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Forum Name Hero Name Class HC/SC Last Waypoint Score
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GooberGrape Strawberry Amazon SC Kurast Docks 25
srrw Eve Sorceress HC Rogue Encampment 5
djmbbandie Electro Paladin SC Dark Wood 8
Morathi Arthur Paladin HC Kurast Docks 24
SunsetVista *Garruk Druid SC Kurast Docks(Hell) 137
nepeta Snuitje Sorceress SC Rogue Encampment 0
kstuart Buffy Paladin SC Palace Celler 20
the_bogan Sarra Sorceress HC Cold Plains 4
cygnus Diana Amazon SC Kurast Docks 24
Sint BeenAway Sorceress SC Docks 24
jiansonz Ulric Necromancer HC Rogue Encampment (NM) 60
Belual Horker Barbarian SC Rogue Encampment 0
felixbavaria Ulf Necromancer HC Pandemonium Fortress 36
Jarik Grok Barbarian SC Pandemonium Fortress 36
Moar ???? Druid ?? Harrogath ??
Fallen Heroes (RIP) Last Seen...
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Morathi Layla Assassin HC Lut Gholein 13
felixbavaria Araya Assassin HC Catacombs 4 12
SunsetVista Garruk Druid SC NM Cows 118
Ulric has made Destroyer. This far, he has been more a merc helper (aka Curse B*tch) than a Golemancer, really. That will probably be the case for quite some time. As I suspected, I have not been able to invest heavily in Fire Golem because the casting cost would then have been larger than my mana pool. At spell level 8, the Fire Golem c
an kill monsters, but very slowly (think 3-4 hits on a silly imp...). If I do not find (or can craft) some nice +mana gear, I am actually thinking about putting points into Energy...
Mephisto was moat tricked using Blood Golem and Iron Maiden. Diablo was Iron Maidened as well. I fought Diablo on players 1 because I was concerned (bad resists) that a long fight might cause me to make a lethal mistake. No real trouble, and
the drop finally gave me some gloves (my last slot to fill). The gloves had good lightning resist and the gauntlets (usable from halfway through the Foothills since I needed one level-up for more strength) had cold resist and MF.
The Military Pick that Diablo dropped had 2 sockets and once I had gained another level up (in early Highlands) I invested a few DEX points and equipped the axe with an MF jewel in a socket. I found another MF jewel later in the act.
I thought MF was more important than Rhyme at this stage, so I gambled all my gold on Circlets and had Larzuk socket one 'of Luck'. Bad luck though, I got only one socket. PTopaz in there, and a 53% MF circlet is now in use. The personalize reward was used on a 3s Breast Plate which is now filled with perfect topazes. This armor can later be used for a 3s runeword.
We rolled over The Ancients even though the merc was using no more than an ethereal Poleaxe of Worth. Ancients are pretty wimpy in Normal. I fear Champion Frenzytaur packs a lot more here.
Ancients reward bumped Ulric to level 47. That was the cue to use the imbue on an ethereal Poleaxe. I know this gives me fewer options in the late game, but I figured it might help me a great deal to
get to the late game. It was guaranteed to be an improvement, but if it were to be total crap I would wait with upgrading it until I had seen the Baal drop. Nothing spectacular but far from total crap. Yes,
worth upgrading at this stage.
Baal's five bosses do not drop like SUs, they drop like champions (i.e. 2 potions + usually gold but sometimes one item). All of them dropped gold piles.
The cold damage on the Partizan gave me an idea for the Baal fight. What if I can get Baal to focus on the golem, Hazade pokes him with the cold stick and I keep Decrepifying him? Will that keep him from teleporting?
Oh yes, that worked really well. One blue and one purple (for the mana) was all that was needed. Baal teleported once when I was slow with the Decrep, but we soon established the same situation. Very easy victory.
Skills:
Fire Golem 8
Golem Mastery 7
Summon Resist and other Golem skills 1
Bone Prison 3
Corpse Explosion and prereqs 1 (80 points Bone Armor)
Dim Vision 5
Decrepify 2
All other curses except Confuse/Attract 1
12 unused skill points
Primary Gear:
* Circlet of Luck, socketed with a perfect topaz (53% MF)
* Beryl (6) Amulet
* Rare Military Pick with +1 STR, 157 poison damage over 7 seconds, 2 sockets (filled with 2x Jewel of Prosperity (+13% MF in total))
* Ulric's Gemmed Breast Plate (3x Perfect Topaz)
* Rare Spiked Shield with 7% Resist All, DR by 1
* Rare Gauntlets with +1 STR, 10% IAS, Resist Cold 12% and +18% Magic Find
* Iron Ring
* Belt of Thorns
* Rare Ring with +112 AR, PLR by 25%, 17% Cold Resist, DR by 1
* Tireless Heavy Boots of Dexterity (2)
* Azure (12) Grand Charm of Venom
Switch:
* Malice Large Axe
Hazade the Prayer guard:
* Cap of Balance (but will probably use a Rare Great Helm with 30% Cold Resist in NM)
* Rare ethereal Partizan (see screenie above)
* Rare Scale Mail with Resist Lightning 19, Resist Cold 13, 10% FHR, DR by 1, MDR by 1
[Highlight]Destroyer Ulric the Golemancer and Hazade of Lut Gholein, level 49, NM blood Moor next[/Highlight]
Hope forge gives me a perfect ruby or topaz.
. As for re-rolling, that will be done shortly. I am not too concerned with Gulzar's damage at this time. Arthur has been basically 1 shotting most things so Gulzar's output is irrelevant really. Given i am in Act 4 now, i will most likely re-roll in hope of netting 2 sockets.