I felt like playing a barbarian and decided to try Zerker P7 Diablo runs with seal trick. It meant that merc had to be tough so I made my first ethereal Fortitude:
Maybe 2 hours in and the highlight so far is 4% BK.
Not too useful but entertaining:
I think I've posted this before but I just love this ring for a Zerker. That +9 minimum damage is tasty:
I dropped freaking 9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RBFs on my UT Barb lvl 92 1/2! A very usefull +3/-5 Light, very nice +4/-5 posion, a nice -5/4cold and this one! I just dropped 3 RBFs whilst tryin to get Baal Essence!
!
€: And now I got this..dunno if any usefull....but still:
*Emerges from the ruins soaking wet, stinking of jungle, and babbling.*
I've won! I've won! I've won!
1.11b P3 LK run #18,260:
Which means the quest for Jah+Lo has ended at last! My high rune drops were at 1,824 (Lo), 12,164 (Ber), 13,883 (Sur), 14,343 (Lo), and tonight's 18,260 (Lo). I had the runes for Jah at 14,343 but held off on cubing them to keep my options open depending on what high rune dropped next. Any of the three possible high runes would therefore have gotten me to my goal. Lo obviously gets me exactly to my goal of Jah+Lo whereas Sur or Ber would have left me with extra high rune(s) lying around. I wouldn't have minded having another Lo or Lo+Sur lying around but I'm not greedy . I'm going to take my winnings and go home now completely happy!
Interestingly, I ended nearly exactly where one might reasonably hope to have found their fifth high rune. With 65,536 drop patterns and a six super chest LK map you could first see all the drop patterns at run #10,923. With three high rune drop patterns you could then reasonably hope to find a high rune every 3,641 runs. That'd put you at coming across your fifth high rune at run #18,205. Considering the super slow start I got off to during my first 12,000 runs I'm pretty excited that I'm ending where I am. Now, I suppose I could be grumpy that although my total number of high runes is right on average their value is skewed towards the Low end (no pun originally intended ). But as expected, now that I have what I want I really couldn't care less how long it took to get it! I simply feel happy!
Anyhow, it's about the end of the day for me so finalizing any items will have to wait. Results to be posted soon ...
TraviRunnerS, my new dedicated sorceress, had made it to Matriarch. Afterwards, she got on Travi map fishing, and after some runs, found an acceptable one, with an acceptable two campfires LK on top of it. And it delivered... quick oO
Obviously the run is crappy - of course i'm tired, i always felt better playing barb there, but i wanted to work on this setup. No Insight means tough mana burn fight, that's why i added a mana pots slot.
And looking at it I have just noticed that forwarding the bow has upped its rlvl from 26 to 35. Dang it! My guess is it's due to the "Incineration" suffix which doesn't seem exist (on bows, according to the affixcalc) in 1.14. Dang it!
Leveling 81->84 while running Travincal, and found another HR:
Also, found some goodies, including a Tal rasha"s and an Atma's amulet... nice ones!
