In the name of the world! The Legend of the Hero Who Came Down from Heaven (Diablo 2)
Greetings, dear regulars and casual visitors of the Playground/Diablo2 forum!So a month has passed since the death of a sorceress not timid named Hermione. Nobody is forgotten, nothing is forgotten. Her exploits will forever remain in the memory of the inhabitants of Sanctuary, and the last battle with a flock of ghosts on one of the floors of the Abandoned Tower will be legendary...
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After the loss of the main character, Sanctuary is practically doomed and it would seem that there is nowhere to wait for help. Meanwhile, a heated dispute is unfolding in heaven about the future fate of this world; most of the archangels of the Angirian council are in favor of its destruction. Only the archangel of justice Tyrael is trying with all his might to convince the council, but in vain. Having lost his last hope, Tyrael secretly and in violation of the Law of Heaven sends his best ward, a paladin named Arthur, to Sanctuary in order to finally eradicate the Powers of Hell. A new hero has accepted this challenge!
This is where the lyrics ended. And immediately a painful question: why again a paladin? To be honest, the decision is spontaneous and almost thoughtless. In the topic about Hermione, I came across a lot, including interesting ones, of options, ranging from Samon Druid to Poison Dagger Necro. All mile spreads were originally excluded from this series; Agree, four melee heroes are too much. Then I began to reflect on the possible caster / range options, and something intelligible was already gathering in my head, but very predictable and not very interesting. And then a thought flashed through, but how will the passage for the Paladin on Fist of the Heavens turn out? And I could not make an adequate assessment of the potential of this character. Stylish, bold, biting and very unpredictable! Why Arthur? I wanted to please both connoisseurs of noble names with history, and lovers of trolling.
The rules are the same as before:
- version 1.13d, single player, hardcore, difficulty /players 8 enabled all the time except for Countess races;
- mx, chickens, heroeditor, autotp, expanded chest, etc. - strictly prohibited;
- ladder runewords are allowed (command -direct -txt);
- Save & Exit in battle is allowed;
- card re-roll is allowed;
- shopping is allowed (multiple visits to Drognan).
I will break down the goals depending on the complexity:
1. Normal
1.1. Complete all the acts on the Holy Fire spec (well, forgive me, I'll deviate from the storyline a bit in order to save time);
1.2. Collect Ancient Pledge in a shield and Spirit in a Crystal Sword;
1.3. Accumulate gold on Gamble;
2 Nightmare
2.1. Immediately - respec for Fist of the Heavens!;
2.2. Collect a clear measure with Insight (FoH, I remind you, requires a lot of mana);
2.3. Level this difficulty without reruns if possible;
3. Hell
3.1. Farm runes on Lawnbringer. As planned, a mercenary will cope with light immuns, dekra to help him. It is also desirable to acquire Treachery;
3.2. Reach level 90!
3.3. Settle in Lower Kurast and catch Ber;
3.4. Deal with Diablo and Baal!
This time, I intend to reach the end! Just enough motivation. Any questions/suggestions/wishes on the passage are welcome.
I'm going through the second act. Thanks to recent exploits, Jerkhin stopped doubting me and let Fireeye
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. One of the best places to spawn a D-clone
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The second branch turned out to be necessary. I did not expect that Samoner would pretty much drink my blood with his Glacial Spikes
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Finally! Now you can forget about blue bottles forever! Although, maybe not forever :|
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And literally right away, Partizan was found in the tombs. Funny trawling, more runes on Insight are not available yet
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Duriel paid no attention to the measure at all. He tried to get me, which he often succeeded thanks to Holy Freez. Then, having got used to the Charge run a little, I gave myself less cause for concern .
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The duration of the fight was about 7 minutes. You have to give Duriel credit, he met his death with dignity, face to face
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These uniques make me cry
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Hey Mechif! Take us to the Kurast Jungle. Recently, an evil demon has settled there
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I must note that the game play for the fohera is very peculiar. Everyone is tormented by doubts whether to bring the block to 75%
quirky
I love those words, nothing disguises the phrase "dull shit" so delicately.
These uniques make me cry.
For Duriel, this is still normal :)
And literally right away Partizan was found in the tombs. Funny trawling
Well, on the other hand, good copper was welded on the current insight, while there are no immuns, it is very possible to live with this.
Manifold
If it's possible to make a video of killing barbs, baal rann or some act boss, that would be great.
Next up is Act 3! Let's see if I can pass it with dignity.
A couple of re-runs on the Countess secured the desired Sol and Insight in Partizan. In terms of the level of copper, of course, the drawdown turned out, but the merk now really damages. To be honest, I did not feel much difference between 13 and 17 levels.
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damage from the fist is enough to kill even fat monsters in a reasonable
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In the name of the world!
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Fortunately, everything worked out...
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Hmm, I wonder how many nests the cube will pierce?
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Rhyme - and then go ahead!
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It was a pity to throw it away, carried it to the chest. Let it wait in the wings
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Just a brain
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How I would like to get to this point on the next difficulty...
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Merck thoughtlessly rushed into the room and aggroed Sarina's entourage. Narrow passage plan failed
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Asked Charcy to enchant a circus cell. The result...
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Wow! I'll probably run away from here!
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The Council and Mephisto remained. I'll try to finish tomorrow
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Manifold lait_one: you should put on a tighter measure
Harder - how is it? What mercenary build is optimal for a foher?
as for me: ethereal geyz, uprooted shaft and tomb river (with amns or shael and amn for life lich and ias).
Take it to Holtfreeze, don't go to the fortuneteller!
lait_one, but for me - any reapers, shaft (not yet - trash) and a tal rush hat.
Well, so that he doesn’t die and hangs decrou. and fell could RUN PAST. ;-)
I wrote the gear, starting from the damage redux and life lich. Well, such an assembly has been tested in practice. in xx merk lasts a long time. Here, in fact, from this and repelled. I don't pretend to be perfect.
moi merc v bered gaze xodil (
ostalsa v svoe vrema ot sborki barba s 2x grief tk bered coa ne nalezal, no potom ya vernylsa k klassike grief+Beast+bered coa, a gaze otpravilsa na merka
moi merc v bered gaze xodil (
Yes, my memoirs rolled again! :D "and I'm in Soviet times oo!"
Rocking his one-year-old character in real life, cho. Priorities are normal, not like some.
Episcop_moo: a one-year-old character in real life
We are soon 1 year and 9 months already!
black skin
is here! Please do not be offended by such rare updates. At the end of April I am leaving on a business trip for 2 months and, to tell the truth, it is not known whether I will have the opportunity to tell about the accomplishments of Arthur. Therefore, I will try to complete Nightmare before leaving, but the difficulty of Hell will have to be postponed for now. In any case, I will sometimes go into the topic for any questions / tips on the passage. Although it is worth recognizing that recently it is difficult to find such messages here.
So advice and Mephisto, Nightmare difficulty. Despite solid resistance, I did not dare to stand under the volleys of hydras, snatching the consuls' slaps in the face. Already, probably, it can be considered a classic approach to large and dangerous groups of monsters - to lure aside 1-2 and ...
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success! Really, nothing special
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While they are the perfect target for FoH, they cause a lot of problems
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Cleaning the room with Mephisto
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In the name of light!
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Zzzzzz...probably the longest boss picking in all my playthroughs. I'm afraid to imagine how long it will take for Diablo/Baal...
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Jungle Kurast, hopefully we'll see each other again
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