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Patriarch McCoy, 'White' Bonemancer with Insight A2 Might Merc
This Necro finished off my Unfinished Business Sept, and was quite a fun note to finish that Sept on: A good balance of power and challenge, allowing p7 through NM, p5 through A2 Hell, and p3 through Pat (except ultimately dropping to p1 for some A5 surface areas). The Sept was focused on some builds on my to-do list, either as not tried during my 7x7 or rebuilding a character from that with better gear. This guy was the latter, and the backpack full of skillers (and other +skill gear) compared to what was available early-ish in my 7x7 made him a very different and more enjoyable playthrough than his predecessor.
First things first, it turned out that I didn't have a +3 BS wand in my SC stash, but the Pally and sixth character in this Sept lucked out and found one, allowing this item to build around and equip very early at clvl48:
Playthrough
As noted in a progress update to Hell, he was standard melee twinking until he could equip Spirit sword, then a White wand at lvl 35 until he could equip the end-game wand at level 48. As noted in that update, I dropped down from 125 FCR for Hell, shifting in Mara's for +skills and resists and a nice FHR/resist rare belt until Arachnid's became available at lvl 80. Using Darkforce was quite fun, just to not use Spirit and at ~half the strength investment relative to Lidless. His life pool was beefy with CtA and the summons to do their crowd control duty (not intended to do much damage).
Bone Spear was very powerful in early Hell, even at p5, but it started tapering off in A3, prompting a drop to p3, and the lesser power against high-life (and I presume somewhat magic resistant monsters?) in A4 and particularly A5, prompting further drop to p3, and ultimately p1 for surface areas in A5 because lots of fast moving projectile-throwing monsters that weren't super fun to take on. I limited use of CE, but ended up using in A5 a bit more, particularly around the fast moving low-life monsters and gloams and witches.
McCoy did my standard twinked playthrough approach in Hell of all quests but otherwise direct playthrough, except full-clearing all A85 areas and the weird A5 portal areas (one of which had the flame-shooting Salamanders
). He was a great mix of plenty powerful, but also requiring some care and engaged playthrough. That was likely due to my choice to go with 1 pt skeletons (with plus skills giving 5 of them) and 1 pt revives (with plus skills giving 10 of them), and not using bone prison. Prison is much safer, as skeletons dropped more quickly than standard Fishymancer with not-maxed mastery, and revives couldn't keep up with the team in most areas and disappeared regularly without teleport to keep them close. So keeping the summons up, while casting bone spears and amp, and the occasional CE, kept the battlefield engagement high. And at higher p-settings it kept merc and bone spears from 1-hitting everything and CE from being too powerful when used.
Gloams and witches in Anya rescue and in WSK2 were surprisingly easy to manage, with maxed LR and able to dodge (and not shying away from CE with those rolls). Definitely fun to smile at that roll twice (plus in the Plains in A4 with Gloams). And Ancients were kittens on the first roll with summons (it happened to be non-amp, but I would have likely gone ahead with amp roll). Iwent back to summon Eldritch's minions as an army before hitting the altar:
In general, I found it a very engaging playthrough Hell, with a much more diverse set of skills to cast and challenge staying steady with each incremental reduction in p-setting. The higher +P&B skills definitely made him more enjoyable than my first attempt, and able to manage higher settings without relying too much on CE to spam once the first enemy dropped. A couple fun screenshots, Diablo trying to bone prison McCoy but he moved too quick, and showing summon army supporting the bone spears and spirits; lots of fireworks in the WSK with Vampire summons; and an army of Balrogs fighting Baal:
Finds
McCoy actually had some, unlike that last few characters in this Sept! He found a Mal in A3, Gul at HF (for very good HF luck on this Sept), and a Realgar JOF in a one of the A85 areas:
Final gear (Full readouts are below):
- 'White' Wand (+3 BS) / +3 P&B Darkforce
- CtA / Lidless
- SoVM (Um)
- Arachnid's
- Shako (Um)
- Trang's gloves
- 20 FRW FR/LR?MF boots
- 28@ Mara's
- SoJ and BKWB
- Backback: Fungal with life, strength, FRW, FHR; SCs with resists, vita, and FHR
Merc:
- eth Insight
- eth Fortitude
- Vamp w Realgar JOF
What's Next?
For McCoy, he will become a low-key Cow Runner, shifting to the Beast-wielding poisonmancer build, and he should be able to hit 125FCR with one of the 2/20 amulets I have (two for necros, but none for other classes). So he will likely be my Cow entry for next year's RFL, assuming I'm still up for doing extended target runs by then. I may actually use him in the meantime as a DWeb poisonmancer for RFL Round 3 in the Pit at p7, with some higher MF in hopes he gets some eth grail, or even a major luck to finish off the main grail.
