Skillz Tournament: Get Ready To Play
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Brooklyn found Hsarus’ Iron Heel in an urn in the Dry Hills, and as luck would have it Hsarus’ Iron Stay in the Ancient Tunnels. She is just starting into the Sanctuary.
Bad guys perforated:
Corpsefire, Bonebreaker, Coldcrow, Dark Elder, Fangskin, Fire Eye – 1
Bishibosh, Treehead Woodfist – 2
Coldworm - 3
Blood Raven, Rakinishu, Griswold, The Smith, Bone Ash, Creeping Feature, Blood Witch – 5
Radamant – 5 (Nef rune, Berserkers Headgear, Acrobatic Circlet)
Countess – 5 (Eld x3, El x2 runes; Cleglaw’s Claw)
Andariel – 5 (El rune, Eth rune; Arctic Binding; Biggins Bonnet)
Skills:
Jab – 1
Poison Javelin – 17
Lightning Bolt – 1
Inner Sight – 1 (2)
Dodge – 1 (2)
Critical Strike – 4 (5)
Slow Missiles – 1 (2)
Equipment:
Acrobatic Circlet
Shimmering Amulet of Thawing
Carrion Wrap Splint Mail (+17% Enhanced Defense/Fire Resist +6%/Attacker Takes Damage of 1)
Fiend Song Pilum (+2 to Minimum Damage/Adds 1-7 lightning damage/26% Damage to Undead/+66 to Attack Rating against Undead/+1 to Mana After Each Kill/Increased Stack Size)
Cleglaw’s Claw
Eagle Touch Gauntlets (+2 to Strength/+2 to Dexterity/+20% Enhanced Defense/Fire Resist +9%/Lightning Resist +14%)
Hsarus’ Iron Stay (Ancient Tunnels)
Crimson Ring of Charged Bolt / Tangerine Ring
Hsarus’ Iron Heel (found in Urn in Dry Hills)
Free to Good Home:
Heraldic Shield
Defense: 20
Chance to Block: 40%
Smite Damage: 3 to 9
Durability: 20 of 40
(Paladin Only)
Required Strength: 40
Required Level: 12
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 17
Fingerprint: 0x68a0f726
All Resistances +6
Socketed (3: 0 used)
Brooklyn – 25th level Amazon
Gaile – 24th level Ice Rogue
Bad guys perforated:
Corpsefire, Bonebreaker, Coldcrow, Dark Elder, Fangskin, Fire Eye – 1
Bishibosh, Treehead Woodfist – 2
Coldworm - 3
Blood Raven, Rakinishu, Griswold, The Smith, Bone Ash, Creeping Feature, Blood Witch – 5
Radamant – 5 (Nef rune, Berserkers Headgear, Acrobatic Circlet)
Countess – 5 (Eld x3, El x2 runes; Cleglaw’s Claw)
Andariel – 5 (El rune, Eth rune; Arctic Binding; Biggins Bonnet)
Skills:
Jab – 1
Poison Javelin – 17
Lightning Bolt – 1
Inner Sight – 1 (2)
Dodge – 1 (2)
Critical Strike – 4 (5)
Slow Missiles – 1 (2)
Equipment:
Acrobatic Circlet
Shimmering Amulet of Thawing
Carrion Wrap Splint Mail (+17% Enhanced Defense/Fire Resist +6%/Attacker Takes Damage of 1)
Fiend Song Pilum (+2 to Minimum Damage/Adds 1-7 lightning damage/26% Damage to Undead/+66 to Attack Rating against Undead/+1 to Mana After Each Kill/Increased Stack Size)
Cleglaw’s Claw
Eagle Touch Gauntlets (+2 to Strength/+2 to Dexterity/+20% Enhanced Defense/Fire Resist +9%/Lightning Resist +14%)
Hsarus’ Iron Stay (Ancient Tunnels)
Crimson Ring of Charged Bolt / Tangerine Ring
Hsarus’ Iron Heel (found in Urn in Dry Hills)
Free to Good Home:
Heraldic Shield
Defense: 20
Chance to Block: 40%
Smite Damage: 3 to 9
Durability: 20 of 40
(Paladin Only)
Required Strength: 40
Required Level: 12
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 17
Fingerprint: 0x68a0f726
All Resistances +6
Socketed (3: 0 used)
Brooklyn – 25th level Amazon
Gaile – 24th level Ice Rogue
azn_apocalypse
New member
Iconoclast the Pally (lvl 17, I think) is doing all right. He is at the Inner Cloister WP right now, poised to kill Andy. I blew through basically all of Act 1 (Cain quest --> where I am now) in the thirty minutes before I went to work this morning...I didn't go to any of the optional areas and I left many, many enemies unkilled.
