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Decided to make my first hardcore char in many years, so I figured lets do a single player offline walkthrough, and if things go well a grail run.
We'll go with a Sorceress named Pepsi (one of the many nicknames for my daughter, Pepper).





Plan is to start out lightning until level 24 and then I'll respec to cold using primarily blizzard + ice blast and static.
I'll move slow since I haven't played hardcore in a while and it's guaranteed I'll be reckless with teleport. Soft rules because as mentioned, I haven't played hardcore in years.

Any tips from die-hard HC players to a primary SC player? lol

Rules:
Hardcore
Any player count
Can reroll map at any time
Can s/e whenever

Goals:
Have fun and try not to die :)
Basic RWs - Stealth, Lore, Spirit, Rhyme, Insight, etc
Beat hell

Longer Term Goals:
SoJ
End-Game Gear: Such as Tal Set or 3 piece (armor, amulet, belt), Occy, Maras, Travs
End-game RWs: Hoto, CTA, Fortitude, Infinity

Dumb Goals:
Grail
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May 29 2026 06:34pm
Hc tips = get max resist and slap on an SS

Good luck Pepsi!



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Hc tips = get max resist and slap on an SS

Good luck Pepsi!


Thanks for tips!
Do you use max block or just some form of block and some DR combo?

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Ran Countess a few times until I had runes for Stealth - will save for lvl 17


Big bad Andy, trash drops


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Welcome to HC no going back now. Avoid dolls and fanatic death lords good luck and be safe!
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Thanks for tips!
Do you use max block or just some form of block and some DR combo?




Depends on the build but max block definitely helps, but requires a lot of dex which will sacrifice your hp

A good mix of high block (50%+) and high dr + max resist is fine too. For sorc i dont do max block tho

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Welcome to HC no going back now. Avoid dolls and fanatic death lords good luck and be safe!


Thanks! Yeah I've always been terrified of dolls haha

Depends on the build but max block definitely helps, but requires a lot of dex which will sacrifice your hp

A good mix of high block (50%+) and high dr + max resist is fine too. For sorc i dont do max block tho


Gotcha, okay thanks for info!


Can finally wear Stealth


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Tele - why do I feel like this is going to be the death of me


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