Aside from him, this completes this Sept, but I have the 2H Melee Sept, with three characters complete. So next up will be the Amazon Fuzzy Dodger with Ribcracker, plus a craft tourney HC pally that I just started after deeds-ing my first entry to finish that HC tourney sept. I also have another project pretty far along that I may post about, but it's contingent on getting a drop before RFL Round 3. If that happens, she'll likely be my entry instead.
This Necro finished off my Unfinished Business Sept, and was quite a fun note to finish that Sept on: A good balance of power and challenge, allowing p7 through NM, p5 through A2 Hell, and p3 through Pat (except ultimately dropping to p1 for some A5 surface areas). The Sept was focused on some builds on my to-do list, either as not tried during my 7x7 or rebuilding a character from that with better gear. This guy was the latter, and the backpack full of skillers (and other +skill gear) compared to what was available early-ish in my 7x7 made him a very different and more enjoyable playthrough than his predecessor.
First things first, it turned out that I didn't have a +3 BS wand in my SC stash, but the Pally and sixth character in this Sept lucked out and found one, allowing this item to build around and equip very early at clvl48:
Code:
McCoy's White
Ghost Wand
DolIo
One Hand Damage: 20 - 40
Durability: 14 of 14
Required Level: 48
Required Strength: 25
Fingerprint: 0x3008476b
Item Level: 84
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+3 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)
+20% Faster Cast Rate
+2 to Bone Spear (Necromancer Only)
+4 to Skeleton Mastery (Necromancer Only)
+3 to Bone Armor (Necromancer Only)
+1 to Summon Resist (Necromancer Only)
+3 to Attract (Necromancer Only)
+3 to Bone Spear (Necromancer Only)
Hit Causes Monster to Flee 25%
+10 to Vitality
+13 to Mana
Magic Damage Reduced by 4
2 Sockets (2 used)
Socketed: Dol Rune
Socketed: Io RunePlaythrough
As noted in a progress update to Hell, he was standard melee twinking until he could equip Spirit sword, then a White wand at lvl 35 until he could equip the end-game wand at level 48. As noted in that update, I dropped down from 125 FCR for Hell, shifting in Mara's for +skills and resists and a nice FHR/resist rare belt until Arachnid's became available at lvl 80. Using Darkforce was quite fun, just to not use Spirit and at ~half the strength investment relative to Lidless. His life pool was beefy with CtA and the summons to do their crowd control duty (not intended to do much damage).
Bone Spear was very powerful in early Hell, even at p5, but it started tapering off in A3, prompting a drop to p3, and the lesser power against high-life (and I presume somewhat magic resistant monsters?) in A4 and particularly A5, prompting further drop to p3, and ultimately p1 for surface areas in A5 because lots of fast moving projectile-throwing monsters that weren't super fun to take on. I limited use of CE, but ended up using in A5 a bit more, particularly around the fast moving low-life monsters and gloams and witches.
McCoy did my standard twinked playthrough approach in Hell of all quests but otherwise direct playthrough, except full-clearing all A85 areas and the weird A5 portal areas (one of which had the flame-shooting Salamanders
). He was a great mix of plenty powerful, but also requiring some care and engaged playthrough. That was likely due to my choice to go with 1 pt skeletons (with plus skills giving 5 of them) and 1 pt revives (with plus skills giving 10 of them), and not using bone prison. Prison is much safer, as skeletons dropped more quickly than standard Fishymancer with not-maxed mastery, and revives couldn't keep up with the team in most areas and disappeared regularly without teleport to keep them close. So keeping the summons up, while casting bone spears and amp, and the occasional CE, kept the battlefield engagement high. And at higher p-settings it kept merc and bone spears from 1-hitting everything and CE from being too powerful when used.Gloams and witches in Anya rescue and in WSK2 were surprisingly easy to manage, with maxed LR and able to dodge (and not shying away from CE with those rolls). Definitely fun to smile at that roll twice (plus in the Plains in A4 with Gloams). And Ancients were kittens on the first roll with summons (it happened to be non-amp, but I would have likely gone ahead with amp roll). Iwent back to summon Eldritch's minions as an army before hitting the altar:
In general, I found it a very engaging playthrough Hell, with a much more diverse set of skills to cast and challenge staying steady with each incremental reduction in p-setting. The higher +P&B skills definitely made him more enjoyable than my first attempt, and able to manage higher settings without relying too much on CE to spam once the first enemy dropped. A couple fun screenshots, Diablo trying to bone prison McCoy but he moved too quick, and showing summon army supporting the bone spears and spirits; lots of fireworks in the WSK with Vampire summons; and an army of Balrogs fighting Baal:
Finds
McCoy actually had some, unlike that last few characters in this Sept! He found a Mal in A3, Gul at HF (for very good HF luck on this Sept), and a Realgar JOF in a one of the A85 areas:
Code:
Realgar Jewel of Fervor
Jewel
Required Level: 37
Fingerprint: 0x81bfd188
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+15% Increased Attack Speed
24% Enhanced DamageFinal gear (Full readouts are below):
- 'White' Wand (+3 BS) / +3 P&B Darkforce
- CtA / Lidless
- SoVM (Um)
- Arachnid's
- Shako (Um)
- Trang's gloves
- 20 FRW FR/LR?MF boots
- 28@ Mara's
- SoJ and BKWB
- Backback: Fungal with life, strength, FRW, FHR; SCs with resists, vita, and FHR
Merc:
- eth Insight
- eth Fortitude
- Vamp w Realgar JOF
What's Next?
