~ SPHC Ladder Part V ~

DX-Crawler said:
Wohoo thanks to TUB who made a nice thread earlier today I got inspired to do some WSK runs with my Ik barb not on players8 but players1 was all I needed.

C_B watch this screenshot and feel the wraith of my Amazon chasing you lol
http://upl.silentwhisper.net/uplfolders/upload8/Hydra.jpg

Have fun and be careful

DX
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Nice find. Unfortunately for her, Ursa is the best HC char I've had so far, so she has to find her own equipement. The Kuko she found is working out fairly well for her anyway, so I'm not too worried about it.

Today she reached Travincal. The hard part wasn't the council but all the heirophants. She ran into a boss heirophant, with 3 champion heirophants around him, just out front of the council's temple. And they all liked to heal each other. It took a long time, but she was able to lure them away one at a time. As for the council, it was the highlight of my Valk's career. Turns out she can tank a couple of minions and still take on a council member quite easily. Wow. Ursa just had to stand back and fire in from a safe distance.

Unfortunately, I ran out of time and didn't get to find the durance WP so now I have to do travincal all over again.

Conqueror Ursa lvl 81 sniperzon act III Hell Travincal.
 
congrats on finding the hyrda bow!

yesterday, allanon killed the summoner and duriel. but only after i persuaded him not to use his cracked short bow. i had one near death experience when i stood next to a unique mummy raiser thingy and i was cursed. one hit almost killed me, but rejuv saved me. i also found that liitle statue in act 3 for 20 health. i also socketed the tarnhelm with a ral rune for 30%fire resist.

Conq. Allanon, lev 78 ShockBear-using-Armageddon. Act 3 Hell.

crazy_bear, shoulnd't you be the one playing with a strange wearbear build????
 
My Amazon leveled a bit and with Guillaumes Face I now can use my precious Windforce and forced my way through the last stages of act2. It was more challenging than I expected it to be. My merc is kind of lousy, won't stay alive longer than 30 seconds and my Valk can't do everything herself, I even had to refill my Tome of Town Portal because the book was empty.

But at last I killed the little Buggy Duriel and could release Tyrael and move on to act3.

I can't understand Fara she thinks it's terrible that Baal escaped and possessed Tal Rasha, if he hadn't done that there wouldn't be any X-pac for this game and how lousy would that be.

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Conquorer Sniping_Ploppy lvl 77 drying the sweat off her forehead
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Have fun and be careful

DX
 
Slow and extraordinarily boring. That's how I describe my zons "fight" with the slug. Duriel, as hoped, latched onto the valk and merc and would not let go. That allowed Bullseye to stand back and shoot into the crowd. Had to give the merc about 4 pots and had to recast the valk once. Other than that, it was entirely uneventful, just really slow due to the enormous number of life points on a /p 8 Duriel.

She's now cleared the Spider Forest and picked up an eyeball someone left lying around. Szzark (sp?) was really pretty easy. I'm beginning to see why people like zons so much. She loses her merc too often but the valk is a real tank. For herself, she isn't even close to the action (except for the occasional stray mouse movement). I could get used to this. :lol:

Going back to my conc barb and the new HFZealot will be very interesting. :evil:

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[HIGHLIGHT]Bullseye_Baby, clvl 61, Great Marsh NM[/HIGHLIGHT]
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Smashbash rescued Cain, and attained level 14. Howl/Taunt is a nice crowd control combination indeed. A lightning enchanted boss keeping Griswold company did pose a bit of trouble though, but since Griswold was slow, it was quite possible to deal with it. As yet, I still don't know where to put points aside from shout, maybe a mastery, but I've not yet decided which one. At the moment he's using a sword and has sword mastery thanks to a jawbone cap. Since bash does give a bonus to concentrate that's another option, any advise?
 
