Tournament: Envious of the Green and Gold
- Thread starter Morathi1
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Im glad to announce that Im done! And that this is the first time Ive actually gone this far in HC! 
It does seem like Ive got more spare time for these things, usually I dont, but Ive been both home sick. And without internet (at home).
So this has been all Ive done for the last 10 days or so!
I hope you guys can come up with a new tourney soon! And I also wonder if I can re-enter this tourney with a new char?
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Peace and love
It does seem like Ive got more spare time for these things, usually I dont, but Ive been both home sick. And without internet (at home).
So this has been all Ive done for the last 10 days or so!
I hope you guys can come up with a new tourney soon! And I also wonder if I can re-enter this tourney with a new char?
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Peace and love
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Name Character Class Diff. Area Level S/U's Equipped
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Archone Chicken Necromancer Completed 87 15
jiansonz Martina Amazon NM Catacombs (A1) 51 15
felixbavaria Bruno Druid NM Cold Plains 48 9
srrw Selene Sorceress Normal Kurast Docks 29 6
Kitteh Briony Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 28 9
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Glenstorm Irene Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 27 3
RIP Thor Paladin Normal Canyon of the magi 27 9
jdkerr Phusis Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 24 5
Tox FTW Oatmeal Paladin Normal Dry Hills 22 2
Jason Qirana Amazon Normal Stony Field 22 4
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Grisu Meronym Assassin Normal Rogue Camp 21 2
kestegs SankeEyes Sorceress Normal Lut Gholein 21 3
Morathi Yates Barbarian Normal Lut Gholein 20 0
igloosPat Hennifer Assassin Normal Lut Gholein 20 1
Immortal_S GreenGoldie Paladin Normal Lut Gholein 20 0
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Jerametrius Passion Paladin Normal Lut Gholein 20 2
CDM BK Druid Normal Outer Cloister 17 2
djmbbandie Cassie Amazon Normal Black Marsh 17 1
jiansonz
New member
Im glad to announce that Im done! And that this is the first time Ive actually gone this far in HC!
Yur first Guardian is an untwinked single pass tourney character? It's a strong build not very dependant on gear, but still. Respect and congrats. :thumbsup:
(Plus you did it so quickly. Me and felix seem to be the closest, and we aren't halfway yet...)
Your levelling did pan out eventually. There is a ton of XP to be had in late Hell. Was it /players 3 in the late game?
Yeah, I also want to know about your gear. Is that Astreon's in the character picture? It also looks like he is holding a necro head. Trang-Oul's?
As I said in the beginning, this is my first real attempt at finishing the game in HC. So I went for a safe build!
Now I can go on and try something harder next time!
As requested heres my gear, as it it looked like in the end!!
Tarnhelm 49mf (NM Larzuk) Perf Topaz
Trang Oul Armor (Hell Larzuk) Perf Topaz
Boneflame +2sk
IK Belt
Astreons Ward
Tearhaunch Greaves
Bloodfist
Cathans Ring
Nagel Ring 17mf
Nokozan Relic
Merc had:
Razortine - 1x Upgraded
Arctic Armor
Tarnhelm 37mf (Nrml Larzuk) Perf Topaz
And 4 Gc's with >20life, and loads of mid'ish resist sc's. Mainly Fire and Lightning resist.
Skills I used, iirc:
20 Raise Skel
20 Skel Mastery
20 Iron golem
10 Golem Mastery
5 Sum Resist
5 Revive
5 Corpse Explosion
1 Amp Dmg
1 Raise Skel Mage (used the cold elemental alot)
1 Clay golem
1 Iron Maiden
1 Decrepify
1 Bone Armor
1 Bone Wall
Now I can go on and try something harder next time!
As requested heres my gear, as it it looked like in the end!!
Tarnhelm 49mf (NM Larzuk) Perf Topaz
Trang Oul Armor (Hell Larzuk) Perf Topaz
Boneflame +2sk
IK Belt
Astreons Ward
Tearhaunch Greaves
Bloodfist
Cathans Ring
Nagel Ring 17mf
Nokozan Relic
Merc had:
Razortine - 1x Upgraded
Arctic Armor
Tarnhelm 37mf (Nrml Larzuk) Perf Topaz
And 4 Gc's with >20life, and loads of mid'ish resist sc's. Mainly Fire and Lightning resist.
Skills I used, iirc:
20 Raise Skel
20 Skel Mastery
20 Iron golem
10 Golem Mastery
5 Sum Resist
5 Revive
5 Corpse Explosion
1 Amp Dmg
1 Raise Skel Mage (used the cold elemental alot)
1 Clay golem
1 Iron Maiden
1 Decrepify
1 Bone Armor
1 Bone Wall
felixbavaria1
New member
Well done! If you use GoMule you can just open your character and copy/paste the "Dump" tab here (preferably between code tags). Much easier than typing ...
