LK tournament

[AJK]

I researched two ways of LK running. I did 500 superchest only runs, and 500 semi-full clears. See post #76 for my map. During the course of the experiment, I managed to shave a few seconds off my time by
- Using telekinesis to pop several objects from a distance.
- Listening to the sound of superchest drops.

The first tactic was very useful in the semi-full clear runs, and the second tactic really helped my LK runs. Results:

Totals, superchests only
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No. of runs: 500
Total run time: 27505 secs --> 55.01 secs/run
Highest rune overall: Fal

SC	: 78
LC	: 77
GC	: 74
Joolz	: 63 (3 rares)
FGems	: 337

FGems/hour : 44.1
Jewels/hour:  8.2
Charms/hour: 30.0

Totals, semi-full clears, 30 pops average
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No. of runs: 500
Total run time: 812 mins --> 97.4 secs/run
Highest rune overall: Lum 

SC	: 121
LC	: 152
GC	: 136
Joolz	: 109 (10 rares)
FGems	: 608

FGems/hour : 44.9
Jewels/hour:  8.1
Charms/hour: 30.2

Conclusion: strangely enough, both methods harvest very similar numbers of blue/yellow trinkets and gems. The SC-only method is of course superior in the number of potential rune drops per hour. The semi-full clear method is more fun, however.

[krovak]

Name           Character             Runs       Time      Gems   Highest rune(s)
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Tadzio         Elisha (Blizsorc)     1000/1000  63900     691    Ist
Atil           Frenzy Barbarian      1000       60000     589    Fal, Lum, Io
Jaedhann       Light/ES              1000/1000  52600     548    Ist, mal
aitrus         MeteOrb               700        8:12:11   441    Um
Belcarl        Zealot                503/1000   27597     234    Dol
znerol         BlizzSorc             102        3690      31     Hel
pwangsta       Pure Lite             100/1000   4296      72     Ko
Heskla         Meteorb               146/1000   10753     102    Io
AndyC          InSomnia (Blizz)      100/1000   4921      53     Sol
Saucy          Meteorb               51/1000    9000      34     Ort
ZeN            Pure Blizzard         160/1000   14014     142    Dol
Hrus           Blizzball             0          0         0
xDuckster      Blizzy                0          0         0

I have just re-read the rules and realized that only the super-chest drops count. Unfortunately, I forgot about this rule and mixed the output of all stashes and other objects together. I am removing myself from the table, but I will finish my 1000 runs and bring the statistics here.

[xduckster]

Name           Character             Runs       Time      Gems   Highest rune(s)
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Tadzio         Elisha (Blizsorc)     1000/1000  63900     691    Ist
Atil           Frenzy Barbarian      1000       60000     589    Fal, Lum, Io
Jaedhann       Light/ES              1000/1000  52600     548    Ist, mal
aitrus         MeteOrb               700        8:12:11   441    Um
Belcarl        Zealot                503/1000   27597     234    Dol
znerol         BlizzSorc             102        3690      31     Hel
pwangsta       Pure Lite             100/1000   4296      72     Ko
Heskla         Meteorb               146/1000   10753     102    Io
AndyC          InSomnia (Blizz)      100/1000   4921      53     Sol
Saucy          Meteorb               51/1000    9000      34     Ort
ZeN            Pure Blizzard         160/1000   14014     142    Dol
Hrus           Blizzball             0          0         0

No idea why I'm still on this table. o.O I dropped out a looooong time ago.

[krovak]

A small update - adding 200 more runs. I am now mainly doing semi-full-clears, clicking at up to ~50 objects on each run. The results show little difference between quick and slow runs in terms of charm/rune/jewel drops per time unit.

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Runs 001 - 100
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Time: 3:17 hours (1:58 min/run)

Fgems: 120
Gems: 52
SCs: 18
LCs: 17
GCs: 32
Jewels: 26
Runes: 31

Fgems/min : 0.697
Runes/min : 0.157
Charms/min : 0.340
Jewels/min : 0.132

Skillers: 1

Notable finds:

Ohm
Gheed's Fortune (145/29/15)
Bartuc's Cut-Throat
Blackhorn's Face
Guillaume's Face
Trainer's GC
Serpent's Grand Charm of Sustenance (58/29)

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Runs 101 - 200
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Time: 2:29 hours (1:29 min/run)

Fgems: 66
Gems: 37
SCs: 18
LCs: 17
GCs: 24
Jewels: 11
Runes: 31

Fgems/min : 0.526
Runes/min : 0.208
Charms/min : 0.396
Jewels/min : 0.074

Skillers: 0

Notable finds:

Shocking Large Charm of Quality (1-76/+2max)
Serpent's Small Charm of Good Luck
Toxic Small Charm of Frost
Ambergris Jewel of Freedom

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Runs 201 - 300
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Time: 2:32 hours (1:31 min/run)

