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Hello everyone,
As you already know my Untwinked Tourney Sorc finally made it to 99. She could be finished a lot earlier but my laziness put off her progress a lot (also a couple of deaths helped to that). On the other side I really enjoyed playing her and I didn't want it to be over so quickly. Now, the only thing that is left are memories….and several thousands of items in her GoMule stash…and of course, the fact that she is 99 now.
Character name: Diiieeeeee (Matriarch)
Level: 99
Build: 200 FCR Lighning/Fire Wall
It all began when Kestegs opened his 99 Tourney thread and I joined the madnes few days later.Hi everyone,
As you already know my Untwinked Tourney Sorc finally made it to 99. She could be finished a lot earlier but my laziness put off her progress a lot (also a couple of deaths helped to that). On the other side I really enjoyed playing her and I didn't want it to be over so quickly. Now, the only thing that is left are memories….and several thousands of items in her GoMule stash…and of course, the fact that she is 99 now.
Character name: Diiieeeeee (Matriarch)
Level: 99
Build: 200 FCR Lighning/Fire Wall
It all began when Kestegs opened his 99 Tourney thread and I joined the madnes few days later.
I decided to go with a Sorc, knowing that any other char would be much harder to play untwinked and the rest is history.
I started with Charged Bolt and Static Field, hoping for a fast ride through Normal and Nightmare. IIRC I used Firewall aslo. I think that was a good choice because I don't remember anything until I hit Hell LK but I think I respeced to Blizz before I entered Hell or something like that. The plan was to find runes for Infinity and Fort, but I ended up making CoH also since I got really fast first Ber.
I tried running Meph but I only did few runs before I decided to run AT and I was altering between AT and LK. AT was so much better for exp than Meph, obviously. IIRC I had Spectral Shard unique knife (replaced by HoTo soon) and CoH so there wasn't much need for running Meph. Also, I was after Griffon's and decent Infinity base so AT was my first choice.
Hell Hellforge gave Io, CS and Diablo were POC and before I knew it I was in Act V. I started running Pindle in hope of getting that 25% FCR hat. It really didn't take long to get to 93 with pure Blizzard build and while I was preparing for Ancients it finally dropped.
After I killed Ancients to reach 94 I went back to LK for runes to make Infinity and CTA.
Here is the runecount after…well I can't remember everything…who knows how much runs:
6 Pul
4 Um
2 Mal
4 Ist
1 Gul
1 Vex
0 Ohm
1 Lo
1 Sur
3 Ber
1 Jah (from Pindle)
Then a 3 month break came.
in the meantime I participated in MFO and MFL with other chars. When I got back I respeced to pure lightning and ran Baal.
Hit 96.
At that time I was using this equipment.
Hit 97.
Exp after WInter MFO and before AT round of MFL (97.5)
Quoting myself:“ …it took me a little less than 20 mins for 1m of exp on p8 in AT at clvl 97.“
For comparison, my level 97 Poison Necro needs around 17 mins in Pits for 1M of exp.
Hit 98.
From now on I ran Nihl all the time and Diablo when I needed Full Rejuvs. Also I ran Baal for the MFL.
About running Nihl: I went with pure Lightning build at the begining, runs were pretty fast but I had to abort the run quite often because Nihls light im. The runs were either super safe or extremely dangerous due to bugged leapers, cold archers and bloodstar shooting physical immune creatures aka Hell Temptress (I had to go there and see how they are named).
Most of my deaths happened when I already killed Nihl and wanted to see if he dropped something useful and than *ssssss*, I landed in a couple of invisible poison clouds and my life bulb went down faster than I could hit Escape or drink a purple pot. One death was due to Nihl's CE when I was Amped. One of the NDEs.
Sometime when I was not far from the end I respeced to Ligthning/Fire wall to see if I can deal with LI Nihl and that worked pretty well, not sure if my run times dropped off for better though.
THE END
Now, about equipment, finds, skills and comparing run times.
I know most of 99 runners go for Baal, but I was wondering if Diablo or Nihlathak could be more efficient targets. Long story short, there is no definite and final answer because to answer that you would need to make more than one 99ers…. of the same class on the different targets and compare total times to give an exact answer. The perfect route for 99 would IMO be:
1. run 85 areas (except WSK and Throneroom) till level 98 (or Diablo/Nihl obviously)
2.run Nihl till 99.85
3.do Ancients quest
But, now the questions are: Can you make an effective 85 area runner so that saving Ancients quest till 98 is worth it? Can you make safe and fast Nihl runner? Can you make yourself do 10k Nihl runs knowing that place is the most dangerous in the game due to bugged Leapers and not wet your pants every time you see the room filled with them?
Well, if answer to that 3 questions is yes, I think you got yourself the answer.
Finds:
250+ ilvl95 grand charms
Grail -24
Best items from Nihl: green caduceus, Dragonscale, 6 rainbow facets, tons of HRs
Total HRs:
Cham x3
Jah x5
Ber x4
Sur x2 ??
