"Rare Pleasure" Tournament

WalkingDead the Zon found a pair of rare gloves early which I felt boded well. She then found her first weapon, a ... short staff - oh joy! She was having real problems killing on the Cold Plains, particularly gargantuans, so I was forced to give up and gamble for a bow. My third gamble netted me this:

Storm Nock
Light Crossbow
Two-Hand Damage: 8 to 11
Required Dexterity: 27
Required Strength: 21
Required Level: 3
Crossbow Class - Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 8
Fingerprint: 0x93e3043a
+27% Enhanced Damage
+11 to Attack Rating
+1 to Minimum Damage
Adds 1-8 lightning damage
+1 cold damage over 2 seconds

which I felt was a pretty good early weapon. Lightning damage plus the 1 pt of cold to slow everything down. At lvl 8 she hired Visala, a lvl 7 cold merc which helped a lot, particularly as Visala could tank better than she could. She then proceeded to clear out the Cold Plains and Hole (I think that's what it's called), killed Blood Raven and cleared the two tombs. She's now lvl 12 and has spent one skill point in critical strike and put one point into dex to use the xbow. All other points are unallocated. Unfortunately in all of that I saw not one rare. The gods are not with WalkingDead at this time.

WalkingDead

Quests- 2 * 2 = 4
Waypoints- 2 * 1 = 2
Level- 12
Score -6

Spots unfilled: All except gloves and weapon :(
 
Condolences to those who have fallen in their quest for a stylish victory. Remember, survivors: you get no bonus points for being first to achieve Guardian... so take it easy, and play safe.

To answer the question asked a few posts ago: yes, you MAY use your hell forge reward runes/gems in your sockets. And also the barbarian rescue runes. Other than those items, though, you may use nothing but rare jewels.
 
Pity on the fallen.

DeadKnight is now at the cold plains. Using javelins. Argh. :D

Level 6. Points: 2+1-6 = -3.
 
Pity on the fallen.

DeadKnight is now at the cold plains. Using javelins. Argh. :D

Level 6. Points: 2+2-6 = -2.
 
I was scared starting this character out, without any serious way to deal damage until level 18, the biggest concern was actually getting that far. Teeth did no damage at level, a clay golem does no damage at level 1, a mercenary does no damage without a bow, and a necro with a plain bone wand is also useless. The only skill which would have given me a chance, corpse explosion, cost way too much mana to use effectively. With bone armor and a golem, the character is basically invincible in Act I, but so are any enemies except on players 1 (and part of my concern was that even on players 1 I coulnd't kill starting in the Dark Wood or so). Luckily, things turned out better.

The Blood Moor was handled at players 8 easily, until level 6 for the golem. The Den of Evil was also pretty easy at players 8 with an invincible golem and a bit of support from the necromancer. Once that was done, I went ahead and got the Cold Plains WP, turned it down to players 1, and sprinted to Blood Raven. She fell pretty easily, and dropped the first rare of the game:

Doom Cowl
Skull Cap
Defense: 23
+5 to Mana
+28% Enhanced Defense
+1 to Light Radius
10% Faster Hit Recovery
Ethereal (Cannot be Repaired)

That went on the newly acquired mercenary, Amplisa, right away. After that, the grup began running the Crypt and Mausoleum, praying for a rare bow. Unfortunately, even after 5 or so runs, nothing dropped, except some silly rare short sword that's really just sitting there instead of a wand. The decision was made to gamble for a rare bow at this point, and switch to an Act II mercenary when that time came. Luckily, it only took seven long bow gambles to get this gem:

Bramble Stinger
Long Bow
Two-Hand Damage: 3 to 14
Bow Class - Normal Attack Speed
+33% Enhanced Damage
+19 to Attack Rating
+1 to Maximum Damage
Adds 1-2 cold damage over 2 seconds
5% Chance to cast Level 1 Amplify Damage on striking

Getting to 18 now shouldn't be a serious issue, and as it was getting late, HCTornNecroI finished off the session with a few more Cave/Mausoleum/Crypt runs for the chests and bosses.