Tal Rasha's Adjudication
Amulet
Required Level: 67
Fingerprint: 0xdddcecc4
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+2 to Sorceress Skill Levels
Adds 3 - 32 Lightning Damage
+50 to Life
+42 to Mana
Lightning Resist +33%
Set (4 items): +10% Faster Cast Rate
Dwarf Star
Ring
Required Level: 45
Fingerprint: 0xc35f6df3
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+40 to Life
+40 Maximum Stamina
Heal Stamina Plus 15%
Fire Absorb 15%
Magic Damage Reduced by 13
100% Extra Gold from Monsters
Atma's Scarab
Amulet
Required Level: 60
Fingerprint: 0xd0822219
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
5% Chance to cast level 2 Amplify Damage on striking
20% Bonus to Attack Rating
Adds 40 Poison Damage Over 4 Secs (100 Frames)
Poison Resist +75%
Attacker Takes Damage of 5
+3 to Light Radius
Vermilion Jewel of Virility
Jewel
Required Level: 50
Fingerprint: 0x9890f76b
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+14 to Maximum Damage
+7 to Strength
Graverobber's Grand Charm of Quality
Grand Charm
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0x564132d7
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)
+2 to Maximum Damage
Windhammer
Ogre Maul
Two Hand Damage: 235 - 324
Durability: 45 of 60
Required Level: 68
Required Strength: 225
Fingerprint: 0x8d581323
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
33% Chance to cast level 22 Twister on striking
+60% Increased Attack Speed
206% Enhanced Damage
+150% Damage to Undead
50% Chance of Crushing Blow
So I have this massive pile of pskulls I have been meaning to do something meaningful with, and it was time to start at some of that. After a quick tally, decided to do the rounded down 'half' of the pile, 630 pskulls, which is 105 rerolls. BUT... I only have 5 crummy rare Diadems. I mean, I doubt more is really necessary, but I'd like to think its possible. Also, it would be my luck to hit 4 too-close-to-reroll, and I'd hate to miss good rolls while they are happening... but nothing else works as good for the pskull-reroll, nothing else has that big qlvl(85) AND big mlvl(18) ... lesser circlets should work, if not as well, and wands, staves, and orbs do have mlvl, even if it is just 1 point worth... and my unfortunate and overworked brain recalled some tidbit I had heard somwhere; that you can upgrade rare or unique Tiara>Diadem with the exceptional>elite cube formula. Worth a shot... and it works! After some more pondering and trying to calculate what the RNG might do, we now we have 7 crummy rare Diadem, 630 pskulls, and much anticipation.
Armageddon Brow
Diadem
Defense: 57
Durability: 10 of 20
Required Level: 67
Fingerprint: 0x3953b616
Item Level: 63
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Necromancer Skill Levels
+19 to Strength
+20 to Dexterity
59% Extra Gold from Monsters
Corpse Circlet
Diadem
Defense: 101
Durability: 15 of 20
Required Level: 67
Fingerprint: 0xc2a4fadd
Item Level: 61
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Assassin Skill Levels
+120 to Attack Rating
5% Mana stolen per hit
+66% Enhanced Defense
+20 to Dexterity
Replenish Life +3
Dire Cowl
Diadem
Defense: 53
Durability: 19 of 20
Required Level: 67
Fingerprint: 0xffa3874d
Item Level: 72
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Amazon Skill Levels
7% Life stolen per hit
+25 to Strength
+22 to Life
All Resistances +10
Ghoul Casque
Diadem
Defense: 55
Durability: 17 of 20
Required Level: 64
Fingerprint: 0x59829669
Item Level: 61
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+30% Faster Run/Walk
+10% Faster Cast Rate
Adds 6 - 20 Cold Damage Over 1 Secs (25 Frames)
6% Mana stolen per hit
Skull Casque
Diadem
Defense: 56
Durability: 11 of 20
Required Level: 64
Fingerprint: 0xef68fa3f
Item Level: 61
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Shadow Discipline Skills (Assassin Only)
+12 to Dexterity
+77 to Mana
All Resistances +13
Damage Reduced by 4
25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Skull Casque
Diadem
Defense: 55
Durability: 18 of 20
Required Level: 67
Fingerprint: 0xce914e1c
Item Level: 62
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Amazon Skill Levels
+20 to Strength
Lightning Resist +23%
Fire Resist +32%
Half Freeze Duration
Viper Visor
Diadem
Defense: 59
Durability: 11 of 20
Required Level: 64
Fingerprint: 0x77a3b145
Item Level: 61
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Element Skills (Druid Only)
+20% Faster Cast Rate
25% Enhanced Damage
+25 to Strength
Fire Resist +36%
Level 1 Tornado (20/22 Charges)
Results from 630 pskulls is a bit mixed... i would have liked at least one "perfect" roll, but it wasn't in the cards. I may be wrong, but I really don't think there is much any other base worth doing this on in any kind of focused way. Base item's ilvl will crash far too quick, with 3 rolls being about the most you can expect (with a lvl99 char, at that!) before you start missing more affixes than you would want to, and need to start rolling on a 'fresh' base, it would be difficult to have the bases and the skulls in the same game in any meaningful quantities. Luckily circlets and pskulls are still relatively portable...
