March of the Doomed - Running Thread

@Babyhell Thanks! Nice, that meant I could unlock Concentration again... first seal used. :) NM Cow King will allow me to secure BH throughout Hell.

Quickly went on to finish NM:

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Same as when playing through Normal: Single pass on P8, except P1 for act bosses and Maggot Lair. Finished NM at level 71.

Also moved @Vang's character to deeds if I'm not mistaken. :/

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SP SC SR D2R Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level Location               Score
-- -- -- --- ----------        --------------       -----   ----- --------               ----
         D2R Dazliare          Sentinel              Pal    01    Rogue Camp             Higher than Babyhell
SP       D2R ffs               Pound                 Pal    71    NM Harrogath           36
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Back to ashes (aka Deeds)
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         D2R Vang              Cronan                Bar    14    Lut Gholein            06
         D2R Babyhell          TheDeadman            Nec    22    Arcane Sanctuary       03
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Damnation status:
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Act Damnation          Royal Seal used (skill only)
No1 Sacrifice          N
No2 Resist Fire        N
No3 Concentration      Y (A5 NM)
No4 Vengeance          N
No5 Meditation         N

NM1 Blessed Aim        N
NM2 Might              N
NM3 Conversion         N
NM4 Redemption         N
NM5 Salvation          N

He1 -                  N
He2 -                  N
He3 -                  N
He4 -                  N

Respecs used:

Normal       Act 1 Normal
Nightmare    UNUSED
Hell         UNUSED

Some nice upgrades incoming. First, after getting a Spirit base but missing an Ort forever to make it, the roll was a pleasant surprise:

Screenshot182-spirit.png

Low roll on the mana, but I'll take the 35 FCR! Can now easily get to 75 FCR for Hell.

When using a Spirit sword as well that's usually a given, however... I intend to keep using this bad boy, shopped from Hell Drognan:

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I somehow got lucky with bases in general. I do have a 4os sword in case I want to go Spirit/Spirit, and had serveral 4os polearms drop as well.

As is to be expected when playing single pass, it was the runes I had to wait for. Can't remember being happy about a NM HF Sol ever before. :D

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Merc was using Hwanin's Justice before which was a useful drop as well.

Other drops:
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Screenshot185-hf.pngScreenshot181-bill.png

Current gear & build:
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'Lore' crown
'Spirit' shield
+5 Blessed Hammer magic scepter
'Smoke' BP
Magic ring 9 all res
Magic ring 10 FCR, 29 cold res
Hsaru's boots
Rare belt FHR, life, light res
Mahim-Oak amulet
Rare gloves with FR, PR, MF

Merc: Insight Bec-de-Corbin, 'Smoke' Splint Mail, random iPDR magic helmet

Build: 20 BH, 20 Vigor, 11 Blessed Aim, 15 Concentration, 2 HS, 1 pre-reqs

Dex for max block with HS, ~1100 life

As mentioend before, no more gaming until end of next week for me... looking forward to bringing this guy through Hell then.

GL HF everyone!
 
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Yes Blessed Aim was hit, but I took the right gamble there and sank 11 points into it before it was locked. :) BH, Vigor and Concentration will be maxed so that’s nice. I was worried for HS to get hit by the NM Baal damnation because I relied on it for block, but now it seems I’ll be perfectly fine indeed. ;)
 
Impressive journey ffs.

This looks really interesting.
I just ripped my Zon on NM Ancients being over confident and want to give this a try.

I`ll be playing Amazon again on my Switch and see how far I can get.
Not decided on build, but I think i'll stick with fishyzon.

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SP SC SR D2R Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level Location               Score
-- -- -- --- ----------        --------------       -----   ----- --------               ----
         D2R Dazliare          Sentinel              Pal    01    Rogue Camp             Higher than Babyhell
SP       D2R ffs               Pound                 Pal    71    NM Harrogath           36
SP       D2R lizard            Appolonia             Ama    01    Rogue Camp              0
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Back to ashes (aka Deeds)
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         D2R Vang              Cronan                Bar    14    Lut Gholein            06
         D2R Babyhell          TheDeadman            Nec    22    Arcane Sanctuary       03
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@D4di56lu3 Yes! So hard if it happens in Nightmare or after! The kid is alright, he just threw a foot kick in the wall or somewhere, with the heel so no harm done.

I may give him another shot then (I talk about TheDeadman, not my kid), but this first pass showed me the limit of the one point everywhere with a non fighter character... At least it doesn't fit my playstyle (I'm a core Paladin).

I will try my luck on the summoning path, even if the White runeword is tempting as hell...maybe I'll keep this as a back-up plan if the baddies are nasty and force a reroll.

If it fails for good, I'll cheat and pick Amazon xD
I was under the impression that playing trapsin was cheating, certainly feels that way now that I have crowd control as well as fade available.