Current rares in use on character:

Gale Spur
Boots
Defense: 3
+1 to Dexterity
+7 to Maximum Stamina
Lightning Resist +5%
Poison Resist +5%
Repairs 1 durability in 33 seconds

Dread Emblem
Buckler
Defense: 8
Chance to Block: 30%
+3 to Mana
+23% Enhanced Defense
+10% Increased Chance of Blocking
10% Faster Hit Recovery
15% Faster Block Rate
Repairs 1 durability in 33 seconds

level 11, cold plains (2 wps, 1 quest), -7 points
 
Well.. sadly enough I had to level to 9 to get the malus, and then I even had to level some more to be able to hit stuff in act 2 :mad:
I'll keep it short though..
One of my main problems so far is running out of stamina, another is not wearing a belt. The monsters fall quite nicely but I also gain alot of exp :( I think I'll have to level to 18 in the arcane sanctuary .. getting to 18 will solve alot of problems (vigor / HF ). One of my rares actually has +1 mana after kill so I can zeal pretty good so far.

<(-.-<) <(~.~)> (>-.-)>
Plak - Frost Zealot
Level - 13
WP - Lost city
Quest - Radament
Free item slots - Ring, Amulet, Belt
[highlight]Points - 7*2 + 15*1 - 13 = 16[/highlight]
<(-.-<) <(~.~)> (>-.-)>
 
skunkbelly said:
Condo
To answer the question asked a few posts ago: yes, you MAY use your hell forge reward runes/gems in your sockets. And also the barbarian rescue runes. Other than those items, though, you may use nothing but rare jewels.

I have two more Iron Golem questions:

* Is the above statement true for my Iron Golem materials as well? Only quest rewards may be used in socketed rares?

* May I gamble for rares to make Iron Golems of?
 
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Yorel_X          Shadow-sin         24    3/Norm    Reid Fleming        22
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Fred             Zealot+             1    1/Norm    jjscud               0
Coraxasn         MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    tinantlu             0
Rarnon           Jailkeeper          1    1/Norm    Mordalles            0
Fenris           RabidFury Wolf      1    1/Norm    Quickdeath           0
Icy_Hot          Bowazon             1    1/Norm    Exarkun              0
Sarah            Javazon             1    1/Norm    Hrus                 0
HCTornNecroI     Bonemancer          1    1/Norm    Thov                 0
Fang             Javazon             1    1/Norm    phatbrava            0
Halisstra        HydraSorc           1    1/Norm    Liliel               0
SirStuckup       DS / frenzy         1    1/Norm    water_moon           0
DeadRinger       F Nova/Tstorm       1    1/Norm    JicamaEater          0
Pokey_poke       Lightning strike    1    1/Norm    Shermo               0
WalkingDead      Hybrid Zon          1    1/Norm    MAAM                 0
AndOne           Tesladin            1    1/Norm    Poopie_Pants         0
DeadKnight       Avenger             1    1/Norm    Frosty               0
Jenna            Javazon             1    1/Norm    XtasyGrizzly         0
Freezydinny      Frost Zealot        1    1/Norm    Rickyson1            0
Ursula           Shockwave bear      1    1/Norm    jgreg7               0
Miko             MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    RikerKirk            0
Wolronett        Sorceress-Cold      1    1/Norm    Wolron               0
Arial		 Firewall/Tstorm     1    1/Norm    BFD		  	 0
Portia           Sorceress           1    1/Norm    TRJS                 0
Reinard          Ranger              1    1/Norm    BennB                0
Victor Shen      Meleemancer/Curses  1    1/Norm    Insane Wayne         0
Bremm            Tesladin           16    1/Norm    Nacaa               -1
Slayer           Berserker           6    1/Norm    Immortal_Slayer     -2
Chillibit        Freezealot         13    1/Norm    Slothman            -2
CrossCheck       CrossbowZon        18    1/Norm    Crazy_Bear          -3
Jonathan         Hunter Druid        7    1/Norm    Cattleya            -3  
Freddie          Lord of Mages      18    1/Norm    jiansonz            -4

WP: 19
Quest: 12*2=24
Level 21: -21 (players back to 1)
Total: 22

Still going strong, and still no gloves.........
 