My best find so far is probably a rare Scepter that Treehead Woodfist dropped...it has +2 might, +1 resist fire, and decent %ed and other mods.
I just realized that my skill plan may be slightly flawed...so far I've going Might/Zeal/Smite, but maybe Holy Fire might have been a better choice because if I run into any PI's I'm basically screwed. I'm going to have to find as many elemental dmg charms and weapons as possible.
My best find so far is probably a rare Scepter that Treehead Woodfist dropped...it has +2 might, +1 resist fire, and decent %ed and other mods.
I just realized that my skill plan may be slightly flawed...so far I've going Might/Zeal/Smite, but maybe Holy Fire might have been a better choice because if I run into any PI's I'm basically screwed. I'm going to have to find as many elemental dmg charms and weapons as possible.
Still in it...
Trig actually made it past Tal Rasha's tomb and Durial. She is level 27 and at the Act III Great Marsh waypoint. At players5 Durial was tough but not impossible. So, after gaining +20 life in Act III I went back to run Duriel 3 times. Nothing of interest dropped. Dropped so far has been Arctic Bindings x2; Arctic Furs x2; Berserker's Headgear; Hsarus' Iron Heel; Angelic Mantle; Cathan's Seal; Berserker's Hatchet; and Cathan's Mesh. Uniques have been Biggin's Bonnet; Stormguild Lg Shield; Stoutnail; Bloodrise; Goreshovel x2; and Nokozan's Relic. I would have thought the relic would have been the best item dropped for me but based on the drop calculator the Stormguild is still the rarest item I have. And... it's not that rare.
I also have to a good home, a level 15 amulet with +1 to Martial Arts. I cannot send it until Monday morning...but if someone wants it then...
Trig actually made it past Tal Rasha's tomb and Durial. She is level 27 and at the Act III Great Marsh waypoint. At players5 Durial was tough but not impossible. So, after gaining +20 life in Act III I went back to run Duriel 3 times. Nothing of interest dropped. Dropped so far has been Arctic Bindings x2; Arctic Furs x2; Berserker's Headgear; Hsarus' Iron Heel; Angelic Mantle; Cathan's Seal; Berserker's Hatchet; and Cathan's Mesh. Uniques have been Biggin's Bonnet; Stormguild Lg Shield; Stoutnail; Bloodrise; Goreshovel x2; and Nokozan's Relic. I would have thought the relic would have been the best item dropped for me but based on the drop calculator the Stormguild is still the rarest item I have. And... it's not that rare.
I also have to a good home, a level 15 amulet with +1 to Martial Arts. I cannot send it until Monday morning...but if someone wants it then...
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Jade - Lvl 27 - Amazon
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Jade defeated Durial last night, and has advanced to Act 3. Durial was nice enough to donate Chance Guards, Nagelring (7xAR, 27%mf), Arctic Binding, The Centurion, Gorefoot and Sander's Riprap to the cause. Have run Durial a total of 4 times now. Hope to see Meph sometime this weekend.
Jade - Lvl 27 - Amazon
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Jade defeated Durial last night, and has advanced to Act 3. Durial was nice enough to donate Chance Guards, Nagelring (7xAR, 27%mf), Arctic Binding, The Centurion, Gorefoot and Sander's Riprap to the cause. Have run Durial a total of 4 times now. Hope to see Meph sometime this weekend.
bradley_turner
New member
i think its time to run andy and durry 4 times each, as i decided to not as i thought durry was really tough, but now that ive gained 4 levels since then, i think i should do aight, and andy should be no problem at all, i still need more friggin topazes though, if anyone has any they wanna trade / give me, either pm me or email me at [email protected]
Paradox of Reality
New member
After running Duriel four times Asha is now level 28 and entering act 3. Still going at players 8 and doing full clears. Debating whether or not to use the Shadowfang I found and loose blocking and resists for some damage and leach. Found several more sets and uniques but none of them anything great.
