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I'll try to keep a goal progress post on the top of every page (atleast for the 10-pagers). Current goals:

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Runes I'd like to see: Mal OR Ist OR Gul OR Vex + Sur + Ber
  • Infinity: would need a Ber rune. I'd also prefer to do it in an eth Thresher/GT/Mancatcher, but if I find a Ber before those bases, I'll just make it in my eth GP;
  • Hoto: would need an Ist, a Gul or a Vex rune. Actually even a Mal would work, because I can cube up 3 lems, 7 puls, 2 ums and a gul into a vex. I guess I don't have much use for all those low runes currently anyway.
  • Bramble: would need a Sur rune.

Items I'd like to see:
  • Soj --> Annihilus
  • Sojs/bk rings
  • Mara's
  • Arachnid mesh
  • Andariel's visage
  • Poison respec: Trang belt / Trang shield
  • Poison respec: Gamble/find 20% fcr necro circlet with adds

Charms I'd like to see:
  • GC: Summoner skiller with life or fhr
  • Poison respec: P&B skiller with life or fhr
  • SC: 4-5 allres; 7% MF with add, 20 life with add

Already got 4-5 grand charms with 14-15 allres, currently using a few of them because I changed my Kira to Shako. Eventually I'll replace them with summoner skillers again when I make a Hoto.





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These drops remind me of the fun 1.09 times back when I was a kid. I had a barbarian with Gladiator's bane armor and the two BK swords as a set. Amazon was my favorite character and the only one I reached 99 with (thank you cowruns), but I never actually had a windforce, only Buriza and eventually an Eaglehorn.





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65 life ww nice :thumbsup:
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I reached level 94, I might do some more TZ andy runs later, but for now I prefer some longer runs so I think I'll go with Pits or Cows.
Pindle+Andy runs were fun, but sometimes it took ages for my mercenary to turn Thorns on, and my army seems to be useless on P7 without thorns, especially against an act boss. Thorns do great chip damage against monsters, enabling CE chains earlier, and Andariel takes a lot less time to die against it. Without Thorns, P7 TZ Andy would take minutes (since I don't use Urdars). This issue will be solved by a Bramble armor.



Currently still going with a mostly MF build. ~2k life, ~700 mana, ~75 allresists, 75% FCR, 86% FHR, ~400% MF.

Equipping a hoto and changing allres grand charms to skillers (and maybe equipping a hotspur to offset the fire resist difference due to the res jewels in Ali Baba) I believe would still keep me around 250-300% mf but reach the 125% FCR breakpoint, increase CE radius, allow me to summon a few more skeletons, etc. so the killspeed (and QoL) would most likely make up for the MF loss.



It's weird how my mercenary is my main unit, and I plan to change all 3 of his items eventually (and his aura from Thorns to Might). Still kept some extra items for ubers/dc, not sure if I'll ever go back to tristram though. Once I have an Annihilus and 2 sojs to wear, I will roll an Annihilus with the rest of the Sojs I find - however I have yet to find a single one, not to mention 4+. I will keep some DC-killing gear for the mercenary though.

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