Gambled this in between rolling on the Diadems, posted a pic the other day... rare Runic Talons that I feel should be pretty decent for a Trapper, but I really have no idea, as even my guesses are based on half-remembered threads I read many, many years back...
Bone Fist
Runic Talons
One Hand Damage: 71 - 131
Durability: 69 of 69
Required Level: 60
Required Strength: 115
Required Dexterity: 115
Fingerprint: 0x40592c26
Item Level: 96
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+40% Increased Attack Speed
198% Enhanced Damage
Adds 1 - 4 Cold Damage Over 3 Secs (75 Frames)
5% Mana stolen per hit
+2 to Lightning Sentry (Assassin Only)
+1 to Mind Blast (Assassin Only)
+3 to Death Sentry (Assassin Only)
Hit Causes Monster to Flee 100%
Poison Resist +10%
And to be clear, I'm not really bitching... I actually feel pretty good about what I ended up with... no single !JACKPOT! but pretty much every one of those is more useful than it was. In fact, I've since gone through and upped any other lowish ilvl Tiaras I had sitting in stashes, in anticipation of rolling on them as tasty Diadems, as my pskulls build back (I did leave Circlets & Coronets as they were... that would have been too many Ko+Pul+pAmethyst, I think, for nothing certain... hell, I may end up regretting it soon as is...) until then I now have 36 'new' Diadems waiting to be shaken up with many little skulls and then have thier component molecules smashed into each other, and indeed become an entirely new... well, string of code... less exciting than I was trying to play it up, guess that was inevitable.
Armageddon Hood
Diadem
Defense: 60
Durability: 14 of 20
Required Level: 71
Fingerprint: 0x259978c4
Item Level: 90
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+22 to Life
Cold Resist +17%
All Resistances +16
Required Level +7
Beast Casque
Diadem
Defense: 58
Durability: 19 of 20
Required Level: 71
Fingerprint: 0x22fe665
Item Level: 86
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Sorceress Skill Levels
30% Faster Run/Walk
6% Mana stolen per hit
Damage Reduced by 2
Required Level +7
Blood Shell
Diadem
Defense: 100
Durability: 17 of 20
Required Level: 74
Fingerprint: 0x37beb16d
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Amazon Skill Levels
+94% Enhanced Defense
+16 to Dexterity
+5 to Energy
All Resistances +14
Required Level +7
Bone Veil
Diadem
Defense: 56
Durability: 13 of 20
Required Level: 71
Fingerprint: 0xd7ci4bcf
Item Level: 86
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+30% Faster Run/Walk
+26 to Strength
+29 to Mana
Damage Reduced by 3
Required Level +7
Bramble Shell
Diadem
Defense: 60
Durability: 15 of 20
Required Level: 71
Fingerprint: 0xafdbb519
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Necromancer Skill Levels
20% Enhancex Damage
+36 to Life
All Resistances +18
Required Level +7
Bramble Shell
Diadem
Defense: 55
Durability: 13 of 20
Required Level: 71
Fingerprint: 0x56b6359b
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
14% Chance to cast level 5 Charged Bolt when struck
+2 to Paladin Skill Levels
+15 Attack Rating
+59 to Life
+1 to Light Radius
Required Level +7
Carrion Brow
Diadem
Defense: 52
Durability: 14 of 20
Required Level: 71
Fingerprint: 0x56b6359b
Item Level: 90
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only)
+7 to Minimum Damage
Fire Resist +33%
Damage Reduced by 7
Level 2 Teleport (25/25 Charges)
Required Level +7
Cruel Mask
Diadem
Defense: 107
Durability: 14 of 20
Required Level: 72
Fingerprint: 0x45b8f8c
Item Level: 97
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 Elemental Skills (Druid Only)
6% Mana stolen per hit
8% Life stolen per hit
+88% Enhanced Defense
+25 to Life
All Resistances +20
Required Level +7
Cruel Visor
Diadem
Defense: 73
Durability: 20 of 20
Required Level: 74
Fingerprint: 0x4c64c46c
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Druid Skill Levels
+88 to Attack Rating
