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Vessel of Hatred

The Enchantress Tournament

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Forumname        Charname           Current Weapon       Lvl   Waypoint
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Shadow Druid     Inara              Magic Blade          45    WSK
Moar             Eirin              Steel Morning Star   35    Frigid Highlands
Bladejj          Ms_Enchantress     Sander's Wand        32    Harrogath
Barren           MissFireStarter    Sander's wand        27    Pandemonium Fortress
Aerwynd          Flare              'Steel' Long Sword   25    Pandemonium Fortress
tweety           Phurby             Steel Battle Axe     24    Arcane Sanctuary
Freekje          Energetica         Rare Throw. knife    24    (RIP)
Quickdeath       Macho_Lady         Morning Star         22    Halls of the Dead L2
Gaz              Chanty             Rare bal knife       22    Maggot lair
zenithsmith      Paksennarion       Gull Dagger          20    Lut Gholien
Dornak           Flame_Bait         'Steel' Large axe    20    Lut Gholein
ThaCheeZe        ChopChopBaby       'Steel' 2-hsword     19    Lut Gholein 
Cygnus           Circe              Steel Large Axe      18    Inner Cloister
Tasdaz           Hot_Pants          Rare Sword           16    Black Marsh
EmperorMoo       MissFlamey         Gemmed Bardiche      15    Outer Cloister
Cattleya         Candice            Scythe of the Leech  15    Black Marsh
IronCrown        BloodGeon(RIP)     Broad Axe            14    Black Marsh
Seein2Stars      TP-Sorcme          Gemmed Long Bow      12    Stony Field
Skunkbelly       Skunkflame         magic dirk            8    Cold Plains
Neumein          BurninSensation    Gemmed Spear          6    Cold Plains
NacRuno          Rapidash           Gemmed Axe            6    Cold Plains 
Smilts           FuryStrike         Gale Pale Bardiche    8    burial grounds Encampment
Yiuman           Willow             Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
AndiDi           FlamingLips        Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Docturnal        Mme_Zur            Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
DuesNox          Blzing-Sddls       Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
ZeN                  ?              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Chymaera         Faile              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Eudoxos          Fireclaw           Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
I am in.
 
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Forumname        Charname           Current Weapon       Lvl   Waypoint
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Aerwynd          Flare              Hellplague           65    [NM] Pand Fortress
Shadow Druid     Inara              Magic Blade          45    WSK
Moar             Eirin              Steel Morning Star   35    Frigid Highlands
Bladejj          Ms_Enchantress     Sander's Wand        32    Harrogath
Barren           MissFireStarter    Sander's wand        27    Pandemonium Fortress
tweety           Phurby             Steel Battle Axe     24    Arcane Sanctuary
Freekje          Energetica         Rare Throw. knife    24    (RIP)
Quickdeath       Macho_Lady         Morning Star         22    Halls of the Dead L2
Gaz              Chanty             Rare bal knife       22    Maggot lair
zenithsmith      Paksennarion       Gull Dagger          20    Lut Gholien
Dornak           Flame_Bait         'Steel' Large axe    20    Lut Gholein
ThaCheeZe        ChopChopBaby       'Steel' 2-hsword     19    Lut Gholein 
Cygnus           Circe              Steel Large Axe      18    Inner Cloister
Tasdaz           Hot_Pants          Rare Sword           16    Black Marsh
EmperorMoo       MissFlamey         Gemmed Bardiche      15    Outer Cloister
Cattleya         Candice            Scythe of the Leech  15    Black Marsh
IronCrown        BloodGeon(RIP)     Broad Axe            14    Black Marsh
Seein2Stars      TP-Sorcme          Gemmed Long Bow      12    Stony Field
Skunkbelly       Skunkflame         magic dirk            8    Cold Plains
Neumein          BurninSensation    Gemmed Spear          6    Cold Plains
NacRuno          Rapidash           Gemmed Axe            6    Cold Plains 
Smilts           FuryStrike         Gale Pale Bardiche    8    burial grounds Encampment
Yiuman           Willow             Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
AndiDi           FlamingLips        Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Docturnal        Mme_Zur            Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
DuesNox          Blzing-Sddls       Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
ZeN                  ?              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Chymaera         Faile              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Eudoxos          Fireclaw           Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment

Well, let's go through this now...

Ran Norm Baal a few times, and one of the waves dropped me a Hellplague... Who could ask for more for an Enchantress (besides Hexfire?)...

Found Angelic's Ammy from one of the NM Council Members IIRC... That combined with a Angelic's Ring from NM Andy helped out A LOT... AR is the only thing troubling this build ATM...

Flare is also using Hsarus' Iron Heel and Iron Stay for ANOTHER huge bonus to AR (from the boots IIRC)... Been questing through on /p3-/p8, pending on which area I'm in...

