yay me. as of right now, I have my first 1.10 Champion: Khali, an MA 'sin. My partner, using her Burizon and I, just killed nightmare Baal @players 8. woohoo. well, mostly, I killed him, as her laptop, which was hosting was lagging alot, and she had a hard time moving around in the WS chamber. she died from lag and stupid Baal sat on her corpse so even when I manage to get away long enough to open a portal for her to come through, she couldn't retrieve her body for several moments. she was rather p!ssed off. eventually, she grabbed her body and helped in the kill by getting a few frozen bolts into the big bug.
stingy b@st@rd dropped 6 normal rares. our punishment for having less than 50% MF between us. :rant:
some random thingie in WSK lvl 2 coughed up an ancient sword though and something else gave me heavy gloves .
I have to say, we got the best monster draw in the WSK I have ever seen. (I have a 1.09 character who I have played NM Act V & hell Act 1 in 1.10) No oblivion knights. No gloams. No horodrim ancients or serpents. the worst we got was moon lords on the throne room level. dark lords, herophants, returned mages and fetishes were about all we got. I kept asking her to verify we were at players 8, it was so easy.
anyway, since I'm using an odd 'sin build, I'll post the details just to show that it's possible so far.
Khali
Assassin
level 73
Strength: 128
Energy: 25
Dexterity: 113
Vitality: 184
Life: 861
Mana: 132
skills (base)
MA: 1 in Fof, CoT, TS, CS, DT; 9 in BoI(just for the synergy); 9 in PS (main charge up, next to max); 20 in DC
SD: 1 in BoS, Venom, PH, CoS, MB, SW, 4 in Fade, WB, 3 in SM, 20 in CM
equipment so far:
Natalya's Soul, Shadow & Totem
String of Ears
Manald Heal, Raven Frost
dual wielding Jade Talen & Firelizard's Talen
Ghoul Emblem*
Gale Hold** crafted gloves
GCs & SC give +4 to MA skills, +2 to Shadow skills, and enough extra res to keep all maxed (I miscalculated the str I'd need though so until I level up, I have +5 str LC as well for the Nat's Shadow)
*Ghoul Emblem
Amulet
+14 to Dexterity
All Resistances +16
+50 poison damage over 3 seconds
Replenish Life +6
+1 to Assassin Skill Levels
**Gale Hold
Vampirebone Gloves
+4 to Dexterity
+13 to Life
1% Life stolen per hit
3% Mana stolen per hit
Replenish Life +4
10% Chance of Crushing Blow
+2 to Martial Art Skills (Assassin Only)
Mercenary Items :
Coif of Glory (upgraded)
Shaftstop
Hone Sundan socketed with an AMN and 2 PEmeralds
i pre-buff my Shadow, Venom & BoS with a +3 to shadow skills crown, then go around casting CoS & MB then left clawing with 3 PS charge ups (chaos ice bolts) and releasing with the right claw. who needs to kick?
I plan to level up to the point of being able to use Nat's Mark before heading on to Hell. JT (my partner) insists we do another non-MFing 8-player Baal run so she can participate more in the kill. I think in her mind, she hasn't really beat the act yet.
well, she's calling me of to :yawn: now. I'd better go. g'night :howdy: