A wall of fire immune Doom Knights at the entrance! I just stun them and wait for Alhizeer to do the rest.



Fuck yeah! I can handle my business!

This would've been so much better if Alhizzer had an ok weapon

The true heroes belong in the front lines

Okay Diablo, be a nice dude!



Oh nooooo! Why didn't i thought about that before? You can't cast Lower Resist in bear form... the wand is useless!

But to my relief, he's not that scary. He didn't do much damage to me (nothing a few potions couldn't solve) and he goes down at the same rate Mephisto did.



We were trading slaps throughout the whole fight

Everything was trash. Act 5 awaits! I'm getting closer and closer to hell and the massive Mausoleum farming i'm planning to do. I will do some crafting as well soon. That means lots of shrine farming, and you know how much i "love" doing that...



This post was edited by KillingIsMyBusiness on May 5 2019 12:39pm

Looking good What are you keeping your SW duration at? It can reach the 10 second cap by level 15 which is nice. By the time you have some decent gear it could get close to that with 1 base point... And the less time you have to spend SWing, the more time you get to attack and do damage!

Also, CBF won't save you vs Duriel It doesn't stop Holy Freeze from slowing you.

I have 5 points in it, i think that's 4 seconds of stun duration, which seems enough at the moment. I need all the points i can spare for Fireclaws synergies and maybe to max Oak Sage... i can't decide if i should go for level 20 Sage or keep it at level 10 and and add more damage to Fireclaws. I will definitely max 2 of the Fireclaws synergies and see how it does in hell.

I don't know if i'm going to have a lot of +skills gear, i will definitely make Lore at the start of Hell and then it's down to Mausoleum farming for phase blades and good Insight/Obedience bases, because my mercs damage will be crucial from that point forward. I also want Crushing Blow, so i hope for a lucky drop and a good blood gloves craft. If i get these things in the Mausoleum, i will continue with the game regardless of how good or crappy the rest of my gear is.

I found out that i can't prevent the Holly Freeze in some of my random unique encounters, after i made the Rhyme... don't know why i haven't noticed or remember this after years of play. I guess when play so much softcore you just don't pay attention to things that make your life miserable.

This post was edited by KillingIsMyBusiness on May 6 2019 08:14am

HoW might be sweet over oak sage - It will survive better and also will boost your merc nicely to deal with PI in Hell - the extra AR doesn't hurt you either! Bear gets massive life which is not even needed due to Shockwave + Grizzly/merc tanks anyways... Also with the fact that bears unshift at 1 life instead of instantly dying, there is really no chance of not being able to s/e in time... I'd call a bear with shockwave the safest character possible even with no oak! But yes, whatever you choose will be fun to watch

HoW sounds interesting, but i don't know how good is going to be with a plain phase blade and a build based entirely of fire damage. I'm no expert in druids, but isn't it HoW a boost to the physical damage? I thought about investing in summons too, but i quickly changed my mind (even before i started the wt), i want more skill points in Fireclaws synergies... i might regret that decision later, but that's part of the fun.