Allanon is now making his way through act 3. i cleared spider forest, great marsh and flayer jungle on players 3, to get some more exp, i was kinda falling behind. i did full clears of them. i found the marrowwalk boneweave boots (yippee) in the process. i see it has life tap charges! (look at the hint at the top of the purediablo.com main page. im probably going to give the boots to my guardian necro, but ill see. allanon wont use it becuase he has resistances on his boots that he needs.

i also found the book in kurast bazaar. usually the ruined fane is one of the toughest place for me, but allanon really made it look easy. they cant swarm you in there, cause he just shocks everybody. i also went down sewers and got khalim part.

Conq. Allanon, lev 80 ShockBear-using-Arnageddon, Act 3 Hell.
 
Hi guys!

I was very quiet in the past few days but I worked hard in the background.
Because SniPe_XR is my first sept char I thought I'll do around 50 NM Mephruns to accumulate some nice items in the sept stash and to give her some better gear. But I couldn't stop after 50 because I got a GREAT map so I did 150! I especially needed a good exceptional unique bow, because I was too slow on p8 with my "Zephyr" Gothic Bow. After the 150 runs I went out in the Outer Steppes just to try out her new equip, and guess what: the FIRST monster I killed dropped a very nice Pul rune. Yipee! Now I "only" need a Lum to upgrade my Lycander's Aim. Speaking of that, here's a log of my runs.

