Too soon? Well, let's get a level, go shopping, and give this a go! I didn't specify /players level for clones/ubers in my opening page, but I'm not sure if /p8 is ever going to be realistic for uber tristram.



Got this on the pit run before going to find DClone, super helpful! Really want the gloves to drop to go with it.



Mega cheap lifetap wand, only took about 5minutes to shop from Akara

So this took about 25minutes, nearly all of my gold for leharas, and some special tactics!


Any stats would have been fine, that's great though! I put Dclone next to a wall, enter portal, then lifetapped and ran towards him, switched and used fleshrender club for prevent heal and crushing blow etc, wearing angelic amulet and LOH gloves for attack rating/speed, kept summoning bear and lifetapping, every time merc died I resurrected him, as his crushing blow was hitting a lot more than mine.


Level 81 - Summons maxed

Now with more damage, maxed skills, and a better Mercenary it's time for me to try Blood Raven for the 3rd time! She's so hard with this character... On my way more random mobs dropping uniques more than pit/bosses


Crap roll, still using though!


This is seriously hard on /P8 for this character! Again with pinning tactics, took me much longer than DClone believe it or not, I had to run half her summons away, then trap her behind her summons + mine, and let merc do damage which I stunned them with shock wave so they didn't kill us

Final blows


Cool shot/victory dance - I really hope radament isn't this hard.. I suspect I will have to use my life tap wand to keep my pets/merc alive though, tactical portals are definitely a must when you don't have teleport (or I can use my teleport axe).


Back to pits, nothing exciting since the club.

This character is so slow to MF with.. if I was a sorc I wouldn't show any of these, but any remotely interesting item feels like a big deal...


First decent rune!

2nd DClone - these guys definitely break up the monotony of Pit/Countess runs (Andy still isn't efficient, she smashes my Merc too easily)


Much easier now I know the tactics, felt safer too! Love the life on this character, even with crap items and not transformed :).


Not too bad, prefer the resists on the other but they're quite close I guess.

The trolling is real, gloves/boots/weapon plz!


Not a bad weapon.. sadly The Countess is doing better for drops than The Pits so far, even ignoring runes! Maybe they're going to drop me an Ohm/Ber to make up for it though :D.

Cool item, love this amulet, not too useful for me though unfortunately.


Crafted some nice gloves! Shame not different resists/MF/Strength but they may come in useful.


I committed to socketing my Shako, it is so slow MFing and Jalals is a 1/1130 chance to drop on P1 Andy Q with 350 MF, I think it's realistic to presume I'm going to be wearing this for a long, long, time!

Looool nice SOJ drop.

So.. I'm going to Act2, I thought I'd post a full update of my gear so far..

I cant support melee in /P8 currently and feel safe, plus my summons suffer from the lack of +skills when I switch gear, and my MF falls dramatically etc - here's what I'm using + my wolf damage. I've started putting points into DEX, my life is solid, plus it will allow me to wield Phase Blades (I cubed a 6sox one). If I find more of Aldurs set I will end up using a shield also, and I've still not found ribcracker etc. Also until I find a raven Rhyme is very useful for cannot be frozen!

I haven't used any of my Anya restat/skill quests yet so I can use one if I need, so far I have 1 skill in every Shapeshift skill except hunger (so I can test things) and I have maxed Heart of the Wolverine + Spirit Wolf, Dire Wolf, and Grizzly Bear.

Any thoughts or suggestions? Does crescent moon in a phase blade (or scythe) seem like a good idea?

Thanks for reading so far - my guide is now up to date so posts will slow down a lot, plus it's slow going in hell!