I had Atma installed on my pc ages ago.. I dont know how to use it though, and havent tried. No real need actually.
Ill decide what to go for next, shortly!
Ill decide what to go for next, shortly!
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Name Character Class Diff. Area Level S/U's Equipped
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Archone Chicken Necromancer Completed 87 15
jiansonz Martina Amazon NM Catacombs (A1) 51 15
felixbavaria Bruno Druid NM Cold Plains 48 9
srrw Selene Sorceress Normal Kurast Docks 29 6
Kitteh Briony Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 28 9
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Glenstorm Irene Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 27 3
RIP Thor Paladin Normal Canyon of the magi 27 9
jdkerr Phusis Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 24 5
Tox FTW Oatmeal Paladin Normal Dry Hills 22 2
Jason Qirana Amazon Normal Stony Field 22 4
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Grisu Meronym Assassin Normal Rogue Camp 21 2
kestegs SankeEyes Sorceress Normal Lut Gholein 21 3
Morathi Yates Barbarian Normal Lut Gholein 20 0
igloosPat Hennifer Assassin Normal Lut Gholein 20 1
Immortal_S GreenGoldie Paladin Normal Lut Gholein 20 0
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Jerametrius Passion Paladin Normal Lut Gholein 20 2
CDM BK Druid Normal Outer Cloister 17 2
djmbbandie Cassie Amazon Normal Black Marsh 17 1
Archone #2 TBA TBA Normal Rogue Camp 1 0Immortal_Slayer
New member
Congrats Archone on the Guardian!
Have finally found the time to play GreenGoldieII through Act 2. Most of it was fairly uneventful, especially after learning to use resist lightning whenever beetles were around and letting the merc do the killing while he was impervious essentially. Also, holy shield really increased survivability in Mummy + skeleton infested areas. Not too sure why though since I thought it was the unholy bolts that were killing the lifebulb but they're not blockable right?
Duriel went down quietly on p7, merc and I shared the tanking while Holy Shock did its thing.
S/Us picked up starting from Claw Viper Temple. Found an Arctic set belt, followed by a Death's set sash, and I picked the latter for the CBF mod. While clearing the tombs, I also found Isenhart's Horns (now on merc) and Berserker's Hatchet (weapon switch with Clegaws shield since a white flail + white pally resist shield is too good to pass up). Spent around 500k total on leather and heavy gloves hoping for something but no luck there.
Hopefully will get Act 3 done by the end of next week.
GreenGoldieII the Teslafroster, Level 27 at Kurast Docks, 4 S/Us equipped.
Have finally found the time to play GreenGoldieII through Act 2. Most of it was fairly uneventful, especially after learning to use resist lightning whenever beetles were around and letting the merc do the killing while he was impervious essentially. Also, holy shield really increased survivability in Mummy + skeleton infested areas. Not too sure why though since I thought it was the unholy bolts that were killing the lifebulb but they're not blockable right?
Duriel went down quietly on p7, merc and I shared the tanking while Holy Shock did its thing.
S/Us picked up starting from Claw Viper Temple. Found an Arctic set belt, followed by a Death's set sash, and I picked the latter for the CBF mod. While clearing the tombs, I also found Isenhart's Horns (now on merc) and Berserker's Hatchet (weapon switch with Clegaws shield since a white flail + white pally resist shield is too good to pass up). Spent around 500k total on leather and heavy gloves hoping for something but no luck there.
Hopefully will get Act 3 done by the end of next week.
GreenGoldieII the Teslafroster, Level 27 at Kurast Docks, 4 S/Us equipped.