(p8)(124% MF)
1: The Atlantean,The Chieftain,Manald Heal
( Normal Baal's first drop was also a Manald Heal )
(map change)(p1)
2: Sigon's Wrap
(p8)
3: Rattlecage, The Diggler
4: Sigon's Visor
5: nothing
(map change)
6: H'sarus Iron Heel
(map change) (can't get a good map )
7: Hellcast
(map change)(went down to p1)
8: Pompeii's Wrath
(map change)
9: Twitchthroe
(map change)
10: nothing
(map change)
(a decent map at last (not good, but decent))
11: Griswold's Edge
12: Gorefoot
13: Isenhart's Parry
14: Tiamat's Rebuke, Goldwrap
15: Arcanna's Flesh, Kinemil's Awl
16: Sigon's Visor, Death's Touch, Berserker's Hatchet
17: Isenhart's Case, Gravepalm
18: nothing
19: Isenhart's Lightbrand, Natalya's Soul
20: nothing
21: Crushflange
22: Sparking Mail
23: Steelgoad, Nightsmoke
24: Vidala's Fetlock
25: Bloodrise
26: The Mahim-Oak Curio ( a good find at last )
27: nothing
(raised MF to 225%)
28: Infernal Sign
29: nothing
30: Gleamscythe, Moonfall
31: Aldur's Rhytm
32: Goblin Toe
33: nothing
34: The Ward, Chance Guards, The Diggler
35: Woestave
36: Tancred's Skull
37: nothing
38: Haemosu's Adamant, Rogue's Bow
39: Sigon's Guard, Infernal Sign
40: Iratha's Coil, Hwanin's Blessing
41: Sigon's Guard ( this is my 4th already with this char)
Isenhart's Case
42: Coldkill, Arctic Horn
42: Tancred's Skull, Magnus Skin
43: Fleshrender
Steeldriver (248% ED !!!)
44: nothing
45: Tancred's Crowbill, Isenhart's Case
46: Iceblink, Bladebuckle
47: Tancred's Spine, Hotspur (Boots)
48: Bladebuckle
49: nothing
50: nothing
(map change)(raised MF to 240%)
Normal Cow Level: Venom Ward, Deathspade, Blood Crescent :)
51: Magefist, Sparking Mail, Isenhart's Case, Isenhart's Parry
(map change)(at last I've got a GREAT map!!! Now we're talking)
52: Undead Crown
53: Gleamscythe, The Chieftain
54: Nightsmoke, Arcanna's Deathwand
55: Griswold's Edge
56: nothing
57: Naj's Circlet
58: Gravepalm, Arcanna's Flesh
59: Tancred's Skull
60: Steelclash
61: Isenhart's Case
62: Tearhaunch
63: Soulflay
64: Goldwrap, Immortal King's Will
65: Death's Touch
66: nothing
67: nothing
68: Wormskull
69: nothing
70: Bloodthief, Arcanna's Flesh
71: Aldur's Stony Gaze, Sazabi's Mental Sheath
72: Duriel's Shell, Howltusk
73: String of Ears
74: nothing
75: Venom Ward, Rite of Passage, Shadowfang
76: nothing
77: Arctic Horn
78: Doomslinger
79: Berserker's Headgear
80: nothing
81: Sigon's Wrap
82: Crainte Vomir, Sigon's Guard
83: Angelic Halo, Cathan's Rule
84: Bloodtree Stump
85: Warlord's Trust
86: nothing
87: Heart Carver
88: Stealskull (eth), Bing Sz Wang
89: Aldur's Rhytm, Tancred's Crowbill
90: The Spirit Shroud, Milabrega's Robe
91: Tancred's Crowbill
92: nothing
93: Treads of Cthon, Swordback Hold
94: Magnus Skin
95: Tancred's Crowbill
96: Peasant Crown
97: Kelpie Snare, Whitstan's Guard, Sander's Taboo
98: Bonesnap, Tal Rasha's Horadric Crest, Angelic Sickle
99: nothing
100: nothing
101: nothing
102: Riphook (a decent bow at last)
103: Cliffkiller , Rattlecage, Hawkmail, Milabrega's Rod
104: nothing
105: Vidala's Snare
Lycander's Aim !!! ( OMG, just look at runs 102-105. I did 100
runs without getting a single unique exceptional bow and now THIS.
Woohoo!!!)
106: nothing
107: nothing
108: The Battlebranch, Isenhart's Lightbrand, Angelic Mantle
109: Carin Shard,Tancred's Crowbill
110: Pompeii's Wrath
111: Lance of Yaggai
112: Guardian Naga, Sigon's Wrap
113: nothing
114: Berserker's Hauberk, Bloodrise
115: nothing
116: nothing
117: Isenhart's Case, Isenhart's Lightbrand
118: nothing
119: The Chieftain, Milabrega's Orb
120: Frostburn, Venom Ward, Sander's Taboo, Isenhart's Case
121: Lance of Yaggai, Tancred's Crowbill, Isenhart's Case
122: nothing
123: The General's Tan Do Li Ga
124: Isenhart's Lightbrand, Cleglaw's Pincers
125: Saracen's Chance (amulet) (I love you Meph )
Cathan's Visage
126: Trang-Oul's Wing, Arctic Horn
127: Berserker's Hauberk
128: The Oculus (wow, I have to start a sept sorc soon)
129: The Salamender, Coldkill, Skull Collector
( I've put Skull Collector on switch so now I have 307% MF)
130: Guillaume's Face ( The PERFECT helm for this build . Yay)
131: Chance Guards
132: Manald Heal ( this is the 3rd I found with this char )
133: Dark Clan Crusher, Infernal Torch, Iratha's Coil, Sigon's Sabot
134: Cathan's Seal
135: Witherstring, Cliffkiller, Cathan's Seal
136: Stromstrike, Spellsteel
137: Ironstone
138: Lava Gout, Rattlecage
139: nothing
140: The Chieftain, Bloodfist, Arctic Mitts
141: Pompeii's Wrath, Natalya's Soul
142: nothing
143: Sander's Taboo, Iratha's Cuff, Arctic Horn
144: Berserker's Hatchet, Isenhart's Parry
145: Crushflange
146: Stromstrike, Razorswitch (Jo Staff), Naj's Circlet
147: nothing
148: nothing
149: Blacktongue, Milabrega's Diadem
150: Crushflange
 
Congratz on the nice finds, especially that glut of exceptional bows there in the middle, and the Pul rune of course.

