Random Tournament 2021 D2R edition!

@Vang's Random Barbarian:

Skillsets:
94 - Mace Mastery, Leap, Frenzy
83 - Shout, Double Throw, Frenzy
24 - Shout, Find Item, Frenzy
44 - Find Potion, Increased Speed, Double Throw
90 - Find Item, War Cry, Axe Mastery
48 - Find Potion, Battle Orders, War Cry

Equipment:
Bone Helm
Armor 1
Buckler
Gauntlets
Heavy Boots -> Light Plated Boots
Heavy Belt
Jawbone Cap

Flail
Scimitar -> Morning Star
Throwing Spear

Pretty lucky to randomly get a throwing weapon and a 1-handed mace with the skillsets you rolled. Tough luck on the axe.

Any rerolls?
 
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Forley is out of the Jungle and chilling by the fire in the Pandemonium Fortress

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A Unique Armour I can actually wear.

Code:
   D2R Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level  Skills      Location               Score
-- --- ----------        --------------       -----   -----  ------      --------               ----
   Yes Babyhell          BleedRunner          Pal     75     78+86+71    Cold Plains H           30
SP Yes Jcakes            SerafinaPekkala      Ama     60     5 + 50      Kurast                  24
SP Yes Grisu             Randomnipotent       Nec     49     33          NM Rogue Camp           18
   Yes Vang              Werg                 Nec     49     81+19       NM Outer Cl.            15
   Yes Vildecor          Fernando             Pal     25     96          Pandemonium Fortress    9
SP Yes aitrus            RandomDeadNecro      Nec     27     21          Pandemonium Fortress    9
   Yes maxicek           Forley               Bar     29     42+18       Pandemonium Fortress    9
SP Yes thefranklin       RandomWayToDie       Ass     29     40          Spider Forest           6
SP Yes Dazliare          Priscilla            Sor     25     25+72       Lost City               3
SP Yes Miron             Hartwig              Bar     23     8+75        Dry Hills               3
SP Yes jstani01          mystery              Bar     6      93          Cold Plains             0

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Your SOUL was swallowed by the resurrection (aka Deeds)
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   Yes Sid               Brisket              Dru     8      07+52       Deeds
   Yes Jamesixgun        Devi                 Sor     7      66+78       Deeds
   Yes coju              RandyTom             Bar     25      5          Deeds                   3
   Yes Sid               Bortleby             Pal     23     40          Deeds
   Yes Vang              Multiple             Multi   24     Many        Deeds                   3
 
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Set 8 -> 32: 18,19,30 -> Hunger, Shockwave, Summon Grizzly
Voulge -> Poleaxe
Light Belt -> Belt

Edited the initial post to reflect the changes.

Hmm, sounds like the skill set 32 reroll could be a keeper through all difficulties...but that's me and I am nuts about Shockwave xD

Good luck and have fun!
Thanks! I set out then. I will pick skillset 65 as my permanent one, and no other for Normal.
 
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@Vang's Random Barbarian:

Skillsets:
94 - Mace Mastery, Leap, Frenzy
83 - Shout, Double Throw, Frenzy
24 - Shout, Find Item, Frenzy
44 - Find Potion, Increased Speed, Double Throw
90 - Find Item, War Cry, Axe Mastery

Equipment:
Bone Helm
Armor 1
Buckler
Gauntlets
Heavy Boots
Heavy Belt
Jawbone Cap

Flail
Scimitar
Throwing Spear

Pretty lucky to randomly get a throwing weapon and a 1-handed mace with the skillsets you rolled. Tough luck on the axe.

Any rerolls?
Lets reroll Scimitar, Heavy Boots, and 44.
 
OMG!
Diablo was a work 😩 Took me an age, merc dying from his glance, 8 skellies dead in a few hits (luckily they spread around him). All in all, why do corpses disappear so fast!?
Process was: keep 1-2 skellies alive, go back for stranglers in River of Flame to get more skellies - without overreacting, it took me 15-25 minutes or so, almost all my gold for merc. Dear me.
Being 30 and having Revive (crap really) I was hopeful I can raise Oblivion Knights to have some curses, but hey, I'm rusty in this game, you can't 🙁

Anyhow, that's done. Cleared the first zone in Act 5 (whatever it's called) to forget this ordeal. Still unsure how I'll manage Ancients without curses.