For McCoy, he will become a low-key Cow Runner, shifting to the Beast-wielding poisonmancer build, and he should be able to hit 125FCR with one of the 2/20 amulets I have (two for necros, but none for other classes). So he will likely be my Cow entry for next year's RFL, assuming I'm still up for doing extended target runs by then. I may actually use him in the meantime as a DWeb poisonmancer for RFL Round 3 in the Pit at p7, with some higher MF in hopes he gets some eth grail, or even a major luck to finish off the main grail.
Aside from him, this completes this Sept, but I have the 2H Melee Sept, with three characters complete. So next up will be the Amazon Fuzzy Dodger with Ribcracker, plus a craft tourney HC pally that I just started after deeds-ing my first entry to finish that HC tourney sept. I also have another project pretty far along that I may post about, but it's contingent on getting a drop before RFL Round 3. If that happens, she'll likely be my entry instead.
Code:
Name: McCoy
Class: Necromancer
Experience: 1040398112
Level: 84
Naked/Gear
Strength: 95/110
Dexterity: 25/39
Vitality: 365/382
Energy: 25/32
HP: 929/1264
Mana: 191/401
Stamina: 512/562
Defense: 6/1418
AR: 80/150
Fire: 182/142/82
Cold: 175/135/75
Lightning: 178/138/78
Poison: 166/126/66
MF: 74 Block: 4
GF: 42
FR/W: 30
FHR: 12
IAS: 0
FCR: 120
Amplify Damage: 1/12
Dim Vision: 0/0
Weaken: 1/12
Iron Maiden: 0/0
Terror: 1/12
Confuse: 0/0
Life Tap: 0/0
Attract: 0/4
Decrepify: 1/12
Lower Resist: 0/0
Teeth: 11/33
Bone Armor: 1/26
Poison Dagger: 0/0
Corpse Explosion: 1/23
Bone Wall: 2/24
Poison Explosion: 0/0
Bone Spear: 20/47
Bone Prison: 20/42
Poison Nova: 0/0
Bone Spirit: 20/42
Skeleton Mastery: 8/21
Raise Skeleton: 1/10
Clay Golem: 1/10
Golem Mastery: 1/10
Raise Skeletal Mage: 1/10
Blood Golem: 1/10
Summon Resist: 1/11
Iron Golem: 1/10
Fire Golem: 0/0
Revive: 1/10
Code:
Doom Brogues
Sharkskin Boots
Defense: 50
Durability: 8 of 14
Required Level: 25
Required Strength: 47
Fingerprint: 0x8c64015
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+20% Faster Run/Walk
+26% Enhanced Defense
+3 to Dexterity
Lightning Resist +19%
Fire Resist +37%
24% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Harlequin Crest
Shako
Defense: 141
Durability: 8 of 12
Required Level: 62
Required Strength: 50
Fingerprint: 0xeecde839
Item Level: 82
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to All Skills
All Stats +2
+126 to Life (Based on Character Level)
+126 to Mana (Based on Character Level)
All Resistances +15
Damage Reduced by 10%
50% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
1 Sockets (1 used)
Socketed: Um Rune
Amber's Skin of the Vipermagi
Serpentskin Armor
Defense: 279
Durability: 15 of 24
Required Level: 47
Required Strength: 43
Fingerprint: 0x9797b494
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to All Skills
+30% Faster Cast Rate
+120% Enhanced Defense
All Resistances +50
Magic Damage Reduced by 12
1 Sockets (1 used)
Socketed: Um Rune
Trang-Oul's Claws
Heavy Bracers
Defense: 69
Durability: 13 of 16
Required Level: 45
Required Strength: 58
Fingerprint: 0xacc5eb1e
Item Level: 72
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Curses (Necromancer only)
+20% Faster Cast Rate
+25% to Poison Skill Damage
+30 Defense
Cold Resist +30%
Mara's Kaleidoscope
Amulet
Required Level: 67
Fingerprint: 0x643a54ff
Item Level: 99
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to All Skills
All Stats +5
All Resistances +28
The Stone of Jordan
Ring
Required Level: 29
Fingerprint: 0x42760704
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to All Skills
Adds 1 - 12 Lightning Damage
+20 to Mana
Increase Maximum Mana 25%
Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band
Ring
Required Level: 58
Fingerprint: 0x24a29c17
Item Level: 84
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to All Skills
