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Quest for a Wizardspike

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LynKyle

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Quest for a Wizardspike

Alright, in my quest to find a Wizzy for my next project a Meteorb for MF purposes too, I have run Hell Mephy 275~ times already.

I'm using my hammerdin at p1 settings as I have been playing self-found and my gear is still not optimized. Mephy has not dropped one yet, perhaps the game's curse coming into play (knowing what I really want).

But I did find some interesting things (for me at least) which I did not expect to drop too soon.

1 Mara's
2 Harleys
2 Kira's
1 Windhammer
1 Stormshield

I have equipped the Mara's and Harley but have not equipped the stormshield as my resists will suffer greatly. I am still using my Ancient's Pledge Shield.

Along the way, while the wizzy is still not available, it would also be great if Meph would be kind enough to drop some good MF gear like SKullder's and Chance Guards not to mention a near perfect if not perfect resist of Skin of the Viper Magi.

I will be updating my thread here for future updates (and to keep me motivated).

Wish me luck.
 
Re: Quest for a Wizardspike

What an odd thing to do. Run meph with a paladin looking for a wizzy for a meteorb. :D

GL though.
 
Re: Quest for a Wizardspike

After some extremely scientific research, it appears to me that Andariel has roughly 50% better odds for dropping Wizardspike compared to Mephisto, provided you questbugged her (you did).
 
Re: Quest for a Wizardspike

Hell Meph still doesn't have bad odds, only about 1:1k with 0mf/p1, 300mf/p3 goes down to 1:400
 
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Thank you for the suggestion Tubba Blubba but I will think I will stick with Meph. I have a decent map at the Durance, about 6 teleports to the stairs to level 3. I'm pretty satisfied with it as I had a very bad luck rerolling maps about last or week so.

What is delaying me a bit is picking-up and selling items that I don't need after Mephy goes down, but hey, as long as I am enjoying it, I don't think I'm gonna complain.
 
Re: Quest for a Wizardspike

Finding a Mara before a Wiz is indeed strange, and lucky too! My advice would be changing your goal to getting an HoZ from Meph, that way he'd probably drop you a few in no time, this game is like that :D

Seriously though, keep it up and it'll eventually drop, you're having some very nice drops so far :)
 
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What gear are you using? Do you use the Runeword Mod, because you can upgrade your shield with spirit in a paladin specific shield with decent base resists and that will help you quite a bit!

I'm assuming you have Naj's Puzzler on switch for the teleport, but what are you using for a weapon?

I would keep running Meph as you mentioned some other things you want although you have had pretty good luck for only 275 runs!
 
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LynKyle said:
Thank you for the suggestion Tubba Blubba but I will think I will stick with Meph. I have a decent map at the Durance, about 6 teleports to the stairs to level 3. I'm pretty satisfied with it as I had a very bad luck rerolling maps about last or week so.

What is delaying me a bit is picking-up and selling items that I don't need after Mephy goes down, but hey, as long as I am enjoying it, I don't think I'm gonna complain.
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6 teleports? I would have to suggest rerolling. It should take you less than 10-15 rerolls to get a single or two teleports to Durance 3.


 
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I have been fortunate enough to roll a map with 5 teles to Andy and 1 or 2 for durance 3, though it is nightmare...still, good for some stuff. I too have had bad luck in some ways though, and the only time I can remember having a really good countess map was on normal..sods law.

I got a ravenfrost with perfect dex on it and a manald-6 this morning, when I did a few runs before work :).

how much mf are you running with? Low mf and with players-1 it could take a while to find a given unique.

(also, meteorb has very low damage output. 2 spell-timers does not a furious-onslaught make - perhaps consider orb/fb or orb/charged bolt?)
 
Re: Quest for a Wizardspike

Yeah, OrbBaller with focus in Orb (32 soft CM, 20 Orb, 20 Frost Bolt, 20 Fireball, 1 Fire Mastery, rest into Meteor or whatever) is probably the most effective Meph runner. Although if you have DF + NwV you'll kill Mephisto so ridiculously fast with Frozen Orb it's hardly even worth it to shoot fireballs. I think a sweetspotted 800 damage orb kills Mephisto in 3 shots on Players 1.
 
Re: Quest for a Wizardspike

I did over 1300 Meph runs before my first Wizardspike dropped, but once the first one dropped I started finding them left and right (I now have 7). I never equipped one, though; I found Oculus first and like it much better (funny, that's still the only Oculus I've ever found).

I too found Mara's (not to mention two Azurewraths and lots of other goodies) before my first Wizardspike.
 
Re: Quest for a Wizardspike

ioupainmax said:
What gear are you using? Do you use the Runeword Mod, because you can upgrade your shield with spirit in a paladin specific shield with decent base resists and that will help you quite a bit!

I'm assuming you have Naj's Puzzler on switch for the teleport, but what are you using for a weapon?

I would keep running Meph as you mentioned some other things you want although you have had pretty good luck for only 275 runs!
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I am using Spellsteel on switch as I don't have a Naj's Puzzler yet.

As for the weapon, I was using this throughout my hammerdin's career:

Great Wyrm's Bone Wand of the Magus
One-Hand Damage: 3 to 7
Durability: 15 of 15
Required Level: 29
Staff Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0x88c8edc9
+87 to Mana
20% Faster Cast Rate
150% Damage to Undead

Cor Blimey said:
I have been fortunate enough to roll a map with 5 teles to Andy and 1 or 2 for durance 3, though it is nightmare...still, good for some stuff. I too have had bad luck in some ways though, and the only time I can remember having a really good countess map was on normal..sods law.