+46% Enhanced Defense
+18 to Energy
+31 to Life
Repairs 1 Durability in 33 Seconds
Required Level +7
Death Veil
Diadem
Defense: 57
Durability: 10 of 20
Required Level: 71
Fingerprint: 0x2e00e1e0
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
14% Chance to cast level 5 Nova when struck
+2 Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)
6% Life stolen per hit
+20 to Life
+7 to Mana
All Resistances +19
Required Level +7
Dire Brow
Diadem
Defense: 51
Durability: 19 of 20
Required Level: 74
Fingerprint: 0xb2947fcd
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 Druid Skill Levels
22% Enhancex Damage
+8 to Minimum Damage
+21 to Life
Cold Resist +23%
Required Level +7
Doom Casque
Diadem
Defense: 107
Durability: 11 of 20
Required Level 73
Fingerprint: 0x313d0807
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
8% Mana stolen per hit
+95% Enhanced Defense
+24 to Strength
Required Level +7
Ghoul Brow
Diadem
Defense: 60
Durability: 12 of 20
Required Level 73
Fingerprint: 0x17581d30
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
10% Fastef Run/Walk
Adds 18 - 53 Fire Damage
8% Mana stolen per hit
Required Level +7
Loath Mask
Diadem
Defense: 103
Durability: 18 of 20
Required Level 72
Fingerprint: 0xb6e2ea0c
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Fire Skills (Sorceress Only)
+8 to Minimum Damage
8% Life stolen per hit
+95% Enhanced Defense
Replenish Life +3
All Resistances +11
Required Level +7
Pain Hood
Diadem
Defense: 59
Durability: 19 of 20
Required Level: 72
Fingerprint: 0x8c39403d
Item Level: 94
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Soeceress Skill Levels
+115 to Attack Rating
8% Life stolen per hit
+4 to Energy
All Resistances +9
Damage Reduced by 4
Required Level +7
Pain Hood
Diadem
Defense: 60
Durability: 10 of 20
Required Level: 71
Fingerprint: 0x22eecf0
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Offensive Aura Skills (Paladin Only)
+18 to Dexterity
+38 to Life
+23 to Mana
Poison Resist +10%
Damage Reduced by 4
Required Level: +7
Pain Veil
Diadem
Defense: 58
Durability: 17 of 20
Required Level 74
Fingerprint: 0x63c966f5
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Barbarian Skill Levels
+24 to Strength
+58 to Life
All Resistances +15
Level 4 Ice Blast(8/30Charges)
Required Level +7
Plague Brow
Diadem
Defense: 90
Durability: 18 of 20
Required Level 74
Fingerprint: 0x8ad70a76
Item Level: 86
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Necromancer Skill Levels
+7 Maximum Damage
8% Mana stolen per hit
+70% Enhanced Defense
+34 to Life
All Resistances +14
Required Level +7
Rune Casque
Diadem
Defense: 90
Durability: 17 of 20
Required Level: 71
Fingerprint: 0x8b9392e5
Item Level: 81
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Shadow Discipline Skills (Assassin Only)
5% Mana stolen per hit
+53% Enhanced Defense
Replenish Life +9
Required Level +7
Soul Cowl
Diadem
Defense: 52
Durability: 11 of 20
Required Level: 71
Fingerprint: 0xfaf54379
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Defensive Aura Skills (Paladin Only)
+23 to Strength
Cold Resist +35%
Damage Reduced by 2
Magic Damage Reduced by 3
Required Level +7
Storm Visage
Diadem
Defense: 60
Durability: 18 of 20
Required Level 71
Fingerprint: 0x83900358
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Amazon Skill Levels
All Resistances +16
+2 to Mana after each Kill
Attacker Takes Damage of 7
Required Level +7
Storm Visor
Diadem
Defense: 52
Durability: 10 of 20
Required Level 71
Fingerprint: 0xd92c1fc6
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Traps Skills (Assassin Only)
+93 to Attack Rating
All Resistances +17
Attacker Takes Damage of 5
Level 2 Teleport (4/25 Charges)
Required Level +7
Viper Shell
Diadem
Defense: 52
Durability: 14 of 20
Required Level 71
Fingerprint: 0x68aa876a
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Necromancer Skill Levels
5% Mana stolen per hit!