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JagerMeester     Summon/WereWolf    21    3/Norm    Horobi              22
Inferno          HolyFireadin       26    3/Norm    SuperSavage         21
Plak             Frost Zealot       13    2/Norm    Sint                16
Freddie          Lord of Mages      28    3/Norm    jiansonz            15
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Patsy            Leap Barb          13    1/Norm    Radagast             6
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Chillibit        Freezealot         18    2/Norm    Slothman             4
Rare-Skunk       Barb (Frenzy)      18    2/Norm    Skunkbelly           3
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Fred             Zealot+             1    1/Norm    jjscud               0
Coraxasn         MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    tinantlu             0
Rarnon           Jailkeeper          1    1/Norm    Mordalles            0
Fenris           RabidFury Wolf     17    1/Norm    Quickdeath          -3
Icy_Hot          Bowazon             1    1/Norm    Exarkun              0
Sarah            Javazon             1    1/Norm    Hrus                 0
Fang             Javazon             1    1/Norm    phatbrava            0
Halisstra        HydraSorc           1    1/Norm    Liliel               0
SirStuckup       DS / frenzy         1    1/Norm    water_moon           0
DeadRinger       F Nova/Tstorm       1    1/Norm    JicamaEater          0
Pokey_poke       Lightning strike    1    1/Norm    Shermo               0
AndOne           Tesladin            1    1/Norm    Poopie_Pants         0
DeadKnight       Avenger             1    1/Norm    Frosty               0
Jenna            Javazon             1    1/Norm    XtasyGrizzly         0
Freezydinny      Frost Zealot        1    1/Norm    Rickyson1            0
Ursula           Shockwave bear      1    1/Norm    jgreg7               0
Miko             MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    RikerKirk            0
Wolronett        Sorceress-Cold      1    1/Norm    Wolron               0
Arial		 Firewall/Tstorm     1    1/Norm    BFD		  	 0
Portia           Sorceress           1    1/Norm    TRJS                 0
Reinard          Ranger              1    1/Norm    BennB                0
Victor Shen      Meleemancer/Curses  1    1/Norm    Insane Wayne         0
Bremm            Tesladin           16    1/Norm    Nacaa               -1
Slayer           Berserker           6    1/Norm    Immortal_Slayer     -2
DeadKnight       Avenger             6    1/Norm    Frosty              -2
CrossCheck       CrossbowZon        18    1/Norm    Crazy_Bear          -3
Jonathan         Hunter Druid        7    1/Norm    Cattleya            -3   
WalkingDead      Hybrid Zon         12    1/Norm    MAAM                -6
HCTornNecroI     Bonemancer         11    1/Norm    Thov                -7

Heres a fixed updated code starting for each page or so.
 