ES is the only thing saving my char from death... my def is low and my life not so plentiful. But there's still hope!!! If I crap out, I'm sure it will be in Hell... I don't expect too many problems from NM... Lister and Co. will have to be divide and conquer... Slow and steady :thumbsup:

My end weapon (which I'm sure can be gotten easily untwinked... HOPEFULLY!!!) is Passion... Dol Ort Eld Lem --> I have the Ort and Eld... Hoping the HF will drop the Lem... Then Run Countess for the Dol :grin:

So, I've got the rest of the day off, and tomorrow I'm taking a break from HF Rushing so I can HOPEFULLY go ahead and Mat my Enchantress... Better hurry guys, I think it's going to happen :grin:

I first maxed ES, Warmth, and Enchant, and now working on Tele and Fire Mastery... I stuck one in each Mastery and I'm saving decent Elem Dmg charms to help with Fire Immunes...

Also in my stash are the famous Ral Tir Tal Sol (Insight), but waiting for an Elite 4os Polearm to stick it in for my Merc...

Well I'm off to complete NM... GL guys!!!

Aerwynd
 
Aerwynd said:
Well I'm off to complete NM... GL guys!!!

Aerwynd
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Wow, big update out of nowhere, guess I'm not the frontrunner anymore :sad2:

Inara did 5 or 6 Baal runs to level up before NM, and along the way found some very useful items, A Crushflange which has a very useful 33% Crushing Blow, and a Kelpie Snare for her merc. With those 2 items equipped she can do a /Players 8 Baal run without taking a potion against Baal, and only needing to seperate Lister's pack in half. I popped into NM to get the Den of Evil skill point, but given my good luck with Baal I think I'll keep running him for a little longer. I also went staff shopping, and now have the following staves: +3 Enchant, no sockets - +1 Enchant, 2 Sockets - +2 Enchant, +1 Fire Skills, no sockets. I'm using staff 3 at the moment, hopefully I get 2 sockets in staff 1 when I socket it but if not I may have to settle for staff 2 to make Leaf.

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Forumname        Charname           Current Weapon       Lvl   Waypoint
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Aerwynd          Flare              Hellplague           65    [NM] Pand Fortress
Shadow Druid     Inara              Crushflange          52    [NM] Cold Plains
Moar             Eirin              Steel Morning Star   35    Frigid Highlands
Bladejj          Ms_Enchantress     Sander's Wand        32    Harrogath
Barren           MissFireStarter    Sander's wand        27    Pandemonium Fortress
tweety           Phurby             Steel Battle Axe     24    Arcane Sanctuary
Freekje          Energetica         Rare Throw. knife    24    (RIP)
Quickdeath       Macho_Lady         Morning Star         22    Halls of the Dead L2
Gaz              Chanty             Rare bal knife       22    Maggot lair
zenithsmith      Paksennarion       Gull Dagger          20    Lut Gholien
Dornak           Flame_Bait         'Steel' Large axe    20    Lut Gholein
ThaCheeZe        ChopChopBaby       'Steel' 2-hsword     19    Lut Gholein 
Cygnus           Circe              Steel Large Axe      18    Inner Cloister
Tasdaz           Hot_Pants          Rare Sword           16    Black Marsh
EmperorMoo       MissFlamey         Gemmed Bardiche      15    Outer Cloister
Cattleya         Candice            Scythe of the Leech  15    Black Marsh
IronCrown        BloodGeon(RIP)     Broad Axe            14    Black Marsh
Seein2Stars      TP-Sorcme          Gemmed Long Bow      12    Stony Field
Skunkbelly       Skunkflame         magic dirk            8    Cold Plains
Neumein          BurninSensation    Gemmed Spear          6    Cold Plains
NacRuno          Rapidash           Gemmed Axe            6    Cold Plains 
Smilts           FuryStrike         Gale Pale Bardiche    8    burial grounds Encampment
Yiuman           Willow             Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
AndiDi           FlamingLips        Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Docturnal        Mme_Zur            Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
DuesNox          Blzing-Sddls       Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
ZeN                  ?              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Chymaera         Faile              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Eudoxos          Fireclaw           Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
 
MissFireStarter is RIP at 27. Died to lord de sies :( It was bound to happen sooner or later with 250 hp.

PLaying with such a gimp character was rediculous, it's not dificult, just incredibly time comsuming and tedious. Next time I play an enchantress I'm twinking to the teeth. Even at lvl 10 enchant added a whole 50 damage to my attack whoop de doo, what was blizz smoking when they made this skill?
 
