So it begins. The LI named monsters.



Yeah, this poison res isn't great even with drinking antidotes. Should be fun.



It wasn't too difficult. Merc can't stay alive though.

Andy dropped the helm, so I put two Shaels in it for the merc. He's still squishy against her, so I doubt I'll re-run anytime soon.



Random venom ward while farming gems. Will help the merc when I get back to running Andy.



But first...

Gloves time. I'm too low level to expect anything good from these, but they'll be better than white.



Max PDR and MF.



Back to progressing. Only need blue javs.



Gear

Helm: Post
Body: Post
Shield: Post
Gloves: Post
Boots: White Item
Belt: Post
Rings: Post, <none>
Ammy: <none>
Javs: Post

PDR, MDR, MDR%

PDR - 14
MDR - 15
MDR% - 10%

This post was edited by psw on May 31 2020 08:13am

This guy died off screen before I even saw him.



Almost good.



I always forget to run this guy.

Duriel time.



This was pretty straightforward.



Moving on. This guy trolled the entrance again.

I'm keeping this one.



Wanted to make boots. This reminds me that I need to plot out my end game strength and dex at some point. Anyway, not doing these now.



Woot! FRW!



Gear

Helm: Post
Body: Post
Shield: Post
Gloves: Post
Boots: Post
Belt: Post
Rings: Post, <none>
Ammy: Post
Javs: Post

PDR, MDR, MDR%

PDR - 15
MDR - 17
MDR% - 10%

This post was edited by psw on May 31 2020 08:26am

This guy locked on to me hard. I sacrificed multiple valks trying to position.



Farming time!



Random Io run.

This may be worth keeping too.



Let's round out the gear.



At least all slots are filled now.



Gear

Helm: Post
Body: Post
Shield: Post
Gloves: Post
Boots: Post
Belt: Post
Rings: Post, Post
Ammy: Post
Javs: Post

PDR, MDR, MDR%

PDR - 18
MDR - 18
MDR% - 10%

This post was edited by psw on May 31 2020 08:27am

Next steps will be planning out how much STR and DEX I'm going to need.

I've already decided I'm not going to use a Monarch because the 4% block is not worth the extra STR over Dragon. So max STR will probably be 125 if I want to use War Boots. I'll at least go to 118 for Hauberk, so I might as well go up to 125.

Are there any good block calculators out there to figure out how much dex I need to achieve 50 block with a Dragon. There are a lot of considerations here. Can I craft a Dragon of Deflecting with 10 MDR? What about throwing an Eld in it? What about +2 Zon / 10 Block ammy?

Nice walk-through, loving the all craft javazon.

DEX needed for max block = {(150 * clvl) / blocking} + 15, rounded up.

BTW, I think you can make it all the way to hell baal. Res could become a problem soon, I guess charms could help there.