Hardcore Progression Benchmarks

[spiffymcbang]

Hello,
I asked Axamas to put together a progession table for his play thru for a barb. He did a good job listing stats at each boss encounter.

The problem is this is sitting in the Newcomer forum (since that was the purpose of it) where most seasoned HC folks don't browse. The stats are also for pre-patch 1.05 so they are a little out of date but they still give a good bench mark to shoot for.

Hope this is useful for you.

If anyone else wants to track their stats in a similar way either by level or boss encounter feel free to pm me or just post them in a similar way. I would love to have more data for the newcomer forum and I'm sure HC folks would like this also. Different characters would be very Welcome.

Spiffy.

[spiffymcbang]

Repost from Axamas:

Hi All

I've decided to share the stats of my character as he makes his way through hardcore ; I'll edit his level, armor, life, damage and weapon dps as he reaches (and kills) each boss of the game.
This will give every new player hints of what is necessary to achieve the various parts of the game.

I play a Barbarian, I play solo, no rush and my follower is the Enchantress.
I equip myself with my artisan (armors), ingame merchants (armors sometimes but mainly rings and amulets) and drops of course. I also use gems (flawless square) and various stuff collected by my previous, but alas dead, characters.
From time to time, I buy some stuff in the Gold-AH, mainly weapons ; so I'll publish the amount of gold I've spent in the AH too. As you can see, you can farewell from Normal to Hell with a very low budget.


Here we go, hope this helps you.

The story starts at Normal - Act 3 - Azmodan

Act	Boss	Boss lvl	Char Lvl	Char Armor	Char Life -------	Char Damage	Char Weapon Dps	Gold spent in AH
	Normal
3	Azmodan	28	30	1 765	3 596	550	?	-
4	Iskatu	29	30	1 765	3 596	550	?	-
4	Rakanoth	29	30	1 765	3 596	550	?	-
4	Izual	31	31	1 814	4 140	572	?	-
4	Diablo	31	31	1 692	4 140	567	?	-
	Nighmare
1	Skeleton King	32	33	1 925	4 378	614	?	-
1	Aranea	34	34	2 317	4 902	1 068	?	5,5 k
1	The Warden	35	36	2 325	5 427	1 076	?	-
1	The Butcher	35	36	2 325	5 427	1 076	?	-
2	Maghda	39	37	2 384	5 680	1 123	87	-
2	-	-	40	2 464	7 291	1 229	87	2,7 k
2	Zoltan Kull	42	42	2 451	9 654	1 350	105	4,5 k
2	Belial	42	43	2 847	11 440	1 372	105	2,0 k
3	Gohm	46	45	2 991	13 942	1 818	134	1,5 k
3	Siege Breaker	47	46	3 110	15 368	1 889	134	-
3	Cydae	48	48	3 104	17 278	1 969	165	-
3	Azmodan	48	48	3 104	17 278	1 969	165	-
4	Iskatu	49	48	3 104	17 278	1 969	165	-
4	Rakanoth	49	49	3 575	18 062	1 976	165	-
4	Izual	49	50	3 581	18 860	1 983	165	-
4	Diablo	50	50	3 700	20 766	1 988	165
	Hell
1	Skeleton King	53	52	4 073	26 977	2 879	238	3,7 k
1	Aranea	52	53	4 176	28 259	2 916	238	-
1	The Warden	53	53	4 176	28 259	2 916	238	-
1	The Butcher	53	53	4 176	28 259	2 916	238	-
2	Maghda	55	54	4 182	29 323	2 925	238	-
2	Quest 8		57	5 000	32 000	4 000	?	-

End of story, my char died at level 57 to a lava/desecrator champion pack, during Hell - Act 2 - Quest 8, not very far from Zoltum Kull.

[spiffymcbang]

Reposted from Axmas:

STILL ALIVE...AND LEVELING.

This is the progession table of my new HC Barbarian character, the famous "ecrasemouche" son of "yenamarre".

I'll share with you his stats as he makes his way through hardcore ; I'll edit his level, armor, life, damage and weapon dps as he reaches (and kills) each boss of the game.
This will give every new player hints of what is necessary to achieve the various parts of the game.

I play solo, no rush and my follower is the Enchantress.
I equip myself with my artisan (armors), ingame merchants (armors sometimes but mainly rings and amulets) and drops of course. I also use gems (flawless square) and various stuff collected by my previous, but alas dead, characters.
From time to time, I buy some stuff in the Gold-AH, mainly weapons ; so I'll publish the amount of gold I've spent in the AH too. As you can see, I try to keep my budget low.


Hope this helps you tuning your own characters.