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Forumname        Charname           Current Weapon       Lvl   Waypoint
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Aerwynd          Flare              Hellplague           69    (RIP) Lister & Co.
Shadow Druid     Inara              Crushflange          52    [NM] Cold Plains
Moar             Eirin              Steel Morning Star   35    Frigid Highlands
Bladejj          Ms_Enchantress     Sander's Wand        32    Harrogath
Barren           MissFireStarter    Sander's wand        27    Pandemonium Fortress
tweety           Phurby             Steel Battle Axe     24    Arcane Sanctuary
Freekje          Energetica         Rare Throw. knife    24    (RIP)
Quickdeath       Macho_Lady         Morning Star         22    Halls of the Dead L2
Gaz              Chanty             Rare bal knife       22    Maggot lair
zenithsmith      Paksennarion       Gull Dagger          20    Lut Gholien
Dornak           Flame_Bait         'Steel' Large axe    20    Lut Gholein
ThaCheeZe        ChopChopBaby       'Steel' 2-hsword     19    Lut Gholein 
Cygnus           Circe              Steel Large Axe      18    Inner Cloister
Tasdaz           Hot_Pants          Rare Sword           16    Black Marsh
EmperorMoo       MissFlamey         Gemmed Bardiche      15    Outer Cloister
Cattleya         Candice            Scythe of the Leech  15    Black Marsh
IronCrown        BloodGeon(RIP)     Broad Axe            14    Black Marsh
Seein2Stars      TP-Sorcme          Gemmed Long Bow      12    Stony Field
Skunkbelly       Skunkflame         magic dirk            8    Cold Plains
Neumein          BurninSensation    Gemmed Spear          6    Cold Plains
NacRuno          Rapidash           Gemmed Axe            6    Cold Plains 
Smilts           FuryStrike         Gale Pale Bardiche    8    burial grounds Encampment
Yiuman           Willow             Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
AndiDi           FlamingLips        Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Docturnal        Mme_Zur            Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
DuesNox          Blzing-Sddls       Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
ZeN                  ?              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Chymaera         Faile              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Eudoxos          Fireclaw           Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment

*sigh*

Well, I clicked the wrong button and tele'd into Lister's pack (mana burn...) got me in Stun Lock and couldn't tele back out...

Pretty brutal ending... She's fun though... I think with the right gear and stat allocation she will be almost untouchable...

I'm going to rebuild her and not put any Stat Pts into Vit... Will post a Mat thread if she gets that far :thumbsup:

TIME TO TWINK :laugh:

GL to the remaining contestants...
 
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Forumname        Charname           Current Weapon       Lvl   Waypoint
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Aerwynd          Flare              Hellplague           69    (RIP) Lister & Co.
Shadow Druid     Inara              Crushflange          52    [NM] Cold Plains
Moar             Eirin              Steel Morning Star   35    Frigid Highlands
Bladejj          Ms_Enchantress     Sander's Wand        32    Harrogath
Barren           MissFireStarter    Sander's wand        27    Pandemonium Fortress
tweety           Phurby             Steel Battle Axe     24    Arcane Sanctuary
Freekje          Energetica         Rare Throw. knife    24    (RIP)
Quickdeath       Macho_Lady         Morning Star         22    Halls of the Dead L2
Gaz              Chanty             Rare bal knife       22    Maggot lair
Cygnus           Circe              Steel Sword/Bow      21    Canyon of the Magi
zenithsmith      Paksennarion       Gull Dagger          20    Lut Gholien
Dornak           Flame_Bait         'Steel' Large axe    20    Lut Gholein
ThaCheeZe        ChopChopBaby       'Steel' 2-hsword     19    Lut Gholein 
Tasdaz           Hot_Pants          Rare Sword           16    Black Marsh
EmperorMoo       MissFlamey         Gemmed Bardiche      15    Outer Cloister
Cattleya         Candice            Scythe of the Leech  15    Black Marsh
IronCrown        BloodGeon(RIP)     Broad Axe            14    Black Marsh
Seein2Stars      TP-Sorcme          Gemmed Long Bow      12    Stony Field
Skunkbelly       Skunkflame         magic dirk            8    Cold Plains
Neumein          BurninSensation    Gemmed Spear          6    Cold Plains
NacRuno          Rapidash           Gemmed Axe            6    Cold Plains 
Smilts           FuryStrike         Gale Pale Bardiche    8    burial grounds Encampment
Yiuman           Willow             Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
AndiDi           FlamingLips        Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Docturnal        Mme_Zur            Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
DuesNox          Blzing-Sddls       Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
ZeN                  ?              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Chymaera         Faile              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Eudoxos          Fireclaw           Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Reached the Canyon of the Magi waypoint; still only level 21. I need to level up 3-4 more times before I move on. 2 NDEs: Fangskin (no surprise) and the Summoner, seriously underestimated his damage potential.

Drognan gave me a nice +2 Enchant 2os staff, made 'Leaf'. Nice damage increase, and sizable duration too. I'm using a sword as my main weapon with a bow on switch, so I'm swapping the staff in and out at the moment.

Hopefully, AS clears will give me some decent equipment **fingers crossed**

Question: Is there a visual cue that will tell me how much longer Enchant will last? I'm simply guessing right now, and generally playing it safe by recasting enchant whenever I get the chance, but twice already I've had it disappear in the middle of a battle.
 