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Name Character Class Diff. Area Level S/U's Equipped
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Archone Chicken Necromancer Completed 87 15
jiansonz Martina Amazon NM Far Oasis 54 13
felixbavaria Bruno Druid NM Cold Plains 48 9
srrw Selene Sorceress Normal Kurast Docks 29 6
Kitteh Briony Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 28 9
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Glenstorm Irene Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 27 3
RIP Thor Paladin Normal Canyon of the magi 27 9
Immortal_S GreenGoldie Paladin Normal Kurast Docks 27 4
jdkerr Phusis Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 24 5
Tox FTW Oatmeal Paladin Normal Dry Hills 22 2
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Jason Qirana Amazon Normal Stony Field 22 4
Grisu Meronym Assassin Normal Rogue Camp 21 2
kestegs SankeEyes Sorceress Normal Lut Gholein 21 3
Morathi Yates Barbarian Normal Lut Gholein 20 0
igloosPat Hennifer Assassin Normal Lut Gholein 20 1
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Jerametrius Passion Paladin Normal Lut Gholein 20 2
CDM BK Druid Normal Outer Cloister 17 2
djmbbandie Cassie Amazon Normal Black Marsh 17 1
kstarm Malice? Necromancer Normal Outer Cloister 17 0
Archone #2 TBA TBA Normal Rogue Camp 1 0imakeigloospat
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Name Character Class Diff. Area Level S/U's Equipped
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Archone Chicken Necromancer Completed 87 15
jiansonz Martina Amazon NM Far Oasis 54 13
felixbavaria Bruno Druid NM Cold Plains 48 9
srrw Selene Sorceress Normal Kurast Docks 29 6
Kitteh Briony Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 28 9
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Glenstorm Irene Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 27 3
RIP Thor Paladin Normal Canyon of the magi 27 9
Immortal_S GreenGoldie Paladin Normal Kurast Docks 27 4
jdkerr Phusis Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 24 5
Tox FTW Oatmeal Paladin Normal Dry Hills 22 2
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Jason Qirana Amazon Normal Stony Field 22 4
Grisu Meronym Assassin Normal Rogue Camp 21 2
kestegs SankeEyes Sorceress Normal Lut Gholein 21 3
Morathi Yates Barbarian Normal Lut Gholein 20 0
igloosPat Hennifer Assassin Normal Great Marsh 29 3
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Jerametrius Passion Paladin Normal Lut Gholein 20 2
CDM BK Druid Normal Outer Cloister 17 2
djmbbandie Cassie Amazon Normal Black Marsh 17 1
kstarm Malice? Necromancer Normal Outer Cloister 17 0
Archone #2 TBA TBA Normal Rogue Camp 1 0Just got the WP in Great Marsh and it was placed in such a good way that I don't have to worry about killing any monster twice. I've got 100% MF but I've only found 3 S/U's. I found a bow when I just switched my merc from A1 to A2 so I had to change back to the A1 merc since I would be really weak with a bow.
The martial arts build is really strong and fast!
Things have been going quite well. There is not much to say -- it is Normal, after all. Baal has met his demise, though, and we are moving on toward Nightmare.
I have two primary decisions to make at this point.
(1) What build? I have been playing to this point as a trapper for leveling purposes, but I intend to be a Phoenix Strike build. Should I switch now, or should I postpone the switch for a while? On the one hand, I want to play the bulk of as a PS assassin; the whole point of being a trapper is to move through the early, boring areas quickly. But for me, that includes NM Act 2 (ugh -- Act 2 is such a pain), so perhaps I should wait. On the other hand, it would be nice to jump in with my primary skill right away. I am leaning toward switching now.
(2) What mercenary? I currently have an Act 3 cold mercenary (with unexceptional gear), but Baal dropped a "Bloodthief" Brandistock, which has life steal and open wounds, so an Act 2 mercenary is now an option. I am leaning toward the Act 2 mercenary for two reasons. First, the open wounds could be helpful in certain contexts. Second, the blessed aim aura could help Phoenix Strike. On the other hand, I have been enjoying the glacial spike business (although it will become less useful as more immunities begin to appear).
Anyways, I am enjoying this. Onward!
I have two primary decisions to make at this point.
(1) What build? I have been playing to this point as a trapper for leveling purposes, but I intend to be a Phoenix Strike build. Should I switch now, or should I postpone the switch for a while? On the one hand, I want to play the bulk of as a PS assassin; the whole point of being a trapper is to move through the early, boring areas quickly. But for me, that includes NM Act 2 (ugh -- Act 2 is such a pain), so perhaps I should wait. On the other hand, it would be nice to jump in with my primary skill right away. I am leaning toward switching now.
(2) What mercenary? I currently have an Act 3 cold mercenary (with unexceptional gear), but Baal dropped a "Bloodthief" Brandistock, which has life steal and open wounds, so an Act 2 mercenary is now an option. I am leaning toward the Act 2 mercenary for two reasons. First, the open wounds could be helpful in certain contexts. Second, the blessed aim aura could help Phoenix Strike. On the other hand, I have been enjoying the glacial spike business (although it will become less useful as more immunities begin to appear).
Anyways, I am enjoying this. Onward!
