Single Skill Tree Tourney

[Cormallon]

I thought you needed to hear my experience with it

Yes, that's what I expect from Peace for a zon. But I would use it on other builds like my Pally ... there, the valk is just one more distraction, and perhaps a quite powerful one. She won't override any valk I casted by myself this way.

 

[jiansonz]

EDIT: Double post, ignore this one.

 

[jiansonz]

Yes, that's what I expect from Peace for a zon. But I would use it on other builds like my Pally ... there, the valk is just one more distraction, and perhaps a quite powerful one. She won't override any valk I casted by myself this way.

Interesting prospect. Also, if I have understood it correctly, you will gain the benefit of the bonus to Critical Strike even as a non-amazon.

About the runewords: I think all CTC abilities are allowed in this tournament.


@Randall:
R.I.P. Nathan indeed. That is Hell for you. One moment´s slip in focus/attention and you may bite it.
Taking the lead among the living seems to be terribly dangerous...




Full-clearing the Durance on NM was really a test of perserverance and endurance. We pulled through in the end, with very little danger. There was a Possessed Mauler which Mark didn´t want to tank, so I lured him to a platform where I could trap him. Their pathfinding routine isn´t exactly razor sharp...

Same equipment setup that I had against Duriel was used against Mephisto. Even less danger this time. He dropped two uniques: Rogue´s Bow and the coveted Goblin Toe. It can certainly come in handy.

I had gathered 1.3 million in gold from Upper Kurast and onwards. Now it was time to spend it on bow gambling. Since the monsters in act 4 have significantly more life than those in act 3 (on average) I felt that Isolde was outgrowing Skystrike fast.
Nothing useful from over a million, then I hit the jackpot. No extra speed, no Knockback and no socket on this bow, but lots of physical damage. Since I used two Amn runes to create my 'Strength' Cutlass, I had none left. I had three Thul runes, however, and I always make sure to save some of those important chipped gem types that are needed for the common rune upgrades. I could cube myself an Amn and make the upgrade:

Havoc Flight
Cedar Bow
Two-Hand Damage: 55 to 126
Required Dexterity: 49
Required Strength: 53
Required Level: 48
Bow Class - Normal Attack Speed
+335% Enhanced Damage
+132 to Attack Rating
+12 to Minimum Damage
Adds 5-18 fire damage
Adds 1-11 lightning damage
+4 to Mana After Each Kill

Isolde´s listed damage with Skystrike was 107-463. Havoc Flight´s damage shows up as 214-432, where almost everything can be boosted by Amp/Decrep. Isolde may well be able to stunlock even some big monster types in act 4 if I play well.

Character Names: Slayer Isolde (& Destroyer Mark)
Character Class: Fire Rogue (assisted by curses-only necro)
Character Levels: 64
Farthest Quest: The Guardian, NM
Farthest WP: Pandemonium Fortress, NM
Game Version: 'vanilla' 1.10 HC
Total MF: +469% for Isolde´s kills, +355% otherwise

 

[Insane Wayne]

No exciting battles for my Summons Druid lately...
Suffice to say, Oberon owned Act 5 NM with relative ease. My dire wolves can tank much better than I would've expected. Much of that credit goes to the Ravens and their blinding assistance, and credit also goes to my level 20 Oak Sage. The merc's life climbed to over 3000 with Oak Sage! He never needed any life leech. Only the toughest packs could harm us, and even then, I simply recast wolves as needed. Plus, I had the Decrep charges for back-up. The security my team provided allowed me to max my MF potential, which peaked at 495% for Fazel's kills (95% of the kills), leaving Oberon with 327% for chests and his own kills. I reached those numbers with a Jeweler's Gothic Plate of Accuracy (for Oberon) and a Jeweler's Ancient Armor of Stability (for Fazel); each filled with P Topaz.

Inspired by countless posts of area runs, (most recently, jiansonz's exploits of Tals' Tombs), I'll chip in with a full report of item finds during my p8 full-clear of Act 5 NM. I took great care not to overlap areas between saves, and was very persistent in tracking down every last demon and rock pile/chest. I'm not as thorough as jiansonz in "item-selling efficiency" (he would cringe at the piles of super mana potions and studded leathers I left to rot) but I did ID every magical item and sold everything with valuable mods. Anything worth at least 1,000 gold per inventory space, I sold.