Oh yes, completely forgot about other good(?) stuff.
Mephisto dropped nothing of note, Hellforge was Eth! and Diablo dropped some set items, nothing usable 😢

Code:
   D2R Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level  Skills      Location               Score
-- --- ----------        --------------       -----   -----  ------      --------               ----
   Yes Babyhell          BleedRunner          Pal     75     78+86+71    Cold Plains H           30
SP Yes Jcakes            SerafinaPekkala      Ama     60     5 + 50      Kurast                  24
SP Yes Grisu             Randomnipotent       Nec     49     33          NM Rogue Camp           18
   Yes Vang              Werg                 Nec     49     81+19       NM Outer Cl.            15
SP Yes aitrus            RandomDeadNecro      Nec     31     21          Frigid Highlands        12
   Yes Vildecor          Fernando             Pal     25     96          Pandemonium Fortress    9
   Yes maxicek           Forley               Bar     29     42+18       Pandemonium Fortress    9
SP Yes thefranklin       RandomWayToDie       Ass     29     40          Spider Forest           6
SP Yes Dazliare          Priscilla            Sor     25     25+72       Lost City               3
SP Yes Miron             Hartwig              Bar     23     8+75        Dry Hills               3
SP Yes jstani01          mystery              Bar     6      93          Cold Plains             0

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Your SOUL was swallowed by the resurrection (aka Deeds)
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   Yes Sid               Brisket              Dru     8      07+52       Deeds
   Yes Jamesixgun        Devi                 Sor     7      66+78       Deeds
   Yes coju              RandyTom             Bar     25      5          Deeds                   3
   Yes Sid               Bortleby             Pal     23     40          Deeds
   Yes Vang              Multiple             Multi   24     Many        Deeds                   3
 
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This looks like a good challenge, can somebody roll me a random character please? Thanks!
 
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3: Barbarian

6, 25, 32, 94, 51

Set 6: Find Potion, Find Item, Whirlwind
Set 25: Battle Orders, Iron Skin, Concentrate
Set 32: Iron Skin, Increased Speed, Berserk
Set 51: Battle Orders, Spear Mastery, Leap Attack
Set 94: Mace Mastery, Leap, Frenzy

Armor (2)
Small Shield
Mask
Chain Gloves
Belt
Chain Boots
Avenger Guard

Spears (2) 2handed (1)

Trident
Brandistock
Broad Axe

Rerolls?
 
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@Vildecor

Lots of choices. I think I'm going to go 94 as my main giving me a permanent Mastery and only thing in normal.

94+24+90 in NM
94+48+83 in Hell

Give me Warcry in Both NM/Hell and gives me an optional Ranged attack in Hell with Battle Orders to boot.
 
BleedCharger's Hell adventures - part 2

Running Countess for a Ko to craft a Lawbringer (in a War Scepter... don't have any better scepter base for now!) - or as seen in part 1, a Pul for a cool weapon upgrade (Hands of Blessed Light Caduceus), plans could change...
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First Key of Terror
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Third one. Oh wait..!

However at some point, decided to push to change a bit, and in the end...
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Yes... I used Strength with the shield to help the merc, then forgot to reequip my shield main switch, set back Fanaticism aura to make the kill... stupid, but she had a slice of life left so all went well. Quite a bit of pots drank, but BleedRunner was between Andy and the merc all the time, so nothing to care about him this time! Easy but what a drop (no pick done yet at the screenshot time -_-)

So well... I guess Countess still until Lawbringer secures Act 2 with all those undeads. Now what to do with the Um? To be defined!

Code:
   D2R Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level  Skills      Location               Score
-- --- ----------        --------------       -----   -----  ------      --------               ----
   Yes Babyhell          BleedRunner          Pal     76     78+86+71    Lut Gholein H           33
SP Yes Jcakes            SerafinaPekkala      Ama     60     5 + 50      Kurast                  24
SP Yes Grisu             Randomnipotent       Nec     49     33          NM Rogue Camp           18
   Yes Vang              Werg                 Nec     49     81+19       NM Outer Cl.            15
SP Yes aitrus            RandomDeadNecro      Nec     31     21          Frigid Highlands        12
   Yes Vildecor          Fernando             Pal     25     96          Pandemonium Fortress    9
   Yes maxicek           Forley               Bar     29     42+18       Pandemonium Fortress    9
SP Yes thefranklin       RandomWayToDie       Ass     29     40          Spider Forest           6
SP Yes Dazliare          Priscilla            Sor     25     25+72       Lost City               3
SP Yes Miron             Hartwig              Bar     23     8+75        Dry Hills               3
SP Yes jstani01          mystery              Bar     6      93          Cold Plains             0