Act	Boss	Boss lvl	Char Lvl (Parangon)	Char Armor	All Res	Char Life -------	Char Damage	Char Weapon Dps	Gold spent in AH
	Normal
1	Skeleton King	8	7	192		344	16	12	-
1	Aranea	11	11	235		600	49	16	-
1	The Warden	12	14	356		742	61	16	-
1	The Butcher	13	14	356		742	61	16	-
2	Maghda	18	17	459		1 484	80	22	-
2	Zoltun Kull	21	24	1 243		3 002	325	51	3,5 k
2	Belial	22	25	1 246		3 026	327	51	-
3	Gohm	26	27	1 383		4 524	419	52	-
3	Siege Breaker	27	28	1 424		4 558	437	52	-
3	Cydae	28	29	1 421		5 012	470	52	-
3	Azmodan	28	29	1 421		5 012	470	52	-
4	Iskatu	29	29	1 421		5 012	470	52	-
4	Rakanoth	29	30	1 424		5 036	473	52	-
4	Izual	31	30	1 424		5 036	473	52	-
4	Diablo	31	30	1 424		5 036	473	52	-
	Nighmare
1	Skeleton King	32	33	1 565		4 748	635	65	-
1	Aranea	34	35	1 693		4 716	916	74	-
1	The Warden	35	36	1 626		5 999	967	93	-
1	The Butcher	35	37	1 629		6 556	971	93	-
2	Maghda	39	38	1 661		7 273	968	93	-
2	Zoltan Kull	42	43	3 298		12 934	1 332	123	4,4 k
2	Belial	42	43	3 298		12 934	1 332	123	-
3	Gohm	46	45	3 728		16 776	1 691	134	-
3	Siege Breaker	47	47	3 818		18 682	1 755	134	-
3	Cydae	48	48	3 873		19 640	1 986	165	-
3	Azmodan	48	48	3 873		19 640	1 986	165	-
4	Iskatu	49	48	3 873		19 640	1 986	165	-
4	Rakanoth	49	49	3 878		20 536	1 993	165	-
4	Izual	49	49	3 878		20 536	1 993	165	-
4	Diablo	50	50	3 884		21 436	2 000	165	-
	Hell
1	Skeleton King	53	51	4 106		24 654	2 266	178	-
1	Aranea	52	52	4 177		26 461	2 882	238	-
1	The Warden	53	53	4 356		27 912	3 073	238	9,0 k
1	The Butcher	53	53	4 356		27 912	3 073	238	-
2	Maghda	55	54	4 361		28 962	3 081	238	-
2	Zoltan Kull	56	57	5 317		38 571	4 032	274	48,0 k
2	Belial	56	57	5 317		38 571	4 032	274	-
3	Gohm	58	58	5 346		40 520	8 489	598	50,0 k
3	Siege Breaker	58	59	5 352		41 814	8 510	598	-
3	Cydae	59	60	5 662		46 536	8 680	598	16,5 k
3	Azmodan	59	60	5 662		46 536	8 680	598	-
4	Iskatu	60	60	5 843		49 601	12 208	814	22,5 k
4	Rakanoth	60	60	5 928		49 601	12 832	814	-
4	Izual	60	60	5 928		49 601	12 832	814	-
4	Diablo	60	60	5 928		49 601	12 832	814	-
	Inferno
1	Skelton King	61	60(3)	6 471	89	59 475	12 751	814	-
1	Aranea	61	60(3)	6 482	89	60 097	12 705	814	155 k
1	The Warden	61	60(5)	6 854	134	63 656	12 662	814	-
1	The Butcher	61	60(5)	6 854	134	63 656	12 662	814	510 k

DIED 60(6).

[ZappaFan]

Great stuff there Spiff thanks for posting that!

[darkrealm]

Spiff, we both lvld to 60 together on HC and not once did I think to put together a progression chart!!

[spiffymcbang]

Yeah I remembered around level 27 and thought, doh! I did not want to start half way thru. It is on my radar though, for when I die to lag.

[Eric Xanthu]

In both charts there is an obvious big jump up in gear to take on NM Kulle between levels 38-43...with a relatively low AH price tag. What gear/mods/stats/gems are happening there? I've just started NM at 38 with damage on the low side but life and armor on the high side and I'm curious to know what items I'm grinding for.

[Lord_Vega]

Same place in the game here, at level 39 with alot more armor and life than the table suggests, yet only a measly deal of damage, since I am playing self found, and my weapon 69 DPS simply ain't cutting it no more. Any tips on suggested stats at this stage of the game? No need to think of resists quite yet before hell, am I right?

[Goffe]

I would say stats differ depending on character and build. assuming you run a barb, try cutting some vitality for strength and grind a better weapon. Then try easier content and get a feel if it'll hold. obvious i know, but sometimes you overlook the basics. also something that helped me recently is to try an emerald instead of ruby in my weapon. it just might raise the DPS to where you wanto be.
Other socketed armour pieces can be swapped for main stat instead of vitality if you feel you're surviving good enough and want more kick..

[spiffymcbang]

Same place in the game here, at level 39 with alot more armor and life than the table suggests, yet only a measly deal of damage, since I am playing self found, and my weapon 69 DPS simply ain't cutting it no more. Any tips on suggested stats at this stage of the game? No need to think of resists quite yet before hell, am I right?

I think at level 35 you can craft a rare axe. I think I made one and with a ruby in it, am getting 85 dps with it. also consider keeping your str and vit about equal as you progess thru. that will make a difference. I know you need a lot of life but all the life in the world will not help if you can't kill anything.

At level 47 is the raid sword you can craft. I used the blacksmith on my first play thru mostly self found to keep up with item being as close to my level as possible. He has some decent armor and weapon options but you will need to roll alot of them to get good stuff. It is not really expensive until the level 60 items.

keep checking the vendor that sells rings for a good high str/vit combo and upgrade when you see it. I think i used some crappy blue rings all the way to level 50-53 or so. but if you keep checking him you might find some good upgrades.