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Nov 18 2014 10:01pm
haha no problem link away. glad you didn't die.
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Nov 19 2014 11:23am
why do you go to frigid to ench yourself?
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Nov 19 2014 11:27am
Quote (Ronaldo9 @ Nov 19 2014 07:23pm)
why do you go to frigid to ench yourself?


Just an old habbit I guess :) Since I'm used to bo myself/get bo'ed before enchanting.
I've noticed that I was doing it and it was pretty silly to me as well :)
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Nov 19 2014 11:57am
The situation with my next run was the opposite, I was using a build, that's perfect for ubers, however gear was pretty bad for that build:

Natalyuh - Natalya's Kick Assassin:



My build:
I'm level 84, spent enough points in str for gear and dex for max block, the rest in vitality.
20 dragon talon, 20 shadow master, 20 venom, 20 death sentry.

My gear:
Nats claw with a ber (pretty much the only option to get cb)
Nats armor with 3p rubies
Nats helm with an ort
Nats boots
Stormshield with an um
Thundergods
Draculs
Ravenfrost
Dwarf ring
Metalgrid

Demonlimb, life tap wand, wisp ring for mephisto, inventory filled with random life and resist charms.

Going with standard act 2 merc this time, using Reapers toll, upped duriels shell and tals mask.

You can watch the run here!
Natalya's Kick Assassin Uber Trist Run
http://www.twitch.tv/agguh/c/5526474
http://www.twitch.tv/agguh/c/5526494
the video got split in two parts because my obs crashed once..

Managed to do it. My life was jumping up and down a lot during Mephisto and Diablo fight, so that was pretty scary (5% to proc life tap can be a bitch sometimes..).
My max damage was only 500, so I had some doubts before doing this but it worked out pretty well, using dragon flight and cloak of shadows was so cool in uber areas! Shadow master helped me a lot as well.
Definitely an enjoyable run, 50% dr is just insane!


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Nov 20 2014 09:13am
So people are saying that Ubers without a shield are scary, but how about ubers with zero blocking, zero defence and no life leach at all? :O
Going pretty crazy with my next one, possibly my first rip against ubers incoming. :)
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Nov 20 2014 09:48am
id like to see non kick sin do it, dual claw :)
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Nov 20 2014 11:11am
Quote (chips456 @ Nov 20 2014 05:48pm)
id like to see non kick sin do it, dual claw :)


Been thinking about it, even though the options are pretty bad, probably will do this once I'm done with the stuff I've decided to do initially. :)
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Nov 21 2014 05:12pm
My next run was done with Agguh - Immortal King's Berserk Barbarian!



Going there with no defence and no life leech, I expected to have a lot of problems, but to my surprise the run was pretty smooth and easy.
The only annoying thing was that I had to use a lot of full rejuvination potions, but this was expected and I was prepared for it.

IK Berserk Barb Uber Trist Run
http://www.twitch.tv/agguh/c/5540644

So yeah, I have never seen a berserker do ut, so this was definitely interesting to test.
Lilith was by far the hardest to kill.
Duriel was also very annoying with his aura and knockback.

My gear:
Nothing really changed, full IK set, umber in the maul, um um in the helmet, jah in armor
Highlords amulet
Dwarf star and Ravenfrost rings
Wisp ring for Mephisto and angelics combo for baal.

Using Act 5 merc with full sazabis for no real purpose, although he managed to tank duriel like a boss.

So now I have pretty much done UT with everything possible with this barbarian, whirlwind was the most efficient, but concentrate and berserk runs were pretty similar surprisingly, I probably even enjoyed more the berserker run!
People were forecasting my deaths very quick, but I have already done 17 UT runs with these unusual builds this ladder and I'm still going strong. :)
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Nov 24 2014 03:47pm
Hey, not my usual stuff, but still very fun to try.
Fighting all 3 Ubers at the same time with my friends paladin who's using super cheap gear.
This was pretty scary, since all 3 were aggroed on me.

http://www.twitch.tv/agguh/c/5560227

Best example why I don't like smiters..
But anyway, when you can kill all 3 like this, it's about time to start a new ladder, since I've done everything I wanted in this one. :)
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Dec 27 2014 05:05pm
Hey, I'm back with some more challenges!!
I expected this one to be relatively easy, but it turned out to be super hard!

Agaguh - Uber Tristram Aldur's Bear Druid


The build:
Level 94! Some points in str, everything else in vit, that's why my life is so huge.
20 points in lycanctrophy, 20 maul and fireclaws, some 1pt wonders, rest in fireclaws synergies.

The gear:
Had to spend a lot of time theorycrafting to make this set work in ubers...
Full aldurs set, 2x um in helm, um in armor, shael shael ber in mace. I love um runes yes =)
Draculs
Ravenfrost and angelic combo
Crafted belt 10ow, 53life 7 cold and lightning res
no shield at all! only vs Mephisto I use 3 socketed kite shield with 3 p diamonds
Life tap wand on switch, random life res charms in inventory, demon limb, managed to get torch and anni, so used them as well

The merc:
Kasim act 2 with might aura
Upped ummed Kelpie snare - it's pretty crazy how underrated this weapon is, if not kelpie, I think I wouldn't have made it...
Upped Duriels shell
Guillaumes and kiras ummed (still insta died vs mephisto...)
Love using all this gear in the age of runewords =)

So the main problems of this build:
Pathetic physical damage of aldurs weapon - can't leech fast enough
Can't use normal shield or will get block locked forever, even with kite shield I was getting locked quite a lot..
Can't cast life tap while in bear form - makes it even more dangerous..
With all this in mind, this was by far the hardest run so far (well maybe mavinazon was harder, but it doesn't count since she didn't make it)

Aldur's Bear Druid Uber Trist Run
http://www.twitch.tv/agguh/c/5760833 (part1)
http://www.twitch.tv/agguh/c/5760856 (part2)

I wasn't sure if I had enough rejuvs for uber tristram, so not wanting to risk it, after collecting the organs I had to mule some more rejuvs that's why there are two parts.
Sadly twitch decided to mute the first part.
I'm not gonna lie, I'm very proud that I managed to pull this off. =)
Originally I was planning to do a run with aldurs wolf after this, but now I'm thinking that it might be even harder, so I don't think that I have the energy for it..
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