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Your SOUL was swallowed by the resurrection (aka Deeds)
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   Yes Sid               Brisket              Dru     8      07+52       Deeds
   Yes Jamesixgun        Devi                 Sor     7      66+78       Deeds
   Yes coju              RandyTom             Bar     25      5          Deeds                   3
   Yes Sid               Bortleby             Pal     23     40          Deeds
   Yes Vang              Multiple             Multi   24     Many        Deeds                   3
 
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Set 8 -> 32: 18,19,30 -> Hunger, Shockwave, Summon Grizzly
Voulge -> Poleaxe
Light Belt -> Belt

Edited the initial post to reflect the changes.

Hmm, sounds like the skill set 32 reroll could be a keeper through all difficulties...but that's me and I am nuts about Shockwave xD

Good luck and have fun!
You and me both. Shockwave is an insanely good skill. I got a Guardian in the Spirit tournament basically just using Shockwave + Grizzly lol
 
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3: Barbarian

6, 25, 32, 94, 51

Set 6: Find Potion, Find Item, Whirlwind
Set 25: Battle Orders, Iron Skin, Concentrate
Set 32: Iron Skin, Increased Speed, Berserk
Set 51: Battle Orders, Spear Mastery, Leap Attack
Set 94: Mace Mastery, Leap, Frenzy

Armor (2)
Small Shield
Mask
Chain Gloves
Belt
Chain Boots
Avenger Guard

Spears (2) 2handed (1)

Trident
Brandistock
Broad Axe

Rerolls?
awesome, thanks

I'll reroll set 94, boots and brandistock. I'm assuming a reroll of the brandi will still be a spear?
 
awesome, thanks

I'll reroll set 94, boots and brandistock. I'm assuming a reroll of the brandi will still be a spear?
Yeah, it'll be a spear still.

94>83

Set 83: Taunt, Stun, Frenzy

Chain Boots>Boots
Brandistock>Spear


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3: Barbarian

6, 25, 32, 94, 51

Set 6: Find Potion, Find Item, Whirlwind
Set 25: Battle Orders, Iron Skin, Concentrate
Set 32: Iron Skin, Increased Speed, Berserk
Set 51: Battle Orders, Spear Mastery, Leap Attack
Set 83: Taunt, Stun, Frenzy
Set 94: Mace Mastery, Leap, Frenzy

Armor (2)
Small Shield
Mask
Chain Gloves
Belt
Chain Boots>Boots
Avenger Guard

Spears (2) 2handed (1)

Trident
Brandistock>Spear
Broad Axe
 
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Thanks @Vang for the rolls!

I'm going set 51 for the whole playthrough
Normal: 51, 83
NM: 51, 25
Hell: 51, 6, 32
 
Nero the Druid has begun his quest to save the world and it has been slow going thus far.

I've chosen to only use my forever set, set 52, to tackle normal which has left me with access to Raven, Fissure and Summon Grizzly. As delightful as the ravens are, their eye-pecking only gets you so far and it was a relief when fissure opened up at level 12. Elly the rogue has been acting as both tank and clean-up crew as Nero chugs his blues, runs in circles, and spams his spell.

Hitting level 20 just before tackling Andariel meant a trip to Gheed to finally gamble a heavy belt which has opened up a lot of inventory space. Drops were scarce throughout Act 1, with only one unusable set piece popping out of a barrel in the Barracks. Andy disappointed as well, leaving nothing of note for our hero.

Nero now rests in Lut Gholein, still at level 20. I plan to continue doing single-pass, p8 for as long as I can but that may change if things get a bit too dicey.

I'm not sure how to update the table, so if someone could let me know the easiest way to do it or edit me in on their next update, it would be appreciated. Thanks!
 
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You and me both. Shockwave is an insanely good skill. I got a Guardian in the Spirit tournament basically just using Shockwave + Grizzly lol
It does look very strong (have never used it), and I am guessing it would increase my chances to have it over synergized Rabies. I ended up going with the Rabies combo mostly for the high DPS through Normal and hopefully part of Nightmare (and I have never used Rabies either before, so fun to try). I can run a bit low on patience if I can't dish out damage in the early and mid game. But I'll keep this in mind for another character, thanks for the tips @Grisu and @Jcakes!
 