Brooklyn has beaten on Duriel a couple of times and found more stuff. Duriel is usually long dead before the poison runs out. Brooklyn now has a second Berserker’s Headgear to any who are interested.
Bad guys perforated:
Corpsefire, Bonebreaker, Coldcrow, Dark Elder – 1
Bishibosh, Treehead Woodfist – 3
Blood Raven, Rakinishu, Griswold, The Smith, Bone Ash, Creeping Feature, Blood Witch, Coldworm (Nagelring 29%), Fangskin (Ith rune; Deathspade), Fire Eye, Summoner – 5
Radamant – 5 (Nef rune, Berserkers Headgear, Acrobatic Circlet)
Countess – 5 (Eld x3, El x2 runes; Cleglaw’s Claw)
Andariel – 5 (El rune, Eth rune; Arctic Binding; Biggins Bonnet)
Duriel – 5 (Angelic Sickle, Civerb’s Ward)
Skills:
Jab – 1
Poison Javelin – 18
Lightning Bolt – 1
Inner Sight – 1 (2)
Dodge – 1 (2)
Critical Strike – 4 (5)
Slow Missiles – 1 (2)
Equipment:
Acrobatic Circlet
Wraith Clasp Amulet (Fire/Lightning/Poison Resist +9%/Cold Resist +33%/Half Freeze Duration/+1 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only)/5% Chance to cast Level 3 Frost Nova when struck)
Carrion Wrap Splint Mail (+17% Enhanced Defense/Fire Resist +6%/Attacker Takes Damage of 1)
Brutal Throwing Spear
Cleglaw’s Claw / Civerb’s Ward
Eagle Touch Gauntlets (+2 to Strength/+2 to Dexterity/+20% Enhanced Defense/Fire Resist +9%/Lightning Resist +14%)
Hsarus’ Iron Stay (Ancient Tunnels)
Nagelring / Tangerine Ring
Hsarus’ Iron Heel (found in Urn in Dry Hills)
Free to Good Home:
Berserker's Headgear
Helm
Defense: 30
Durability: 17 of 24
Required Strength: 26
Required Level: 3
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 14
Fingerprint: 0x4c56f53
+15 Defense
Fire Resist +25%
Brooklyn – 26th level Amazon
Gaile – 25th level Ice Rogue
Bad guys perforated:
Corpsefire, Bonebreaker, Coldcrow, Dark Elder – 1
Bishibosh, Treehead Woodfist – 3
Blood Raven, Rakinishu, Griswold, The Smith, Bone Ash, Creeping Feature, Blood Witch, Coldworm (Nagelring 29%), Fangskin (Ith rune; Deathspade), Fire Eye, Summoner – 5
Radamant – 5 (Nef rune, Berserkers Headgear, Acrobatic Circlet)
Countess – 5 (Eld x3, El x2 runes; Cleglaw’s Claw)
Andariel – 5 (El rune, Eth rune; Arctic Binding; Biggins Bonnet)
Duriel – 5 (Angelic Sickle, Civerb’s Ward)
Skills:
Jab – 1
Poison Javelin – 18
Lightning Bolt – 1
Inner Sight – 1 (2)
Dodge – 1 (2)
Critical Strike – 4 (5)
Slow Missiles – 1 (2)
Equipment:
Acrobatic Circlet
Wraith Clasp Amulet (Fire/Lightning/Poison Resist +9%/Cold Resist +33%/Half Freeze Duration/+1 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only)/5% Chance to cast Level 3 Frost Nova when struck)
Carrion Wrap Splint Mail (+17% Enhanced Defense/Fire Resist +6%/Attacker Takes Damage of 1)
Brutal Throwing Spear
Cleglaw’s Claw / Civerb’s Ward
Eagle Touch Gauntlets (+2 to Strength/+2 to Dexterity/+20% Enhanced Defense/Fire Resist +9%/Lightning Resist +14%)
Hsarus’ Iron Stay (Ancient Tunnels)
Nagelring / Tangerine Ring
Hsarus’ Iron Heel (found in Urn in Dry Hills)
Free to Good Home:
Berserker's Headgear
Helm
Defense: 30
Durability: 17 of 24
Required Strength: 26
Required Level: 3
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 14
Fingerprint: 0x4c56f53
+15 Defense
Fire Resist +25%
Brooklyn – 26th level Amazon
Gaile – 25th level Ice Rogue
Well another one bites the dust. Staticus died at the hands of Duriel in what was not to bad of an ending battle. I was slowly cutting down his health when I made the mistake of not refilling my tp tome and I ended up trapped. Duriel slayed me like only a giant cockroach like thing could. I have not found anything since my last update so I will be sending my Berserker's Headgear to the prize stash. Twas a fun tourney while it lasted. 
