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Having a thread where folks can give feedback might be helpful for me, as I've never been the best player and it's been quite a while since I've played D2, so feel free to chime in and tell me how I'm being stupid!
My character is--
Benaiah, lvl 78
1H Fanazealot
D2R, self-found, untwinked
I've completed NM and dabbled in Hell a bit, but my build is just too weak. I started as a Frost Zealot, but that was a complete no-go in Hell as I couldn't kill or leech fast enough. I think I still need to get better gear / level up to handle Hell.
I've got Vengeance, but on its own it seems to slow to handle PIs in Hell. I'm thinking I may also need a point in Conviction, but have to fill in some pre-reqs to get there. I welcome your thoughts on if it's worth it.
I'm currently magic hunting in NM with the following gear:
Amulet: MF / resists
Head: Topazed Mask
Body: "Smoke" Cuirass
Weapon / Shield 1: "Black" Battle Hammer / Rhyme in Auric Shield w/ resists
Weapon / Shield 2: Blade of Ali Baba / Rhyme in Auric Shield w/ resists
Rings: 29 Nagelring / Cathan's (leech)
Gloves: Blood Gloves
Belt: Wilhem's Pride (for dual leech)
Boots: MF boots
Merc:
Topaz Helm
Topaz Armor
Shael/Shael/Amn Hone Sundan
This puts MF right at 400% for my merc killing Baal and switching to Ali Baba's. 400% may be a tad much, now that I'm reviewing diminishing returns on MF, but I don't think I can speed up my run speed anyway. My guy is pretty stable; the "Black" Battle Hammer is just a little slow.
I did 50 Diablo runs at around 350% MF and got the Hone Sundan, Nagelring, and Ali Baba's during that process. This morning I began to run Baal.
10 runs down so far, and run 4 dropped Vampire's Gaze, which I think will help a ton with keeping merc alive in Hell!
The plan is to run NM Baal until I can level up / equip gear to run Hell Countess and put together some runewords and hopefully upgrade my weapon.
My character is--
Benaiah, lvl 78
1H Fanazealot
D2R, self-found, untwinked
I've completed NM and dabbled in Hell a bit, but my build is just too weak. I started as a Frost Zealot, but that was a complete no-go in Hell as I couldn't kill or leech fast enough. I think I still need to get better gear / level up to handle Hell.
I've got Vengeance, but on its own it seems to slow to handle PIs in Hell. I'm thinking I may also need a point in Conviction, but have to fill in some pre-reqs to get there. I welcome your thoughts on if it's worth it.
I'm currently magic hunting in NM with the following gear:
Amulet: MF / resists
Head: Topazed Mask
Body: "Smoke" Cuirass
Weapon / Shield 1: "Black" Battle Hammer / Rhyme in Auric Shield w/ resists
Weapon / Shield 2: Blade of Ali Baba / Rhyme in Auric Shield w/ resists
Rings: 29 Nagelring / Cathan's (leech)
Gloves: Blood Gloves
Belt: Wilhem's Pride (for dual leech)
Boots: MF boots
Merc:
Topaz Helm
Topaz Armor
Shael/Shael/Amn Hone Sundan
This puts MF right at 400% for my merc killing Baal and switching to Ali Baba's. 400% may be a tad much, now that I'm reviewing diminishing returns on MF, but I don't think I can speed up my run speed anyway. My guy is pretty stable; the "Black" Battle Hammer is just a little slow.
I did 50 Diablo runs at around 350% MF and got the Hone Sundan, Nagelring, and Ali Baba's during that process. This morning I began to run Baal.
10 runs down so far, and run 4 dropped Vampire's Gaze, which I think will help a ton with keeping merc alive in Hell!
The plan is to run NM Baal until I can level up / equip gear to run Hell Countess and put together some runewords and hopefully upgrade my weapon.