+5 to Strength
+7 to Dexterity
Cold Resist +26%
All Resistances +8
Required Level +7
Also got this at the same time, while trying to tease out another Diadem from the gamble screen, before I pushed through upping extra Tiaras. At least as good as some of the rolls generated above...
Spirit Horn
Circlet
Defense: 22
Durability: 35 of 35
Required Level: 67
Fingerprint: 0x7184fa32
Item Level: 97
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Druid Skill Levels
+25 to Strength
+20 to Life
+87 to Mana
All Resistances +10
Raven Horn
Coronet
Defense: 32
Durability: 27 of 30
Required Level: 39
Fingerprint: 0xcc1d085d
Item Level: 99
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 Amazon Skill Levels
+20% Faster Cast Rate
+8 to Life
All Resistances +13
Poison Resist +36%
73% Extra Gold from Monsters
All of this had to be reformatted heavily between transfer from PC to phone, so there are probably many misspellings, mispunctuations, or otherwise *ed up-ness to it all. This is entirely due to me not wanting to spend twice as much time editing on my phone as on my PC. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused.
The highs and lows in this game are so ridiculous. Swear its been weeks since a good drop despite consistent playing. Today testing out a 1.07 valk wing on my javazon and wait for iiit
3rd I've ever IDed on SP, 4th in total across my d2 career. Crazy how good an item makes you feel man, nothing is quite like this one I don't think. Somethin so magical about it I dunno. Also btw my favorite skin for this particular ring. I have one other with this skin and it just feels like the right one for this ring for some reason. Other ones just don't fit it for whatever reason.
Conclusion on the valk wing tho - run walk is nice, ias helps me hit the next bp, the fcr doesn't hit the next bp for me tho. While valk gives some good zoom, griffons is just too good. When pindy/eldritch is light enchanted they take ages to kill with valk compared to griffs. I just don't know what gear combo to use, like I need more ias but I don't want to drop spirit, I don't want to drop enigma obviously, my gloves have ias, boots can't have it, rings no, ammy's already got it. I just don't know what to do. The shield seems like the only option but spirit is like so good? I could go thunderstroke and repair but then I lose frw from titans as well as the auto repair which is nice. I dunno maaaan. IAS bp is 52 for throw and I only have 40 :/ So I need to either go like moser's or something, or socket griffs with a ferver jewel instead of facet but that seems crazy.
Socketing Griffon's with IAS (ideally + MPK) is one of the two best options IMO, the other being Cham. Spirit is nice but shield slot can provide a big damage boost for Java and Spirit doesn’t provide much in that regard. I only use it on main switch when using a 99 FCR switch for faster teleport and when I need more than 20 FCR from the slot (otherwise faceted Lidless is better). Best options to include more FCR are caster amulets, FCR rings (with Cham'ed Griffon's when using two) or Arachnid Mesh (with Pierce maxed). To my knowledge it was never shown for any type of run that 55 IAS offers an improvement over 35 IAS in practice, so I wouldn’t bother...