The results:

4,480,000 Gold

26 Flawless Gems
15 Normal Gems
10 Flawed Gems
2 Chippies

4 El
3 Eld
1 Tir
4 Nef
5 Eth
3 Ith
1 Tal
1 Ral
2 Thul
1 Dol

8 Grand Charms
10 Large Charms
6 Small Charms

34 Rings
14 Amulets
10 Jewels

66 Rares

16 Set items:
-Death's Touch
-Sazabi's Mental Sheath
-Aldur's Stony Gaze
-Natalya's Soul
-Angelic Mantle
-Sander's Paragon
-Sander's Riprap
-Cathan's Rule
-Cathan's Seal (x2)
-Cathan's Sigil
-Iratha's Collar
-Hsarus' Iron Stay
-Arcanna's Head
-Hwanin's Justice
-Isenhart's Horns

14 Uniques:
-Gore Rider
-Nightsmoke
-Goldskin
-Treads of Cthon
-Bloodrise
-Deathbit
-Rockfleece
-Darkglow
-Venom Ward
-Bladebone
-Stormguild (ethereal)
-Razortine
-Lance of Yaggai
-Peasant Crown

The highlight of my full-clear was a hot spot in the Halls of Pain. I made lots of gold there and scored a rare jewel with +6 min damage and 1-94 lightning damage. My rarest find is probably the Gore Rider War Boots. Nice stats too, perhaps I can work them into my Hell rotation.

Conqueror Oberon, Summons Druid, level 74, NM Cows
"vanilla" 1.10 HC
Total MF: 495% for Fazel´s kills

@Cormallon -- I like the idea of "Peace" on a Paladin much better than on a Zon, and it's pretty cheap to make. I wonder if you can equip the armor, get hit to trigger a valk, and then change the armor, but still have the valk :lol:

@jiansonz -- Nice cruel bow. That should help a lot. Amp it up!

 

[Cormallon]

Update:

Forumname: Cormallon
Character Name: Conqueror Mithuad
Character class: Paladin (offensive)
Character Level: 74
Farthest Quest: Rescue Cain (Hell)
Farthest WP: Black Marsh
1.11b HC, no mods

I didn't play much the last few days, I went MFing with my druid inbetween. Nevertheless, Mithuad is still on the hunt for a 3os Thresher and a few items with CB on them. No luck.

 

[Warrior of Light]

Wise men say that quantity always turns to quality after certain limit. This time after lots of Mausoleum runs I found myself collecting hardest to beat unique bosses.

Not only Mausoleum alone, even Cold Plains brought tons of fun to me. You know, to get into the Mausoleum to start normal fighting you need to cross the Cold Plains. I did it in extreme style, loading all plus to run speed equipment and using level 9 Bust of Speed then running like Forest without killing. Every time I ran across Cold Enchanted Fanaticism packs and their kin I felt something that made my heart beet faster and forced my to repeat it again and again, praying that a wand with Terror charges and mind blasts could save me in surrounding. Who knows what saved me — this tactic or the luck of mindless brave runners, but I managed to survive all the runs anyhow.

Here is the monsters I met and found the most interesting.

Lightning Enchanted Cold Enchanted Fire Enchanted. Don’t try to handle their sparks or final explosion in Hell! Fortunately assassins can block both.

Fanaticism/Might Enchanted Extra Strong. Possible one-hit killer if he will score critical, even worse if Cursed.

Cursed Fire Enchanted. Stay away from its explosion, they fixed FE bug, not blast! Also note that on the screenshot the boss also is Fanaticism Enchanted. Fanaticism+Cursed is quite nice combination.

Lightning Enchanted Conviction Enchanted. Deadly union. Stay away unless you have Thunder God’s.

Cold Enchanted Physical Immune. Without leech frozen hireling becomes useless. I had to park them until I found how to kill that things using Trang’s gloves and PMH with Venom and fireworks of Shadow.