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TrashReturned started his journey off super slow. Then he found level 9 (well, he Hacked his way to level 9) Then he went wandered through a passage with a mace and found his way to the Darkwood. At this point. TrashReturned decided to document his journey on twitch
and tore his way to Andariel and through the lame mummified corpse of Radament. That is where his journey has came to a standstill until next time. Or...????!! (literally last time I did that I died on my necro, :ROFLMAO: )

Looked for screenshots and found nada.

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   D2R Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level  Skills      Location               Score
-- --- ----------        --------------       -----   -----  ------      --------               ----
   Yes Babyhell          BleedRunner          Pal     76     78+86+71    Lut Gholein H           33
SP Yes Jcakes            SerafinaPekkala      Ama     60     5 + 50      Kurast                  24
SP Yes Grisu             Randomnipotent       Nec     49     33          NM Rogue Camp           18
SP Yes aitrus            RandomDeadNecro      Nec     31     21          Frigid Highlands        12
   Yes Vildecor          Fernando             Pal     25     96          Pandemonium Fortress    9
   Yes maxicek           Forley               Bar     29     42+18       Pandemonium Fortress    9
SP Yes thefranklin       RandomWayToDie       Ass     29     40          Spider Forest           6
SP Yes Dazliare          Priscilla            Sor     25     25+72       Lost City               3
   Yes Vang              TrashReturned        Bar     16     84          Sewers                  3
SP Yes Miron             Hartwig              Bar     23     8+75        Dry Hills               3
SP Yes jstani01          mystery              Bar     6      93          Cold Plains             0

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Your SOUL was swallowed by the resurrection (aka Deeds)
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   Yes Sid               Brisket              Dru     8      07+52       Deeds
   Yes Jamesixgun        Devi                 Sor     7      66+78       Deeds
   Yes coju              RandyTom             Bar     25      5          Deeds                   3
   Yes Sid               Bortleby             Pal     23     40          Deeds
   Yes Vang              Multiple             Multi   58     Many        Deeds                   21
 
Meoh the Rabies Druid has beaten Andariel. Act 1 was almost all p8, with Blood Raven and Andariel being the exceptions.

Some highlights:

First equippable item was from Blood Raven.
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At first I got really happy with this shield as my second gamble. But quickly realized what I really need is a better weapon, so I rolled a yellow Claymore instead.
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Andy down, Rabies did quick work of her at p1. Nothing equippable but it's alright.
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   D2R Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level  Skills      Location               Score
-- --- ----------        --------------       -----   -----  ------      --------               ----
   Yes Babyhell          BleedRunner          Pal     76     78+86+71    Lut Gholein H           33
SP Yes Jcakes            SerafinaPekkala      Ama     60     5 + 50      Kurast                  24
SP Yes Grisu             Randomnipotent       Nec     49     33          NM Rogue Camp           18
SP Yes aitrus            RandomDeadNecro      Nec     31     21          Frigid Highlands        12
   Yes Vildecor          Fernando             Pal     25     96          Pandemonium Fortress    9
   Yes maxicek           Forley               Bar     29     42+18       Pandemonium Fortress    9
SP Yes thefranklin       RandomWayToDie       Ass     29     40          Spider Forest           6
SP Yes Dazliare          Priscilla            Sor     25     25+72       Lost City               3
   Yes Vang              TrashReturned        Bar     16     84          Sewers                  3
SP Yes Miron             Hartwig              Bar     23     8+75        Dry Hills               3
   Yes corale            Meoh                 Dru     20     65          Lut Gholein             3
SP Yes jstani01          mystery              Bar     6      93          Cold Plains             0

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Your SOUL was swallowed by the resurrection (aka Deeds)
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   Yes Sid               Brisket              Dru     8      07+52       Deeds
   Yes Jamesixgun        Devi                 Sor     7      66+78       Deeds
   Yes coju              RandyTom             Bar     25      5          Deeds                   3
   Yes Sid               Bortleby             Pal     23     40          Deeds
   Yes Vang              Multiple             Multi   58     Many        Deeds                   21
 
Reached Kurast and ventured into the jungle. Reached the spider cavern (not the one with the organ) and encountered 2 types of spiders (red and green). After killing one boss type I lured more then I could deal with and knew it was time to retreat but became a bit greedy and tried to hork the corpses before leaving....

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Ahh well.... Can someone roll me a necro?
 
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