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Apr 17 2023 09:15am
Got my smiter to lvl 90 and have the following gear:

Gface
Treachery(for buff)/ Duress as main armor
LOH/10ias-10CB gloves
String
Gtoes
HoZ
Lightsabre
Raven
Dwarf
Rare ammy with skills and @res

Weap switch is life tap weapon + spirit

Will I be able to torch hunt effectively with this gear?
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Apr 17 2023 09:49am
would absolutely try to get dracs but doable with your equip
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Apr 17 2023 10:20am
meph gonna 1 shot you unless you lvled conv
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Apr 17 2023 12:49pm
Quote (lilpsychokilla @ Apr 17 2023 11:20am)
meph gonna 1 shot you unless you lvled conv


Even with Lightsabre? It has light sorb and my light res is maxed
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Apr 17 2023 01:41pm
Dracs would be best, especially if HC. Need open wound to prevent heal, I suggest gores.

Also I'd go tgod instead of lightsaber, opening up more CB options for weapon like heavens light or black flail
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Apr 17 2023 02:02pm
Quote (Tkamp @ Apr 17 2023 02:41pm)
Dracs would be best, especially if HC. Need open wound to prevent heal, I suggest gores.

Also I'd go tgod instead of lightsaber, opening up more CB options for weapon like heavens light or black flail


Duress armor gives OW, and current CB with Gface, Duress and gtoes is 75%. Do I need more?
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Apr 17 2023 05:15pm
Quote (Tonic231 @ Apr 17 2023 02:02pm)
Duress armor gives OW, and current CB with Gface, Duress and gtoes is 75%. Do I need more?


Oh, good points, then no 75% is plenty :thumbsup:
I would consider dracs, but again, of SC maybe it's fine. You really don't want life tap to run out, and since minions spawn in d2r, sometimes things get hairy, and you want it to be proc'ing to be safe. You can do without, but just be prepared to potentially make space and recast

Do you have cta?
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Apr 17 2023 07:44pm
You can very likely clear it with your current gear but I'd add a few things to be sure because its single player and you cannot rejoin or ask for help if you fail it:
1. if you have azurewrath keep it in your stash and put 1 point in zeal, its good against physical immunes if you ever need it, some of them can spawn in uber area
2. make sure to have a 4 * ptopazed shield against mephisto only, its ~ +200 lightning resist, I don't think you have enough resist with your current gear vs meph
3. your weapon does nothing against any other of the ubers, but protects against mephisto, there are a lot of good unique paladin scepters for smiter, check if you have any on your mules. There are some good runewords too that work well with smite against ubers (black, malice)
4. be prepared that you will need to recast life tap, if you don't have draculs it probably won't last until the end
5. double check player count before you open the first portal :D
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Apr 18 2023 05:54am
Quote (Tonic231 @ Apr 17 2023 02:49pm)
Even with Lightsabre? It has light sorb and my light res is maxed


yeah definitely, uber meph has a lvl 20 conv and will apply -125 res. you need 300 light res to face him or you can overwrite his conviction with one that is > lvl 20.

dracs is a big help but not completely necessary.. if HC might want them to be extra safe. i have completed ubers many times with just a wand without death but it can be risky but tbh i use legit trash gear far worse than yours /w success.
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Quote (Ethreain @ Apr 17 2023 08:44pm)
You can very likely clear it with your current gear but I'd add a few things to be sure because its single player and you cannot rejoin or ask for help if you fail it:
1. if you have azurewrath keep it in your stash and put 1 point in zeal, its good against physical immunes if you ever need it, some of them can spawn in uber area
2. make sure to have a 4 * ptopazed shield against mephisto only, its ~ +200 lightning resist, I don't think you have enough resist with your current gear vs meph
3. your weapon does nothing against any other of the ubers, but protects against mephisto, there are a lot of good unique paladin scepters for smiter, check if you have any on your mules. There are some good runewords too that work well with smite against ubers (black, malice)
4. be prepared that you will need to recast life tap, if you don't have draculs it probably won't last until the end
5. double check player count before you open the first portal :D


Thank you for this feedback!! Looks like I got some more grinding to do, just in case
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