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Dec 23 2016 01:28am

Rush Guide


New and never had a rush done or never performed one? Been away a while and unsure of what to do with the content that came at the end of the Open Beta? This is for you guys.
The goal of this guide is to create a standardized reference for how to perform a rush, or to have one done for you. (You would be surprised at how often this is messed up)


Act One
  • 1. Use the Mud Flats waypoint and clear out an area surrounding the 3 Rhoa Nest objects and a path from there to the Lower Submerged Passage. Town Portal, and walk them to the passage.
    • Be wary of Oozeback Bloom, he can one shot the person being rushed
    • Make sure they grab all three Glyphs

  • 2. Use The Prison waypoint and find Brutus's room inside the Warden's Chambers section of the Upper Prison.
    • Town Portal at the entrance to his room, not inside it. They will still get the quest, and it is safer. Kill Brutus and then go back to your town portal
    • The waypoint following Brutus is automatically acquired when Brutus is killed, the new character may take the portal back home instantly.

  • 3. Use Merveial's Cavern waypoint, and make your way to the Merevil's Lair section of the Cavern of Anger following the previous area. TP and Kill, Merevil is so easy that the new character can remain in her lair without fear, unlike Brutus.


Act Two
  • 0.5 After the Merevil Kill, use the waypoint to go to the Forest Encampment, then step back through the town exit to the Southern Forest. Make a town portal there, the new character can take that town portal from Lioneye's Watch, and enter directly into the A2 town without risk or wasted time
  • 1. Use the The Chamber of Sins waypoint, and make your way to Helena and kill Fidelitas and open a portal at the Strange Device.
    • Make sure the new chacter grabs the Baleful Gem from the Strange Device

  • 2. Use The Western Forest waypoint and make your way into the Weaver's Chambers and into The Weaver's Nest. Standard safe kill
    • Town Portal at the entrance to her room, not inside it. Minions of the Weaver spawn all over, and can be dangerous to fledgling characters
    • Make sure the new chacter grabs Maligaro's Spike from the carnage.

  • 3. Use The Wetlands waypoint and make a TP. tell the player to use the spike on the roots and go back to Act 2
  • 4. Use The Northern Forest waypoint, go backwards and find the Vaal Ruins entrance. Then find the Ancient Seal in the Vaal Ruins and TP right before the seal's empty spot. Take the portal to go home.
  • 5. Ask the new character which Bandits he wishes to kill, and which to help. Note that you cannot help the new character kill a Bandit that you helped. If you talk to the bandit and the other character(s) have chosen different options, you will be able to send each other permanently to standard in Hardcore Mode if you chose different options
    • Make sure the new character grabs The Apex from the bandit they help, or Eramir in town if they kill all of them
    • Kraityn is located at the end of the path in The Broken Bridge
    • Alira is located on a random side of the map in The Western Forest.
      • The trick to finding her quickly is to find the destroyed fork in the path, and follow the direction of that broken portion, if it was not broken
      • Town Portal behind the mound of stuff that Alira stands in front of

    • Oak is located in The Wetlands in the middle of the map.
      • The trick to finding him easily is to simply follow the river north, Oak's camp is right in the middle of it
      • Town portal behind the mound of stuff Oak stands in front of, as with Alira

    • If the new character doesn't know which reward is which, read or link them this: http://i.imgur.com/ymOEwp2.png

  • 6. Use The Caverns waypoint and walk the long way up to the Ancient Pyramid, and to the Pyramid Apex. Town Portal and kill the Vaal oversoul Beware of his Smash.
    • TP at the entrance to the Pyramid Apex, it is much safer for low levellers. Even the Oversoul's falling rocks attack can be deadly at times.
    • The Smash attack for the Oversoul is deadly on Merciless. It does 6,000 fire and 6,000 physical damage. The trick to avoiding it is to simply stand back when he walks and raises the hammer, and, when running from it in a worst case scenario, run perpendicular to the direction the hammer is heading towards. It has a ridiculous up-down splash area, but a pitiful left-right one.


Act Three
  • 0.5 After Vaal oversoul is killed take the exit out to The City of Sarn and escort the player until you find Clarissa, surrounded by guards. Kill them and any nearby monsters and then clear the path towards The Sarn Encampment
  • 1.1 Use The Crematorium waypoint and find the large room containing Piety in Lightning form and a group of blackguards. Rush in and take her to half HP then clear the area and make a portal.
    • The one being rushed does not ever need to be in the room to do the quest
    • Make sure the new character takes Tolman's Bracelet from Piety's torture device

  • 1.2 Tell him to go home and take the Sewer Keys from Clarassi. While they get the keys, locate the Sewer Entrance in The Slums, and TP right next to it, then head home
  • 2. Use The Battlefront waypoint and head south west to find and kill Captain Aurelianus and his guards that encircle the Blackguard Chest. Town portal at it, after checking a safe circle around it
    • Make sure the character being rushed takes the Ribbon Spool from the Blackguard Chest (You need to take this to Lady Dialia, but we will do that after the next quest)

  • 3. Use The Docks waypoint, (or head north west after clearing the Blackguard Chest) and search all the dead ends to find the Supply Container. Clear the magic monster mob around it, and town portal
    • Make sure the new character takes the Infernal Talc from the Supply Container