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Name Character Class Diff. Area Level S/U's Equipped
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Archone Chicken Necromancer Completed 87 15
jiansonz Martina Amazon NM Far Oasis 54 13
felixbavaria Bruno Druid NM Cold Plains 48 9
jdkerr Phusis Assassin NM Rogue Camp 47 9
srrw Selene Sorceress Normal Kurast Docks 29 6
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Kitteh Briony Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 28 9
Glenstorm Irene Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 27 3
RIP Thor Paladin Normal Canyon of the magi 27 9
Immortal_S GreenGoldie Paladin Normal Kurast Docks 27 4
Tox FTW Oatmeal Paladin Normal Dry Hills 22 2
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Jason Qirana Amazon Normal Stony Field 22 4
Grisu Meronym Assassin Normal Rogue Camp 21 2
kestegs SankeEyes Sorceress Normal Lut Gholein 21 3
Morathi Yates Barbarian Normal Lut Gholein 20 0
igloosPat Hennifer Assassin Normal Great Marsh 29 3
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Jerametrius Passion Paladin Normal Lut Gholein 20 2
CDM BK Druid Normal Outer Cloister 17 2
djmbbandie Cassie Amazon Normal Black Marsh 17 1
kstarm Malice? Necromancer Normal Outer Cloister 17 0
Archone #2 TBA TBA Normal Rogue Camp 1 0
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Name Character Class Diff. Area Level S/U's Equipped
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Archone Chicken Necromancer Completed 87 15
jiansonz Martina Amazon NM Far Oasis 54 13
felixbavaria Bruno Druid NM Cold Plains 48 9
jdkerr Phusis Assassin NM Rogue Camp 47 9
RIP Thor Paladin Normal Pandemonium Fortr. 32 10
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srrw Selene Sorceress Normal Kurast Docks 29 6
Kitteh Briony Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 28 9
Glenstorm Irene Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 27 3
Immortal_S GreenGoldie Paladin Normal Kurast Docks 27 4
Tox FTW Oatmeal Paladin Normal Dry Hills 22 2
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Jason Qirana Amazon Normal Stony Field 22 4
Grisu Meronym Assassin Normal Rogue Camp 21 2
kestegs SankeEyes Sorceress Normal Lut Gholein 21 3
Morathi Yates Barbarian Normal Lut Gholein 20 0
igloosPat Hennifer Assassin Normal Great Marsh 29 3
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Jerametrius Passion Paladin Normal Lut Gholein 20 2
CDM BK Druid Normal Outer Cloister 17 2
djmbbandie Cassie Amazon Normal Black Marsh 17 1
kstarm Malice? Necromancer Normal Outer Cloister 17 0
Archone #2 TBA TBA Normal Rogue Camp 1 0Thor finished A3 yesterday, even with full clear rule (p8 for Normal and NM, p3 for Hell, if he ever get there) it was one day battle...Had two scary moments, first was stair trap in Forgotten temple, two bosspacks, one ranger fire enchanted, second vipers...I don't have screenie because i'm far worse player then jian or Insayne wayne is, so i was busy to save Thors life and make a screenie never came to my mind (during a battle)...Second, and at the same time first NDE, was against Bremm, he has LE Holy shock abilities and with only 25lightning res he was doing lots of dmg...Unfortunatelly, i completelly forgot, that i have nice bow on switch for exactly such situation, oh stupid me :-( Two quick full rejuvs saved Thors life, second was used at time, when no visible live was in red bulb (under 30hpoints remaining i guess)...One more spark and game over...
Fight against Mephisto was way to easy compared to previous battle, but his drop just dissapointed me again...
Screenies:
Greyform from armor stand - nice
Sigons shield from Upper kurast - very nice
Sanders wand in Travincal - great
Mephisto's drop
Edit: Well, no respecs for me in 1.11, and to be honest, i don't see a point to do it during such a tourney...Its about challenge anyway, so why to make it easier?
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Name Character Class Diff. Area Level S/U's Equipped
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Archone Chicken Necromancer Completed 87 15
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jiansonz Martina Amazon NM Far Oasis 54 13
felixbavaria Bruno Druid NM Cold Plains 48 9
jdkerr Phusis Assassin NM Rogue Camp 47 9
srrw Selene Sorceress Normal Pandemonium Fortr. 32 8
RIP Thor Paladin Normal Pandemonium Fortr. 32 10
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Kitteh Briony Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 28 9
Glenstorm Irene Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 27 3
Immortal_S GreenGoldie Paladin Normal Kurast Docks 27 4
Tox FTW Oatmeal Paladin Normal Dry Hills 22 2
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Jason Qirana Amazon Normal Stony Field 22 4
Grisu Meronym Assassin Normal Rogue Camp 21 2
kestegs SankeEyes Sorceress Normal Lut Gholein 21 3
Morathi Yates Barbarian Normal Lut Gholein 20 0
igloosPat Hennifer Assassin Normal Great Marsh 29 3
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Jerametrius Passion Paladin Normal Lut Gholein 20 2
CDM BK Druid Normal Outer Cloister 17 2
djmbbandie Cassie Amazon Normal Black Marsh 17 1
kstarm Malice? Necromancer Normal Outer Cloister 17 0
Archone #2 TBA TBA Normal Rogue Camp 1 0Act III was a breeze. The jungle was kinda annoying but blizzard killed everything so quick it didn't matter. The only S/U drop there was a Arctic Binding which I already have.
