Mercy hit
98.5 earlier today. I think I’ve finally gotten comfortable with the runs.
Mercy is now landing at the bottom right of Nihl's platform with the final teleport almost every time. And I also have figured out how to target Nihl almost immediately, which allows me to see his mods, and then drop 5 traps before switching to FB (now on RMB to avoid another misclick). If there are vipers nearby or Mercy has an XP shrine and Nihl is cursed, she takes one more teleport to the top right corner of the room before laying down traps.
At a leisurely pace, she’s averaging ~2.35M XP per hour, and focused running nets >2.45M. She is still picking up all Hel+ runes and every elite unique/set, plus SC/GC and jewels. She generally picks up flawless amethysts, but not always, and also checks out interesting normal and exceptional uniques to see if they are ethereal.
Stopping this latter practice and focusing only on Pul+ runes would probably let her get over 2.5M XP per hour. But I will probably keep up the current approach, as Mercy has helped make good progress on my ethereal grail.
Solid finds, including a 5% life leech BKWB to replace the 4% one (and match the Ravenfrost!),
a Mara’s upgrade to 28@ (with my preferred art), an
eth Steel Shade (a grailer for her), eth Spike Thorn,
Nat’s Claw (grailer for her), another
Ravenlore (-16 efr, so better than first one), another Medusa’s Gaze, 50 MF War Traveler (first for me), and Graverobber skiller with GF.
The Nat’s Claw was ilvl 84, so it dropped from an Ice Spawn, which is pretty unexpected. Assuming I did the drop calc correctly, it is something 1:5 million odds, which is less likely by far than a Zod (1:2 million odds).
So Mercy will take it!
Runes for this tenth of the level were okay:
Vex, Um, and
Vex #2 (hiding off on the edge of the screen again).
To commemorate the milestone, Mercy used the Vex from RFL3 to reroll HoTo, hoping to upgrade her 36@ one. Sadly, it was not to be (31@).
But, in the course of doing that, she swapped out a plain +20 life SC for a +19 life one with 15 mana. It resulted in a much more aesthetically pleasing inventory (this pic also shows the improvement in appearance that the Mara's and BKWB upgrades allowed).
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Phaedrus finished up the 50 rune set and then completed a second, for a total of 151 runes found since returning to LK this month. He found an
Um and a solid FCR ring that will come in handy for him down the road, I think.
Code:
Eagle Spiral
Ring
Required Level: 48
Fingerprint: 0xc1666bc9
Item Level: 80
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Unidentified
+10% Faster Cast Rate
+1 to Maximum Damage
+56 to Attack Rating
Cold Resist +16%
All Resistances +10
Damage Reduced by 1
Nothing higher than a Lum beyond that. But he had another 5 Hels, and set to rerolling. On the fourth try, after 25, 26, and 31, Phaedrus
finally got 35 FCR on his spirit. I went back and checked – 18 tries before hitting it! But it’s nice to have that out of the way
He will continue plugging away in LK, finishing off another 100 runes to get to 500 total so far. I also realized that I forgot to post a
Vex Phaedrus found in RoF back in February.
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The pace with Mercy is going to slow down a bit and focus on the weekly goal of 15M XP per week. I will also pick Hiatus back up and start chipping away for 96.5. Keep up the progress, everyone!
Table Update
Code:
Name (C) SC/HC Class Level/exp Extended Stash #of S/U Grail/504 #of deaths # of Hours
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zticazzy Perkele SC Barb 99 No - - - -
Pb_pal Eleanor SC Sorc 99 No 3068 437 5 -
NanoMist Izuna SC Sin 99 No 5109 470 4 360
Neksja Aura SC Paladin 98.50 Yes 8606 464 - -
PhineasB Mercy SC Sin 98.5 Yes - 470 11 -
T72on1 Neverland SC Sorc 98 Yes 2190+? 446 13 260
hasuprotoss Reina SC Sorc 97 Yes 1751 384 - -
PhineasB Hiatus SC Sorc 96 Yes - 380 18 -
Tarantella Tarasha HC Sorc 96 Yes - - - -
XyleneCyanol Fishie HC Sorc 95 No - - - -
ThomasJohnsen xInTheBuffx HC Sorc 95 Yes - - - -
darkstarhub Neptune SC Sorc 94 Yes - - - -
Reyz Qty SC Sorc 93 No - - - -
Chaostar Prairie SC Sorc 91 Yes 659 261 12 126
OldSoldier Battleforge HC Pala 91 Yes - 236 - -
tokerdin tokeress SC Sorc 91 yes - - - -
Southpaw Njord SC Druid 90 Yes - - - -
Qwernt CanbeOnlyBlizz SC Sorc 90 Yes ? - Dont want to know
MercMan Este SC Ama 90 Yes 1212 278 2 Classified
Me2Nik Fugu HC Ama 90 Yes 80
PhineasB Phaedrus SC Pala 90 Yes 296 164 10 -
BKC Meteorbin SC Sorc 90 Yes - - - -
Lynchgrinch Tattersail SC Sorc 89 Yes ? 321 too many lots
LiquidClear Sally SC Assn ** Yes 225 - 1 -
liquid_mage zDadColdSorc SC Sorc ** Yes - 160 - -
Zenigma Ayura SC Barb ** No - - - -
Neksja Turirao SC Druid 87 Yes 191 124 5 -
Gladstone Socrates HC Druid 86 ? - - - -
Zenigma Gnosis SC Druid 86 No - - - -
Lord Molyb Cruise_Control SC Necro 84 No 104 87 16 idk
Naturallog Athos HC Barb 84 No 159 105 0 -
Qwernt AmaAgainstAll SC Sorc 81 Yes - - - -
Gambit Mallenroh SC Sorc 81 Yes 0 0 0 0
Jean Avila SpeedAdict SC Ama 77 No - - - 50
logo Digimon HC Nec 76 Yes 85 65 0 -
TwentyMule Rayne SC Sorc 76 Yes 195 140 ? ?
Gripphon Ryu SC Sorc 76 Yes - - over 9k 13
Darke Rahl Bells HC Ama 74 No 19 - 0
Vildecor Celia SC Ama 59 Yes 52 43 0 -
ioupainmax Durnik SC Paladin 52 Yes 50 42 - -
Lord Molyb Verisimilitude SC Ama 50 No 12 9 0 idk
Kitteh Darozzo HC Druid 45 No - - - -
TrU Henryk SC Barb 41 Yes - - 22 12
Gambit Colossus SC Pal 39 Yes 0 0 0 0
Smancer Smancer SC Necro 26 Yes 1 - - -
Ergroilnin Erilinda HC Sorc 20 No - - - -
The Fallen
Code:
Name (F) Name (C) SC/HC Class Level/exp Extended Stash #of S/U Grail/504 #of deaths # of Hours
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coju NintyNine_orRiP HC Sorc 81 Yes - 0 0 a few
TwentyMule Valus HC Barb 76 Yes - - 1 -
Tenecabo OldShatterhand HC Druid 49 Yes - 0 1 -
coju fB HC Sorc 29 Yes 1 1 0 2
Kitteh Verallus HC Druid 26 No N/A N/A 0 N/A
logo Rolex HC Barb 21 Yes 0 0 0 1
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