  • 3.1 Use The Solaris Temple waypoint and town portal on top of it. This completes The Ribbon Spool and Fiery Dust in one fell swoop. Make sure that the one being rushed receives the Infernal Talc from Dialia
  • 3.2 Use The Warehouse Sewers waypoint and walk west, town portal just before where the Undying Blockage would be. Make sure they destroy the Undying Blockage, however they do not need to go to the next area
  • 4. Use The Lunaris Temple waypoint and make your way down past Kole and the bowels of Lunaris Temple level 3 to the glowing orange circle titled 'Portal' at the end of a long string of stairs. Make a town portal and then kill Piety
    • When encountering stairs and looking for Piety, always go up. Up will nearly always lead you correctly, going down means you are backtracking
    • When you enter the last set of standard stairs and see three broken carts, go in the direction that has only one cart, the other is a dead end every time
    • TP at the entrance to Piety's Sanctum, not inside it. Minions or far flying Ice shots will destroy your low level ward. (Hi Ed.)
    • Make sure they take the Tower Key from Piety's corpse. (Note: Before Piety is when payment for Act 3 rushes is usually collected)

  • 5.1 Take either The Imperial Gardens waypoint and head north east, or The Sceptre of God waypoint and head down the several flights of stairs (this is simpler sometimes, as the SoG is always symmetrical in design) and Town Portal at the top of the stairs outside where the huge door is. Then head home
  • 5.2 Take The Sceptre of God waypoint and make your way up through the Upper Sceptre of God, until you reach a final bloody transition door that does not look like the other spiraling stairs. Town portal at it, and head up to kill Dominus
    • The player does not need to enter upstairs, they will either be killed by Dominus/his minions if they enter.


Act Four
  • 0.5 After the Dominus Kill, use the waypoint to go to The Sarn Encampment, then step back through the town exit to The Aqueduct. Make a town portal there, the new character can take that town portal from The Sarn Encampment, and enter directly into the A4 town without risk or wasted time
  • 1. Take the exit to The Dried Lake and make your way to Voll, TP and kill.
    • Make sure the player pickups up Deshret's Banner and uses it on The Mines exit North West

  • 2. Use the Kaom's Stronghold waypoint and make your way to Caldera of The King entrance and enter, make a portal and kill.
    • This can get pretty hairy for any low level character so be careful (being able to kill fast will make it a piece of cake)
    • Make sure the player pickups up Eye of Fury

  • 3. Use The Grand Arena waypoint and make your way to the Arena entrance and enter, make a portal and kill.
    • Daresso has 3 phases so have the player being rushed sit next the wall far away
    • Make sure the player pickups up Eye of Desire

  • 4. Use The Crystal Veins waypoint and have the player take the Eye of Fury and Eye of Desire to Dialla
  • 5. Take the entrance to The Belly of The Beast Level 1 and make your way to Belly of the Best Level 2, kill Piety and TP
    • Have the player talk to her then go back to Act 5
    • The player does not have to be present for Pietys death

  • 6. Use The Harvest waypoint and open a portal, this is where the player being rushed will stay for the rest of the time until you kill Malachai
    • Go and kill Doedre, Maligaro and Shavronne
    • Head back to the waypoint and and enter the Black Core and complete both of Malachais phases to complete the difficulty


General tips for Rushers:
  • Leave nothing to chance, you have no idea how new or laggy the person you are rushing is! Kill every monster within a screen and a half of your TP and the object the player needs to interact with.
  • Try to get multiple players in on one rush, you double your profit, and most of the rush time is spent making town portals and walking anyway. [This is common sense, yes I know]
  • Before making a portal, check to see if the person you are rushing has picked up/used the quest object and portalled back home yet.
  • Carry lots of TP scrolls. For a full A1-3 Rush with skill point side quests, you need upwards of 30 TP scrolls
  • You can report people in game for scamming on services, right click their name and choose Report.

General tips for players being rushed
  • Be wary of malicious rushers who want to PK you in the Bandit quest. If possible, click the 'Kill' or 'Help' dialogue when you are a screen or so away from the rusher, if the player turns red on the minimap when you choose, you are being hostiled, and need to exit right then, at the very least you received a free rush. If possible, complete the quest on your own.
  • You can report people in game for scamming on services, right click their name and choose Report. Be as descriptive as possible.
  • Don't linger after boss kills, grab only what is obviously valuable, meaning all uniques, and rares amulets/rings in Merciless. Most likely the rusher is already watching you to see when you head home so that they can make the next portal. Time is orbs.



Originally by RaveTheGo Updated by me
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=70261605&f=110

This post was edited by Sithy on Dec 23 2016 01:47am
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Dec 23 2016 04:08am
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Very good!
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Jan 4 2017 03:25pm
Great guide man very detailed spells it all out

Always wondered if you could get credit being "outside" the room for certain bosses. Big help.
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Jan 4 2017 05:26pm
sticky this
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Jan 4 2017 05:48pm
People actually buy rushes? :huh:
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Quote (pypyjyys @ Jan 5 2017 12:48pm)
People actually buy rushes? :huh:


you, funnily enough
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Jan 5 2017 12:59am
Mud flats waypoint? :wacko:
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Quote (mesmerist @ Jan 5 2017 09:59am)
Mud flats waypoint? :wacko:


it should be "coast wp ->go mud flats make tp"
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Quote (LolBastard @ Jan 5 2017 10:54pm)
it should be "coast wp ->go mud flats make tp"


yeah... i noticed after the edit button was removed.
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