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Yorel_X          Shadow-sin         24    3/Norm    Reid Fleming        22
JagerMeester     Summon/WereWolf    21    3/Norm    Horobi              22
Inferno          HolyFireadin       26    3/Norm    SuperSavage         21
Plak             Frost Zealot       13    2/Norm    Sint                16
Freddie          Lord of Mages      28    3/Norm    jiansonz            15
Halisstra        HydraSorc          20    2/Norm    Liliel               9  
Undead_WingWong  Bonemancer         19    2/Norm    Starving_Poet        9         
LuckyCharm       ConcBarb           19    2/Norm    OpethAZ              6
Patsy            Leap Barb          13    1/Norm    Radagast             6
GlacialTyro      Frost-Zealot       13    1/Norm    SeDnA                6
Chillibit        Freezealot         18    2/Norm    Slothman             4
Rare-Skunk       Barb (Frenzy)      18    2/Norm    Skunkbelly           3
Elolroel         Charged Boltress   13    1/Norm    goltar25             0
Fred             Zealot+             1    1/Norm    jjscud               0
Coraxasn         MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    tinantlu             0
Rarnonn          Jailkeeper          1    1/Norm    Mordalles            0
Fenris           RabidFury Wolf     17    1/Norm    Quickdeath          -3
Icy_Hot          Bowazon             1    1/Norm    Exarkun              0
Sarah            Javazon             1    1/Norm    Hrus                 0
Fang             Javazon             1    1/Norm    phatbrava            0
Halisstra        HydraSorc           1    1/Norm    Liliel               0
SirStuckup       DS / frenzy         1    1/Norm    water_moon           0
DeadRinger       F Nova/Tstorm       1    1/Norm    JicamaEater          0
Pokey_poke       Lightning strike    1    1/Norm    Shermo               0
AndOne           Tesladin            1    1/Norm    Poopie_Pants         0
DeadKnight       Avenger             1    1/Norm    Frosty               0
Jenna            Javazon             1    1/Norm    XtasyGrizzly         0
Freezydinny      Frost Zealot        1    1/Norm    Rickyson1            0
Ursula           Shockwave bear      1    1/Norm    jgreg7               0
Miko             MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    RikerKirk            0
Wolronett        Sorceress-Cold      1    1/Norm    Wolron               0
Arial		 Firewall/Tstorm     1    1/Norm    BFD		  	 0
Portia           Sorceress           1    1/Norm    TRJS                 0
Reinard          Ranger              1    1/Norm    BennB                0
Victor Shen      Meleemancer/Curses  1    1/Norm    Insane Wayne         0
Bremm            Tesladin           16    1/Norm    Nacaa               -1
Slayer           Berserker           6    1/Norm    Immortal_Slayer     -2
DeadKnight       Avenger             6    1/Norm    Frosty              -2
CrossCheck       CrossbowZon        18    1/Norm    Crazy_Bear          -3
Jonathan         Hunter Druid        7    1/Norm    Cattleya            -3   
WalkingDead      Hybrid Zon         12    1/Norm    MAAM                -6
HCTornNecroI     Bonemancer         11    1/Norm    Thov                -7

havent started yet. just corrected my name from rarnon to rarnonn. hehe. i will only have time after the 18th to play.
 
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Undead_WingWong  Bonemancer         24    3/Norm    Starving_Poet       30         
Yorel_X          Shadow-sin         24    3/Norm    Reid Fleming        22
JagerMeester     Summon/WereWolf    21    3/Norm    Horobi              22
Inferno          HolyFireadin       26    3/Norm    SuperSavage         21
Plak             Frost Zealot       13    2/Norm    Sint                16
Freddie          Lord of Mages      28    3/Norm    jiansonz            15
Halisstra        HydraSorc          20    2/Norm    Liliel               9  
LuckyCharm       ConcBarb           19    2/Norm    OpethAZ              6
Patsy            Leap Barb          13    1/Norm    Radagast             6
GlacialTyro      Frost-Zealot       13    1/Norm    SeDnA                6
Chillibit        Freezealot         18    2/Norm    Slothman             4
Rare-Skunk       Barb (Frenzy)      18    2/Norm    Skunkbelly           3
Elolroel         Charged Boltress   13    1/Norm    goltar25             0
Fred             Zealot+             1    1/Norm    jjscud               0
Coraxasn         MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    tinantlu             0
Rarnonn          Jailkeeper          1    1/Norm    Mordalles            0
Icy_Hot          Bowazon             1    1/Norm    Exarkun              0
Sarah            Javazon             1    1/Norm    Hrus                 0
Fang             Javazon             1    1/Norm    phatbrava            0
Halisstra        HydraSorc           1    1/Norm    Liliel               0
SirStuckup       DS / frenzy         1    1/Norm    water_moon           0
DeadRinger       F Nova/Tstorm       1    1/Norm    JicamaEater          0
Pokey_poke       Lightning strike    1    1/Norm    Shermo               0
AndOne           Tesladin            1    1/Norm    Poopie_Pants         0
DeadKnight       Avenger             1    1/Norm    Frosty               0
Jenna            Javazon             1    1/Norm    XtasyGrizzly         0
Freezydinny      Frost Zealot        1    1/Norm    Rickyson1            0
Ursula           Shockwave bear      1    1/Norm    jgreg7               0
Miko             MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    RikerKirk            0
Wolronett        Sorceress-Cold      1    1/Norm    Wolron               0
Arial		 Firewall/Tstorm     1    1/Norm    BFD		  	 0
Portia           Sorceress           1    1/Norm    TRJS                 0
Reinard          Ranger              1    1/Norm    BennB                0
Victor Shen      Meleemancer/Curses  1    1/Norm    Insane Wayne         0
Bremm            Tesladin           16    1/Norm    Nacaa               -1
Slayer           Berserker           6    1/Norm    Immortal_Slayer     -2
DeadKnight       Avenger             6    1/Norm    Frosty              -2
CrossCheck       CrossbowZon        18    1/Norm    Crazy_Bear          -3
Jonathan         Hunter Druid        7    1/Norm    Cattleya            -3   
Fenris           RabidFury Wolf     17    1/Norm    Quickdeath          -3
WalkingDead      Hybrid Zon         12    1/Norm    MAAM                -6
HCTornNecroI     Bonemancer         11    1/Norm    Thov                -7

