- Oct 18, 2004
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NM Duriel is dead and 1 1/3 labors have been completed!
I was sweating the fire towers labor a bit as I’d cleared most of the Lost City and checked out the Valley of Snakes with no Fire Towers. Fortunately, there were two near Dark Elder in the last part of the map I cleared so the labor was completed without needing to reclear/reload the map.
The Ancient Kaa labor really slowed thing down. Amaranta still killed fairly quickly at /players 8, but he was of course in the 6th false tomb she checked. (So, all of the false tombs got full cleared at /p8.) Once he was spotted, I headed back to town to set up my gear for the challenge. I stole Paige’s bow (she got a Zephyr Cedar Bow in return) and put on my least sucky Blood Belt. I then filled up my cube with arrows and stuffed my inventory with pots and elemental damage charms. It went a lot better than I expected. His third mod was mana burn, which was a non-issue with regular attack, and his health went down at a steady pace. The Insight Bow is a bit OP at this level apparently. (I actually double checked the game setting after he died to make sure I really was on /players 8.) This was one of the challenges that has been worrying me, so it’s nice to have it done.
Duriel was strait forward — charge strike until dead.
The next labor is Decease DeSeis, which I need to get a 4os bow for. If I get really desperate I can Hel out the Insight and then Hel it out again to remake it, but that is really not how I want to use my 2 Hel runs. I’ve got lots of ground to cover until then, so I just have to remember to pick up all the grey bows. (As well as any white Razor/Double bows for a shot with the cube recipe.)
I’m a bit dissapointed with the merc’s Frozen Arrow. I was hoping it would cut down on the number of corpses getting ressurected, but the freeze duration is so short that it’s not very effective for that. Amaranta kills quickly enough that the greater mummies weren’t much of a problem, but I am a bit sad that the cold rogue merc doesn’t seem to have gotten the utility buff I was hoping for.
Her most interesting find was a Blade of Ali Baba from a random boss pack in the Far Oasis. It’s not really that useful to her, but it at least adds to the options for the Lister labor in Hell. She also picked up a rare amulet with +11 all resist and +2 passive and magic skills, which is nice. I’m noticing the difference especially with slow missiles. It also has a chance to cast hydra which very much freaked me out the first time in procced. Council? There aren’t any council here? (Oh, it’s not shooting at me!)
On to Act 3!
I was sweating the fire towers labor a bit as I’d cleared most of the Lost City and checked out the Valley of Snakes with no Fire Towers. Fortunately, there were two near Dark Elder in the last part of the map I cleared so the labor was completed without needing to reclear/reload the map.
The Ancient Kaa labor really slowed thing down. Amaranta still killed fairly quickly at /players 8, but he was of course in the 6th false tomb she checked. (So, all of the false tombs got full cleared at /p8.) Once he was spotted, I headed back to town to set up my gear for the challenge. I stole Paige’s bow (she got a Zephyr Cedar Bow in return) and put on my least sucky Blood Belt. I then filled up my cube with arrows and stuffed my inventory with pots and elemental damage charms. It went a lot better than I expected. His third mod was mana burn, which was a non-issue with regular attack, and his health went down at a steady pace. The Insight Bow is a bit OP at this level apparently. (I actually double checked the game setting after he died to make sure I really was on /players 8.) This was one of the challenges that has been worrying me, so it’s nice to have it done.
Duriel was strait forward — charge strike until dead.
The next labor is Decease DeSeis, which I need to get a 4os bow for. If I get really desperate I can Hel out the Insight and then Hel it out again to remake it, but that is really not how I want to use my 2 Hel runs. I’ve got lots of ground to cover until then, so I just have to remember to pick up all the grey bows. (As well as any white Razor/Double bows for a shot with the cube recipe.)
I’m a bit dissapointed with the merc’s Frozen Arrow. I was hoping it would cut down on the number of corpses getting ressurected, but the freeze duration is so short that it’s not very effective for that. Amaranta kills quickly enough that the greater mummies weren’t much of a problem, but I am a bit sad that the cold rogue merc doesn’t seem to have gotten the utility buff I was hoping for.
Her most interesting find was a Blade of Ali Baba from a random boss pack in the Far Oasis. It’s not really that useful to her, but it at least adds to the options for the Lister labor in Hell. She also picked up a rare amulet with +11 all resist and +2 passive and magic skills, which is nice. I’m noticing the difference especially with slow missiles. It also has a chance to cast hydra which very much freaked me out the first time in procced. Council? There aren’t any council here? (Oh, it’s not shooting at me!)
On to Act 3!
Rich (BB code):
Tournament of Tournaments Participation and Score Table
D2V Forum Name Tournament Name+YR Class Level Location S&E HC/SC Score
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D2R HanShotFirst BulgingBiceps2020 Barb 86 Guardian 0 HC 15
D2R Kstil3227 Committed2015 Druid 83 Guardian 0 HC 15
D2R D4di56lu3 Committed2015 Ama 61 NM Kurast Dock 0 SC 07
D2R Cattleya 12 Labors 2011 Ama 59 NM Kurast Dock 0 SC 07
D2R Oblivious 12 Labors 2011 Pally 48 NM Rogue Camp 0 SC 05
D2R coju 12 Labors 2011 Nec 36 Harrogath 0 SC 05
D2R D4di56lu3 WotC & BotK 2021 Druid 35 Harrogath 0 HC 04
D2R Flan WhatsYourPoison2004 Ama 28 Pan Fortress 0 HC 03
D2L D2DC 12 Labors 2011 Dru 20 Lut Gholein 0 SC 01
D2R skoolbus SUWorshipper2018 Sin 20 Lut Gholein 0 HC 01
D2R Babyhell Overburdened 2019 Sorc 04 Cold Plains 0 SC 00
D2L PhineasB OrangeYouGlad 2021 Pally 01 Rogue Camp 0 HC N/A
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Back to ashes (aka Deeds)
D2R Vang IgottheBlues2005 Asn 74 Lwr Kurast H 0 HC 12
D2R skoolbus Naked 2007 Pally 54 Far Oasis NM 0 HC 06
D2R Vildecor SUWorshipper2018 Ama 50 NM Black Marsh 0 HC 05
D2L PhineasB Env of G&G 2013 Pally 49 NM Tower 0 HC N/A
D2R Kstil3227 BrotherBear2004 Druid 34 Pan Fortress 0 HC 03
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