So, my favorite area is next. Tones of charm drops and nothing really useful but... I racked a BLOODFIST! I was gambling heavy gloves since late Act I and they drop from a rack in the LK!? Nice!
Lots and lots of orb rerolls (eld+chippe+cracked) finally netted me +3 Warmth orb.
And I got an amazing surprise in the Durance. A godly grand charm.
Mephisto of course dropped crap. I already have one Millabrega's Orb and Berserker's Headgear went to the merc ditching a topazed cap.
Surprisingly still no unique or set weapon has dropped meaning my merc is not a walking prayer aura and I actually benefit from the weapon slot.
Gear before starting Act IV
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Selene
Weapon: Smoked Sphere +3 Warmth
Shield: Milabrega's Orb
Weapon2: [empty]
Shield2: Milabrega's Orb
Head: Cap 2xTopaz
Armor: Arctic Furs
Gloves: Bloodfist
Belt: Arctic Binding
Ring1: Angelic Halo
Ring2: [empty]
Amulet: [empty]
Boots: Boots
Merc
Weapon: Superior Poleaxe 2 empty sockets
Armor: Arctic Furs
Head: Berserker's Headgear[highlight]Selene the Blizzwaller, Chalan the Prayer Merc, Level 32.9, S/U Equipped 8, Pandemonium Fortress[/highlight]
jiansonz
New member
That must be incredibly unlikely after three full acts. Heck, I can not rememeber having experienced it after two acts.
Ah, I can see why it is not yet tempting to get an Act III merc to try to get some use of the second Mil's Orb. Maybe if your Prayer merc is forced to go weaponless later?
Not too many S/U in general. It must be my lowish MF. I can't recall if it has happened to me before either.
(God my English is so bad sometimes!)
Even weaponless, an Act II merc would still be of more help due to his ability to tank as I don't need anything else from him at this point. Blizzard is just too strong.
BTW the lines in the table are kinda annoying
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Name Character Class Diff. Area Level S/U's Equipped
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Archone Chicken Necromancer Completed 87 15
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jiansonz Martina Amazon NM Far Oasis 54 13
felixbavaria Bruno Druid NM Cold Plains 48 9
jdkerr Phusis Assassin NM Rogue Camp 47 9
srrw Selene Sorceress Normal Harrogath 35 9
RIP Thor Paladin Normal Pandemonium Fortr. 32 10
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Kitteh Briony Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 28 9
Glenstorm Irene Assassin Normal Kurast Docks 27 3
Immortal_S GreenGoldie Paladin Normal Kurast Docks 27 4
Tox FTW Oatmeal Paladin Normal Dry Hills 22 2
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Jason Qirana Amazon Normal Stony Field 22 4
Grisu Meronym Assassin Normal Rogue Camp 21 2
kestegs SankeEyes Sorceress Normal Lut Gholein 21 3
Morathi Yates Barbarian Normal Lut Gholein 20 0
igloosPat Hennifer Assassin Normal Great Marsh 29 3
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Jerametrius Passion Paladin Normal Lut Gholein 20 2
CDM BK Druid Normal Outer Cloister 17 2
djmbbandie Cassie Amazon Normal Black Marsh 17 1
kstarm Malice? Necromancer Normal Outer Cloister 17 0
Archone #2 TBA TBA Normal Rogue Camp 1 0I'm becoming even more addicted to blue pots since I have the mana pool for ~3 Blizzards and I am doing all the killing at this point.
Some random spitter pack in the City of the Damned dropped Arcana's Staff and a bit later Diablo dropped Bloodrise. My +3 Warmth orb is gone (more blue pots :/) and when the next S/U weapon drops so is Chalan's Poleaxe.
On the plus side a lot of gem and rune drops. Although the Hellforge was crap I'm still happy with what I got.
[highlight]Selene the Blizzwaller and Chalan the Prayer merc, Level 35, S/U Equipped 9, Harrogath[/highlight]