First off, I want to give my condolances to those who have fallen in the pursuit of a madman's goals.

That said, Oh my dear lord! I spend so much time grailing in Hell, that I forget the ultimate challange that normal Duriel poses for a frail cast character without a tank. It took my a good hour to beat Duriel. I actually used weaken! Can you believe it? I had to take that curse outside and spray it down with a hose it hasn't been used for so long. As soon as I ported in I had to literally spam bone wall (54 hp (woot!)) then cast weaken so that Duriel wouldn't instantly destroy them. Then I had to quaff two mana pots and spam bone spear until the walls were down and I had to port to safety. Rinse, repeat. My spear isn't really all that powerful yet so it was just tedious. I will not be killing him again since his drops are statistically not-there.

After that was done I had a relatively easy run through to the Trav WP with all the WPs up to it found without having to do any backtracking. The Flayer dungeon was scary because one hit from the shaman's inferno was capable of eating up 90% of my HP. I got a relatively useful ring from Ormus and am now all filled up except for helmets for me and my lovely companion Lliaza.

I spent some of my money gambling, but haven't found anything yet worth equipping.

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Undead_WingWong - The Bonecaster
Iliaza - The Fire Rogue

Quests: 14 * 2 = 28
Waypoints: 26 * 1 = 26
Level: 24 *-1 = -24

SCORE: 30
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Please please please, never make a tournament where I'm not allowed to use a belt for the first 2 acts (and maybe more :confused: ) . It drove me nuts. Just to rub it in, I found 2 green belts, but still no yellows.

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Pokey-poke
Quests: 12*2
WPs: 18
Level: -22

Total: 20

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jiansonz said:
I have two more Iron Golem questions:

* Is the above statement true for my Iron Golem materials as well? Only quest rewards may be used in socketed rares?

* May I gamble for rares to make Iron Golems of?

Hmmm....

HEED, ALL YE NECROS:

The rules apply to the equipment worn by your mercenary and by yourself: there are no prohibitions regarding what you use to make Iron Golems, except for the fact that they must be made with rare items. So gambled rares are fine for IG's, and feel free to fill any sockets before creating the golem, with whatever you see fit. If I thought this would really give anyone an unfair advantage, I'd reconsider... but I think I've nerfed necros enough ;)
 
Almost makes me consider putting points into IG... almost.

That said:

jiansonz: I wouldn't have pegged the Lord of Mages to be able to make effective use of the IG for reasons other than the need to fill up the time before a FG.
 