El Communisto
New member
Burninated strikes again!
He bashed the crap out of Duriel with no real problems. Had to feed the merc a decent amount of potions to keep him running, but otherwise was fine. Duriel actually coughed up both a set and a unique item! First time I've ever seen the big slug drop anything other than junk rares. He dropped uh... the unique Double Axe and Cathan's Visage. He even dropped me a pretty good rare ring too. I don't particularly want to push my luck, since 90% of my HC characters die in A2, so I'll leave it as done as it's going to get.
I've completed the first two quests in A3 and stopped at the Flayer Jungle waypoint at level 28.
Cheers!
EC
He bashed the crap out of Duriel with no real problems. Had to feed the merc a decent amount of potions to keep him running, but otherwise was fine. Duriel actually coughed up both a set and a unique item! First time I've ever seen the big slug drop anything other than junk rares. He dropped uh... the unique Double Axe and Cathan's Visage. He even dropped me a pretty good rare ring too. I don't particularly want to push my luck, since 90% of my HC characters die in A2, so I'll leave it as done as it's going to get.
I've completed the first two quests in A3 and stopped at the Flayer Jungle waypoint at level 28.
Cheers!
EC
Lost-Scythe
New member
Woot Amazonzorz
wow must stop speaking battlenetese... well i just got back from a 10 month no diablo 2 stint... americas army is GGGreat. Anyways i rolled a 1... so... amazon it is... Not sure about build yet but i'm thinking some kind of melee amazon... WEll time to think up a build... and reinstall diablo 2 :scratch:
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE
wow must stop speaking battlenetese... well i just got back from a 10 month no diablo 2 stint... americas army is GGGreat. Anyways i rolled a 1... so... amazon it is... Not sure about build yet but i'm thinking some kind of melee amazon... WEll time to think up a build... and reinstall diablo 2 :scratch:
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE
azn_apocalypse
New member
Iconoclast is lvl 27 and in the middle of Act 3.
Act 2 went off without a hitch, and I didn't find any major items there. My mode of killing monsters has basically been to smite them and zeal them to death while they are stunned. My Smite is at lvl 10, which stuns the monsters for 2 1/2 seconds. This is a decent amount of time and I think I will leave my Smite skill where it is for the moment.
I did have some trouble with Duriel; it was not what I would call a real NDE, but my health did get low a couple of times and my merc died more than a couple of times. Since I couldn't smite him (bosses can't be stunned, apparently), and Duriel hits very hard, I switched to my Thorns aura and let it do its thing. Players7 Duriel started bashing himself to smithereens on my Lvl 1 Thorns, which returns 250% dmg to enemy melee attacks. Not bad for a lvl 6 skill w/only one point in it.
Once in Act 3 I shopped Ormus I couple of times, hoping for a good scepter, and I hit the jackpot with this baby: Magical War Scepter with 46% ed, +2 to Thorns Aura, and 4% life steal. Iconoclast now Zeals so fast that I'm afraid his arm is going to fall off.
I'm confident that I can make it to Diablo at least, so that I can avenge the death of Nemesis, my deceased ABC barbarian.
Act 2 went off without a hitch, and I didn't find any major items there. My mode of killing monsters has basically been to smite them and zeal them to death while they are stunned. My Smite is at lvl 10, which stuns the monsters for 2 1/2 seconds. This is a decent amount of time and I think I will leave my Smite skill where it is for the moment.
I did have some trouble with Duriel; it was not what I would call a real NDE, but my health did get low a couple of times and my merc died more than a couple of times. Since I couldn't smite him (bosses can't be stunned, apparently), and Duriel hits very hard, I switched to my Thorns aura and let it do its thing. Players7 Duriel started bashing himself to smithereens on my Lvl 1 Thorns, which returns 250% dmg to enemy melee attacks. Not bad for a lvl 6 skill w/only one point in it.