As a side note anyone else reaaly hate the removal of the colours, it makes lists like this so much harder to read!

Edit: Just out of curiosity will the ladders be updated at some stage soon, I just want to see Quickdeaths name up (well actually well down) in lights.

Cheers
 
Nice finds XorceR!

But I have the trump card to play and it wasn't from Mephy. A Blood Lord in the Durance droped a once in a lifetime find:

Herald of Zakarum
Gilded Shield
Defense: 461
Chance to Block: 82%
Smite Damage: 20 to 28
Durability: 48 of 50
(Paladin Only)
Required Strength: 89
Required Level: 42
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 58
Fingerprint: 0x642c6bd9
+20 to Strength
+20 to Vitality
+173% Enhanced Defense
+30% Increased Chance of Blocking
All Resistances +50
+2 to Paladin Skill Levels
30% Faster Block Rate
20% Bonus to Attack Rating
+2 to Combat Skills (Paladin Only)

I droped a screenshot in my briefcase if you think it's umpossible.

http://briefcase.yahoo.com/coldsteel64

Now that I have this and Shaftstop I might pull Arcane_Slayer out of retirement to challenge the Ancients after all.
 
Nice finds both of you.

Well when we are talking about nice finds Baal dropped this earlier today:

Arachnid Mesh
Spiderweb Sash
Defense: 135
Durability: 11 of 12
Required Strength: 50
Required Level: 80
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 99
Fingerprint: 0xd5788c75
+115% Enhanced Defense
Increase Maximum Mana 5%
20% Faster Cast Rate
+1 to All Skill Levels
Slows Target by 10%
Level 3 Venom (4/11 Charge)

You can get real nice things with only 250% in MF
And here's the screenie:

http://upl.silentwhisper.net/uplfolders/upload8/Arachnid.jpg

Have fun and be careful

DX
 
She finally found the dang Flayer WP (and yet another internal organ).

Bullseye is just about done with the Jungle. She'll go ahead and clear out the Swampy Pit (oh joy, Gloams), then she's off to Lower Kurast.

But now I must go to sleep so that I can wake up in 3 hours to drive to the airport for my flight to Calgary. Wheee. I can't believe it took this long to find the stupid WP. :rant: :yawn:
 
I don't know what it is about Battlemaid Sarina but she still gives all my characters trouble. I had to back out of the Ruined Temple twice and reload because I kept getting swarmed at the door. Finally, I Bone Prisioned everything and just sat in the corner and fired away. It took two trips back to town to reload potions!

I smoked Mephy and moved on after a horrible time in the Durance and once again had to back off and reload after getting swarmed at the door. On a positive note I was able to purchase a Cruel Long War Bow for my sexy companion. I hope at higher levels she will start to hold her own because right now she is only along for the ride. I also invested a point in Fire Golem because I will need it for the Ancients and Big D.

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Destroyer Count_Leviticus lvl 61 Bonecaster Act IV NM

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Well it's official, Arcane_Slayer is now a Guardian. Count_Leviticus' Hellforge drop was a Io and shortly after he found a 3-soc Tyrant Club so I now had the last piece I wanted to challenge the Ancients with Arcane_Slayer. The battle was less than glorious with my merc dying within a few minutes of getting a good roll. I even used all my Full Rejuves and was relying on Prayer to fill my mana in the end. What turned the tide of the battle was my Carrion Wind ring and the Poison Creeper summon. It lasted the entire battle constantly hitting the Ancients preventing them from regenerating. I will post a Guardinan thread with the build details shortly :winner:

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Guardian Arcane_Slayer lvl 85 Avenger

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Congrats steelsixtyIV! :clap:
Getting a melee character to Guardian is a great feat indeed.

As for me, I'm pretty close to my first sept Conqueror. SniPe_XR is lvl 71 and she has just cleared her way to the Frozen Tundra WP. Hellforge gave me a Lem, though I was hoping to get a Lum to upgrade my Lycander's Aim. Nightmare is a breeze even on p8 with my current equip. My valk has around 3.5k life, my merc is pretty strong, and my level 14 decoy is a lifesaver.

