I'm out of nightmare! Welcome to hell! I got my extra +skill so I'm trying hell. I equiped my viper, +2 summon coronet, TO gloves and gave my merc tal's mask. Not sure about the mask, maybe Guills is better?

Den of evil



Sadly, this is also an upgrade



Took a bit to get her zombies down, but after that she was easy: just surround her

And that is a 3% mf increase



So far, I like my killing speed, it is not bad (except for zombies). However my resists are horrible, so I have to be very, very, VERY carefull with stuff like cold enchanted monsters. I will upload a screenshot of my stats next time.
My merc seems to be doing fine surviving, but then again, he got quit a few bodyguards. I was saving 2 mil for reviving him here in hell, but if I reach countess without him dying, I think I might spent it all on gambling.

Goals for now: reach countess / pits and farm for a 2nd um rune (Bone runeword) and a better merc weapon.

And we are moving again! It feels good to be progressing.

Found the stones (and a kuko)



Nice upgrade



Underground passage is going just fine, so far no problems with killing speed

Out of the underground passage, welcome to Dark wood! I was greeted by a fana Treehead right at the exit. That was a bit scary, but he went down nicely.



Looking for the wp, found an io rune



Griswold took a while to take down. Imune to phys and stone skin. Amp takes away the imunity, but it was still a long fight.

There you go cain, last time I had to save you



And here is the amazing reward!



Upgrade

Not a bad map. It is a short walk to the tower and to Tamoe Highlands. So where ever the pits might be, it should be a short walk from either wp.



First countess kill, 8p



Not quit the rune I was hoping for. Oh well, I'll be doing a few more runs

Another upgrade



My current skills and stats (and yes, those resist scare me ). I like my life



Merc got Partizan with insight, duriels shell and Tals mask

And my current gear



I got in my stash:
- Guills (not sure what would be better for running pits: guills or tals mask)
- Chanceguards 27%. Not sure if those might be more usefull then the +2 curse from TO gloves?
- Mosers (on switch).

I'm 1 skill away from a 12th skeleton. So I hope to get +2 skills somehow (bone armour, soj, +3 summon neck, summon skill GC), then I can switch my +1 necro shield with mosers (untill I get homunculus)

Let's do some countess runs:

During my 3th run: eth? or 3 sockets?



Too bad



6th run:

On my 7th run



Replacing my +1 necro skill shield with this (although I'm currently using Mosers for safety)



And 7th run countess