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Yorel_X          Shadow-sin         24    3/Norm    Reid Fleming        22
JagerMeester     Summon/WereWolf    21    3/Norm    Horobi              22
Inferno          HolyFireadin       26    3/Norm    SuperSavage         21
Plak             Frost Zealot       13    2/Norm    Sint                16
Freddie          Lord of Mages      28    3/Norm    jiansonz            15
Halisstra        HydraSorc          20    2/Norm    Liliel               9  
LuckyCharm       ConcBarb           19    2/Norm    OpethAZ              6
Patsy            Leap Barb          13    1/Norm    Radagast             6
GlacialTyro      Frost-Zealot       13    1/Norm    SeDnA                6 R.I.P.
Chillibit        Freezealot         18    2/Norm    Slothman             4
Rare-Skunk       Barb (Frenzy)      18    2/Norm    Skunkbelly           3
Fenris           RabidFury Wolf     20    2/Norm    Quickdeath           2
Elolroel         Charged Boltress   13    1/Norm    goltar25             0 R.I.P.
Fred             Zealot+             1    1/Norm    jjscud               0
Coraxasn         MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    tinantlu             0
Rarnonn          Jailkeeper          1    1/Norm    Mordalles            0
Icy_Hot          Bowazon             1    1/Norm    Exarkun              0
Sarah            Javazon             1    1/Norm    Hrus                 0
Fang             Javazon             1    1/Norm    phatbrava            0
Halisstra        HydraSorc           1    1/Norm    Liliel               0
SirStuckup       DS / frenzy         1    1/Norm    water_moon           0
DeadRinger       F Nova/Tstorm       1    1/Norm    JicamaEater          0
Pokey_poke       Lightning strike    1    1/Norm    Shermo               0
AndOne           Tesladin            1    1/Norm    Poopie_Pants         0
DeadKnight       Avenger             1    1/Norm    Frosty               0
Jenna            Javazon             1    1/Norm    XtasyGrizzly         0
Freezydinny      Frost Zealot        1    1/Norm    Rickyson1            0
Ursula           Shockwave bear      1    1/Norm    jgreg7               0
Miko             MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    RikerKirk            0
Wolronett        Sorceress-Cold      1    1/Norm    Wolron               0
Arial		 Firewall/Tstorm     1    1/Norm    BFD		  	 0
Portia           Sorceress           1    1/Norm    TRJS                 0
Reinard          Ranger              1    1/Norm    BennB                0
Victor Shen      Meleemancer/Curses  1    1/Norm    Insane Wayne         0
Bremm            Tesladin           16    1/Norm    Nacaa               -1
Slayer           Berserker           6    1/Norm    Immortal_Slayer     -2
DeadKnight       Avenger             6    1/Norm    Frosty              -2
CrossCheck       CrossbowZon        18    1/Norm    Crazy_Bear          -3
Jonathan         Hunter Druid        7    1/Norm    Cattleya            -3   
WalkingDead      Hybrid Zon         12    1/Norm    MAAM                -6
HCTornNecroI     Bonemancer         11    1/Norm    Thov                -7

Check out this ring that Andariel dropped for me:

Raven Loop
Ring
Required Level: 9
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 12
Fingerprint: 0x173a9fb4
+74 to Attack Rating
Damage Reduced by 1
Fire Resist +10%
Lightning Resist +16%
Poison Length Reduced by 25%
Half Freeze Duration

Fenris was also greatly helped by the discovery of a rare Long Bow for his Merc.

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Fenris - The Rabid Fury Druid