Calculating the damage of beasts has been my best hobby at the work since I bought Diablo1.
For Mausoleum I got this:

Monster — damage per hit (of the hardest attack)
Normal Skeleton (level 85) — 38-100
Normal Hungry Dead (level 85) — 67-144
Champion Skeleton (level 87) — 78-205
Champion Hungry Dead (level 87) — 137-294
Berserker Skeleton (level 87) — 156-410
Berserker Hungry Dead (level 87) — 274-588
LECEFE Skeleton (level 88) — 119-420
Might Enchanted Extra Strong Skeleton (level 88) — 196-514
Might Enchanted Extra Strong Hungry Dead (level 88) — 208-600
Fanaticism Enchanted Extra Strong Skeleton (level 88) — 256-672
Fanaticism Enchanted Extra Strong Hungry Dead (level 88) — 448-960

Note that monsters have 5% chance for critical hit — doubling total damage including elemental.

My last good find in the runs was this stick:

Arioc's Needle
Hyperion Spear
Two-Hand Damage: 100 to 340
Durability: 21 of 30
Required Dexterity: 120
Required Strength: 155
Required Level: 81
Spear Class - Very Fast Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 88
Fingerprint: 0x2f78f6bd
+186% Enhanced Damage
+393 poison damage over 10 seconds
30% Increased Attack Speed
Ignore Target Defense
+2 to All Skill Levels
50% Deadly Strike :thumbsup:

Soledad
Shadow Disciplines Adept
Level 78
Farthest Quest: Blood Raven (Hell)
Farthest WP: Cold Plains (Hell)
Pure 1.11b HC

To be continued

 

[DelcorTheHero]

Name:              Char Name:      Class:      Lvl: Farthest Quest:  Farthest WP:   Version:

Shadow Druid       Primal          Druid       73   Forgotten T.(H)  Black Marsh      1.11 SC
Cormallon          Mithuad         Paladin     74   Cain(H)          Black Marsh      1.11b HC
Warrior of Light   Soledad         Assassin    78   Blood Raven(H)   Cold Plains      1.11b HC 
Insane Wayne       Oberon	   Druid       74   Cows(N)          Worldstone Keep  1.10 HC
jiansonz           Mark & Isolde   Necromancer 64   The Guardian(N)  Pandemonium F.   1.10 HC
skunkbelly         Einbaum         Paladin     54   Summoner (N)     Canyon (N)       1.11 RWM
SharnMes	   BringerOfDeath  Druid       45   Cain(N)	     Dark Wood        1.11 RWM HC
Shadefallen        LiveAndLetLive  Amazon      45?  Cain(N)	     Dark Wood        1.11 HC
asdfgah            asdf_Lisa       Assassin    48   Countess(N)      Black Marsh      1.11 RWM HC   
azn_apocalypse     Mercurial       Sorceress    ?   Radament(N)      Sewers 2         ?
DelcorTheHero      Gwar            Barbarian   46   Den of Evil(N)   Cold Plains      1.11 HC
Immortal_Slayer    Thunderlia      Sorceress    ?   Eve of Destruct. Rogue Encampment 1.11 RWM HC
corax              Impedimenta     Amazon      41   Anya             Halls of Pain    1.11 RWM HC
Mage11             DarkWind        Assassin    30   Mephisto         Pandemonium F.   1.10 HC 
Shadow Druid       Tanky           Amazon      28   Golden Bird      Flayer Jungle    1.11 SC
Cattleya           Gabrielle       Amazon      28   Duriel           Kurast Docks     1.11 HC
Bradley_Turner     Hunted          Druid       24   Tainted Sun      Lost City        1.11 RWM RRM 
dandelano          beastmaster     Druid       22   Radament         Halls of Dead    1.11 SC
SkaMan             Beetlejuice     Druid       21   Radament         Far Oasis        1.11 RWM HC
Online             Sleepy          Necromancer 21   Radament         Halls 2          1.10 HC
Immortal_Slayer    Furion          Druid       20   Andariel         Lut Gholein      1.11 RWM HC 
Moar               Nemi            Assassin    18   Tools of Trade   Inner Cloister   1.11 HC
Humphrey           Shade           Assassin    16   Forgotten Tower  Black Marsh      1.11 RWM RRM HC
DX-Crawler         Dark_Ploppy     Assassin    16   Forgotten Tower  Black Marsh      1.11 RWM HC
Billybgame         DaddyDruid      Druid       16   Forgotten Tower  Outer Cloister   1.11 RWM HC  
Randy              Graven          Druid        6   Den of Evil      Cold Plains      ? HC
Duesnox            BurnInvested    Sorceress    1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 SC
Sint               Ogro            Barbarian    1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11
Immortal_Slayer    Valkyrie        Amazon       1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 RWM HC
OpethAZ            Manowar         Barbarian    1   -                Rogue Encampment ? 
Jake_b74           vinny           Druid        1   -                Rogue Encampment ?
ScarsOfTomorrow    Daysend         Druid        1   -                Rogue Encampment ?
asdfgah            asdf_Miri       Amazon       1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 RWM HC
asdfgah            asdf_iakThrakal Druid        1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 RWM HC
asdfgah            asdf_Sulmurz    Barbarian    1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 RWM HC
Billybgame         Summoner Druid  Druid        1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 RWM HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Lord_Hong       Necromancer  1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Hrun            Barbarian    1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Eskarina        Sorceress    1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Belafon         Druid        1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Carrot          Paladin      1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Angua           Amazon       1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Conina          Assasin      1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
SVH		   CombatTwit	   Barbarian    1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Seramin            Seraph          Amazon       1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Humphrey           Shade           Assassin     1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 SC 
ThInK		   Uther	   Druid	1   -                Rogue Encampment ?