I got a ravenfrost with perfect dex on it and a manald-6 this morning, when I did a few runs before work :).

how much mf are you running with? Low mf and with players-1 it could take a while to find a given unique.

(also, meteorb has very low damage output. 2 spell-timers does not a furious-onslaught make - perhaps consider orb/fb or orb/charged bolt?)
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My current MF right now is:

50% harley
80% alibaba
36% chance
30% goldwrap
46% 2 nagels
21% boots (rare)
10% 3 small charms

And if my math is correct, my total MF is 273%. Been playing Hell Meph /p3 since I found more decent items.

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I finally found my first Wizzy. It's really sweet. Only because I got it from MF and not from trading. Meph dropped it at the 346th mark.

Wizardspike
Bone Knife
One-Hand Damage: 23 to 49
Required Dexterity: 75
Required Strength: 38
Required Level: 61
Dagger Class - Fast Attack Speed
Indestructible
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 87
Fingerprint: 0xcf1e4557
Regenerate Mana 15%
All Resistances +75
Increase Maximum Mana 15%
50% Faster Cast Rate
Indestructible
+158 to Mana (Based on Character Level)

And yes, as a really sweet sweet bonus too, he even gave me this which was totally unexpected:

Herald of Zakarum
Gilded Shield
Defense: 469
Chance to Block: 82%
Smite Damage: 20 to 28
Durability: 50 of 50
(Paladin Only)
Required Strength: 89
Required Level: 42
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 87
Fingerprint: 0x854f9af2
+20 to Strength
+20 to Vitality
+178% Enhanced Defense
+30% Increased Chance of Blocking
All Resistances +50
+2 to Paladin Skill Levels
30% Faster Block Rate
20% Bonus to Attack Rating
+2 to Combat Skills (Paladin Only)

Go figure!

and of course, some interesting things I have also acquired:
Chance Guards
Verdugo's Hearty Cord
Lidless Wall
Ormus' Robes
Alibaba
Wolfhowl
Jade Talon

Rainbow Facet
Jewel
Required Level: 49
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 87
Fingerprint: 0x8462ff3d
Adds 24-38 cold damage over 0 seconds
100% Chance to cast Level 43 Frost Nova When You Level Up
+4% to Cold Skill Damage
-3% to Enemy Cold Resistance

The facet is not that really great, but who am I to complain with the drops I got!

As for the Meteorb project, I think my priorities will be to find a SoJ.

I've heard that Andy's been waiting for me for quite some time. :crazyeyes:

In the meantime, I think I'm gonna finish D and Baal with my Hammerdin some time soon.

And oh yeah, as an added trivia, when I transferred my Wizzy to my stash, it was my 777th item on that stash.



 
Re: Quest for a Wizardspike

Nice!

I've got to say, I was slightly puzzled when I saw the title, as I'm drowning in wizardspikes - though I've never found a mara's :(. Wonderful little weapons, I'm using them to make a singerbarb atm.
 
Re: Quest for a Wizardspike

Nice loot, and grats on finding the Wizardspike about 1000 runs earlier than my first one. ;) It's a fairly typical haul for that number of Meph runs, though... which is why I try to nudge new players into Hell Meph as their first serious MFing target.
 
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Cor Blimey said:
(also, meteorb has very low damage output. 2 spell-timers does not a furious-onslaught make - perhaps consider orb/fb or orb/charged bolt?)
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With a meteorb, you usually spam fireballs in between orbs, against cold immunes, you spam fb in between meteors.


 
Re: Quest for a Wizardspike

I too have been a Mephisto running madman (or is it mad woman with my meteorb) in search of a Ribcracker. I can teleport on top of Mephisto in 8 clicks which I figure isn't too bad. The slow part, as you have said, is picking up the loot, identifying, and selling. I believe, although slower, this is more beneficial as I have found some interesting rares and the extra gold goes to gambling. Maybe I will do 100 Mephisto pick versus non-pick/sell runs and time them for comparison. Nice find along with the Wizardspike.
 
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With a meteorb, you usually spam fireballs in between orbs, against cold immunes, you spam fb in between meteors.
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Ah ok, so really meteor is secondary to FB though. Aren't the acronyms usually based on the most commonly used skills? :p just being pedantic so ignore me :)

@Lynkyle,

Yes, it is much more sweet when it is self-found. I am trying to be self-found for most things, though I may get too impatient when it comes to skill charms. Given the pool of 21 different skill trees, a couple of skillers for a given tree is a lot of Pgs :D

Those are some nice drops there. An ist'ed ali-baba with a high mf shield (if your pockets are that deep then 4 ist monarch, though ShaelEth is nice and a lot cheaper, and a bit safer, if hc) is a beast of a mf.

273% mf is nice. Significant diminishing returns kick in at >300% so you are basically at the practicable max for any character based on being up close and personal. My sorc is at 411, from 4 ptopaz armour, ptopaz'ed Tarnhelm, Milabrega's kite shield, Gull (on switch) and rare mf gloves, belt, boots and rings. Her kill gear is spirit and a pdiamond ethereal gothic ward (this beast gives me 70 resist all and just under 3k defence with merc). Cheap, dirty and efficient gear. I am running NM bosses till I get more +skills as she isn't strong enough for hell with only a 3k blizzard, and I have gone 156 base strength for monarch, and pushing for max block..only 470 life at level 76 on hardcore, hehe :(
 
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