EM's Sept thread

On restarting D2 after a particularly eventful RL year, I decided it was time to start the sept I'd been putting off for so long. As with all septs, it needed a theme. In this case, it was to complete all quests before moving on to the next act. Hardly a Herculean challenge, but it does include Nihilathak and his CE and Viper minions - gulp.

So, as my wealth was insignificant at the start (One HoZ and one Lycander's Aim, and a Mal), I decided to start with a Windy, which could be used as an Mf'er on the way to Hell Baal, and was also rather safe. Unfortunately, http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...erendeeds.jpg/ happened in A1 hell, caused by a bunch of LE archers. Not to be discouraged, I started again with a classic Fishymancer and got going. Everything about this build was exactly as you'd expect: kill any monster, CE to the max, raise any leftover corpses as revives, rinse, repeat. Never once did I get bored, though. I love the noise and destruction of CE more than I should. I also (secretly) love that Blizzard turned it up in 1.13.

Therefore, may I present Dwimmwerlaik:


Code:

Name:       Dwimmerlaik
Class:      Necromancer
Experience: 867464344
Level:      82

            Naked/Gear
Strength:   80/83
Dexterity:  213/220
Vitality:   182/182
Energy:     25/35
HP:         560/655
Mana:       187/290
Stamina:    327/327
Defense:    53/482
AR:         1020/1055

Fire:       149/109/49
Cold:       177/137/77
Lightning:  175/135/75
Poison:     143/103/43

MF:         223       Block:      75
GF:         228
FR/W:       0
FHR:        0
IAS:        10
FCR:        30

Amplify Damage: 4/8
Dim Vision: 0/0
Weaken: 1/5
Iron Maiden: 0/0
Terror: 1/5
Confuse: 0/0
Life Tap: 0/0
Attract: 0/0
Decrepify: 1/5
Lower Resist: 0/0

Teeth: 1/5
Bone Armor: 1/5
Poison Dagger: 0/0
Corpse Explosion: 20/24
Bone Wall: 15/19
Poison Explosion: 0/0
Bone Spear: 0/0
Bone Prison: 0/0
Poison Nova: 0/0
Bone Spirit: 0/0

Skeleton Mastery: 20/24
Raise Skeleton: 20/24
Clay Golem: 1/5
Golem Mastery: 2/6
Raise Skeletal Mage: 1/5
Blood Golem: 1/5
Summon Resist: 1/5
Iron Golem: 1/5
Fire Golem: 1/5
Revive: 1/5

The name is from Lord Of the Rings: http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/d/dwimmerlaik.html. As the deceased druid was called Beren, some of you may be noticing a theme. It doesn't last, I promise. The barb I've got sitting in A1 Normal is called Druss.

The only NDEs this character had were due to me trying to teleport through the Maggot Lair in Hell. That cost me a lot of Juves and a few new grey hairs.

In terms of finds, runes were non-existent, but through MFing in the pits to level up, I almost completed Aldur's Watchtower, and see if you can guess what the armour Hell Ball dropped for me was?

Photos:

Nihilathak:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/37/dwimnihiln.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...imnihilnm.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...nihilhell.jpg/

HF:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/98/dwimhfnm.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...wimhfhell.jpg/

Pit Running Joy:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...demonhorn.jpg/

(Never seen that before)

Baal (name the armours):

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/692/dwimbaaln.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...mbaalhell.jpg/

The squid appears to have eaten the Guardian Congrats screen and the Nightmare Baal drop. Ho Hum.

I am currently working on a 'zerker (NF's recipe again), a zealot of some type and have a 'zon parked in A1 Hell waiting for better equipment.

Thanks for reading.|||Congratulations on your Guardian. With Aldur's set in your stash, you're going to need to re-make that wind druid. Good luck on the rest of your characters.|||Well done

Me and FOE are doing a dual untwinked Sept just now. I think Septs are pretty fun, lets you exerience different characters :P

Oh, and a random tip for you...

But teeth or something on left click, that way if you accidentally click, you don't go running past your skellies into a pack of fana thugs |||Nice EM! Sorry about the Doody's Deedies.

You going to MF with this Necro some?

I'm guessing you have Throw as your left click that way you don't, indeed as Virgi said, run out to fight along side the Skelies? < Going to have to try this... get tired of having to run in a circle for 5 mns b/c I clicked on a monster now they're in pursuit of the harmless man in the middle of a waging battle!|||The problem isn't running out to fight with them...

...It's when you run straight past them and into the middle of the group, and they all stand there going 'Wtf is he doing? Again...?' |||Quote:








The problem isn't running out to fight with them...

...It's when you run straight past them and into the middle of the group, and they all stand there going 'Wtf is he doing? Again...?'




That's the problem exactly. I'm also using an old PS/2 mouse that isn't exactly the most dedicated follower of my instructions.

I have throw on the left click to avoid this problem.

Future plans for this necro involve a lot of MF, by the way. And a possible respec to a poison-based specialised pit runner. Did I mention that I love 1.13?|||Congratulations, good luck mfing.

Indeed, 1.13 is great. I can't decide what I like more, the higher rune drop rate or the respec system.