Dead:
Moar               Sheanna         Amazon      81   Betrayal of H.(H)Ancients´ Way    1.11 HC
SharnMes           IllBeDeadSoon   Druid       76   Radament(H)      Dry Hills        1.11 HC
Randall            Nathan          Druid       71   Andariel(H)      Lut Gholein      1.11 RWM HC
Shadefallen        LiveAndLetDie   Amazon      70   Countess(H)      Black Marsh      1.11 HC
Billybgame         Theshadowknows  Assassin    60   Golden Bird(N)   Lower Kurast     1.11 RWM HC
Moar               Grans           Druid       56   Arcane Sanct.(N) Canyon O' Magi   1.11 HC
Semarin            Savix           Assassin    56   Tainted Sun(N)   Lost City        RWM HC
Semarin            Semarin         Assassin    52   Radament(N)      Sewers           1.11 HC
Spludge            Belladonna      Assassin    49   Blood Raven(N)   Dark Wood        1.11 HC
Quickdeath         Lotus           Assassin    31   Fallen Angel     City of Damned   1.11 SC 
Delcor             Fax             Assassin    31   The Golden Bird  Spider Forest    1.11 HC
Billybgame         OffensivePal    Paladin     24   The Golden Bird  Spider Forest    1.11 RWM HC 
Billybgame         Fired Up        Sorceress   13   DEAD             DEAD             1.11 RWM HC

Withdrawn:
Rizzo              Miss_Nobular    Amazon      24   Summoner         Canyon o. Magi 1.10 HC

Lister gave me quite a bit of trouble. The rest of Act 5 was pretty easy though. When I got to Nightmare I decided to take every $25k+ item I had in the stash and sell it. Based on the fact that I figured I would have a chance to make it to Hell with some awesome item I would gamble with that money, and otherwise I would be dead. I gambled mostly gloves because the pair I was wearing at the time wasn't exactly great. I gambled my second ever Set Item and just a little bit later (you can see the small difference in my stash amount) my third. Same item too! I am normally not a big gambler but that can't happen too often.