Lo x4 ??
Skills:
I mentioned that already but here we go again:
-charged bolt/fire wall/static field for leveling until hell
-pure Blizzard for hell and farming AT/Pindle
-pure Light for Baal and Nihl
-final setup for Nihl:
20 Fire wall, 1 Fire mastery, 1 Warmth
20 Lightning, 20 Charged Bolt, 20 Light mastery, 4 Static field, 19 Nova, 1 Teleport and prereq.
Stats:
-str for equip. rest in vita
Equipment:
Charms:Code:Griffon's Eye Diadem Defense: 216 Durability: 14 of 20 Required Level: 76 Fingerprint: 0xc0fec79e Item Level: 86 Version: Expansion 1.10+ 100% Chance to cast level 41 Nova when you Level-Up +1 to All Skills +25% Faster Cast Rate Adds 1 - 74 Lightning Damage -20% to Enemy Lightning Resistance +18% to Lightning Skill Damage +160 Defense 1 Sockets (1 used) Socketed: Rainbow Facet Rainbow Facet Jewel Required Level: 49 Fingerprint: 0x3f8dfc25 Item Level: 99 Version: Expansion 1.10+ 100% Chance to cast level 41 Nova when you Level-Up Adds 1 - 74 Lightning Damage -5% to Enemy Lightning Resistance +3% to Lightning Skill Damage Arachnid Mesh Spiderweb Sash Defense: 122 Durability: 6 of 12 Required Level: 80 Required Strength: 50 Fingerprint: 0x52e2de93 Item Level: 88 Version: Expansion 1.10+ +1 to All Skills +20% Faster Cast Rate Slows Target by 10% +94% Enhanced Defense Increase Maximum Mana 5% Level 3 Venom (11/11 Charges) Skin of the Vipermagi Serpentskin Armor Defense: 279 Durability: 9 of 24 Required Level: 29 Required Strength: 43 Fingerprint: 0xe3cedfbf Item Level: 87 Version: Expansion 1.10+ +1 to All Skills +30% Faster Cast Rate +120% Enhanced Defense All Resistances +34 Magic Damage Reduced by 12 Aldur's Advance Battle Boots Defense: 46 Durability: 15 of 18 Required Level: 45 Required Strength: 95 Fingerprint: 0x2044edd4 Item Level: 85 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Indestructible +40% Faster Run/Walk +50 to Life +180 Maximum Stamina Heal Stamina Plus 32% Fire Resist +49% 10% Damage Taken Goes To Mana Set (2 items): +15 to Dexterity Set (3 items): +15 to Dexterity Set (4 items): +15 to Dexterity Skull Coil Ring Required Level: 30 Fingerprint: 0xc151bb1b Item Level: 86 Version: Expansion 1.10+ +10% Faster Cast Rate +9 to Strength +9 to Life +20 Maximum Stamina Lightning Resist +30% Poison Resist +21% Doom Torc Amulet Required Level: 67 Fingerprint: 0xdf0bcb32 Item Level: 93 Version: Expansion 1.10+ +2 to Sorceress Skill Levels +10% Faster Cast Rate +9 to Minimum Damage +5 Maximum Stamina Viper Spiral Ring Required Level: 30 Fingerprint: 0xb9be4eb9 Item Level: 86 Version: Expansion 1.10+ +10% Faster Cast Rate +6 to Strength +3 to Energy Lightning Resist +19% Poison Resist +26% Trang-Oul's Claws Heavy Bracers Defense: 74 Durability: 13 of 16 Required Level: 45 Required Strength: 58 Fingerprint: 0x7952f068 Item Level: 99 Version: Expansion 1.10+ +2 to Curses (Necromancer only) +20% Faster Cast Rate +25% to Poison Skill Damage +30 Defense Cold Resist +30% Spirit Monarch TalThulOrtAmn Defense: 319 Chance to Block: 0 Durability: 1 of 44 Required Level: 54 Required Strength: 146 Fingerprint: 0xe587ac6 Item Level: 88 Version: Expansion 1.10+ +2 to All Skills +35% Faster Cast Rate +55% Faster Hit Recovery +250 Defense vs. Missile +22 to Vitality +110 to Mana Cold Resist +35% Lightning Resist +35% Poison Resist +35% +7 Magic Absorb Attacker Takes Damage of 14 Ethereal 4 Sockets (4 used) Socketed: Tal Rune Socketed: Thul Rune Socketed: Ort Rune Socketed: Amn Rune Tal Rune Required Level: 17 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Weapons: Adds 75 Poison Damage Over 5 Secs (125 Frames) Armor: Poison Resist +30% Shields: Poison Resist +35% Thul Rune Required Level: 23 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Weapons: Adds 3 - 14 Cold Damage Over 3 Secs (75 Frames) Armor: Cold Resist +30% Shields: Cold Resist +35% Ort Rune Required Level: 21 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Weapons: Adds 1 - 50 Lightning Damage Armor: Lightning Resist +30% Shields: Lightning Resist +35% Amn Rune Required Level: 25 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Weapons: 7% Life stolen per hit Armor: Attacker Takes Damage of 14 Shields: Attacker Takes Damage of 14 Super Healing Potion Version: Expansion 1.10+ Replenish Life +320 Greater Healing Potion Version: Expansion 1.10+ Replenish Life +180 Super Mana Potion Version: Expansion 1.10+ Replenishes Mana 250% Super Mana Potion Version: Expansion 1.10+ Replenishes Mana 250% Eschuta's Temper Eldritch Orb One Hand Damage: 18 - 50 Durability: 30 of 30 Required Level: 72 Fingerprint: 0x29489c84 Item Level: 85 Version: Expansion 1.10+ +3 to Sorceress Skill Levels +40% Faster Cast Rate +17% to Lightning Skill Damage +15% to Fire Skill Damage +23 to Energy Diiieeeeee's Spirit Monarch TalThulOrtAmn Defense: 148 Chance to Block: 0 Durability: 77 of 86 Required Level: 54 Required Strength: 156 Fingerprint: 0xa37e79ad Item Level: 85 Version: Expansion 1.10+ +2 to All Skills +35% Faster Cast Rate +55% Faster Hit Recovery +250 Defense vs. Missile +22 to Vitality +101 to Mana Cold Resist +35% Lightning Resist +35% Poison Resist +35% +7 Magic Absorb Attacker Takes Damage of 14 4 Sockets (4 used) Socketed: Tal Rune Socketed: Thul Rune Socketed: Ort Rune Socketed: Amn Rune Tal Rune Required Level: 17 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Weapons: Adds 75 Poison Damage Over 5 Secs (125 Frames) Armor: Poison Resist +30% Shields: Poison Resist +35% Thul Rune Required Level: 23 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Weapons: Adds 3 - 14 Cold Damage Over 3 Secs (75 Frames) Armor: Cold Resist +30% Shields: Cold Resist +35% Ort Rune Required Level: 21 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Weapons: Adds 1 - 50 Lightning Damage Armor: Lightning Resist +30% Shields: Lightning Resist +35% Amn Rune Required Level: 25 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Weapons: 7% Life stolen per hit Armor: Attacker Takes Damage of 14 Shields: Attacker Takes Damage of 14 Call to Arms Superior Double Axe AmnRalMalIstOhm One Hand Damage: 17 - 45 Durability: 26 of 26 Required Level: 57 Required Strength: 43 Fingerprint: 0x195d2bcb Item Level: 86 Version: Expansion 1.10+ +1 to All Skills +40% Increased Attack Speed 252% Enhanced Damage +3 to Attack Rating Adds 5 - 30 Fire Damage 7% Life stolen per hit Prevent Monster Heal +3 to Battle Cry +6 to Battle Orders +3 to Battle Command Replenish Life +12 30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items Increase Maximum Durability 11% 5 Sockets (5 used) Socketed: Amn Rune Socketed: Ral Rune Socketed: Mal Rune Socketed: Ist Rune Socketed: Ohm Rune Amn Rune Required Level: 25 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Weapons: 7% Life stolen per hit Armor: Attacker Takes Damage of 14 Shields: Attacker Takes Damage of 14 Ral Rune Required Level: 19 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Weapons: Adds 5 - 30 Fire Damage Armor: Fire Resist +30% Shields: Fire Resist +35% Mal Rune Required Level: 49 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Weapons: Prevent Monster Heal Armor: Magic Damage Reduced by 7 Shields: Magic Damage Reduced by 7 Ist Rune Required Level: 51 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Weapons: 30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items Armor: 25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items Shields: 25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items Ohm Rune Required Level: 57 Version: Expansion 1.10+ Weapons: Enhanced Maximum Damage Armor: +5% to Maximum Cold Resist Shields: +5% to Maximum Cold Resist
-perfect Gheeds, 2 plain Light skillers, rest were Small Charms of Vita and few with res/str
Merc, HF:
-Fort, Infinity, Delirium
Summary
Easy char to get to 99 untwinked IMO, she is a naturaly good MFer and when you gather a good equipment it's only a matter of time and patience to get to 99. Sure, melee or some other non-cookie cutter char would get more style points, but if you only want a quick 99er - Sorc is the way to go.
I think that's it, this is my first writeup and I didn't use anyone's for a guideline so it probably misses a thing or two. Feel free to comment anything or ask questions.
Next 99 attempt is Poison Necro, he is currently in the Pits running for 98 (97.3 ATM).
Hope you enjoyed reading.
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Kitteh
Lots and lots of HRs, too. Holy smokes.
Originally Posted by zgpmf
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