My first Destroyer!
Hi All,
Just thought I'd write a little progress thread on my 1.13 HC adventures...
Aconite, my sorceress has just earned the title of Destroyer, slaying Baal at level 34.
I played this character using lower level skills from the start, knowing I would be able to respec down the line (I actually 'used' the Normal respec reward just messing around to see how it worked, so 1 down already).
Aconite started off using Firebolt, progressing to Fireball at level 12. I ran (not teleported, ran) the Countess for a while to collect some low level runes so that I could make Stealth and Leaf in a +2 Fireball staff. Firebolt and Fireball are both sitting at 10 points each, with 1 point in Fire Mastery. The remaining points have got me a 1 point Frozen Orb, plus the usual sorc utility skills. I dumped some points into energy early on to reduce my dependence on blue pots, but it hasn't helped that much. Vitality is pumped to 100, minimal strength and no dexterity at the moment.
I was lucky enough to get a Tarnhelm in the early parts of Act 5, so that plus some blues complete my equipment (two 10% FCR rings and a +1 fire skill Amulet).
The only hair-raising moments so far have been against Duriel, and meeting some Dolls in Durance level 2, I also ran into an insanely fast gang of those frenziers in one of the ice cavern areas which required a TP after they'd ripped through poor Zanarhi. Running and fireballing finally took care of them though. (The fast monsters definitely seem faster in 1.13).
My plans now are to get to nightmare Countess and get the runes together for a Spirit sword and an Insight. My socketing reward is waiting for a suitable polearm (all I seem to find are white Scythes or 3 socket Voulges at the moment). I'm contemplating a respec in NM to max out Fireball and pump Orb... not sure yet though. My aim is to get to NM Meph and do a bit of running for some half-decent equipment before heading on, probably as a meteorber. I'm wondering whether I should level a bit before entering Nightmare though. :scratchchin:
As you can probably guess given my low level, I played most of Normal on /players1.
It's been fun starting from scratch instead of my normal twinked beginnings. HC definitely adds some excitement to proceedings, and the 1.13 respec allowed me to use skills and actually play from the beginning, without worrying about gimping my character in the longer term (although saying that, the current skill allocation is on the road to being a run of the mill meteorber anyway).
Diablo dropped me a Bonesnap and Baal dropped Cathan's Mesh.
Now, time to give her a rest before I get her killed :whistling:
Hi All,
Just thought I'd write a little progress thread on my 1.13 HC adventures...
Aconite, my sorceress has just earned the title of Destroyer, slaying Baal at level 34.
I played this character using lower level skills from the start, knowing I would be able to respec down the line (I actually 'used' the Normal respec reward just messing around to see how it worked, so 1 down already).
Aconite started off using Firebolt, progressing to Fireball at level 12. I ran (not teleported, ran) the Countess for a while to collect some low level runes so that I could make Stealth and Leaf in a +2 Fireball staff. Firebolt and Fireball are both sitting at 10 points each, with 1 point in Fire Mastery. The remaining points have got me a 1 point Frozen Orb, plus the usual sorc utility skills. I dumped some points into energy early on to reduce my dependence on blue pots, but it hasn't helped that much. Vitality is pumped to 100, minimal strength and no dexterity at the moment.
I was lucky enough to get a Tarnhelm in the early parts of Act 5, so that plus some blues complete my equipment (two 10% FCR rings and a +1 fire skill Amulet).
The only hair-raising moments so far have been against Duriel, and meeting some Dolls in Durance level 2, I also ran into an insanely fast gang of those frenziers in one of the ice cavern areas which required a TP after they'd ripped through poor Zanarhi. Running and fireballing finally took care of them though. (The fast monsters definitely seem faster in 1.13).
My plans now are to get to nightmare Countess and get the runes together for a Spirit sword and an Insight. My socketing reward is waiting for a suitable polearm (all I seem to find are white Scythes or 3 socket Voulges at the moment). I'm contemplating a respec in NM to max out Fireball and pump Orb... not sure yet though. My aim is to get to NM Meph and do a bit of running for some half-decent equipment before heading on, probably as a meteorber. I'm wondering whether I should level a bit before entering Nightmare though. :scratchchin:
As you can probably guess given my low level, I played most of Normal on /players1.
It's been fun starting from scratch instead of my normal twinked beginnings. HC definitely adds some excitement to proceedings, and the 1.13 respec allowed me to use skills and actually play from the beginning, without worrying about gimping my character in the longer term (although saying that, the current skill allocation is on the road to being a run of the mill meteorber anyway).
Diablo dropped me a Bonesnap and Baal dropped Cathan's Mesh.
Now, time to give her a rest before I get her killed :whistling:
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