Character Name: Gwar
Character Class: Barbarian
Character Level: 46
Farthest Quest: Den of Evil NM
Farthest Waypoint: Cold Plains
1.11 HC

 

[SharnMes]

Well I can se I forgot to post my lastest failure

Name:              Char Name:      Class:      Lvl: Farthest Quest:  Farthest WP:   Version:

Shadow Druid       Primal          Druid       73   Forgotten T.(H)  Black Marsh      1.11 SC
Cormallon          Mithuad         Paladin     74   Cain(H)          Black Marsh      1.11b HC
Warrior of Light   Soledad         Assassin    78   Blood Raven(H)   Cold Plains      1.11b HC 
Insane Wayne       Oberon          Druid       74   Cows(N)          Worldstone Keep  1.10 HC
jiansonz           Mark & Isolde   Necromancer 64   The Guardian(N)  Pandemonium F.   1.10 HC
skunkbelly         Einbaum         Paladin     54   Summoner (N)     Canyon (N)       1.11 RWM
Shadefallen        LiveAndLetLive  Amazon      45?  Cain(N)          Dark Wood        1.11 HC
asdfgah            asdf_Lisa       Assassin    48   Countess(N)      Black Marsh      1.11 RWM HC   
azn_apocalypse     Mercurial       Sorceress    ?   Radament(N)      Sewers 2         ?
DelcorTheHero      Gwar            Barbarian   46   Den of Evil(N)   Cold Plains      1.11 HC
Immortal_Slayer    Thunderlia      Sorceress    ?   Eve of Destruct. Rogue Encampment 1.11 RWM HC
corax              Impedimenta     Amazon      41   Anya             Halls of Pain    1.11 RWM HC
Mage11             DarkWind        Assassin    30   Mephisto         Pandemonium F.   1.10 HC 
Shadow Druid       Tanky           Amazon      28   Golden Bird      Flayer Jungle    1.11 SC
Cattleya           Gabrielle       Amazon      28   Duriel           Kurast Docks     1.11 HC
Bradley_Turner     Hunted          Druid       24   Tainted Sun      Lost City        1.11 RWM RRM 
dandelano          beastmaster     Druid       22   Radament         Halls of Dead    1.11 SC
SkaMan             Beetlejuice     Druid       21   Radament         Far Oasis        1.11 RWM HC
Online             Sleepy          Necromancer 21   Radament         Halls 2          1.10 HC
Immortal_Slayer    Furion          Druid       20   Andariel         Lut Gholein      1.11 RWM HC 
Moar               Nemi            Assassin    18   Tools of Trade   Inner Cloister   1.11 HC
Humphrey           Shade           Assassin    16   Forgotten Tower  Black Marsh      1.11 RWM RRM HC
DX-Crawler         Dark_Ploppy     Assassin    16   Forgotten Tower  Black Marsh      1.11 RWM HC
Billybgame         DaddyDruid      Druid       16   Forgotten Tower  Outer Cloister   1.11 RWM HC  
Randy              Graven          Druid        6   Den of Evil      Cold Plains      ? HC
Duesnox            BurnInvested    Sorceress    1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 SC
Sint               Ogro            Barbarian    1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11
Immortal_Slayer    Valkyrie        Amazon       1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 RWM HC
OpethAZ            Manowar         Barbarian    1   -                Rogue Encampment ? 
Jake_b74           vinny           Druid        1   -                Rogue Encampment ?
ScarsOfTomorrow    Daysend         Druid        1   -                Rogue Encampment ?
asdfgah            asdf_Miri       Amazon       1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 RWM HC
asdfgah            asdf_iakThrakal Druid        1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 RWM HC
asdfgah            asdf_Sulmurz    Barbarian    1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 RWM HC
Billybgame         Summoner Druid  Druid        1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 RWM HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Lord_Hong       Necromancer  1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Hrun            Barbarian    1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Eskarina        Sorceress    1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Belafon         Druid        1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Carrot          Paladin      1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Angua           Amazon       1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Sir Lister Of Smeg Conina          Assasin      1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
SVH                CombatTwit      Barbarian    1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Seramin            Seraph          Amazon       1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 HC
Humphrey           Shade           Assassin     1   -                Rogue Encampment 1.11 SC 
ThInK              Uther           Druid 1          -                Rogue Encampment ?

