Hi all. My previous characters, all weapon dependent:

Fury Druid, couldn't update because thread got locked. The ending is found in the 2nd link.
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=103874698&f=161
https://www.purediablo.com/forums/threads/single-pass-untwinked-p8-fury-druid-fenrir.195038/

Frenzy Barb
https://www.purediablo.com/forums/threads/entering-hell-single-pass-untwinked-frenzy-any-advice.22119/

Strafezon
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=106220519&f=161

Recently when bored, I will just do random MF runs using my Strafezon. However because it does not have the most optimal gear, I'm pretty much limited to Pit/AT/LK on P1. Anything else, I'd need to be more careful as she dies so easily.

I just thought that I want to have a character that can handle P8 Chaos or Baal without much difficulty. Hence, I'm straying from my usual weapon dependent characters and just play a brain dead easy build: Hammerdin.

Rules
D2 1.14d
SC
Full untwinked
P8 at all times.
Single pass. No countess runs, no MF runs. If shit drops happen, I'll have to deal with it.

The Plan

• I will be following jiansonz's guide for early stages to maximise MF. That means PTopax Helm/Armour, MF rings/amulet/gloves/boots.
  
• Dual Spirits generally. Maybe I would use Gull/Ali Baba if I find them. Maybe other shields. We'll see.
  
• Standard HDin skill build. Save skill points till 18, then immediately pump up BH and Conc.
  
• Charms for resist. If need be, I may forgo some MF items.
  

I really don't foresee any issues with this character. So we'll see how it goes. At least with massive AOE damage, this WT should finish fairly quickly. No more long grinds unlike my other chars haha.

I'm actually at act 5 already. 3 images per post, so I'll just run through my progress quickly thus far.

Nothing really exciting happened in Act 1. I was very lucky in that the game spawned a Gem shrine was at Blood Moor! So early Flawed Topaz for me, which means I sported a Flawed/Chipped/Chipped Topaz armour early on!



The main issue with this act is that I had no damage because my skill points were mostly saved. So it was quite a slog early on until I finally reached 18. Then I just spammed BH with mana pots and breezed through the rest of the act.

Countess!



Andy!

There's really nothing exciting to talk about in Normal actually.

Based on my screenshots and recollection, Act 2 and Act 3 flew by without much incident. BH just clears mobs so fast, it's refreshing actually. Just that pre 30, I was so reliant on Mana Pots. Thank goodness for Redemption!

Gear wise, I was spotting the usual. 24% MF Amulet, 14% MF Rings x 2, 22% MF Gloves, 27% MF Boots, 3 x Flawed Topaz Armour and 2 X Flawed Topaz Helm. Belt was a random Plated Belt for 4 slots. Found a rare Rondache with some resist and block.

Weapon wise, a Crushflange dropped. Using it just for the Fire Resist haha.

Duriel!



Bloodfist! Not sure why I SS this haha.



Meph!

No problems with Act 4 as well. Forge was quite good actually. An Amn rune, the highest roll! Maybe it's a sign of good luck?

Could it to either attempt to roll my 4 Socket sword, or as runes for Spirit. Unfortunately, I don't have a PAmeth yet, so Spirit has to wait for a while!



Diablo! He dropped a 2nd bloodfist haha

Good luck indeed. Act 5 started very nicely. A unique ring dropped!



Was chanting Nagel...Nagel...Nagel before I ID'd. Happy when it came true!



Nothing significant happen after though. We saved Atma, killed Nith, and now we have caught up to where I am currently: Glacial Trail.

Did a quick gambling stop though, hoping to improve my MF gloves/boots marginally. But this appeared haha. Maybe I should gamble Chained Gloves instead. Might luck a Chancies !

Good luck Ducko I like the single pass walks

I always suffer from min-maxing. A 4 soc sword is totally possible in Norm if I were to use a Socket quest. But I just can't bring myself to "waste" the reward on it. But we all know that I'm going to end up completing the whole run not spending it at all haha!

I guess until I find a sword in NM, this new sword should suffice.



Progressing is slow in that I always need to pause to use Redemption to fill back my mana. But still, no trouble at all. Can't wait for Spirits which will boost my Mana pool though!

No other cool drops in this act sadly. Cows yielded nothing too.

Now I'm in NM, and as expected it is still easy. Casters have it easy, vs my previous melee characters.

Few main upgrades I'm looking in this act:

• Spirit Sword
  
• High Res Spirit PShield
  
• Insight Partizan
  
• 4 x PTopaz Armour + 3 x PTopaz Helm
  
• Goldwrap and Chancies hopefully
  

Countess was being very stingy!!!



And I was so close to my Merc weap!

I did find a random 4 soc weapon though. Not the best base, but I decided to make an Insight regardless. I figured I don't really need my Merc damage yet, so let's just get the Medi aura to ease my Mana annoyance.



Later on, a 4 Soc long sword dropped! Finally! FCR + FHR + Mana Pool woooh! Overall a good roll I guess. Crosses the 30FCR BP for now. I can always slowly upgrade it.



With the Mana Pool + Medi, I can now freely spam BH. Life is good, and I can focus on speed clearing now!

Funny topic in this Act. I wanted to make a stop the session for mule breaks. But EXP shrines kept spawning near the end of each area.

• 1 Shrine at Stoney Field meant I had to clear Underground Passage + Dark Woods + Trist
  
• Another EXP Shrine at end of Dark Wood meant it stretched to Black Marsh
  
• Another EXP Shrine outside Forgotten Tower meant I had to do Countess too
  

Happy problem I guess, no complains! I also had another EXP shrine later at Tamoe, so I used it for Pits!

Finally to top everything off, a Gem shrine appeared in Tamoe too! I had earlier just cubed a PTopaz, so I was annoyed if I was to use it to just get a Flawless. Session was suppose to end for the day at Outer Cloister, but this Gem Shrine made me push on a little more. It was 2am, but I didn't mind going all the way to Andy. Thankfully, a Flawless Topaz dropped in Jail 3, so I could sleep earlier haha.

Contrary to what I said, it's actually my 3rd PTopaz, yay!

Continue on towards Andy!

First thing, an Io rune, my highest so far. Not like I need anything else for this run. Potentially just a Lem for Treachery and that's about it. Still, nice to collect.



I also found a better MF ring! Bit by bit, we're having upgrades to our MF department!



Andy was easy as I expected. With Spirit + Medi now, I can spam BH non stop, which means all I needed was to keep my HP pool up. Cute Rockstopper, but I doubt I'll be using it.