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Forumname        Charname           Current Weapon       Lvl   Waypoint
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Aerwynd          Flare              Hellplague           69    (RIP) Lister & Co.
Shadow Druid     Inara              Crushflange          52    [NM] Cold Plains
Moar             Eirin              Steel Morning Star   35    Frigid Highlands
Bladejj          Ms_Enchantress     Sander's Wand        32    Harrogath
Barren           MissFireStarter    Sander's wand        27    Pandemonium Fortress
tweety           Phurby             Steel Battle Axe     24    Arcane Sanctuary
Freekje          Energetica         Rare Throw. knife    24    (RIP)
Tasdaz           Hot_Pants          Rare Axe/Shield      22    Halls Of The Dead
Quickdeath       Macho_Lady         Morning Star         22    Halls of the Dead L2
Gaz              Chanty             Rare bal knife       22    Maggot lair
Cygnus           Circe              Steel Sword/Bow      21    Canyon of the Magi
zenithsmith      Paksennarion       Gull Dagger          20    Lut Gholien
Dornak           Flame_Bait         'Steel' Large axe    20    Lut Gholein
ThaCheeZe        ChopChopBaby       'Steel' 2-hsword     19    Lut Gholein 
EmperorMoo       MissFlamey         Gemmed Bardiche      15    Outer Cloister
Cattleya         Candice            Scythe of the Leech  15    Black Marsh
IronCrown        BloodGeon(RIP)     Broad Axe            14    Black Marsh
Seein2Stars      TP-Sorcme          Gemmed Long Bow      12    Stony Field
Skunkbelly       Skunkflame         magic dirk            8    Cold Plains
Neumein          BurninSensation    Gemmed Spear          6    Cold Plains
NacRuno          Rapidash           Gemmed Axe            6    Cold Plains 
Smilts           FuryStrike         Gale Pale Bardiche    8    burial grounds Encampment
Yiuman           Willow             Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
AndiDi           FlamingLips        Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Docturnal        Mme_Zur            Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
DuesNox          Blzing-Sddls       Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
ZeN                  ?              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Chymaera         Faile              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Eudoxos          Fireclaw           Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment

Cleared the halls of the dead and claimed the cube. Killing speed has increased dramatically with enchant and gaining an Act 2 merc. Having prayer is the icing on the cake so far. No NDE at all in act 2.
 
Cygnus said:
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Question: Is there a visual cue that will tell me how much longer Enchant will last? I'm simply guessing right now, and generally playing it safe by recasting enchant whenever I get the chance, but twice already I've had it disappear in the middle of a battle.
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Not to my knowledge, but when Enchant is maxed with a Leaf Staff you get a good 12+ minutes so its not really a problem.

Inara just defeated NM Fangskin (on players1, I'm not taking any chances with Vipers). Andariel dropped a Venomward on the first kill which I took as a sign to do some runs, the Poison resist and 50% duration made her barely a threat. Ran her a few times and found a Razorswitch (which would've been a good weapon except I need the max block and crushing blow I currently have with Crushflange and 'Rhyme' Tower Shield), Stormeye (another Grail item:smiley: ) and I also found this somewhere in Act 1:
Rusty Jewel of Fervor
Required Level: 31
Item Version: 1.10 Expansion
Item Level: 43
Fingerprint: 0x210e49f7
+16% Enhanced Damage
15% Increased Attack Speed

My first ever ED/IAS.

I tried to socket my +3 enchant staff but only got 1 socket so I made leaf in a +2 enchant staff. Current damage: 2085-2663.

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Forumname        Charname           Current Weapon       Lvl   Waypoint
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Aerwynd          Flare              Hellplague           69    (RIP) Lister & Co.
Shadow Druid     Inara              Crushflange          56    [NM] Lut Gholein (but up to palace)
Moar             Eirin              Steel Morning Star   35    Frigid Highlands
Bladejj          Ms_Enchantress     Sander's Wand        32    Harrogath
Barren           MissFireStarter    Sander's wand        27    Pandemonium Fortress
tweety           Phurby             Steel Battle Axe     24    Arcane Sanctuary
Freekje          Energetica         Rare Throw. knife    24    (RIP)
Quickdeath       Macho_Lady         Morning Star         22    Halls of the Dead Tasdaz           Hot_Pants          Rare Axe/Shield      22    Halls Of The DeadL2
Gaz              Chanty             Rare bal knife       22    Maggot lair
Cygnus           Circe              Steel Sword/Bow      21    Canyon of the Magi
zenithsmith      Paksennarion       Gull Dagger          20    Lut Gholien
Dornak           Flame_Bait         'Steel' Large axe    20    Lut Gholein
ThaCheeZe        ChopChopBaby       'Steel' 2-hsword     19    Lut Gholein 
EmperorMoo       MissFlamey         Gemmed Bardiche      15    Outer Cloister
Cattleya         Candice            Scythe of the Leech  15    Black Marsh
IronCrown        BloodGeon(RIP)     Broad Axe            14    Black Marsh
Seein2Stars      TP-Sorcme          Gemmed Long Bow      12    Stony Field
Skunkbelly       Skunkflame         magic dirk            8    Cold Plains
Neumein          BurninSensation    Gemmed Spear          6    Cold Plains
NacRuno          Rapidash           Gemmed Axe            6    Cold Plains 
Smilts           FuryStrike         Gale Pale Bardiche    8    burial grounds Encampment
Yiuman           Willow             Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
AndiDi           FlamingLips        Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Docturnal        Mme_Zur            Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
DuesNox          Blzing-Sddls       Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
ZeN                  ?              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Chymaera         Faile              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Eudoxos          Fireclaw           Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment



