- Apr 25, 2006
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Hurrah, Finally a Pat after all these years
I have been playing Diablo 2 since its release, off and on. I had a couple of Pats on BNet, but never even close on single player. Part of the reason is I only really seem to stick with Barbarians, my gear was pretty so so and I have a love for Double Swingers, and its all that ever kept my interest.
So months ago I started playing again, once again, settling on a DSer that I didnt imagine would ever finish hell. I have always dabbled in other skills with my DSer and usually its Whirlwind. As most people know, they are fun together, but not really ideal for using the same gear.
So I decided on one last try, but as a pure Double Swinger, and everything else poured into survival. That meant.
9 in DS
Maxed BO
Nearly maxed Natural Resistance (reason for this later)
20 in bash
10 in shout (used alot at beginning of Hell, rarely at all after act 2)
1 in all three weapons as I kept hoping I would find an elite weapon (I sort of did)
I went for straight damage reduction. I had Jewelers armour with 2 damage reduction (best I ever found) and four sols. I had a circlet with middling resist all, socketed and 26 total Damage resistance. My Ammy was another resist all with 24 Damage reduction. I had two Safety items that pushed my total Damage reduction to 80 even. I was hoping for 100+, but I never was able to improve on my gear.
So I had 80 damage reduction, 11% from SOH (not real help, but the best belt I found) and maxed Resistances in Hell except for poison which was at 71%.
My offense was not bad, until Hell when I reached the sanctuary and what I thought was the end of the trail when I ran into the Phys immune ghosts. This time however luck was with me. My first boss Blood lord dropped what is the best item I have, Lightsaber. Suddenly, filled with new hope I began to go through the sanctuary. My family thought me crazy as I laughed and screamed at the screen that this time I will make it. For the rest of the game I paired it with my three socketed Aldurs which had Orts in it. So I relied on Physical damage and Lighting along with a meager 7% crushing blow. Im sure its slow by everyones standards, but I felt quite powerful. Things died slow, but I died slower.
I had no deaths in Hell until a miscue in the Halls of Vaught. I died once more in Hell before the ancients. I beat the Ancients first try, it was slow as two were cold enchanted and it slowed me to a crawl. I fought with no Mercs most times.
Finally I made my final push. I was never in much danger even with only 80 damage reduction. Lister and his pack stymied me a bit. I quickly peeled off four, using a Fire Rogue from act one, but could not dent Listers Physical and Fire resistance. I was constantly stun locked. I ran for it and looked into my stash. I grabbed my Sureshrill Frost, hired a Cold Rogue and headed back in. Lister was slowed enough that I very slowly whittled him down. He fell dropping almost nothing.
I kept the Sureshrill and my Cold Merc and headed to finish the job, I didnt anticipate any real problems. That was essentially the case, it was just a very slow slog, had to go to town three times for health potions. My merc died twice.
Finally after all this time Baal fell before me. I dont know if I will ever Pat another character, but Im glad I managed it once and that it was with my beloved DSer.
Idol
I have been playing Diablo 2 since its release, off and on. I had a couple of Pats on BNet, but never even close on single player. Part of the reason is I only really seem to stick with Barbarians, my gear was pretty so so and I have a love for Double Swingers, and its all that ever kept my interest.
So months ago I started playing again, once again, settling on a DSer that I didnt imagine would ever finish hell. I have always dabbled in other skills with my DSer and usually its Whirlwind. As most people know, they are fun together, but not really ideal for using the same gear.
So I decided on one last try, but as a pure Double Swinger, and everything else poured into survival. That meant.
9 in DS
Maxed BO
Nearly maxed Natural Resistance (reason for this later)
20 in bash
10 in shout (used alot at beginning of Hell, rarely at all after act 2)
1 in all three weapons as I kept hoping I would find an elite weapon (I sort of did)
I went for straight damage reduction. I had Jewelers armour with 2 damage reduction (best I ever found) and four sols. I had a circlet with middling resist all, socketed and 26 total Damage resistance. My Ammy was another resist all with 24 Damage reduction. I had two Safety items that pushed my total Damage reduction to 80 even. I was hoping for 100+, but I never was able to improve on my gear.
So I had 80 damage reduction, 11% from SOH (not real help, but the best belt I found) and maxed Resistances in Hell except for poison which was at 71%.
My offense was not bad, until Hell when I reached the sanctuary and what I thought was the end of the trail when I ran into the Phys immune ghosts. This time however luck was with me. My first boss Blood lord dropped what is the best item I have, Lightsaber. Suddenly, filled with new hope I began to go through the sanctuary. My family thought me crazy as I laughed and screamed at the screen that this time I will make it. For the rest of the game I paired it with my three socketed Aldurs which had Orts in it. So I relied on Physical damage and Lighting along with a meager 7% crushing blow. Im sure its slow by everyones standards, but I felt quite powerful. Things died slow, but I died slower.
I had no deaths in Hell until a miscue in the Halls of Vaught. I died once more in Hell before the ancients. I beat the Ancients first try, it was slow as two were cold enchanted and it slowed me to a crawl. I fought with no Mercs most times.
Finally I made my final push. I was never in much danger even with only 80 damage reduction. Lister and his pack stymied me a bit. I quickly peeled off four, using a Fire Rogue from act one, but could not dent Listers Physical and Fire resistance. I was constantly stun locked. I ran for it and looked into my stash. I grabbed my Sureshrill Frost, hired a Cold Rogue and headed back in. Lister was slowed enough that I very slowly whittled him down. He fell dropping almost nothing.
I kept the Sureshrill and my Cold Merc and headed to finish the job, I didnt anticipate any real problems. That was essentially the case, it was just a very slow slog, had to go to town three times for health potions. My merc died twice.
Finally after all this time Baal fell before me. I dont know if I will ever Pat another character, but Im glad I managed it once and that it was with my beloved DSer.
Idol