3% Life stolen per hit
+42 to Life (Based on Character Level)
+50 Maximum Stamina
Arachnid Mesh
Spiderweb Sash
Defense: 129
Durability: 3 of 12
Required Level: 80
Required Strength: 50
Fingerprint: 0xf510aa22
Item Level: 95
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to All Skills
+20% Faster Cast Rate
Slows Target by 10%
+106% Enhanced Defense
Increase Maximum Mana 5%
Level 3 Venom (8/11 Charges)
Call to Arms
Crystal Sword
AmnRalMalIstOhm
One Hand Damage: 18 - 55
Durability: 20 of 20
Required Level: 57
Required Strength: 43
Fingerprint: 0xa916fc27
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to All Skills
+40% Increased Attack Speed
267% Enhanced Damage
Adds 5 - 30 Fire Damage
7% Life stolen per hit
Prevent Monster Heal
+5 to Battle Command
+4 to Battle Orders
+2 to Battle Cry
Replenish Life +12
30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
5 Sockets (5 used)
Socketed: Amn Rune
Socketed: Ral Rune
Socketed: Mal Rune
Socketed: Ist Rune
Socketed: Ohm Rune
Lidless Wall
Grim Shield
Defense: 345
Chance to Block: 0
Durability: 70 of 70
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 58
Fingerprint: 0x3b8cbf0d
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to All Skills
+20% Faster Cast Rate
+129% Enhanced Defense
+10 to Energy
Increase Maximum Mana 10%
+5 to Mana after each Kill
+1 to Light Radius
McCoy's White
Ghost Wand
DolIo
One Hand Damage: 20 - 40
Durability: 14 of 14
Required Level: 48
Required Strength: 25
Fingerprint: 0x3008476b
Item Level: 84
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+3 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)
+20% Faster Cast Rate
+2 to Bone Spear (Necromancer Only)
+4 to Skeleton Mastery (Necromancer Only)
+3 to Bone Armor (Necromancer Only)
+1 to Summon Resist (Necromancer Only)
+3 to Attract (Necromancer Only)
+3 to Bone Spear (Necromancer Only)
Hit Causes Monster to Flee 25%
+10 to Vitality
+13 to Mana
Magic Damage Reduced by 4
2 Sockets (2 used)
Socketed: Dol Rune
Socketed: Io Rune
McCoy's Darkforce Spawn
Bloodlord Skull
Defense: 396
Chance to Block: 0
Durability: 13 of 20
Required Level: 64
Required Strength: 106
Fingerprint: 0x70b3cc8e
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)
+3 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)
+1 to Curses (Necromancer only)
+30% Faster Cast Rate
+166% Enhanced Defense
Increase Maximum Mana 10%
All Resistances +22
1 Sockets (1 used)
Socketed: Um Rune
Code:
Fungal Grand Charm of Balance
Grand Charm
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0x684686a0
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)
+12% Faster Hit Recovery
Fungal Grand Charm of Inertia
Grand Charm
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0xcf02f7b9
Item Level: 62
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)
+7% Faster Run/Walk
Fungal Grand Charm of Life
Grand Charm
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0x225bb8ae
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)
+15 to Life
Fungal Grand Charm of Greed
Grand Charm
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0xe5473b59
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)
23% Extra Gold from Monsters
Fungal Grand Charm of Strength
Grand Charm
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0x3feaffae
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)
+3 to Strength
Fungal Grand Charm of Strength
Grand Charm
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0x702aa1b8
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)
+5 to Strength
Fungal Grand Charm of Greed
Grand Charm
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0xc50c8451
Item Level: 84
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)
19% Extra Gold from Monsters
Fungal Grand Charm of Dexterity
Grand Charm
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0xa9895ca6
