Re: Tournament: The Sword of Destiny
Very good progress for Marion. As far as I can tell, she has taken the lead among the Sorceresses.
Combat Shrine help for the Duriel battle.
Her Sword of Destiny dropped in Great Marsh - Shadowfang. Meh. At least it´s not terribly slow...
Marion is starting to become powerful. Once I could get Fire Mastery up a couple levels, Enchant damage was no longer puny. Even when she isn´t fighting right next to her merc, she holds her own pretty well. I thought having no shield would be more painful that it has been so far. It´s probably her big resists and decent life pool that helps - plus that she puts most monsters into hit recovery with her fiery hits.
Really mixed bag in the item department. I have actually managed to craft
three pairs of Blood boots. The first two had only one random affix, and a useless one at that, so they were
worse than my rare Chain Boots. Then
this pair drops. A clear candidate for Durf´s Rare Crap page. They are so bad it´s funny...
I still had not found a second rare ring when I solved the second quest in Act III, which granted me one. And
whoa, one of the best Normal Gidbinn rewards I´ve seen.
I got a Ral and a perfect amethyst from Hellforge. Looks like the game suggests a Caster amulet...
Diablo, then. OK, resist are awesome (nearly maxed) and Marion is no weakling (349 life). But no shield against D? Scary...
To be honest, I had a backup plan: hire a rogue merc, give her a Composite Bow, Enchant her and teleport her around...But that was not really in the spirit of the tourney, so once Durga died (inevitable
) I tried some upfront fighting. And it wasn´t so bad, actually. I know Diablo´s attack pattern, and I adapted to that and did some hit-and-run, and sometimes
longer melee sessions. The cold damage helps to keep Diablo a little slower. After a scary fight (but still with reasonable control - just one full purple used, but plenty of Jamella´s greater healers), Marion prevailed. Yay!
Diablo dropped six rares, all weapons. I keep the best weapon for each merc type, but none of these qualified.
Current Gear:
* Gale Cowl (Skull Cap): 5% Resist Lightning, +1 ENE
* [Highlight]Raven Necklace[/Highlight] (Amulet): +17 Mana, Regenerate Mana 10%, 10% FCR, Resist All 5%
* Shadowfang
* Carrion Coat (Hard Leather Armor): 17% FHR, Resist Lightning/Poison/Cold 14/17/18, DR by 1
* [Highlight]Havoc Finger[/Highlight] (Heavy Gloves): +10 Life, 10% CB, 3% Life Steal, +23% MF
* Eagle Master (Ring): +2 STR, +2 ENE, +18 AR, MDR by 1, Resist Fire 7%
* Bone Harness (Belt): Resist Cold 10%, Resist Poison 6%, ATD of 1
* Entropy Circle (Ring): +1 Life, +24 Mana, Resist Fire 21%, Resist Posion 7%, 3% Life Steal, +13% MF
* [Highlight]Imp Tread[/Highlight] (Light Plated Boots): +17 Life, 1% Life Steal, Replenish Life +6, Resist Lightning 20%, Resist Cold 30%
One Grand, two Large and eleven Small Charms providing a total of +2 DEX, Resist Fire 41%, Resist Cold 6%, Resist Lightning 30% and +27 Life
Durga the Prayer Merc
* Hailstone Circlet (Full Helm): 10% FHR, +15 AR, Resist Fire 6%, Resist Cold 16%
* Imp Prod (ethereal Spetum): 36-53 Damage, +36 AR
* Bitter Flange (Splint Mail): 108 Defense, 10% FHR, +1 STR, Resist Fire 17%, PLR by 25%
[Highlight]Marion the Enchantress and Durga the Prayer merc, level 35, Bloody Foothills next.[/Highlight]
And only lvl 79, that's certainly a swell level to set a challenge. :thumbup:
