Is he ready for his first trsitram?

[Foxy Neko]

So my uber zealot with 1pt smite is nearly finished..
He is lvl 81 1 skill point left (don't know where i should put it) and 1+k life

For the gear:
Helm:Guillaume face with 15ias jewel
Armor: Griswold with 3 ort ( I can make a duress if necessary)
weapon: Heaven's light x2 shael (i have the 2 shael, not socket in yet)
or lightsaber shaeld
Weapon2: life tap lvl 6 (95 charges) wand
Shield: Kurast shield with 4 perfect diamond 113 res All
Amu: 20 All resi.
Ring1: Raven
Ring2: 14 all resi ring or Dwarf i dont know...
Belt: Ik belt (havnt found T god yet.
Gloves: Soul drainer (havn't found draculs yet)
Boots: Gore

He already done uber diablo (my first anni :D) and killed him really really easily....
I have 3 dkey and i just need to collect the H/T keys which will be fast...
So here comes my question:

- What do i must upgrade from my gear?
- What kind of immune are around lilith or duriel or izual? Can i clean the surrounding with my light sorc before go in with my Zealot?
- Where do i put my next skills points? @_@
- What would be your last advice before i go in for the mini and then for tristram (From all the thread i read, mini are much arder than Trist.):D

[Barcelona]

IIRC as ong as u have loads of CB, LT and ok RES ur good to go :thumbsup:

[phatphoeater]

My first go around was tough just getting to the mini ubers, but the mini ubers themselves drop easily. I dont think a lit sorc will be a good choice on the road to lillith or izzy. i think there are many cold or lit immunes. an HDin is easiest.

as far as upgrading, i think dracs are the most pressing. to have to worry about casting LT every 45 sec or so, is tedious but not impossible.

WRT armor i think the griz will work fine. i started with duress and moved up to CoH and there was little difference really.

I would go with the dwarf for second ring, you will have plenty of res with that shield. i moved up to exile and lost a bit of my resist so i have to rethink some of my gear.

Oh and dont think dclone will reflect how difficult this will be especially if you use your smiter all the way through the miniubers without subbing. it will take awhile.

[DustDrake]

Consider getting dungos for belt ...
Try duress armor - I have tried enigma and fort ... yet duress beat em both

[RequiemDeath]

IIRC as ong as u have loads of CB, LT and ok RES ur good to go :thumbsup:

Don't forget Open Wounds... You'll get stuck with smiting the ubers for a really long time, and all they will have for life is a small sliver... They all have a very high regen rate... Open Wounds will nerf this...

*Requiem_Death

[Barcelona]

Well, for me lots of CB is enough..when they have little hp left the raw dmg will finish them off.

[Andymc]

Good luck without an Oak or a BO :)

[Dis Skillz]

Bo and Oak are unnecessary, but pretty sweet if you can get them =)

Heres what I used on my solo Uber quest this ladder:
Guillaumes Face (with +resists jewel)
Guardian Angel // 'Treachery' Mage Plate as switch for Fade proc
Lightsabre
'Rhyme' Kurast Shield (+69 all resists)
Draculs Grasp
Dual Raven Frosts
Thundergod's Vigor
Gore Riders
Rare +2 Combat Skill Amulet, +14 dex, other mods I cant remember
17/17 Annihilus
3 Pcombat Charms, the rest are small charms with resists, life filling up the entire inventory with no room left over
I am at Level 79 with around 1200 Life // Maxed Holy Shield, Zeal, Fanat, 1 point Smite, some into Sacrifice, rest going into Defiance

Lilith was surprisingly easy to get to, not many enemy packs around and I managed to fight her solo without any annoying minions poking at me. Just remember that for even more added resists (if your poison is lacking), drink a whole bunch of antidotes before fighting her for a poison resist boost. Also, if you feel your cold is lacking, drink a lot of Thawing potions for a long duration boost to your cold resist (each potion drunk lasts about 10 seconds?, but each one you drink stacks the duration)

Duriel is easy, so I wont really bother writing about him.

Izual is the most difficult because of the Oblivion Knights casting Iron Maiden. If you are really lucky and this has happened to me once, no OKs will spawn and you can just go ahead and kill everyone with Zealot. This time, however, there were plenty of them so I left the game and came back with my summon necro to clear the path, find Izzy, make sure no OKs are hiding around, then came back with zealot to finish the job.

As a reminder, it is your choice to proc Fade before any of these encounters.

As for Tristram, I made sure to proc Fade at the burning flame to the right of the portal. I sat there roasting nicely with salvation on until I turn partially invisible =), then run back into town and put on my GA. I usually try to bring the Ubers out 1 by 1, with Mephisto being the first volunteer. Fade+GA+resist charms = not much damage done to me, even with a bunch of mages firing away like theres no tomorrow. After Meph finally crumbles away, and killing the mages, the other 2 ubers are much easier to deal with. For my trouble I ended up with a Zon torch =/ but hey I survived without dying.

[Foxy Neko]

Thanks a lot for the advices ^^ It will be really helpfull (I didnt know for the antidote and thawing potion) and well i am collecting small resis charm to be ok for this part....
For izual... I am lvling a hammerdin (booooring) to clear the path...I hope i can be lucky as you Dis for lilith...
^^