Dead:
Moar               Sheanna         Amazon      81   Betrayal of H.(H)Ancients´ Way    1.11 HC
SharnMes           IllBeDeadSoon   Druid       76   Radament(H)      Dry Hills        1.11 HC
Randall            Nathan          Druid       71   Andariel(H)      Lut Gholein      1.11 RWM HC
Shadefallen        LiveAndLetDie   Amazon      70   Countess(H)      Black Marsh      1.11 HC
Billybgame         Theshadowknows  Assassin    60   Golden Bird(N)   Lower Kurast     1.11 RWM HC
Moar               Grans           Druid       56   Arcane Sanct.(N) Canyon O' Magi   1.11 HC
Semarin            Savix           Assassin    56   Tainted Sun(N)   Lost City        RWM HC
Semarin            Semarin         Assassin    52   Radament(N)      Sewers           1.11 HC
SharnMes           BringerOfDeath  Druid       47   Andariel(N)      Sewers Level 2   1.11 RWM HC
Spludge            Belladonna      Assassin    49   Blood Raven(N)   Dark Wood        1.11 HC
Quickdeath         Lotus           Assassin    31   Fallen Angel     City of Damned   1.11 SC 
Delcor             Fax             Assassin    31   The Golden Bird  Spider Forest    1.11 HC
Billybgame         OffensivePal    Paladin     24   The Golden Bird  Spider Forest    1.11 RWM HC 
Billybgame         Fired Up        Sorceress   13   DEAD             DEAD             1.11 RWM HC

Withdrawn:
Rizzo              Miss_Nobular    Amazon      24   Summoner         Canyon o. Magi 1.10 HC

 

[Randall]

I'm back , I'll try the melee this time.

Character Name: Richard
Character Class: Barbarian
Character Level: 1
Farthest Quest: -
Farthest Waypoint: -
1.11 HC + RWM

Randall

 

[Shadefallen]

Yes, that's what I expect from Peace for a zon. But I would use it on other builds like my Pally ... there, the valk is just one more distraction, and perhaps a quite powerful one. She won't override any valk I casted by myself this way.

Ah yes.. in that case the lvl 15 valkyrie is perfect .. hehe..

 

[SharnMes]

Oh crap. I will not accept defeat!

Character Name: WillIEverMakeIt
Character Class: Druid
Character Level: 1
Farthest Quest: -
Farthest Waypoint: -
1.11 HC + RWM

 

[Shadow Druid]

Forum Name: Shadow Druid
Character Name: Primal
Character Class: Hunter Druid
Character Level: 75
Last Quest: Radament's Lair (H)
Last Waypoint: Sewers Level 2 (H)
Unused skill points: 17

In my last (mini) update I said that I had defeated Andariel and Radament but it turns out I had stopped after Andy and had imagined the whole Radament thing . I ventured into the sewers with some trepidation (those fire arrows hurt) but I need not have worried. Other than my merc continuously dying I had no difficulties. I also happened to find this baby:

Buriza-Do Kyanon
Ballista
Two-Hand Damage: 97 to 349
Required Dexterity: 80
Required Strength: 110
Required Level: 41
Crossbow Class - Fastest Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 77
Fingerprint: 0xd28f0114
+35 to Dexterity
+196% Enhanced Damage
+112 Defense
Adds 32-196 cold damage over 8 seconds
80% Increased Attack Speed
Freezes Target +3
Piercing Attack [100]
+187 to Maximum Damage (Based on Character Level)

Nice, huh? Unfortunately I need to find 19 Strength from somewhere before I can use it . Priorities for my next session are getting that strength from somewhere, and finding some better equipment for my merc so he doesn't die so often. Some life leech is mandatory I believe.

 

[SharnMes]

Nice, huh? Unfortunately I need to find 19 Strength from somewhere before I can use it . Priorities for my next session are getting that strength from somewhere, and finding some better equipment for my merc so he doesn't die so often. Some life leech is mandatory I believe.

Only semi nice id say Why bother using it. Just give it to me so I can sell it....

 

[Randall]

Well, with only the mastery tree it seems I have enough skill points for at least 2 or 3 different masteries

The way I look at it now it will be 5-10 points in Natural resistances and 1 point in all others. I'm not sure about "Stone skin" though, but as far as I know defense is only usefull when you get it really high, so unless I find a good high defense armor it will be a "1 point only skill".