@steelsixtyIV: How did you put that text on top of your head? I didn't know it's possible to do that.
 
XorceR, just thought i'dd say, i found a lum rune today! hee hee. i could always trade it for something, so that you can upgrade your lycander's???

anyway, i played alot with allanon today. i killed mephisto, and diablo. the durance of hate was fairly easy, due to no fire immunes. act 4's 1st 2 maps i found the exit quickly, plus i found izual quickly as well. the hellforge dropped me a lum (see above). the choas sanctuary also went quite easy, with no real problems. most monsters there were fire immune, so i mainly used volcano. oblivion knights were cold immune, so i could use my shock and armageddon on them.

however, the infector of souls was FI/PI, so i lured him out of the sanctuary, and cleard the place, only to find out i MUST kill infector for diablo to appear.
try as i might i just couldnt get any damge of him, i searched for amplify damage charges for probably an hour. all i found was a staff with teleport charges. which i now have on the switch. so, this meant that i had to do the whole sanctuary over. and i did, this time infector was only fire immune.

the battle with diablo took quite a while, as i opted for volcano with less damage but safety from range over armageddon with which I'dd have to go in close. i had one very near death experience when diablo trapped me in a bone prison!! my health went down to very little! LUCKILY i had just equipped the teleport charges on the switch, and could therefore teleport to safety!!!!
diablo just dropped a few rares.

Conq. Allanon, lev 81 ShockBear-using-Armageddon, Act 5 Hell.

i think the teleport charges will come in handy against the ancients as well, if i get that far.
 
Haven't been able to post for a while since I've been without net access - congrats to all the recent guardians. :)

Unfortunately it's going to be a while before I get a guardian - Markus the hunter druid met his end at level 79 in Tal Rasha's tomb. I'd got a really nice monster roll,with no annoying phys immune ghosts, and I was going happily along when I met a wandering dead boss pack. My summons easily took down all the minions, and I relaxed since I saw my merc was busy taking down the boss. Then I realised I hadn't checked if the boss was fire enchanted... I started running away, but didn't make it in time.

Ah well, such is the way of hardcore, I guess. Don't think I can really blame the fe bug - the boss was conviction aura enchanted, so my fire resist was probably about minus 50%. Bug or no bug, there wasn't going to be any surviving that.

It was an annoying death,but he'd found Act 2 difficult going, so I wasn't really too surprised that he didn't make it. If I ever rebuild I'll put some points in fire skills rather than using hurricane for phys immunes - without points in the synergies, the damage wasn't really up to it in hell. But I enjoyed playing him, which is what matters, I guess.

Taking a bit of a break from D2 at the moment, since I've got a bit of a backlog of other games waiting to be played. But I expect I'll start a new char in a few weeks. I'll get that ladder guardian one day...
 
Nice finds to all of you. Wish I could say the same. Guess I can't complain because Ursa has found some nice stuff without really doing too much MF (no 150 Meph runs for me)

I did do the countess a couple of times, and the pits a couple of times. Best rune was a sol, and only unique was a blacktongue.

Finally got round to killing Meph, and got a Cathan's Mask. Had to clear the whole durance lvl 2. Talk about a long trip. At least she almost made lvl 82 off of it. Onward to the RoF to see what the hellforge will give me.

Ursa, lvl 81 sniperzon act IV NM
 
I just got my second hardcore character past Andariel. Smashbash, who is now officially a concentrate barb, killed the Lady of Anguish. On his most recent travels he found the Skewer of Krintiz and Greyform. I'm now hoping for a good barbarian helm, since his current ethereal one is almost gone.
He is already level 20, since I played at /players8 all the way.

At the same time I'm still wondering whether to put any points in a weapon mastery, and also what would be the most suitable mercenary.
 
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