Okay, so I found this nice white Cuirass which I wanted to cube socket. I also managed to find a Flawless
Diamond in the Cowlevel so I was able to cube a perf one.
Now I needed Tal and Thul to roll it, so it was time for some more NM Countess runs.


First Tal rune.


Used it to upgrade the Rattlecage merc is wearing. Won't change that into Treachery...
I learned to love Monsterflee with this built and CB is always welcome, especially when I
finally swith to Bonewhew.

More Countess runs.
Found this ring. It's cute. Using it.


Thul.


And the second Tal....
It's time to roll the Cuirass now

4 out of 6 possible outcomes would result in 3 sockets... so chances are not bad


Badum tsss.... YAY!
Pls notice the close to perf (that would be 202) defense
Love this thing....
So what to put into it?! Lionheart or Treachery?


I chose Lionheart. Still not 100% sure, but I will go with it for now and see how it works.
Basicly I can change anytime, since I lost no runes, which are necessary for Treachery
You can see in this picture, that I am able to wear Aldurs boots now, too. 745 life... nice

Originally I wanted to restat after making Lionheart, but I then decided not to.
I have 100 str now, which is 5 more than I would need to use Aldurs boots, but I don't want to
waste a restat for 10 life.
Sure I have to much dex now, too. But since you have to keep statting dex to keep maxblock, this
will be regulated automaticly

And that are the last steps in Nightmare... going on to hell soon

Nightmare Difficulty Accomplished
summary:
level when started: 46
level when finished: 74 (Baal) - 80 ( Cows)
toughest spot: let's see... I think it was the Cow level... Baal Minions and Halls of Pain were tough, too.
best drops: Lem, Ginther's Rift, Hone Sundan, Bonehew, Aldur's Boots
comment: Nightmare is over... finally. It really took me some time, to be able to clear that cow level. But I'm very
happy now with the outcome. Especially the gear upgrades I managed to get in Nightmare are making me happy.
For instance the +6 enchant Staff and my Lionheart. I will post my complete gear in the first Hell update!
I still enjoy playing her even if sometimes it felt like a passive walkthrough. Some spots were just to dangerous for me
to fight toe to toe. I then just kept supporting the merc which I can do pretty well with Static Field, Curses and
Glacial Spike. But most of the time I could be very agressive and kick some ass. It's really fun!
Can't wait to try my luck in hell and I hope to see some of you there soon
(Only in this Walkthrough ofc. You will all go to heaven, I'm sure :D)

Thanks a ton to all of you guys for hitting this thread over 5k times. I really appreciate that!

This post was edited by zoff on Mar 22 2012 02:22pm

Good luck with fire immunes in hell

Treachery is so good man. 65@, fhr, 15% dr, 45 ias, reduced curse duration etc...

see you in hell

should have made treachery lol. the fade is just incredibly helpful.

what happen !?!? long time no update

Luckily I have a pretty solid merc, who I can support with Static and Glacial Spike.
And I'm doing atleast some non-fire dmg





Well, that's of course true. Everybody knows the benefits of Treachery especially in SP. But since this is hardcore I don't feel comfortable with
the life I would have without Lionheart atm.
As soon as this changes, I will gladly change to Treachery. I'm hoping for a high life belt soon.


Hopefully soon :]


Well, basicly nothing That's why there have not been any updates. Some irl stuff to do *gg
But I'm going to play this beauty again pretty soon, that's for sure.
So there will be updates going on in the near future :]

It has really been a while, since I updated this thread. So I decided to at least do some of my great (not!) paint work to show you my starting settup for hell.
So here we go:


The gear I'm going to start hell with. I switched some jewelery to get decent resistances for now.
It's not to bad overall, but I could need some upgrades especially for belt and helmet.


Inventory. (Tome of Townportal not shown in this picture ;))
The pictures suck pretty much, so here is a summary of the benefits I get from all these charms:
79 life
35% pr
36% lr
19% cr
30 ar
1 dex
3 str
6 - 119 light dmg


Precasting gear.
Could be a bit better. Looking for something to replace the lore now.