 
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Forumname        Charname           Current Weapon       Lvl   Waypoint
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Aerwynd          Flare              Hellplague           69    (RIP) Lister & Co.
Shadow Druid     Inara              Crushflange          56    [NM] Lut Gholein (but up to palace)
Moar             Eirin              Steel Morning Star   48    WSK2
Bladejj          Ms_Enchantress     Sander's Wand        32    Harrogath
Barren           MissFireStarter    Sander's wand        27    Pandemonium Fortress
tweety           Phurby             Steel Battle Axe     24    Arcane Sanctuary
Freekje          Energetica         Rare Throw. knife    24    (RIP)
Quickdeath       Macho_Lady         Morning Star         22    Halls of the Dead Tasdaz           Hot_Pants          Rare Axe/Shield      22    Halls Of The DeadL2
Gaz              Chanty             Rare bal knife       22    Maggot lair
Cygnus           Circe              Steel Sword/Bow      21    Canyon of the Magi
zenithsmith      Paksennarion       Gull Dagger          20    Lut Gholien
Dornak           Flame_Bait         'Steel' Large axe    20    Lut Gholein
ThaCheeZe        ChopChopBaby       'Steel' 2-hsword     19    Lut Gholein 
EmperorMoo       MissFlamey         Gemmed Bardiche      15    Outer Cloister
Cattleya         Candice            Scythe of the Leech  15    Black Marsh
IronCrown        BloodGeon(RIP)     Broad Axe            14    Black Marsh
Seein2Stars      TP-Sorcme          Gemmed Long Bow      12    Stony Field
Skunkbelly       Skunkflame         magic dirk            8    Cold Plains
Neumein          BurninSensation    Gemmed Spear          6    Cold Plains
NacRuno          Rapidash           Gemmed Axe            6    Cold Plains 
Smilts           FuryStrike         Gale Pale Bardiche    8    burial grounds Encampment
Yiuman           Willow             Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
AndiDi           FlamingLips        Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Docturnal        Mme_Zur            Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
DuesNox          Blzing-Sddls       Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
ZeN                  ?              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Chymaera         Faile              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Eudoxos          Fireclaw           Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment

Act 5 was a breeze up til Lister. I forgot how much they hurt if you melee them. Teleport helped a bunch there. Baal was quite annoying without CB.
I tried one more Baal run and decided that it was far too annoying and dangerous. Lousy drops as well (about 40% MF, so what did I expect?).
I'm leveling up on Pindle instead. Then I need to check what normal Mephy can drop and see if I want to try to get some items out of him. I need at least a better weapon for me and the merc. There is no way we can do much damage in NM with the equipment we have now.

Is there something wrong with the damage displayed for the merc? It's half of what I do and shouldn't he get the same boni from FM/Warmth as I get?
He doesn't seem to do that bad.
 
If you melee you get the FM bonus twice, but the merc only once.

Question from me: Till what level are there non-magical staffs in shop?
 
tweety said:
If you melee you get the FM bonus twice, but the merc only once.

Question from me: Till what level are there non-magical staffs in shop?
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The place to shop for open socket enchant staves is Drognan on normal difficulty. If you're lucky the gate to the desert will be next to him so you can run out and back to reset his items. I don't think cLvl matters as I was level 50+ and didn't see any decline in number of non-magical staves for sale.



 
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Forumname        Charname           Current Weapon       Lvl   Waypoint
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Aerwynd          Flare              Hellplague           69    (RIP) Lister & Co.
Shadow Druid     Inara              Crushflange          56    [NM] Lut Gholein (but up to palace)
Moar             Eirin              Steel Morning Star   48    WSK2
Bladejj          Ms_Enchantress     Sander's Wand        32    Harrogath
Barren           MissFireStarter    Sander's wand        27    Pandemonium Fortress
Tasdaz           Hot_Pants          Long Bow             25    Canyon Of The Magi
tweety           Phurby             Steel Battle Axe     24    Arcane Sanctuary
Freekje          Energetica         Rare Throw. knife    24    (RIP)
Quickdeath       Macho_Lady         Morning Star         22    Halls of the Dead Gaz              Chanty             Rare bal knife       22    Maggot lair
Cygnus           Circe              Steel Sword/Bow      21    Canyon of the Magi
zenithsmith      Paksennarion       Gull Dagger          20    Lut Gholien
Dornak           Flame_Bait         'Steel' Large axe    20    Lut Gholein
ThaCheeZe        ChopChopBaby       'Steel' 2-hsword     19    Lut Gholein 
EmperorMoo       MissFlamey         Gemmed Bardiche      15    Outer Cloister
Cattleya         Candice            Scythe of the Leech  15    Black Marsh
IronCrown        BloodGeon(RIP)     Broad Axe            14    Black Marsh
Seein2Stars      TP-Sorcme          Gemmed Long Bow      12    Stony Field
Skunkbelly       Skunkflame         magic dirk            8    Cold Plains
Neumein          BurninSensation    Gemmed Spear          6    Cold Plains
NacRuno          Rapidash           Gemmed Axe            6    Cold Plains 
Smilts           FuryStrike         Gale Pale Bardiche    8    burial grounds Encampment
Yiuman           Willow             Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
AndiDi           FlamingLips        Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Docturnal        Mme_Zur            Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
DuesNox          Blzing-Sddls       Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
ZeN                  ?              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Chymaera         Faile              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Eudoxos          Fireclaw           Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment

Some how I got removed from the table. Where is Spearthrower? Moved on to level 25 in the mean time.
 
