Re: Tournament: The Gish
So I have gotten a ton of time to play this weekend, and taking it very slow, and adjusting player settings at appropriate times I have been able to get quite far wtih my enchant sorc.
The merc does quite a lot of nice killing, equipped with his main source of killing power, a savage polearm crafted in Act 2, which he was only able to equip towards the end of Act 3.
I had decided that I die way too fast in melee combat, and so let my Merc do all of the killing for me, while I stood back and watched. Teleport became an amazing skill, being able to direct my merc speeded up play significantly. Duriel proved to be quite a task, even at /players1. after 10 minutes of TPs refilling pots, reviving my merc 100x, I was able to best the giant and view a plethora of loot. 2 items caught my eye a rare chest piece which was very intriguing, I decided to bestow upon my great killing machine as well as a rare crossbow. the mods gave it better dmg than my steel sword that I had been using.
To this point I hadnt considered ranged weapons. A melee sorc was really what I wanted to build, but given that I havent been able to help my merc at all for fear of dying (most stat points going to strength to equip gear) I decided to pick it up and give it a try. low and behold, it was amazing. he was tanking and killing as usual, but I was actually able to aid him, and protect myself.
Act 3 was done mainly at /players8 to get the XP and drops, several notable drops include 2x 9 life small charms a 10 life GC, and a few pieces of random upgrade gear. most stuff was fairly easy, as I dont use any mana, and so always have a full bubble to tele away from danger if any arises. slowly picking my way through the level, I have cubed up a ton of gems, but have no idea what I am going to use them for. Im considering keeping only the rubies and amethysts for crafting.
the council went down quickly on /p1 as did meph. I will admit to potentially cheating on meph (instead of porting out to rez merc and refill pots, I used the moat trick to get him with the crossbow. it took 500 bolts, but he eventually went down) The drops were not exactly what I was hoping for. necro wand, druid helm, the one drop from meph which was usable was an ethereal crown for my merc to wear. higher defense than he had before but not many other useful mods.
Im still waiting for an item that will give my merc some LL so that he can survive a bit better. as it stands right now he goes down fast if I dont have a health potion restoring him at all times of the fight.
With the progression, things become much easier on any playing level as enchant levels get up in the high teen levels. basically ran (teleported) through act4 very quickly at /p1 trying to get out of that dreadful place. did the quests that I had to do, and took off. diablo was quite challenging until he seemed to stop, and continually cast his floor fire. apparently every piece of gear Im wearing has fire resist (just by coincidence) and that didnt kill me too fast. I could pot through it and shoot the xbow at him without missing very many because he was running around. diablo down .... no usable items (ouch)
so here I stand in horragath waiting to take on my next set of challenges. I plan on slowly going through this at /p8 trying to gain as much XP as possible I believe that I will need a few more levels before taking on the ancients.
FireBlade continues her journey, although now more affectionately known as FireBow
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Forum Name Character Name Class Level Last Waypoint
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shersman FireBlade Enchantress 30 Harrogath
fanatic Xena Passive-zon 27 Kurast Docks
NacRuno Greed Leaper Barb 22 Halls of the Dead
Solanus Cael Sorceress 20 Lut Gholein
PandadudeSP Carnifex Necromancer 26 Forgot what its called
JayeM MaeLee Sorceress 19 Andariel (RIP)
sethyboy0 Confusion Assassin 18 Jail Level 1
AureliusTiber Soshi Shadow-Sin 18 Outer Cloister (RIP)
AureliusTiber Gronk Werebear 8 Cold Plains
Thomh Mahatma Mojomancer 1 Rogue Encampment
I spent ~20-30k gambling a rare long sword last session and its still slicing through mobs like butter. I'm allready very happy with my planned skill layout, and atm bone armor is basically doubling my effective hp, and I imagine with that and bone prison/wall to seperate mobs and then slowing+weakening them with decrep a necromancer meleeing without block wont be dangerous at all..! (hope i didn't jinx it :crazyeyes
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