Once in Act 3 I shopped Ormus I couple of times, hoping for a good scepter, and I hit the jackpot with this baby: Magical War Scepter with 46% ed, +2 to Thorns Aura, and 4% life steal. Iconoclast now Zeals so fast that I'm afraid his arm is going to fall off.
I'm confident that I can make it to Diablo at least, so that I can avenge the death of Nemesis, my deceased ABC barbarian.
bradley_turner
New member
due to the fact that i am really really stupid sometimes, i must make my exit from the tournament, KaleX the mauling werebear was level 29 in act4 at the time of my stupidity ending his reign as supreme lord of everything.
my computer had an annoying virus on it, so i reformatted, and i forgot to save my D2 chars, although i had made a specific note to do it on a piece of paper right by the computer, so AAAAHHHHHHHHHH, i hate when B.S. stuff like that happens :grrr: :rant: :grrr:
my computer had an annoying virus on it, so i reformatted, and i forgot to save my D2 chars, although i had made a specific note to do it on a piece of paper right by the computer, so AAAAHHHHHHHHHH, i hate when B.S. stuff like that happens :grrr: :rant: :grrr:
sam_manzanza
Banned
TreeHugger: Fire Druid
Act II Normal @ Level 19.
He is using a sweet Druid Helm with +3 Firestorm, +1 Molten Boulder and +2 Oak Sage, it also has one socket so I'm going to put a P Ruby in it when I get one and that helm may well last me through Normal and NM.
Also using a 'Leaf' Staff (+3 Fire Skills) so his Firestorm is pumping out some sweet damage.
Sam
Act II Normal @ Level 19.
He is using a sweet Druid Helm with +3 Firestorm, +1 Molten Boulder and +2 Oak Sage, it also has one socket so I'm going to put a P Ruby in it when I get one and that helm may well last me through Normal and NM.
Also using a 'Leaf' Staff (+3 Fire Skills) so his Firestorm is pumping out some sweet damage.
Sam
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Arthur, Mauling Werebear, Lvl 19, Act 1 Normal
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Arthur continues making his steady way through Act 1 and is on his way to meet Andarial.
Still no greens or golds, even though there are chipped topazes in the helm and armour. :grrr: But I did find this:
Armageddon Saw
Two-Handed Sword
One-Hand Damage: 3 to 16
Two-Hand Damage: 13 to 29
Durability: 23 of 23
Required Dexterity: 27
Required Strength: 35
Required Level: 3
Sword Class - Normal Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 9
Fingerprint: 0x54e3dfbf
+10% Enhanced Damage
+25 to Attack Rating
+2 to Maximum Damage
Adds 1-7 lightning damage
16% Damage to Demons
+40 to Attack Rating against Demons
Repairs 1 durability in 33 seconds :surprise:
Ethereal (Cannot be Repaired)
@ bradley: Aargh! That must be so annoying!
Arthur, Mauling Werebear, Lvl 19, Act 1 Normal
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Arthur continues making his steady way through Act 1 and is on his way to meet Andarial.
Still no greens or golds, even though there are chipped topazes in the helm and armour. :grrr: But I did find this:
Armageddon Saw
Two-Handed Sword
One-Hand Damage: 3 to 16
Two-Hand Damage: 13 to 29
Durability: 23 of 23
Required Dexterity: 27
Required Strength: 35
Required Level: 3
Sword Class - Normal Attack Speed
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 9
Fingerprint: 0x54e3dfbf
+10% Enhanced Damage
+25 to Attack Rating
+2 to Maximum Damage
Adds 1-7 lightning damage
16% Damage to Demons
+40 to Attack Rating against Demons
Repairs 1 durability in 33 seconds :surprise:
Ethereal (Cannot be Repaired)
@ bradley: Aargh! That must be so annoying!
bradley_turner
New member
yah, i havent even reinstalled diablo yet, still in shock about losing alla my stuff and alla my characters >.<
bradley_turner
New member
edge, im sure you can still join in, start on the char, and if it turns out you cant, then on the bright side, you have a new char 
bradley_turner said:edge, im sure you can still join in, start on the char, and if it turns out you cant, then on the bright side, you have a new char
I too am going to join in on this. My internet connection is toast so I'll take this opportunity to continue to play the game i'm addicted to
Rolled a 4 on the start but barbs seem rather boring on this one, rolled again and hit a 3. So starts the adventure of McBride the Noble Paladin.
