Naked Ironman Hardcore Uber TristramA group of players on the European server have done what many would consider impossible. They played naked hardcore characters, Ironman style, and completed a full clear of the game, including the entire Pandemonium Event and Uber Tristram. No equipment of any kind was ever used, and they didn’t even allow strong Necro minions! Better yet, they recorded numerous videos of the event, which you can view in amazement.
Standard Ironman rules: * Start with 8 new Hardcore Characters, only these 8 characters are allowed
* Mo muling, no exping in other games
* No town support by NPCs: no healing, no shopping, no repairing, no NPC quest rewards (the two skill points from Tyrael are allowed to create the portal to Act 5), no mercs, no escaping through town portals
* Kill ALL monsters in ALL areas once (besides Tristram and the way down to Nihlathak, because Cain and Anya don’t get rescued)
* Raise Skeleton, Mage Skeleton and Revive are not allowed
Additional rules: * No items allowed (no weapons, no armor, no gems, no charms) besides potions (dropped by or looted from monsters, still no shopping allowed).
* After killing Baal in hell clean all areas down to Nihlathak, Tristram and The Secret Cow Level for the sake of completeness.
* Exceptionally trade a complete key set and mule it into the game
* Killing all monsters in The Matron’s Den, The Forgotten Sands, The Furnace of Pain
* Entering Über Tristram and kill Über Mephisto, Über Baal and Pandemonium Diablo and all spawned minions
It wasn’t all easy either. They had to adjust the party composition since too many Meteors cause server crashes, and they twice had to restart (from scratch) when the fire Sorceress died along the way. Just for bonus fun, they had a game crash while battling the extraordinarily dangerous Uber Mephisto. (That one is shown in the video below.)
Click through to see all the videos and a breakdown of the characters/builds they used.
The charactersSix are represented (no Amazon since the’re playing naked and her party skills aren’t good enough).
* Assassin: Lightning Traps, Fade, plus Mindblast and Shadowcloak for support.
* Barbarian: Warcry (and Leap) for stun. Battle Cry and Battle Command for buffs. Plus Natural Resist to tank and Find Potions for mana and rejuv pots.
* Druid: Werebear, Shockwave for stunning, Summon Bear, Oak Sage, Summon Dire Wolves. Plus Poison Creeper to remove corpses and stop boss hps regeneration.
* Necromancer: Dim Vision, Amplify Damage, Lower Resist, Decrepify, Clay Golem (with Summon Resistance he could tank very well). Maxed out Bone Prison for Uber Mephisto.
* Paladin 1: Concentration and Blessed Hammer, plus synergies.
* Paladin 2: Conviction for the fights and Meditation between them, plus Holybolt for healing and Cleansing for anti-curses/poison. (-100% resistance on all characters.)
* Sorceress 1: Firewall, Fireball, Meteor.
* Sorceress 2: Frozen Orb, Chain Lightning, Firewall, Fire Mastery, Static Field. (Only 1 in Cold Mastery, since she always had Conviction from the Paladin.)
Watch the videos here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsr2Xv6mDO0