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Forumname        Charname           Current Weapon       Lvl   Waypoint
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Aerwynd          Flare              Hellplague           69    (RIP) Lister & Co.
Shadow Druid     Inara              Crushflange          56    [NM] Lut Gholein (but up to palace)
Moar             Eirin              Steel Morning Star   48    WSK2
Bladejj          Ms_Enchantress     Sander's Wand        32    Harrogath
Barren           MissFireStarter    Sander's wand        27    Pandemonium Fortress
Tasdaz           Hot_Pants          Long Bow             25    Canyon Of The Magi
tweety           Phurby             Steel Battle Axe     24    Arcane Sanctuary
Freekje          Energetica         Rare Throw. knife    24    (RIP)
Quickdeath       Macho_Lady         Morning Star         22    Halls of the Dead
Gaz              Chanty             Rare bal knife       22    Maggot lair
Cygnus           Circe              Steel Sword/Bow      21    Canyon of the Magi
zenithsmith      Paksennarion       Gull Dagger          20    Lut Gholien
Dornak           Flame_Bait         'Steel' Large axe    20    Lut Gholein
ThaCheeZe        ChopChopBaby       'Steel' 2-hsword     19    Lut Gholein
AndiDi           FlamingLips        'Steel' Large Axe    19    Inner Cloister 
EmperorMoo       MissFlamey         Gemmed Bardiche      15    Outer Cloister
Cattleya         Candice            Scythe of the Leech  15    Black Marsh
IronCrown        BloodGeon(RIP)     Broad Axe            14    Black Marsh
Seein2Stars      TP-Sorcme          Gemmed Long Bow      12    Stony Field
Skunkbelly       Skunkflame         magic dirk            8    Cold Plains
Neumein          BurninSensation    Gemmed Spear          6    Cold Plains
NacRuno          Rapidash           Gemmed Axe            6    Cold Plains 
Smilts           FuryStrike         Gale Pale Bardiche    8    burial grounds Encampment
Yiuman           Willow             Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Docturnal        Mme_Zur            Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
DuesNox          Blzing-Sddls       Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
ZeN                  ?              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Chymaera         Faile              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Eudoxos          Fireclaw           Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Something strange is going on with this table. FlamingLips has been promoted back to Level 1.

On the way to the Countess she found a Pelta Lunata. Nice: a grail item for me. The Countess dropped a Steel-Set (TIR+EL). I already had bought a 2-socket Large Axe just in case. FlamingLips swings really fast with this Axe. Later I found Bloodfist Heavy Gloves. Nice addition to her gear. Now she really needs some life leech and better resists.
 
I don´t think I will enter this tournament because I have two Enchantresses (one melee, one ranged) going in the Planner´s Delight tourney (remember that one?).

Some thoughts on skill restrictions:

* Static Field. I agree that it´s far too powerful in Normal. If SF is allowed, you really don´t need more than 1 point here and the two points required to get Teleport to bowl over Normal. You can even have your merc do all the killing (for maximum MF) and it won´t go much slower.

However, for better playability later, I think it should be allowed in Hell, and in these situations in Nightmare:
- Act bosses
- Ancients
- Nihlathak, Smith, Griswold, Hephasto, Blood Raven, Radament
- All areas that can have stairs traps (Forgotten Tower, act 3 temples and the Throne level)

* Telekinesis. Really cool spell, with many uses. I see no reason why this should not be allowed for use. At least allow it on anything but monsters...



I also miss these on the list of available spells:

* Frost Nova. My favourite spell in the first act! Makes it much less painful to tank for your rogue. Also very good against the early act bosses.
Needs a decent level to get a good duration in Hell, so it´s not like you don´t need to invest to get a good one.

* Hydra. Enchantresses don´t like crowds, and these little beasties are a good little tool to scout ahead with and to try and lure a few enemies at a time to you. Besides, for an Enchantress, it only takes one extra skill point. Suggestion: allow 1 invested point in Hydra when Nightmare begins.
 
jiansonz said:
Some thoughts on skill restrictions:

* Static Field. I agree that it´s far too powerful in Normal. If SF is allowed, you really don´t need more than 1 point here and the two points required to get Teleport to bowl over Normal. You can even have your merc do all the killing (for maximum MF) and it won´t go much slower.

However, for better playability later, I think it should be allowed in Hell, and in these situations in Nightmare:
- Act bosses
- Ancients
- Nihlathak, Smith, Griswold, Hephasto, Blood Raven, Radament
- All areas that can have stairs traps (Forgotten Tower, act 3 temples and the Throne level)
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I think it would be reasonable to allow Static Field in Hell (if anyone gets there) - but let me ask the participamts. Would anyone object to a change in the rules that allows us to use Static Field in Hell?