I pick maces as primary mastery, I am thinking of "throwing" as secondary as a ranged alternative. If there will be a third mastery, that will be dependant on end-game weapons I find.

I went throught the Blood More, Den of Evil, Cold Plains and Burial ground yesterday. Everything on P8 right from the start, that's not difficult for a starting barbarian though. Let's see how he and I can keep up with that. I levelled him from 9 to 10 on Bishibosh only, not that he gave me something nice though.

One unique found, a Felloak (TC3).

Character Name: Richard
Character Class: Barbarian
Character Level: 10
Farthest Quest: Sisters' Burial Grounds
Farthest Waypoint: Cold Plains
1.11 HC + RWM

Randall

 

[jiansonz]

I thought I should kill Diablo yesterday. Yeah, right...
I underestimated the sturdiness of the act 4 monsters, especially the corpse spitters (which I faced both on the Steppes and in the City). Isolde´s new bow is pretty good (if a bit slow), but it was still slow going. By the time I had cleared the City, it was almost bedtime and I was exhausted.

Every monster type except Doom Casters, Burning Souls, some Doom Knights and Pit Lords got the Prevent Monster Heal treatment. It would be unbearable otherwise.

Worst monster by far was a Possessed spawner. I took her over to the one place where it was at all possible to defeat her, the stairs from the previous area. Mark had to tank her there, as soon as I reached the situation where all the babies were behind the spawner (thankfully, they won´t spawn any more if there are 6+ spawns inside their awareness range). Without the Decrepify "cushion", this monster hurt like Hell! More than one NDE here. Yikes.

When I was about to wrap up the last part of the Steppes, I realized I had forgotten about Izual, forgotten to bring my CB equipment to speed up the damage done to him. The next couple of town trips, I checked Halbu for some fast and damaging weapon. Ended up with a Flaming Kris, which got the job done.

I am very curious about my Hellforge rune. WoL wasn´t happy with an Io. That one is pretty high on my wish list.
IMO, the rune from the NM Forge is by far more important than the one in Hell. I mean, if you make it to Hell Hellforge, you already have a capable character...

Character Names: Slayer Isolde (& Destroyer Mark)
Character Class: Fire Rogue (assisted by curses-only necro)
Character Levels: 65
Farthest Quest: The Fallen Angel, NM
Farthest WP: City of the Damned, NM
Game Version: 'vanilla' 1.10 HC
Total MF: +469% for Isolde´s kills, +355% otherwise

 

[Warrior of Light]

I am very curious about my Hellforge rune. WoL wasn´t happy with an Io. That one is pretty high on my wish list.

Really? Actually at this moment the Io is socketed in one of my Bartuc's for healthy +30 life. I found that it is more important that 1-90+ lightning jewel, which was destroyed with Hel. I should put fewer points to Strength and Dexterity and more to Vitality, I have 175 Strength (100 base), 172 Dexterity (100 base) and 280+ Vitality now. Though, it helps with damage and attack rating.

I wish you to find Um or Io!

 

[Shadow Druid]

Wow, I'm having a lucky run at the moment Since the Buriza I've found a Hwanin's Justice and a Veil of Steel :thumbsup: Found the Dry Hills waypoint as well and now I'm off to bed.

 

[Shadow Druid]

@Randall:
R.I.P. Nathan indeed. That is Hell for you. One moment´s slip in focus/attention and you may bite it.
Taking the lead among the living seems to be terribly dangerous...

The curse of the leader continues .

Primal just got swarmed in the Halls of the Dead level 1 foyer. My mercs lack of leech probably ended up being the death of me as he went down within seconds thanks to a swarm of skeletons, a few Unravellers and a cursed Spear cat pack. I found myself blocked off from the stairs and my grizzly couldn't distract all of our enemies so despite my frantic potion guzzling Primal met his end.

I found with this character the only areas where he was in significant danger were inside tomb like areas where movement was restricted. In open areas he was nigh unstoppable with room to manouvere enemies into attacking the Grizzly/merc while I fired from afar.

