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Mar 21 2020 08:58am
Hi all. I have to admit I never played HC before. I always play only SC. I find quite pleasure in HC game. It is different than SC. U have to be much more carefull. One mistake and game over. It is what I like about it. In SC u cannot be so much focused and concentrated. I play SP plugy. I choose IMO safest build in game. Summoning necromaner. A lot of meat shield and CE kills all. This build is least item depended. Right now I am in Act 4 (Hell). All of my gear is self found. What characters u guys play? I know this topic which I made is practicly about nothing. I just want a little chat and share my enthusiasm from HC game.
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Mar 21 2020 10:42am
Once you go hc you never go back. ;)

Best chars for starting hc are summon necro, trapassin, hammerdin, and javazon.

Barbs are not great until you get a nice weapon and some life leech, druids are ok but oak dies and windy dmg is mediocre, sorcs are fragile and take some practice before you can tele safely.
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Mar 21 2020 11:23am
Quote (TheOmnipotent @ Mar 21 2020 05:42pm)
Once you go hc you never go back. ;)

Best chars for starting hc are summon necro, trapassin, hammerdin, and javazon.

Barbs are not great until you get a nice weapon and some life leech, druids are ok but oak dies and windy dmg is mediocre, sorcs are fragile and take some practice before you can tele safely.


Thx for information. I think about sorc when I finish my necro. HC ofc 🙂
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Mar 22 2020 05:52am
Some my thoughts: With summon necro I dont have any problems during whole game. Only small problem was Diablo on normal difficulty. U must go in different area and resummon your minions and repeat this many times or use iron maiden and make clay golem over and over again. Diablo will kill himself. Nightmare was easy and hell too. Problems with souls and archers solve Dim vision. Your summons make great meat shield and CE + amp kills all. In act 3 normal difficulty I buy staff with teleport charges. Sometimes I was to hurry and start teleporting to make my progres faster. THIS is big mistake imo. In many times I teleport in group of monster behind the wall and almost die. I always was fast enough to stop game and click save and exit and save my char. Think over when u use teleport. I did not any Mephisto runs on nightmare. Summon necro dont need so great gear. Also resistance was no problem. U got all types of damage. Sorry for my english.

This post was edited by DarkUndead on Mar 22 2020 05:58am
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Quote (DarkUndead @ Mar 22 2020 07:52am)
Some my thoughts: With summon necro I dont have any problems during whole game. Only small problem was Diablo on normal difficulty. U must go in different area and resummon your minions and repeat this many times or use iron maiden and make clay golem over and over again. Diablo will kill himself. Nightmare was easy and hell too. Problems with souls and archers solve Dim vision. Your summons make great meat shield and CE + amp kills all. In act 3 normal difficulty I buy staff with teleport charges. Sometimes I was to hurry and start teleporting to make my progres faster. THIS is big mistake imo. In many times I teleport in group of monster behind the wall and almost die. I always was fast enough to stop game and click save and exit and save my char. Think over when u use teleport. I did not any Mephisto runs on nightmare. Summon necro dont need so great gear. Also resistance was no problem. U got all types of damage. Sorry for my english.


with bone armor teleporting is pretty safe
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Mar 22 2020 01:04pm
Quote (Hyperdimension @ Mar 22 2020 04:57pm)
with bone armor teleporting is pretty safe


Yeah u got right. But if u teleport in group of souls..
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Quote (DarkUndead @ Mar 22 2020 10:04pm)
Yeah u got right. But if u teleport in group of souls..


use tg belt if you want safety
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Mar 26 2020 03:44am
Quote (kronosHardcore @ Mar 25 2020 10:41pm)
use tg belt if you want safety


U mean trang ouls belt right? I dont see any speciality in properties of this item which can help. U mean 66 in life or what?
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Mar 26 2020 05:27am
no, thundergods belt. unique. maximum lightning resist. also consider dwarf/wisp for chaos/baal for safety obviously. nn wisp if u use thundergods already.

This post was edited by JohnMogensen on Mar 26 2020 05:28am
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no, thundergods belt. unique. maximum lightning resist. also consider dwarf/wisp for chaos/baal for safety obviously. nn wisp if u use thundergods already.


Oh u got right. I think u mean trang ouls belt.
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