Changing the rule for NM doesn't seem appropriate because some participants are already there.



 
Quickdeath said:
I think it would be reasonable to allow Static Field in Hell (if anyone gets there) - but let me ask the participamts. Would anyone object to a change in the rules that allows us to use Static Field in Hell?

Changing the rule for NM doesn't seem appropriate because some participants are already there.
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Please allow Static Field in Hell. It'd just be too painful otherwise. Play goes fine in NM so far without it (finished Act 1, will update later), but it would be nice to have it available for bosses. Nobody is in Act 5 yet, I think, so maybe you could allow it from Act 5 NM on? (Thinking Ancients, Lister and Baal, it'd help a bunch there!)



 
Moar said:
Please allow Static Field in Hell. It'd just be too painful otherwise. Play goes fine in NM so far without it (finished Act 1, will update later), but it would be nice to have it available for bosses. Nobody is in Act 5 yet, I think, so maybe you could allow it from Act 5 NM on? (Thinking Ancients, Lister and Baal, it'd help a bunch there!)
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Whatever the consensus is is fine by me, I seem to be doing ok without it but of course I haven't reached Hell yet. Not looking forward to Izual without Static Field though :rolleyes: .

Inara just reached the Pandemonium Fortress after defeating Mephisto. Mephisto went down quite easily although I did have a dramatic moment when I foolishly opened my inventory to switch Crushflange in from my backpack - while I was attempting to do this one of Meph's attacks got through and nearly one hit killed me.

I also had all sorts of trouble with Stygian Dolls, my god what infuriating little creatures they are. One explosion from them did around 5/6 of my life bulb damage, so I had many, many NDE's in the Durance - had to make very precise use of teleport and my merc to get through alive even on /players 1.

My good luck with items continued as I found a Hellplague Long Sword in Kurast, which as Aerwynd said is a very useful weapon for this build. I use Crushflange for tough bosses for the Crushing Blow. My other equipment includes Sigon's Boots, Gloves and Belt (very nice combo:thumbsup: ) a 'Rhyme' Sheild, and I'm still using the Venom Ward Andy dropped - Poison is generally considered low priority but it's nice to have one item completely cover threats from that element. Bremm Sparkfist dropped a Lycander's Aim, and Meph dropped a Haemosu's Adamant for my Merc.

I have max blocking, good resists, and AR while Enchant and FM are maxed and Warmth is level 17 before +skills. After that it's time to invest in ES which should ease some of my worries with dolls etc. As it is I'm a little scared to do Meph runs since those damn dolls are too dangerous.

Current damage with Hellplague: 2553-3358

Code: 
Forumname        Charname           Current Weapon       Lvl   Waypoint
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Aerwynd          Flare              Hellplague           69    (RIP) Lister & Co.
Shadow Druid     Inara              Hellplague           61    [NM] Pandemonium Fortress 
Moar             Eirin              Steel Morning Star   48    WSK2
Bladejj          Ms_Enchantress     Sander's Wand        32    Harrogath
Barren           MissFireStarter    Sander's wand        27    Pandemonium Fortress
Tasdaz           Hot_Pants          Long Bow             25    Canyon Of The Magi
tweety           Phurby             Steel Battle Axe     24    Arcane Sanctuary
Freekje          Energetica         Rare Throw. knife    24    (RIP)
Quickdeath       Macho_Lady         Morning Star         22    Halls of the Dead
Gaz              Chanty             Rare bal knife       22    Maggot lair
Cygnus           Circe              Steel Sword/Bow      21    Canyon of the Magi
zenithsmith      Paksennarion       Gull Dagger          20    Lut Gholien
Dornak           Flame_Bait         'Steel' Large axe    20    Lut Gholein
ThaCheeZe        ChopChopBaby       'Steel' 2-hsword     19    Lut Gholein
AndiDi           FlamingLips        'Steel' Large Axe    19    Inner Cloister 
EmperorMoo       MissFlamey         Gemmed Bardiche      15    Outer Cloister
Cattleya         Candice            Scythe of the Leech  15    Black Marsh
IronCrown        BloodGeon(RIP)     Broad Axe            14    Black Marsh
Seein2Stars      TP-Sorcme          Gemmed Long Bow      12    Stony Field
Skunkbelly       Skunkflame         magic dirk            8    Cold Plains
Neumein          BurninSensation    Gemmed Spear          6    Cold Plains
NacRuno          Rapidash           Gemmed Axe            6    Cold Plains 
Smilts           FuryStrike         Gale Pale Bardiche    8    burial grounds Encampment
Yiuman           Willow             Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Docturnal        Mme_Zur            Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
DuesNox          Blzing-Sddls       Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
ZeN                  ?              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Chymaera         Faile              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Eudoxos          Fireclaw           Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment



 
Quickdeath said:
I think it would be reasonable to allow Static Field in Hell (if anyone gets there) - but let me ask the participamts. Would anyone object to a change in the rules that allows us to use Static Field in Hell?

Changing the rule for NM doesn't seem appropriate because some participants are already there.
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This would be fine by me. I even think it is a good idea. Hell Bosses have loads of hit points and generally very good fire resists (except Andariel).

