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Jul 14 2025 09:25pm
More than ready for a2!
Youre gonna plow through everything :thumbsup:


Yeah man ! With the damage boost to fire skills i've been able to add 2 points into wolf for more buddies. They stay alive longer and keep the mobs busy while i flame them. I got the cube and staff and omw to amulet and so far it's a breeze !
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Jul 15 2025 05:07pm
The Song of Amergin: Through the Deserts to Duriel’s Demise

Amergin Glúingel, the poet druid, strode into the blistering deserts of Lut Gholein, leaving the Monastery’s shadows behind. The sands whispered of ancient evils, urging him toward his destiny. In the city’s rank sewers, crawling with scarabs and decay, he unearthed a tattered scroll. Its cryptic words unveiled Tal Rasha’s fate, bound to Baal’s prison, concealed by mystical artifacts.

The Halls of the Dead loomed next, a crypt of restless bones. Amergin’s chants summoned vines to crush skeletal foes and flames to purge their spectral overseers. In the Viper Temple, he faced hissing claw vipers, their venom no match for his fiery incantations. The Horadric Amulet, seized from their altar, gleamed with purpose. Guided by the scroll, Amergin entered the Arcane Sanctuary, a maze of shifting platforms. He felled the summoner with blazing spells, opening a portal to Tal Rasha’s tomb.

In the Valley of the Tombs, Amergin found the true sepulcher, its seals pulsing with Horadric power. Forging the Horadric Staff, he entered, only to face Duriel, the Lord of Pain, guarding the chamber. The demon’s icy carapace and brutal claws struck relentlessly, but Amergin’s vines ensnared its limbs, and torrents of fire melted its defenses. With a final, searing chant, he vanquished Duriel, the beast’s roars fading into the tomb’s silence.

The chamber revealed Tal Rasha’s resting place, heavy with the weight of his sacrifice. The air thrummed with Baal’s lingering malice, hinting at greater evils. Amergin, his spirit forged in fire, stood resolute, ready for the trials Sanctuary would unleash.



Act 2 : done !
Was a breeze, but no particular find.
Couple life charm. A nice little ring for fire res/mf. 3os pole might come in handy soon and that's about it.

This post was edited by wookid on Jul 15 2025 05:09pm
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The Song of Amergin: Through the Jungles to Mephisto’s Threshold

Amergin Glúingel, the poet druid, plunged into the sweltering jungles of Kurast, where corruption seethed. The dense canopy thrummed with malevolence. In the Flayer Jungle, his chants summoned roots to ensnare chittering fetish warriors and flames to consume their shaman masters, yielding Khalim’s Heart, its sacred pulse radiating ancient power. Deep within the Spider Cavern, he faced a monstrous arachnid queen, her brood swarming. His fiery spells reduced her to cinders, revealing Khalim’s Eye, its eerie glow a guiding beacon.

In the fetid Kurast Sewers, Amergin battled undead abominations, his flames purging their decay. There, he claimed Khalim’s Brain, alive with primal energy. In Travincal’s ruined temples, he confronted the High Council, their dark sorcery no match for his blazing incantations. From their ashes, he seized Khalim’s Flail. Forging Khalim’s Will, Amergin shattered the Compelling Orb in Travincal, its destruction unlocking the Durance of Hate.

Mephisto’s lair loomed. Amergin’s fiery songs burned fiercely, ready for the Lord of Hatred’s malice.



Act 3 : done !
Was not that bad for the most part. I felt a bit unsecure in travincal and Mephisto tho. As you can see in the picture, I had to cheese him. There is no way I would've win this fight face to face.
So I definetly need upgrades. Maybe 2-3 more levels for more damage. Definetly need to upgrade my stuff ( and mainly merc stuff, he wouldn't survive long vs mephisto ).
A couple nice find through the act 3. My first unique which is completly useless, 3os armor, 3 os shield, more mf stuff.
Cool thing is the durance layout ! I don't even have to fight from level 2 to level 3 which will make for great mf and leveling, so that's what i'm going to do : keep cheesing meph until i get upgrade.

Current level : 30

This post was edited by wookid on Jul 15 2025 07:28pm
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Jul 15 2025 09:36pm
Huge gear update !
The circlet, the armor and the sorceress orb are just insane at this level.

Have trouble with the image size i'll fix that on the next posts but here are the items :

33 ED malice for merc.

Circlet : 20 fcr, 12 energy, 7@ res
Armor : 17 fhr, 16 light res, 18 fire res, 2 socket => with some fire/light res jewel + 3 life => 17 fhr, 39 light res, 29 fire res, 3 life.
Boots : 24 light res, 32 mf
Sorc orb : 1 light sk, 1 teleport, 3 chivering armor, 3 mana, 38 CR, 10 LR









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Jul 17 2025 03:22pm
The Song of Amergin: Into the River of Flame and Diablo’s Fall

Amergin Glúingel, the poet druid, left the Pandemonium Fortress, his fiery resolve unyielding after Kurast’s trials. The air grew thick with sulfur as he entered the River of Flame, a molten vein in Hell’s depths. Demonic shrieks echoed through jagged caverns, where magma beasts and blood lords surged. His chants summoned roots to bind their molten forms and flames to rival the inferno, reducing foes to ash.

Pressing deeper, Amergin reached the Chaos Sanctuary, a profane cathedral pulsing with malevolent energy. Breaking each seal unleashed horrors—Grand Vizier’s storms, Lord De Seis’s necromancy, and Infector’s venom. Vines crushed their minions; flames purged their essence. With the final seal broken, Diablo, the Lord of Terror, emerged, his eyes blazing with primal dread. Amergin’s songs wove a torrent of fire, countering Diablo’s lightning and hellfire. Roots anchored the beast as flames consumed its form, until the demon collapsed, vanquished.

Sanctuary trembled, but Amergin stood resolute, his spirit ablaze for the battles yet to come.



Act 4: done !
Most part was fine, but the diablo fight was scary. He got me to 1/3 life a couple times, had to rebuy merc 3 times ..
No particular find on the way .. a second unique ( stormguild ), finally an ort ( just missing a sol now ! ) and a cool 10 life sc.
Iratha amulet might complete my resists there, my psn resist being pretty low.

I'll keep farming travi, meph and probably chaos sanctuary ( without diablo for now, I don't feel safe re-doing it atm ).

This post was edited by wookid on Jul 17 2025 03:22pm
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I decided to keep going. I had a large sword and wanted to do larzuk to have a spirit base ( because google said a4 large sword get's 4 socket ) ... but it got 3 smh. Wasted larzuk quest and still don't have any 1h weapon to go with my ancient pledge. This is really slowing me down. I'm thinking of just finding a 20fcr wand to use with the shield but that would mean loosing +3 fire sk..

This post was edited by wookid on Jul 17 2025 04:04pm
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Jul 17 2025 06:24pm
I feel like not going forward at all.
Currently lvl 43, i just respec'd to max out dmg on armaggedon + volcano.
I wasted my larzuk on a large sword because google said it would give 4os but i got 3.
Without spirit sword + pledge, I don't know how i'm going to be able to beat baal lmao and it feels like it's slowing me so much. I could probably farm for a lore for a +1sk .. but that's pretty much the only advancement i see.
I'm farming diablo right now, in the hope of looting a +2sk druid unique weapon...
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