lut gholein, a city to my liking.
the sewer was extremely satisfying to my keen sense of smell, it is there where i realized the full potential of my bite




from there on, i was actually supporting my trusty pack, now with the help of a new merc who offers some healing comfort
i thought i had it in me, but i am yet to be strong enough to face the arcane of this world

but the wizard was defeated, bite by bite, revealing to me the true location of tal's tomb.
i laughed at his dying face, claiming that i am going to eliminate all tomb dwellers, no matter fake or real.

and so i did, until i found the giant insect...




i could not afford getting too close, and so i went on to bite and retreated to the comfort of my portal.

i am not a coward by no means, a true crazed druid can admit when he's too weak.
everntually even the strongest of all insect fell, giving me much needed gear.




i moved on and at the moment roaming the jungles, found an ancient eye... something tells me there's more to it.
i will keep exploring and update my journal.


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some notes:
1. i am very proud at my gambling - found a 20 ligtning res 22 mf gloves, and a 33 poison resist 32 mf (!!!!) boots.
2. i decided that since it is p8 i might as well stack mf, since there are no +skills anyway, currently rocking 104mf without.
3. i love the fact that this gamestyle forces you to use low level items, so i have a malice flail to quickly bite with good hitting chance, and a stealth armor for fhr and frw.
4. i keep the good gear stashed for future planning, like the bloodfist i found at duriel's, will be amazing later on, for now i stack mf.

Totally agree, walk throughs on melee/non meta builds really make the game enjoyable and get you theory crafting/thinking how you are going to progress i love it!

Finally, I am out of the woods.

The road was long, littered with tiny things running around. Occasionally the trees seem to stare and try to swing at us and even the air formed to some figure and zapped us.
But now this part of the journey is over and the ruins of a lost city lay before me.
There is a strange scent of magic here, I should explore.

After sniffing around in the ruins of what I learnt to be Kurast, I found numerous ancient scribing referred to as 'runes'.
I stashed many of them for later investigation, perhaps they might prove useful.

at the edge of town i came upon an angry bunch of demons who tried to lure me, but my pack was strong, and my bite wicked.




After snatching an odd flail off one of them, i attached the body limbs to it, just like old man Cain suggested and smashed the door open.
Withing the maze i found some more of those demons, and some other grotesque creatures.. tall or tiny, all of them tried to stop me from reaching the end of the maze.
But they couldn't, and i reached the demon Mephisto.



His elemental prowess are great, my pack was down quickly, but i summoned more to my aid, taking a swing or a bite in between chants.
slowly but surely it went down, leaving me with some powerful items.



A strange red portal appeared right after the demon fell, i wonder what lies ahead...


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good stopping point for some mfing, as my gear should improve by a lot.
currently i have overall almost 130 mf, so with 8 players difficulty i can find even in normal some nice items.
overall act 3 was really giving:
millabrega shield -> nice mf
bloodrise morning star -> meh, but better than the malice i had before
dual cleglaw weapon/shield -> will be used when poison is a hassle
sigon boots + belt -> obviously i'll try to find as many of this set as possible
cathan armor + ring
death belt -> cannot be frozen might prove useful

p.s: 2 worth mentioning items i also found:

gc +3 str 10@ -> not bad!

this ring, to be honest it is even a nice bvc ring



and also, this is montolio right now, i think he's pretty good looking!



This post was edited by m_bm123 on Feb 2 2022 05:29pm

Looking good man hope diablo won't give you too much hassle.

Thanks
I think I have no chance at the moment, he can prison me and I'm done.
I need a nice high damage switch weapon and more cb.

And so, the journey continued.

The red portal landed me in a fortress, where the voices of war were clearly heard from below.
With no delays I summoned my trusty pack and climbed down, eliminating every foe on my way.

One particular demon spawn was hard as a stone and seemed to not be bothered by my claws and fangs.




The rest of the spawns were easy to dealt with, especially after learning of an anvil i might use to smash Mephisto's heart on.



The smitter had an interesting armor, matching my gloves, belt and boots. old relics of Sigon.
I learnt that this set also has a shield so i tried to search for it in the local trade market, gambling on some undisclosed tower shield.
Alas I am out of funds, but I found a unique shield called "Bverrit Keep"

Perhaps it is fate, but this one saved my life. Carelessly, maybe arrogantly, i went before my wolf scout and the hot demon breath could have taken me down, if not for this shield.



All seals are done, but i must first prepare before i can deal with the demi god diablo.

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I cannot take him down realisticly with a 25-40, no crushing blow, weapon.
I will have to mf some more to get eitehr IO for black runeword, or some nicer weapons for myself and the merc.

edit: just a note, new spirit of barbs is just great. my silly wolves do 50 returned damage, and i have 5 of them, so constantly dealing 250 damage back is really nice!

This post was edited by m_bm123 on Feb 4 2022 03:30am

Been mf'ing for a while now, but couldn't find any worthy item to help vs diablo, so i made another attempt.
overall it seems i could kill him, but once he traps me in his prison and uses lightning i'm done.

so back to mf, and a what a great find... the last piece of cleglaw, which means i now have 35 CB and 6% mana steal!

couple it with some life steal i have, i can use feral rage for extra 16% life steal and just move around whenever the fire or lightning skill begins.

also found my merc Bloodthief, for 35% open wounds, just to make boss bleed.

i will make some extra mf runs, but i feel like i am getting ready!