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)
+4 to Dexterity
Lizard's Small Charm of Vita
Small Charm
Required Level: 39
Fingerprint: 0xcec54b7c
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+20 to Life
+1 to Mana
Serpent's Small Charm of Vita
Small Charm
Required Level: 40
Fingerprint: 0x9d1cbff4
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+18 to Life
+15 to Mana
Snake's Small Charm of Vita
Small Charm
Required Level: 39
Fingerprint: 0xf7144c15
Item Level: 68
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+18 to Life
+9 to Mana
Snake's Small Charm of Vita
Small Charm
Required Level: 39
Fingerprint: 0x87f702df
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+18 to Life
+11 to Mana
Amber Small Charm of Life
Small Charm
Required Level: 32
Fingerprint: 0x1fcb7c60
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+7 to Life
Lightning Resist +11%
Emerald Small Charm of Vita
Small Charm
Required Level: 39
Fingerprint: 0xaed79959
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+16 to Life
Poison Resist +10%
Tangerine Small Charm of Vita
Small Charm
Required Level: 39
Fingerprint: 0xa8bc0b5a
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+19 to Life
Lightning Resist +3%
Serpent's Small Charm of Vita
Small Charm
Required Level: 40
Fingerprint: 0x5e53346c
Item Level: 84
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+19 to Life
+15 to Mana
Emerald Small Charm of Vita
Small Charm
Required Level: 39
Fingerprint: 0xe52592b2
Item Level: 77
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+17 to Life
Poison Resist +11%
Code:
Name: Hazade
Race: Desert Mercenary
Type: Off-Nightmare
Experience: 72004380
Level: 84
Dead?: false
Naked/Gear
Strength: 184/189
Dexterity: 148/153
HP: 1727/1842
Defense: 1274/4946
AR: 1898/347334
Fire: 176/136/76
Cold: 176/136/76
Lightning: 176/136/76
Poison: 176/136/76
Vampire Gaze
Grim Helm
Defense: 252
Durability: 40 of 40
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 58
Fingerprint: 0x83dc856f
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+15% Increased Attack Speed
24% Enhanced Damage
Adds 6 - 22 Cold Damage Over 4 Secs (100 Frames)
6% Mana stolen per hit
6% Life stolen per hit
+100% Enhanced Defense
15% Slower Stamina Drain
Damage Reduced by 19%
Magic Damage Reduced by 14
1 Sockets (1 used)
Socketed: Realgar Jewel of Fervor
Realgar Jewel of Fervor
Jewel
Required Level: 37
Fingerprint: 0x2f3ffb14
Item Level: 61
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+15% Increased Attack Speed
24% Enhanced Damage
Fortitude
Archon Plate
ElSolDolLo
Defense: 3420
Durability: 31 of 31
Required Level: 63
Required Strength: 93
Fingerprint: 0x65777894
Item Level: 88
Version: Expansion 1.10+
20% Chance to cast level 15 Chilling Armor when struck
+25% Faster Cast Rate
300% Enhanced Damage
+200% Enhanced Defense
+15 Defense
+115 to Life (Based on Character Level)
Replenish Life +7
+5% to Maximum Lightning Resist
All Resistances +28
Damage Reduced by 7
12% Damage Taken Goes To Mana
+1 to Light Radius
Ethereal
4 Sockets (4 used)
Socketed: El Rune
Socketed: Sol Rune
Socketed: Dol Rune
Socketed: Lo Rune
Insight
Thresher
RalTirTalSol
Two Hand Damage: 73 - 753
Durability: 33 of 33
Required Level: 53
Required Strength: 142
Required Dexterity: 108
Fingerprint: 0x97fbe62d
Item Level: 79
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Level 16 Meditation Aura When Equipped
+35% Faster Cast Rate
257% Enhanced Damage
+9 to Minimum Damage
182% Bonus to Attack Rating
Adds 5 - 30 Fire Damage
Adds 75 Poison Damage Over 5 Secs (125 Frames)
+4 to Critical Strike
All Stats +5
+2 to Mana after each Kill
23% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Ethereal
4 Sockets (4 used)
Socketed: Ral Rune
Socketed: Tir Rune
Socketed: Tal Rune
Socketed: Sol Rune
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