-Andi



 
Code: 
Forumname        Charname           Current Weapon       Lvl   Waypoint
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aerwynd          Flare              Hellplague           69    (RIP) Lister & Co.
Shadow Druid     Inara              Hellplague           61    [NM] Pandemonium Fortress 
Moar             Eirin              Hellplague           54    Far Oasis
Bladejj          Ms_Enchantress     Sander's Wand        32    Harrogath
Barren           MissFireStarter    Sander's wand        27    Pandemonium Fortress
Tasdaz           Hot_Pants          Long Bow             25    Canyon Of The Magi
tweety           Phurby             Steel Battle Axe     24    Arcane Sanctuary
Freekje          Energetica         Rare Throw. knife    24    (RIP)
Quickdeath       Macho_Lady         Morning Star         22    Halls of the Dead
Gaz              Chanty             Rare bal knife       22    Maggot lair
Cygnus           Circe              Steel Sword/Bow      21    Canyon of the Magi
zenithsmith      Paksennarion       Gull Dagger          20    Lut Gholien
Dornak           Flame_Bait         'Steel' Large axe    20    Lut Gholein
ThaCheeZe        ChopChopBaby       'Steel' 2-hsword     19    Lut Gholein
AndiDi           FlamingLips        'Steel' Large Axe    19    Inner Cloister 
EmperorMoo       MissFlamey         Gemmed Bardiche      15    Outer Cloister
Cattleya         Candice            Scythe of the Leech  15    Black Marsh
IronCrown        BloodGeon(RIP)     Broad Axe            14    Black Marsh
Seein2Stars      TP-Sorcme          Gemmed Long Bow      12    Stony Field
Skunkbelly       Skunkflame         magic dirk            8    Cold Plains
Neumein          BurninSensation    Gemmed Spear          6    Cold Plains
NacRuno          Rapidash           Gemmed Axe            6    Cold Plains 
Smilts           FuryStrike         Gale Pale Bardiche    8    burial grounds Encampment
Yiuman           Willow             Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Docturnal        Mme_Zur            Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
DuesNox          Blzing-Sddls       Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
ZeN                  ?              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Chymaera         Faile              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Eudoxos          Fireclaw           Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment

Hellplague is indeed a nice weapon! I got mine on the 2nd last Countess run. I originally intended to do a bunch of Andy runs, but my merc died there too often and I rather wanted the cash for gambling instead of resurrecting him.

I found a Shael and a Rockfleece on the last run in normal and felt more confident to tackle NM. So I went ahead. All went well, no real NDE. At /p5 the killing speed is bearable.
Now I really need to improve the mercs gear. His survival chances aren't that great right now.
 
Code: 
Forumname        Charname           Current Weapon       Lvl   Waypoint
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aerwynd          Flare              Hellplague           69    (RIP) Lister & Co.
Shadow Druid     Inara              Hellplague           61    [NM] Pandemonium Fortress 
Moar             Eirin              Hellplague           54    Far Oasis
Bladejj          Ms_Enchantress     Sander's Wand        32    Harrogath
Barren           MissFireStarter    Sander's wand        27    Pandemonium Fortress
Tasdaz           Hot_Pants          Long Bow             25    Canyon Of The Magi
tweety           Phurby             Steel Battle Axe     24    Arcane Sanctuary
Freekje          Energetica         Rare Throw. knife    24    (RIP)
Quickdeath       Macho_Lady         Morning Star         22    Halls of the Dead
Gaz              Chanty             Rare bal knife       22    Maggot lair
Cygnus           Circe              Steel Sword/Bow      21    Canyon of the Magi
zenithsmith      Paksennarion       Gull Dagger          20    Lut Gholien
Dornak           Flame_Bait         'Steel' Large axe    20    Lut Gholein
ThaCheeZe        ChopChopBaby       'Steel' 2-hsword     19    Lut Gholein
AndiDi           FlamingLips        'Steel' Large Axe    19    Inner Cloister 
EmperorMoo       MissFlamey         Gemmed Bardiche      15    Outer Cloister
Cattleya         Candice            Scythe of the Leech  15    Black Marsh
IronCrown        BloodGeon(RIP)     Broad Axe            14    Black Marsh
Seein2Stars      TP-Sorcme          Gemmed Long Bow      12    Stony Field
Skunkbelly       Skunkflame         magic dirk            8    Cold Plains
Neumein          BurninSensation    Gemmed Spear          6    Cold Plains
NacRuno          Rapidash           Gemmed Axe            6    Cold Plains 
Smilts           FuryStrike         Gale Pale Bardiche    8    burial grounds Encampment
Yiuman           Willow             Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Docturnal        Mme_Zur            Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
DuesNox          Blzing-Sddls       Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
ZeN                  ?              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Chymaera         Faile              Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
Eudoxos          Fireclaw           Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
nubikoen         XXXXXX             Short Staff           1    Rogue Encampment
I'll join in on this. I'm going to play her in SC so I can use her afterwards for helping new characters level a bit faster. I'll come up with a name for her soon.
 
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