Hello,

Been playing diablo 2 pvp for almost 20 years, but i never really pvm'd much xD

So im currently playing an trap/kick hybrid sin to do it all as effective as possible on eu ladder

My goals are:
Have fun
Use some time on it
Try out stuff(pvm is rather new for me)
Be flexible, but effective
Find some stuff xD

Atm lvl/eq/skilling:
Level 75
1k life
3k ls/3kicks
EQ:
Forti AP 30/descent life
Sigons Gloves + Belt (2 set bonus=30ias/10% LL)
2 times upped goblins
Set 1: Rift War Scepter + Spirit 35 monarch
Set 2: Currently Spirit sword + nothing(i plan this to be Stormlash/cta + either Stormshield or Sanctuary??)
Helm: 13%/20dex no soc cold helm (gonna use guilly for ubers)
Raven 237/20 + Manald Heal (10%ll nice adds later)
Amulet: Highlord, i also keep: decent metal grid 40x/35@, atma's
Later gloves/Belt: 2-3martial/20/10CB/adds(ml/ll/res?) + tg or dungo or strings?

Charms: 4 trap sks 0-27life + 5 x 5@ scs + 2 randoms

Merc:
insight/treachury/thief helm(25dex/10% ll)

Currently my issue is:
- Low res@ hell(almost full when fade)
- Low frw
- Rather slow killing in P8

How do i boost this? Any suggestions?
Can i do ubers if high LL, but no tap? Rather amp for dmg? (only done ubers with overpowered pvp chars before xD)

My plan for end game build is:
Merc: Infi/Forti or trechury???/Andy or Gaze/other??
Cube: Demon limb/Cta/mara/soj/bk or smt like that.
Wep 1: Rift(is this the best for overall killing speed?)
Wep 2: Stormlash(is this the optimal for P8/Ubers/Bosses?) - other items crossed my mind=LW/Lawbringer/Beast(OW/CB/IAS/FANA/40str)/Azurewrath/? I dont really understand how that aura works^^/Lacherator?
Shield 1: Spirit 35??
Shield 2: Storm socet with ias/res? / sanctuary???
Amu: Atma's for amped kicks, then nn lachertor?
Boots: Gores/Goblin? I would guess 1 is better for rift and 1 is better for when crushing blow is optimal from other items?
Gloves: 3martial/20ias/10%cb/ML? or LL or???
Ring 1: Raven? Or should i cham something?
Ring 2: 10-11%ll/@ res most important?
Belt: Tg if stormshield/Strings if sanctuary?
Armor: Forti AP

Seems good? Any better ideas? Need help ;d

This post was edited by gel87 on Jul 6 2018 03:08am

I have created a trap/kicker on Euscnl. She's not the most efficient at killing in terms of general killspeed, but on the other hand there's no pvm challenge in the game that she can't handle.

For killing Ubers you absolutely need to focus on crushing blow and life tap. Nothing else really works. The damage from the kicks is too low to be of any significance except for finishing the Ubers off in the end.

If you're interested in knowing more, shoot me a pm!

Okay thanks

Well my wep/shield set nr2 is for boss/ubers, and i put a guilaume for ubers. That will end up at: 20% chance to static, 5% chance to amp(will proc rather fast with kicks), 10(gloves)+15(gores)+35(guilly)+33(wep) = 93% CB... Buy using beast i would also add fanatic aura and 40str to the psy dmg, which is further enhanced by amp, and then again furter improving LL from items, at the cost of 13% CB and static... Meaning that i would stay alive better without lifetap?

As i can see it(if ubers got base 50% dr):
With amp i steal with beast:
10% LL = 233 pr hit
20% LL = 466 pr hit

With amp and Stormlash i steal:
10% LL = 217 pr hit
20% LL = 435 pr hit

Is that not enought to survive? Buy adding enought DR/RES/ABS? Stormshield + TG + Stacked res + Raven + 400ish life pr hit stolen... Dont forget the LO in forti...
Amp + Static + 93% CB down to 50% life in a jiffy, then amped CB and kicks for the last 50%...? I don't think CB steals life, so its not counted.

This post was edited by gel87 on Jul 6 2018 08:55am

Use dracs or lifetap wand on switch
Cb is your damage

If enemy monster has 50% dr each CB active hit deals 1/20 of his remaining life. If amp is active when CB hits it take 1/5 of his remaining life. So i would prefer to keep him amped instead of lt'ed, as long as its possible to stay alive at the same time I would also loose 10% CB and kick ar buy using dracs.

This post was edited by gel87 on Jul 6 2018 09:26am

is that % LL included in the hell cuts?

Not at all xD Seems like i need to google it

I just simplified it with taking my psy kick dmg, double it since amp, then 10% of that as life back xd I thought monsters only had more HP/DMG/RES in hell ;d

Oki, googled it now:

So its 33% of what i wrote = 400ish * 0,33 = 132*drain nerfing xD

Nvm, uber meph has drain effectiveness at 0. meaning on life tap can heal me while attacking him ^^

This post was edited by gel87 on Jul 6 2018 09:51am

Are cut 2/3 in Hell.

There is also this:
Crushing Blow damage to monsters is divided by 0.5 + (0.5 * # players), so effectively monster's current base life (prior to the 50% increase with each additional player) is reduced by a fraction.

so higher /pX, the less damage CB does.

I read that somewhere, but couldnt' find it, so I just got this info from the basin.

Wouldn't PvM without Enigma tho.