Quests: 6 * 2 = 12
Waypoints: 10 * 1 = 10
Level: 20 *-1 = -20

SCORE: 2
Slots unfilled: Amulet, Ring (1), Belt, Gloves, Merc Armor
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Phrozen_Phire    Firezon            34    5/Norm    skoolbus            39
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Yorel_X          Shadow-sin         24    3/Norm    Reid Fleming        22
JagerMeester     Summon/WereWolf    21    3/Norm    Horobi              22
Inferno          HolyFireadin       26    3/Norm    SuperSavage         21
Plak             Frost Zealot       13    2/Norm    Sint                16
Freddie          Lord of Mages      28    3/Norm    jiansonz            15
Halisstra        HydraSorc          20    2/Norm    Liliel               9  
LuckyCharm       ConcBarb           19    2/Norm    OpethAZ              6
Patsy            Leap Barb          13    1/Norm    Radagast             6
GlacialTyro      Frost-Zealot       13    1/Norm    SeDnA                6 R.I.P.
Chillibit        Freezealot         18    2/Norm    Slothman             4
Rare-Skunk       Barb (Frenzy)      18    2/Norm    Skunkbelly           3
Fenris           RabidFury Wolf     20    2/Norm    Quickdeath           2
Elolroel         Charged Boltress   13    1/Norm    goltar25             0 R.I.P.
Fred             Zealot+             1    1/Norm    jjscud               0
Coraxasn         MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    tinantlu             0
Rarnonn          Jailkeeper          1    1/Norm    Mordalles            0
Icy_Hot          Bowazon             1    1/Norm    Exarkun              0
Sarah            Javazon             1    1/Norm    Hrus                 0
Fang             Javazon             1    1/Norm    phatbrava            0
Halisstra        HydraSorc           1    1/Norm    Liliel               0
SirStuckup       DS / frenzy         1    1/Norm    water_moon           0
DeadRinger       F Nova/Tstorm       1    1/Norm    JicamaEater          0
Pokey_poke       Lightning strike    1    1/Norm    Shermo               0
AndOne           Tesladin            1    1/Norm    Poopie_Pants         0
DeadKnight       Avenger             1    1/Norm    Frosty               0
Jenna            Javazon             1    1/Norm    XtasyGrizzly         0
Freezydinny      Frost Zealot        1    1/Norm    Rickyson1            0
Ursula           Shockwave bear      1    1/Norm    jgreg7               0
Miko             MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    RikerKirk            0
Wolronett        Sorceress-Cold      1    1/Norm    Wolron               0
Arial		 Firewall/Tstorm     1    1/Norm    BFD		  	 0
Portia           Sorceress           1    1/Norm    TRJS                 0
Reinard          Ranger              1    1/Norm    BennB                0
Victor Shen      Meleemancer/Curses  1    1/Norm    Insane Wayne         0
Voberadin        Thornsadin          1    1/Norm    Vober                0
Bremm            Tesladin           16    1/Norm    Nacaa               -1
Slayer           Berserker           6    1/Norm    Immortal_Slayer     -2
DeadKnight       Avenger             6    1/Norm    Frosty              -2
CrossCheck       CrossbowZon        18    1/Norm    Crazy_Bear          -3
Jonathan         Hunter Druid        7    1/Norm    Cattleya            -3   
WalkingDead      Hybrid Zon         12    1/Norm    MAAM                -6
HCTornNecroI     Bonemancer         11    1/Norm    Thov                -7

Been lurking for a bit and decided to play this tournament. Just started playing d2 again and i only have 3 chars past normal even ;) so wish me luck ;)
 
SuperSavage said:
Heres a fixed updated code starting for each page or so.

when you updated i was deleted from the table :teeth: hehe im still going though, have made it to act 3 with my freezealot

Chillibit

12 quests = 24
19 waypoints =19
lvl 26 = -26

score: 17

EDIT: yay 100 posts :uhhuh: - thats about 0.00000012 per day since i started reading these forums let alone joined hehe
 
Well I killed Andy for the first time, she dropped a couple rares. Only 1 I think I'll ever use, a voulge for my act 2 merc. I was surprised how easy she was, then I realized that it was on players 1. Even still I just walked in front of her with blaze on and she never even casted her poison once.

Arial Firewall Sorc (well, Blaze atm)