Fgems: 81
Gems: 31
SCs: 10
LCs: 9
GCs: 21
Jewels: 27
Runes: 37

Fgems/min : 0.601
Runes/min : 0.243
Charms/min : 0.263
Jewels/min : 0.178

Skillers: 0

Notable finds:

Fine Small Charm of Incineration

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Runs 301 - 400
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Time: 2:49 hours (1:41 min/run)

Fgems: 116
Gems: 56
SCs: 21
LCs: 19
GCs: 21
Jewels: 23
Runes: 57

Fgems/min : 0.797
Runes/min : 0.337
Charms/min : 0.361
Jewels/min : 0.136

Skillers: 1

Notable finds:

Commander's Amulet of the Squid
Sharp Grand Charm
Pain Tread Scarabshell Boots
Hexing Grand Charm
Ko Rune
Ruby Small Charm
Sharp Grand Charm of Blight
Fine Small Charm of Balance
Pestilent Large Charm
Emerald Small Charm of Sustenance

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Runs 401 - 500
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Time: 3:58 hours (2:23 min/run)

Fgems: 153
Gems: 69
SCs: 34
LCs: 30
GCs: 36
Jewels: 24
Runes: 52

Fgems/min : 0.739
Runes/min : 0.218
Charms/min : 0.420
Jewels/min : 0.101

Skillers: 0

Notable finds:

Pul rune
Shimmering Large Charm of Fire
Small Charm of Vita 3x
Emerald Small Charm of Life
Emerald Small Charm of Strength
Garnet Small Charm of Fortune
Serpent's Small Charm 3x

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Runs 501 - 600
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Time: 3:04 hours (1:50 min/run)

Fgems: 150
Gems: 67
SCs: 25
LCs: 25
GCs: 28
Jewels: 32
Runes: 58

Fgems/min : 0.937
Runes/min : 0.315
Charms/min : 0.424
Jewels/min : 0.174

Skillers: 1

Notable finds:

Graverobber's Grand Charm of Pestilence
eth Great Hauberk 4os, 1117 defense after cube-bugging
Serpent's Grand Charm of Sustenance (58/33)
Sharp Grand Charm (10/53)
Small Charm of Vita
Amber Small Charm of Thunder
Arcing Small Charm
Sapphire Small Charm of Strength

[krovak]

Last 400 runs done!

Total time 31:03 hours (111780 seconds), total flawless gems 1419, highest runes: Ohm, Pul, 2 Ko

Overall statistics can be seen on this picture. The graph clearly shows there is no definable connection between time spent in LK each run and number of drops per hour => it's a matter of personal preference if someone chooses to run superchests only or to pop additional objects.

More detailed info regarding the last 400 runs:

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Runs 601 - 700
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Time: 3:58 hours (2:23 min/run)

Fgems: 160
Gems: 70
SCs: 39
LCs: 35
GCs: 27
Jewels: 29
Runes: 53

Fgems/min : 0.770
Runes/min : 0.223
Charms/min : 0.424
Jewels/min : 0.122

Skillers: 2

Notable finds:

Tangerine Small Charm of Sustenance
Archon Plate 515 def
eth Valkyrie Wing
Ruby Jewel (39%)
Fanatic Grand Charm
Amber Small Charm
Dun Jewel of Carnage (+15/9%)
Mentalist's Grand Charm of Quality
Snake's Small Charm of Fortune

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Runs 701 - 800
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Time: 2:45 hours (1:39 min/run)

Fgems: 124
Gems: 47
SCs: 27
LCs: 25
GCs: 21
Jewels: 20
Runes: 59

Fgems/min : 0.846
Runes/min : 0.358
Charms/min : 0.442
Jewels/min : 0.121

Skillers: 2

Notable finds:

Gheed's Fortune
Chilling Grand Charm
Sounding Grand Charm of the Glacier
Pestilent Large Charm
Emerald Small Charm of Fortune
Fine Small Charm
Small Charm of Vita

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Runs 801 - 900
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Time: 2:56 hours (1:46 min/run)

Fgems: 134
Gems: 60
SCs: 25
LCs: 23
GCs: 18
Jewels: 20
Runes: 47

Fgems/min : 0.875
Runes/min : 0.267
Charms/min : 0.375
Jewels/min : 0.114

Skillers: 0

Notable finds:

Homunculus (rack)
The Rising Sun amulet (champion monster)

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Runs 901 - 1000
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Time: 3:15 hours (1:58 min/run)

Fgems: 130
Gems: 66
SCs: 23
LCs: 21
GCs: 32
Jewels: 29
Runes: 53

Fgems/min : 0.779
Runes/min : 0.272
Charms/min : 0.390
Jewels/min : 0.149

Skillers: 3

Notable finds:

Entrapping Grand Charm
Entrapping Grand Charm
Natural Grand Charm
Ko Rune
Ruby Jewel
Shimmering Small Charm
Argent Jewel of Fervor
Shimmering Small Charm
Jade Jewel of Fervor
Shimmering Small Charm of Fortune