        Bow/Trap    Assassin    22  A2 Norm  Halls/Dead2
Colorless Green Omega                       Assassin    21  A2 Norm  Halls/Dead2
EJB             WheresEveryone              Druid       22  A2 Norm  Radament
EmperorMoo      GotArrers       Mageazon    Amazon      21  A2 Norm  Radamant  
ShockTactics    Frostshock      Frostadin   Paladin     20  A2 Norm  Radamant
Chymaera        Marius          BlizBolt    Sorceress   14  A1 Norm  Black Marsh
chizz           Chizzy          Summoner    Necro       11  A1 Norm  Jail level 1
EmperorMoo      Wordsworth      Summon      Necromancer 11  A1 Norm  Tamoe Highland
Anraxas         ibone_alone     bone        Necro        8  A1 Norm  Countess
Liquidcore      FightingLove    Sniperzon   Amazon       6  A1 Norm  Stony Field

[highlight]Destroyer Happiness, TS/DTail Assassin, level 47, act 1 NM, Rogue Camp[/highlight]
 
Congrats on the Destroyer Fingerzam!

Silencia made it past the Chaos Sanctuary and Diablo himself last night without any real problems. Charged Strike with a low damage weapon makes OKs laughable! I did of course take Diablo on /players 1 given that you have one chance and that's it. He dropped pretty easily with just a couple of potions used, and those just red ones. He dropped rare junk unfortunately.

She has proceeded into Act 5 and found a Viscerataunt in the first area. She wore it briefly before dropping it to don a 2 socket tower shield. Aside from that, drops remain somewhere in the useless->not good enough range. ;)

Valk is Lvl 8 now, so has upgraded her weapon and now can start to do some damage with her slow, ponderous swing.

I'll update the table if/when I make Destroyer, but that might be a little bit delayed, as we're moving into our new home this weekend (good timing with all of these global interest rate issues/scares! Luckily we're with a big bank, not a fringe lender, so should be ok...fingers crossed!).

Butz. :dunce:
 
@Ilshad, RIP Styx. :sad2:
CE beetles are difficult even in Normal. Every bolt has extra damage tacked on, and then of course the nova.

@Fingerzam, nice progress! That ring is great.

@Butzull, good luck filling those shield sockets. :cool:
 
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