Forum Name: Shadow Druid
Character Name: Primal
Character Class: Druid
Character Level: 75
Last Quest: Radament's Lair (H)
Last Waypoint: Dry Hills (H)

Here is a list of my accumulated items:
Aldur's Rhythm
Angelic Halo (2)
Bing Sz Wang
Blacktongue
Cleglaw's Pincers
Hwanin's Justice
Ichorsting
Infernal Touch
Gorefoot
Isenhart's Horns
The Chieftain
Arcanna's Deathwand
Berserker's Headgear
Bloodrise
Cathan's Mesh
Cathan's Sigil
Treads of Cthon
Hsarus' Iron Heel
Raven Claw
Soulflay
Bonesnap
Brainhew
Kinemil's Awl
Arctic Binding
Arctic Horn
Bladebone
Griswold's Edge
Isenhart's Case
Isenhart's Parry
The Eye of Etlich
Steelgoad
Sigon's Wrap
Spellsteal
Tancred's Spine
The Face of Horror
Vidala's Fetlock
Berserker's Headgear
Boneflesh
Bloodfist
Bverrit Keep
Milabrega's Robe
Captain's Grand Charm of Lightning
Cathan's Visage (2)
Cathan's Seal
Deathspade
Frostburn
Milabrega's Orb
Naj's Circlet
Ripsaw
Sander's Taboo (2)
Steelclash
The Chieftain
Wizardspike
Veil of Steel
Duskdeep
Angelic Wings
Crow Caw
Magewrath

Glyph Circlet
Circlet
Defense: 62
Durability: 35 of 35
Required Level: 33
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 65
Fingerprint: 0x2f9ebb23
+32 to Life
+100% Enhanced Defense
Damage Reduced by 6
Magic Damage Reduced by 3
All Resistances +19
+1 to Assassin Skill Levels

Armageddon Horn
Horned Helm
Defense: 57
Durability: 27 of 45
(Barbarian Only)
Required Strength: 45
Required Level: 42
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 60
Fingerprint: 0x6eea3e57
+8 to Life
+84% Enhanced Defense
Cold Resist +21%
+2 to Barbarian Skill Levels
+1 to Natural Resistance (Barbarian Only)
+2 to Battle Orders (Barbarian Only)
14% Chance to cast Level 5 Nova when struck

Soul Emblem
Preserved Head
Defense: 7
Chance to Block: 33%
Smite Damage: 0 to 0
Durability: 14 of 20
(Necromancer Only)
Required Strength: 12
Required Level: 7
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 15
Fingerprint: 0xe60a799c
+29% Enhanced Defense
+10% Increased Chance of Blocking
Adds 2-7 poison damage over 3 seconds
15% Faster Block Rate
+2 to Corpse Explosion (Necromancer Only)
+3 to Raise Skeleton (Necromancer Only)
Half Freeze Duration
10% Chance to cast Level 3 Charged Bolt when struck

Master's Coronet of Perfection
Defense: 30
Durability: 30 of 30
Required Level: 51
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 72
Fingerprint: 0x7695fc21
+20 to Dexterity
+3 to Combat Skills (Barbarian Only)

Items I would like to keep for this character if possible:
Natural Grand Charm of Greed
Buriza Do Kanyon
Ravenfrost

I'd dearly love to keep the Wizardspike and Veil of Steel too, but that would just be greedy I guess.

Corax: what should I send in? Everything from that list or just exceptional/elite +low TC's? What about PGems? can I keep those 3 items for future use on my tournament character?

@Cormallon: Good luck, I'm passing the curse on to you

 

[Randall]

R.I.P. Primal
Sorry to read that Shadow Druid

For me there was only a little amount of time yesterday, I actually had to run through most of the Dark Woods to catch the WP. Treehead Woodfist and the scroll are right next to the WP, so I can collect them the next session.

Character Name: Richard
Character Class: Barbarian
Character Level: 13
Farthest Quest: Sisters' Burial Grounds
Farthest Waypoint: Dark Woods
1.11 HC + RWM

Randall

 

[SharnMes]

Damn Shadow Druid

Guess the curse is real when u lead the tourny you will end up dead...And also in the halls of the dead!! I hate that place when im not playing as a summonmancer....

And you even found the Veil of Steel. Sweet!!! Some very nice items there...