Not that I know since I have zero guardians, so had to start at a class I was familiar and comfortable with 😆
 
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Andariel down, please roll damnation for an assassin :)

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SP SC SR D2R Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level Location               Score
-- -- -- --- ----------        --------------       -----   ----- --------               ----
         D2R Dazliare          Sentinel              Pal    01    Rogue Camp             Higher than Babyhell
SP       D2R ffs               Pound                 Pal    71    NM Harrogath           36
         D2R D4di56lu3         DevaZR                Asn    20    Lut Gholein            03
SP       D2R lizard            Appolonia             Ama    01    Rogue Camp              0
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Back to ashes (aka Deeds)
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         D2R Vang              Cronan                Bar    14    Lut Gholein            06
         D2R Babyhell          TheDeadman            Nec    22    Arcane Sanctuary       03
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March of TheDeadman - iteration 2
Summoning gamble
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Yes, I dared!

Things kicked in with a nice 6LR 7 life SC, before already the really nice set sash:
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Followed by a great shield - however can't wait to drop a necro head with raise skeleton in:
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Session ended with a +3 Raise Skeleton shopping, at clvl 17, after having ran the Countess for Tal Tal, Tal Ral, Tir, Eth.

The nicest drop that won't be used:
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Skillwise, big gamble on skellies... it seems to pay off for @ffs, why not follow the leader?

Next two points will be to unlock Decrepify, then the possible last one in Skeleton Mastery again, to try to secure as many points there as possible, before having Raise Skeleton damned :) 😒

TheDeadman skills (17) Unused (0)
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Summoning (15)
01 Skeleton mastery 12, Raise skeleton 1
06 Clay golem 1
12 Golem mastery 1, Skeletal mage 0
18 Blood Golem 0
24 Summon resist 0, Iron Golem 0
30 Fire Golem 0, Revive 0
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P&B (1)
01 Teeth 1, Bone armor 0
06 Poison dagger 0, Corpse explosion 0
12 Bone Wall 0
18 Poison Explosion 0, Bone Spear 0
24 Bone Prison 0
30 Poison Nova 0, Bone Spirit 0
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Curses (1)
01 Amplify damage 1
06 Dim vision 0, Weaken 0
12 Iron Maiden 0, Terror 0
18 Confuse 0, Life Tap 0
24 Attract 0, Decrepify 0
30 Lower Resist 0

See you on next update, for good news HOPEFULLY!

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SP SC SR D2R Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level Location               Score
-- -- -- --- ----------        --------------       -----   ----- --------               ----
         D2R Dazliare          Sentinel              Pal    01    Rogue Camp             Higher than Babyhell
SP       D2R ffs               Pound                 Pal    71    NM Harrogath           36
         D2R D4di56lu3         DevaZR                Asn    20    Lut Gholein            03
         D2R Babyhell          TheDeadman (it.2)     Nec    17    Black Marsh            00
SP       D2R lizard            Appolonia             Ama    01    Rogue Camp              0
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Back to ashes (aka Deeds)
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         D2R Vang              Cronan                Bar    14    Lut Gholein            06
         D2R Babyhell          TheDeadman (it.1)     Nec    22    Arcane Sanctuary       03
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Why not use the jewel? It's excellent in a socketed bow on your mercenary
 
Why not use the jewel? It's excellent in a socketed bow on your mercenary
1) because the bow merc is left behind in few levels
2) because if I wanted to, it would be a Tal now

3*) it can be used for twinking in a big bow starter on the long term

Hence...he had been muled out :)
 
Skillwise, big gamble on skellies... it seems to pay off for @ffs, why not follow the leader?
I wouldn’t say it’s that big of a gamble to go for a specific build from the start. Odds are good that you make it through normal and then get a seal that you can save up, to make sure you can use the main skill permanently. Worst case, if you get screwed by damnation too early in normal, you can also just restart… not a big deal to do the first couple of acts again.
 
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Short update.
Appolonia has reached the Black Marsh and just rescued Cain.
Got a very nice drop from Coldcrow that I'll reveal at the end of the act. Dont want to transfer screenshots more than once per Act from the switch.


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SP SC SR D2R Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level Location               Score
-- -- -- --- ----------        --------------       -----   ----- --------               ----
         D2R Dazliare          Sentinel              Pal    01    Rogue Camp             Higher than Babyhell
SP       D2R ffs               Pound                 Pal    71    NM Harrogath           36
         D2R D4di56lu3         DevaZR                Asn    20    Lut Gholein            03
         D2R Babyhell          TheDeadman (it.2)     Nec    17    Black Marsh            00
SP       D2R lizard            Appolonia             Ama    15    Black Marsh             0
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Back to ashes (aka Deeds)
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         D2R Vang              Cronan                Bar    14    Lut Gholein            06
         D2R Babyhell          TheDeadman (it.1)     Nec    22    Arcane Sanctuary       03
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Worst case, if you get screwed by damnation too early in normal, you can also just restart… not a big deal to do the first couple of acts again.
For me that would beat the purpose and fun of this tournament, but I can understand everyone whose definition of fun differs from mine 😝

I see that the only character missing is Druid. But since Assassin is the only character I didn't Guardian so far (one Phoenix Striker tournament character has been idle in Hell Act II for years now) it will probably be another Assassin to join the tournament shortly. On the other hand, I will probably be stumbling more than usual because I am so unfamiliar with Assassins...so what character would you rather see me play? I am undecided.
 
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