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This character was born as a part of Hector’s tournament: Septavariate. Ben is my first Guardian in this project, so that means 1/7. This tourney doesn’t have any restrictions, only to play untwinked. And that’s exactly what I do and what I like, I can’t ever imagine to play HC twinked. And it is a nice change, to not have any further restrictions as in other tourneys, so I can play without stomach-ache.
Name : Ben
Level: 85
Strength: 56 / 79
Dexterity: 31 /34
Vitality: 403 / 405
Energy: 25 / 27
Life: 1007 / 1266
Mana: 193 / 395
Resists: R/C/L/P 50/75/75/40
Skills:
Curses
Decrepify: 0 / 5 (items on switch)
Summoning
Clay Golem: 1 / 4
Golem Mastery: 1 / 4
Summon resist: 1 / 4
Poison and Bone
Bone Spirit: 20 / 23
Bone Spear: 20 / 23
Bone Prison: 20 / 23
Bone Wall: 18 / 21
Bone Armor: 1 / 7
Teeth: 6 / 9
CE: 8 / 11
Gear:
Charms:Code:Ben's Harlequin Crest Shako 'Ort' Defense: 117 Durability: 12 of 12 Required Strength: 50 Required Level: 62 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 88 Fingerprint: 0x392e2422 +2 to Strength +2 to Energy +2 to Dexterity +2 to Vitality Damage Reduced by 10% Lightning Resist +30% 50% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items +2 to All Skill Levels +127 to Life (Based on Character Level) +127 to Mana (Based on Character Level) Socketed (1: 1 used) Bone Noose Amulet Required Level: 48 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 71 Fingerprint: 0x8666d951 +15 to Attack Rating All Resistances +19 Replenish Life +4 Poison Length Reduced by 50% +2 to Shape-Shifting Skills (Druid Only) Level 1 Teleport (22/22 Charges) Superior Wand One-Hand Damage: 2 to 5 Durability: 15 of 15 Staff Class - Normal Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 5 Fingerprint: 0xe4e9f7d4 +1 to Maximum Damage +3 to Bone Armor (Necromancer Only) 150% Damage to Undead Fiend Badge Unraveller Head Defense: 51 Chance to Block: 28% Durability: 20 of 20 (Necromancer Only) Required Strength: 18 Required Level: 22 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 43 Fingerprint: 0x1283014d Poison Resist +14% Adds 12-28 poison damage over 4 seconds Attacker Takes Damage of 5 +1 to Necromancer Skill Levels +2 to Iron Maiden (Necromancer Only) +42 to Defense (Based on Character Level) Pain Wrap Breast Plate Defense: 116 Durability: 50 of 50 Required Strength: 30 Required Level: 47 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 69 Fingerprint: 0x7640a799 +11 to Strength +69% Enhanced Defense Damage Reduced by 2 Fire Resist +28% +1 to Light Radius Eagle Winding Plated Belt Defense: 17 Durability: 24 of 24 Required Strength: 60 Required Level: 14 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 81 Fingerprint: 0x23d16137 +14 to Life +48% Enhanced Defense Cold Resist +30% 67% Extra Gold from Monsters 24% Faster Hit Recovery Storm Hand Heavy Gloves Defense: 5 Durability: 14 of 14 Required Level: 13 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 29 Fingerprint: 0x8878f260 +10 to Maximum Stamina Lightning Resist +26% Poison Resist +22% 15% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items Poison Length Reduced by 25% 5% Chance to cast Level 3 Frost Nova when struck Dire Shank Boots Defense: 4 Durability: 12 of 12 Required Level: 39 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 63 Fingerprint: 0x5ebc7648 +36 to Mana +18% Enhanced Defense Cold Resist +31% 24% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items 20% Faster Run/Walk 14% Chance to cast Level 5 Charged Bolt when struck Scintillating Ring of Warding Required Level: 59 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 73 Fingerprint: 0x4b4650da Magic Damage Reduced by 1 All Resistances +15 Dread Eye Ring Required Level: 60 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 61 Fingerprint: 0xf89947b7 +4 to Strength Fire Resist +28% Lightning Resist +4% Cold Resist +4% Poison Resist +25% Level 1 Attract (22/22 Charges)
Merc:Code:Shimmering Grand Charm of Frost Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus Required Level: 27 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 88 Fingerprint: 0x4f723995 All Resistances +15 Adds 1-2 cold damage over 1 seconds Small Charm of Vita Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus Required Level: 39 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 77 Fingerprint: 0x6c68358 +19 to Life Stout Small Charm of Vita Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus Required Level: 39 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 76 Fingerprint: 0x3cbb0645 +18 to Life +1 Defense Burly Small Charm of Vita Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus Required Level: 39 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 81 Fingerprint: 0xee7910bd +17 to Life +17 Defense Ocher Grand Charm of Strength Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus Required Level: 7 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 19 Fingerprint: 0xadedb4b2 +4 to Strength Lightning Resist +20% Ocher Small Charm of Dexterity Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus Required Level: 10 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 16 Fingerprint: 0xdc134491 +1 to Dexterity Lightning Resist +7% Snake's Large Charm of Vita Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus Required Level: 50 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 79 Fingerprint: 0x4360eed9 +30 to Life +15 to Mana Snake's Large Charm of Vita Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus Required Level: 50 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 83 Fingerprint: 0x3381a08c +30 to Life +20 to Mana Sapphire Grand Charm of Fire Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus Required Level: 22 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 77 Fingerprint: 0xb1b54f5a Cold Resist +26% Adds 1-3 fire damage Garnet Small Charm of the Icicle Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus Required Level: 20 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 45 Fingerprint: 0xd6827411 Fire Resist +8% Adds 2-4 cold damage over 1 seconds Russet Small Charm Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus Required Level: 10 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 79 Fingerprint: 0x8cd2c9d0 Fire Resist +7% Lapis Small Charm of Fortune Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus Required Level: 18 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 85 Fingerprint: 0xe6c9f01 Cold Resist +6% 4% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items Ocher Grand Charm of Balance Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus Required Level: 7 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 11 Fingerprint: 0xba757a26 Lightning Resist +16% 12% Faster Hit Recovery Ocher Small Charm of Strength Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus Required Level: 16 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 75 Fingerprint: 0x3b4fa066 +2 to Strength Lightning Resist +6%
The beginning of the game was classical, at first melee necro, then Bone spear necro with CE and huge mana problems. But this was getting slowly better. The damage was good and on higher players setting leveling went well. It was possible to re-run areas in this tourney, but I didn’t want to do some bigger MFing or rune hunting on purpose, I wanted to move ahead. So first noticeable improvement in gear happened in the end of NM. The Cow King dropped Sol rune, what went into first Insight (in normal weapon, as I couldn’t wait more for better base weapon, mana ate my patience), and also Ben gained this coronet:Code:Rockstopper Sallet Defense: 173 Durability: 18 of 18 Required Strength: 43 Required Level: 31 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 71 Fingerprint: 0x8485c751 +5 to Strength +15 to Vitality +175% Enhanced Defense Damage Reduced by 10% Fire Resist +40% Lightning Resist +52% Cold Resist +27% 30% Faster Hit Recovery Socketed (1: 1 used) Insight Giant Thresher 'RalTirTalSol' Two-Hand Damage: 151 to 405 Durability: 49 of 55 Required Dexterity: 140 Required Strength: 188 Required Level: 66 Polearm Class - Fast Attack Speed Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 88 Fingerprint: 0x56a164d1 +5 to Strength +5 to Energy +5 to Dexterity +5 to Vitality +256% Enhanced Damage +9 to Minimum Damage Adds 5-30 fire damage +75 poison damage over 5 seconds 23% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items +1 to Critical Strike 35% Faster Cast Rate 229% Bonus to Attack Rating +2 to Mana After Each Kill Level 12 Meditation Aura When Equipped Socketed (4: 4 used) Iceblink Splint Mail Defense: 167 Durability: 17 of 30 Required Strength: 51 Required Level: 22 Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion Item Level: 49 Fingerprint: 0xa392e570 +74% Enhanced Defense Magic Damage Reduced by 1 Cold Resist +30% +4 to Light Radius Freezes Target +1
Ben's Summoner's Coronet of the Tiger
'OrtRal'
Defense: 40
Durability: 30 of 30
Required Level: 43
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 68
Fingerprint: 0xa998ef62
+23 to Life
Fire Resist +30%
Lightning Resist +30%
+1 to Necromancer Skill Levels
Socketed (2: 2 used)
In Hell Stony Field some random bosspack dropped Rockstopper, so even merc had uber gear :grin:. And the real treasure was this amulet:
Bone Noose
Amulet
Required Level: 48
Item Version: 1.10+ Expansion
Item Level: 71
Fingerprint: 0x8666d951
+15 to Attack Rating
All Resistances +19
Replenish Life +4
Poison Length Reduced by 50%
+2 to Shape-Shifting Skills (Druid Only)
Level 1 Teleport (21/22 Charges)
So this were Ben’s best items for the most of Hell difficulty.
Bone necro is quite powerful for untwinked playing, I would recommend that even over classical summoner, as summoner is very slow. Combination of quite high damage and Golem+Bone armor+Bone prison makes him very safe. And it is quite big difference to have or to not have synergized Bone prison. It feels almost lame to say that I just imprisoned any even slightly dangerous bosspack and felt safe and comfortable (and thanks to Teleport charges even merc felt often safe and comfortable : D). It fully absorbed also any LE spells (of course I don't mean gloams), and pleasant surprise was that even for example Mephisto was nicely helpless. Not many untwinked chars can feel so much easy in their life
In act 4 another unexpected improving in gear – Harlequin Crest from Lord de Seis! That was really wow. Although Ben started to wear it from act 5, as he needed light+fire resist from his previous circlet for fight with Diablo. Diablo was quite easy , but with few hot whiles. The tactic was simple, run to the middle, cast golem there, then move a bit aside and when Diablo appears cast decrepify and imprison him. This startegy quite worked, the only hot while was when Diablo did the same - imprisoned Ben. Man, that prison is tough! Gladly he was also imprisoned, so he couldn't come any closer and with casting golem in opposite direction than Ben was standing was possible to divert his fire and light attack from Ben. That wasn't pleasant situation, but also that was the worst thing what happened. Diablo went down quite fast with Bone spirits then.
Act 5, my favourite act, went nicely. Good was even battle with Ancients. The easiest one in my HC career, I would almost say it was a pleasure. Again huge Bone prison ruled here. Only Korlic, of course, was hunting Ben at first. When he died, two others Ancients ended like this - poor guys
The rest was easy. Even gloams weren't any problem. Waves = Bone prison (lame me). Baal = Decrepify + Golem (cloning didn't help him).
Best drops: Harlequin Crest, Rockstopper, Lycander's Aim (= from hell Baal)...all HC grailers
HF: Fal, Lum
His future: retirement and long life forever
Thank you for reading
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