Quests: 5x2 = 10 pts
Waypoints: 10 pts
Level: -15 pts

Total: 5 pts
 
Code:
Name             Build           Level   Act/Diff.  Forum Name         Pts
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Phrozen_Phire    Firezon            34    5/Norm    skoolbus            39
Undead_WingWong  Bonemancer         24    3/Norm    Starving_Poet       30         
Yorel_X          Shadow-sin         24    3/Norm    Reid Fleming        22
JagerMeester     Summon/WereWolf    21    3/Norm    Horobi              22
Inferno          HolyFireadin       27    3/Norm    SuperSavage         21 R.I.P.
Chillibit        Freezealot         26    3/Norm    Slothman            17
Plak             Frost Zealot       13    2/Norm    Sint                16
Freddie          Lord of Mages      28    3/Norm    jiansonz            15
Halisstra        HydraSorc          20    2/Norm    Liliel               9  
LuckyCharm       ConcBarb           19    2/Norm    OpethAZ              6
Patsy            Leap Barb          13    1/Norm    Radagast             6
GlacialTyro      Frost-Zealot       13    1/Norm    SeDnA                6 R.I.P.
Arial		 Firewall/Tstorm    15    2/Norm    BFD		  	 5
Rare-Skunk       Barb (Frenzy)      18    2/Norm    Skunkbelly           3
Fenris           RabidFury Wolf     20    2/Norm    Quickdeath           2
Elolroel         Charged Boltress   13    1/Norm    goltar25             0 R.I.P.
Fred             Zealot+             1    1/Norm    jjscud               0
Coraxasn         MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    tinantlu             0
Rarnonn          Jailkeeper          1    1/Norm    Mordalles            0
Icy_Hot          Bowazon             1    1/Norm    Exarkun              0
Sarah            Javazon             1    1/Norm    Hrus                 0
Fang             Javazon             1    1/Norm    phatbrava            0
Halisstra        HydraSorc           1    1/Norm    Liliel               0
SirStuckup       DS / frenzy         1    1/Norm    water_moon           0
DeadRinger       F Nova/Tstorm       1    1/Norm    JicamaEater          0
Pokey_poke       Lightning strike    1    1/Norm    Shermo               0
AndOne           Tesladin            1    1/Norm    Poopie_Pants         0
DeadKnight       Avenger             1    1/Norm    Frosty               0
Jenna            Javazon             1    1/Norm    XtasyGrizzly         0
Freezydinny      Frost Zealot        1    1/Norm    Rickyson1            0
Ursula           Shockwave bear      1    1/Norm    jgreg7               0
Miko             MA-Sin              1    1/Norm    RikerKirk            0
Wolronett        Sorceress-Cold      1    1/Norm    Wolron               0
Portia           Sorceress           1    1/Norm    TRJS                 0
Reinard          Ranger              1    1/Norm    BennB                0
Victor Shen      Meleemancer/Curses  1    1/Norm    Insane Wayne         0
Voberadin        Thornsadin          1    1/Norm    Vober                0
Bremm            Tesladin           16    1/Norm    Nacaa               -1
Slayer           Berserker           6    1/Norm    Immortal_Slayer     -2
DeadKnight       Avenger             6    1/Norm    Frosty              -2
CrossCheck       CrossbowZon        18    1/Norm    Crazy_Bear          -3
Jonathan         Hunter Druid        7    1/Norm    Cattleya            -3   
WalkingDead      Hybrid Zon         12    1/Norm    MAAM                -6
HCTornNecroI     Bonemancer         11    1/Norm    Thov                -7

R.I.P. Inferno, got sourounded and didn't have pots, I am a idiot. Got to level 27 and the character was pretty strong with a rare flail.Very dumb mistake and I hope it won't happen again. Good luck to everyone else, and I just might make a HolyFireadin in SC some time, along with my patted teslidan, and almost patted frost zealot.
 
Starving_Poet said:
jiansonz: I wouldn't have pegged the Lord of Mages to be able to make effective use of the IG for reasons other than the need to fill up the time before a FG.

You are right, the fire golem is very good, but there are still specific situations I can think of where "free use of socketables" can help. Examples:

* Pack of Champion Sextons. If I can´t kill them because they heal each other too much, I might be able to push one of them away from the others with a Knockback golem. If I don´t have a metallic rare weapon with Knockback, I may have one with a socket, and can put a Nef in there.

* A good rare Pally shield with 2 sockets (or any shields with sockets if Summon Resist is high enough) I can insert Ruby and/or Sapphire and make an Iron Golem that is immune (or almost immune) to one or more elements.

There may be other situations, too.




Short update on Freddie:
After I got to level 30 and gave myself access to Fire Golem, my team has just steamrolled over the opposition. Holy Fire has been much improved in 1.10; it gives fire damage to the hits. The killing speed of this golem is on par with that of the merc right now! I know this won´t last for long, and that the mages will eventually be the strength of this character.

Freddie, Lord of Mages
Level: 30
Next area: Lower Kurast
(I have the WP, but haven´t played the area yet).
Score: 21 pts
 
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