Re: Tournament: The Sword of Destiny
The devout duo of Sangar and Jemali, through the power of Sacrifice and Prayer, have slain Mephisto and entered the Pandemonium Fortress.
Sangar has run Cleansing (with the 2-pt prayer aura benefit) almost exclusively since he learned the skill, and combined with Jemali's own holy prayers, they're only drinking health pots during battles with lots of enemies and, thus, lots of returned damage. It's been a pretty fun combo, as poison and curses are shrugged off and the regen means you're healing when doing nothing at all.
Everything (including Duriel and Andy) was players 8 until Travincal, where I dropped to Players 1 because the experience gains at p8 weren't worth the increased danger. It was fun to watch Jemali's life drop to a sliver while we were tanking Mephisto, only to see it boost back up thanks to the Power of Prayer. Meph did drop a unique two-handed weapon, but it was the Razortine Trident. Never needed to TP out against him, though it was done at P1.
Noteworthy stuff from Act III:
-A flayer dropped a rare two-handed sword which (finally!) gave Sangar some life leech (5%). Though the damage went lower from the tal'd Claymore he keeps on switch, the leech was a very nice addition. It's amazing how much even that little leech reduces the self-damage from Sacrifice.
-Ormus' quest reward resulted in Sangar's first rare ring, which gave some cold resist and a very nice 27% lightning resist.
-The only NDE came at the hands of (what else?) a flayer shaman who point-blanked me with his inferno and dropped my orb way down.
Thanks to reaching level 30, Sangar now has a nice spread of auras to fit a variety of situations: Cleansing (default), Fanaticism (when some IAS is required), Redemption (post-battle recharges when necessary), and Salvation (duh).
The big question now is what to invest in as Sangar gains levels. I'm curious to see just how far the dual prayer aura can take me, so I actually am going to continue investing in it, but I'll probably split points between that and the Sacrifice synergies to balance damage and safety.
Oh, by the way: The Devout Duo are also
praying for a nice, high damage Sword of Destiny!
(Jemali, though, is also praying for some rare polearm that features more than the 4-16 damage on his current spear. It sucks despite the 5% chance to cast Amp.)
Good luck everyone!
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Name Character Class Area Level Current Sword
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Cyrax BigSword Amazon H ColdPlains 71 Blacktongue (upped + shael)
NacRuno Vega Necromancer Harrogath 33 Rare Giant Sword
Sixstringer Sangar Paladin Pand. Fort. 30 Rare Two-Hand Sword
Thaquitz Thrain Barbarian L.Kurast 26 2-H/Jwl of Envy/flwd emrld/flwd skull
Kimppi ChosenOne Barbarian SpiderForest 25 Claymore/skull/JoE
Hanshotfirst Hinamori Sorceress Kurast 25 2-H/Tal/Tal/Tal
Sixstringer Desdemona Sorceress Kurast 23 Claymore/Amethyst/El
Snarfer Paul_Bunyan Druid Kurast 26 Claymore/flawless ruby/topaz/saph
JayeM Garvin Paladin Palace 23 2-H/topaz/skull/sapph
jamesixgun Judith Assassin Dry Hills 22 2-H/ch 2x ruby/saph
Carolus Rex Conan Barbarian Lut Gholein 20 Claymore/2 ch skull
Buraz Macho Barbarian Lut Gholein 20 2-H/2xch saphire/1 ch topaz
Sorcererbob Snowman_Frosty Paladin Black Marsh 16 3sock 2-H Sword w/ chippies
DemonOfWrath Sardinath Barbarian Stony Field 12 2-H/ch saph/skull
sveinbjorn Begg Galoot Barbarian Stony Field 12 2-H/3 ch em
Justin Secound-chance Amazon Stony Field 11 2-H/sword
Nagisa Gintoki Necromancer Stony Field 10 Sup 2-H/ch saph,ruby,emerald
Dlav Uncle-Sam Paladin Stony Field 10 2-H/ch saph/topaz/emrld
[highlight]Fallen Heroes[/highlight]
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Name Character Class Area Level Current Sword
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Hanshotfirst Hinamori Assassin N Catacomb4 46 Rare Giant Sword
Justin tourny-one Barbarian PandFortress 33 GiantSword (ith, sapp, jewel (5max dam, 17 ar))
Sixstringer Stormblade Paladin Chaos Sanc. 30 Claymore/Ral rune, jewel of envy
JayeM Groo Barbarian Triangl tomb 26 Rare claymore
ShadedOne Deuxmains Paladin Duriel's 25 2-H/ch saph/ch skullx2
JayeM Howell Druid Canyon/Magi 25 2-H/ruby/skull/J.ofEnvy
sveinbjorn Elric Necromancer Tal's Tomb 24 2-H/2 ch emrld/skull
Brutass HugeWilly Barbarian Catacomb4 18 2-H/normal sword
sveinbjorn Fafhrd Barbarian Cathedral 19 2-Hand/2 ch emrld
bcoe Walter Paladin Catacombs 3 17 2-H/JofEnvy
sveinbjorn Miyumi Assassin Jail Lvl 1 17 2-H/2 ch emrld
Rhia Baam-Baam Sorceress The Pits 17 2/H/ch topaz,ch rub,ch emerald
TLOD Norris Barbarian Balck Marsh 17 2-H/ch topaz.ch skull
JayeM Leona Sorceress Monastery 16 2-H/Ch Skull/topaz/sapph
Now will someone tell me how to make the table titles yellow?)
Couldn't have asked for a better low-level one. Also found a decent rare Bardiche. Saving that for my A2 merc. Camped in the Outer Cloister for now...
