First Pat/Mat in years!

I fired up d2 again a few months ago, starting over from scratch on a new computer so the first thing I did was make my defacto numero uno untwinked mfer, the humble blizzard sorc to gear up other toons. Introducing...

Name: Blizzy_McGuire

Class: Sorceress

Experience: 1766168047

Level: 91

Naked/Gear

Strength: 85/112

Dexterity: 155/167

Vitality: 220/242

Energy: 85/120

HP: 610/811

Mana: 315/611

Stamina: 374/374

Defense: 38/1335

AR: 725/915

Fire: 40/0/-60

Cold: 40/0/-60

Lightning: 73/33/-27

Poison: 59/19/-41

MF: 286 Block: 33

GF: 123

FR/W: 40

FHR: 0

IAS: 0

FCR: 50

Gear:


Code:

Harlequin Crest
Shako
Defense: 98
Durability: 12 of 12
Required Level: 62
Required Strength: 50
Fingerprint: 0xe271a8a7
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to All Skills
All Stats +2
+136 to Life (Based on Character Level)
+136 to Mana (Based on Character Level)
Damage Reduced by 10%
50% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Tal Rasha's Adjudication
Amulet
Required Level: 67
Fingerprint: 0x19aa7234
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Sorceress Skill Levels
Adds 3 - 32 Lightning Damage
+50 to Life
+42 to Mana
Lightning Resist +33%
Set (4 items): +10% Faster Cast Rate


Bone Circle
Ring
Required Level: 66
Fingerprint: 0x96ff0015
Item Level: 86
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+30 to Attack Rating
+20 to Strength
+3 to Energy
+31 to Mana
Poison Resist +19%
11% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

The Stone of Jordan
Ring
Required Level: 29
Fingerprint: 0xc37b39f6
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to All Skills
Adds 1 - 12 Lightning Damage
+20 to Mana
Increase Maximum Mana 25%

Snowclash
Battle Belt
Defense: 108
Durability: 18 of 18
Required Level: 42
Required Strength: 88
Fingerprint: 0xe6f0e850
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
5% Chance to cast level 16 Blizzard when struck
Adds 13 - 21 Cold Damage Over 3 Secs (75 Frames)
+3 to Glacial Spike (Sorceress Only)
+2 to Blizzard (Sorceress Only)
+2 to Chilling Armor (Sorceress Only)
+153% Enhanced Defense
+15% to Maximum Cold Resist
+15 Cold Absorb

Sander's Riprap
Heavy Boots
Defense: 5
Durability: 14 of 14
Required Level: 20
Required Strength: 18
Fingerprint: 0xab57ca46
Item Level: 27
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+40% Faster Run/Walk
+100 to Attack Rating
+5 to Strength
+10 to Dexterity


Frostburn
Gauntlets
Defense: 49
Durability: 24 of 24
Required Level: 29
Required Strength: 60
Fingerprint: 0x5eaaa7fc
Item Level: 59
Version: Expansion 1.10+
5% Enhanced Damage
Adds 1 - 6 Cold Damage Over 2 Secs (50 Frames)
+19% Enhanced Defense
+30 Defense
Increase Maximum Mana 40%

Skullder's Ire
Russet Armor
Defense: 732
Durability: 90 of 90
Required Level: 42
Required Strength: 97
Fingerprint: 0xce46281e
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to All Skills
+200% Enhanced Defense
Magic Damage Reduced by 10
113% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items (Based on Character Level)
Repairs 1 Durability in 5 Seconds
+60 Maximum Durability

The Oculus
Swirling Crystal
One Hand Damage: 18 - 42
Durability: 50 of 50
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0xb8670b9
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
25% Chance to cast level 1 Teleport when struck
+3 to Sorceress Skill Levels
+30% Faster Cast Rate
+20% Enhanced Defense
+20 to Vitality
+20 to Energy
All Resistances +20
+5 to Mana after each Kill
50% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Lidless Wall
Grim Shield
Defense: 302
Chance to Block: 0
Durability: 69 of 70
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 58
Fingerprint: 0x3562f888
Item Level: 75
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+1 to All Skills
+20% Faster Cast Rate
+100% Enhanced Defense
+10 to Energy
Increase Maximum Mana 10%
+4 to Mana after each Kill
+1 to Light Radius

There's a few odd things here, over 80 base energy, but I figure why not, I'm untwinked and hurting for mana early on, and now you can reset stats and talent points with 1.13 (woot!). The reset was also a huge incentive for playing a 1 tree sorceress, now that she's level 91 with good gear she can comfortably transition into a build that relies on 2 trees.

I finally got around to downing baal at level 90, after 4000 or so mep runs, I thought it would be really annoying clearing through act 4 and 5 with a blizzard sorc but it ended up being a breeze, I got really lucky with the cold immunes, plus having a lvl 90 merc with a reapers handily took out any frozen immunes I couldn't skip or park.

A blizzard sorc write-up is pretty yawn inducing, so the main attraction here is actually my drop list from 5000 or so mep runs and a few dozen act 2 tunnel runs thrown in to keep my sanity intact. I made a pretty decent dent in overall % of items in game found, obviously missing out on the biggie tc87's but my main concern was getting key uniques to twink out future characters as quickly and efficiently as possible. I don't know anywhere to host the flavie print out so I zipped it and uploaded it instead (dii.net won't accept .html files sorry about zip). The flavie readout is missing some stuff, I have a few new characters hogging some of the loots, and I started to stop picking up some of the more common greens (damn you isenhearts!) after the first few thousand runs. Anyway, Enjoy!

Now I can't decide on what to respec Blizzy_Mcguire into, I'm feeling like a frozen orb/nova combo... I really can't decide, I'm just tired of blizzard now |||Nice! So, your first character after restart finds over 3/4's the items!?!?

This makes me want to bring my blizzy past level 12!!! But, I'm having fun with my trapsin for my first restarter...


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Now I can't decide on what to respec Blizzy_Mcguire into, I'm feeling like a frozen orb/nova combo... I really can't decide, I'm just tired of blizzard now




You can't respect Blizzy_Mcguire!!!!!!!!!!!! She must stay Blizz-tastic!!!!|||Great name. I agree with coju, you can't re-spec a sorc with a name like that.

Congratulations on the Matriarch.|||Grats!

How about the merc? Mercs are quite important in untwinked blizz-sorcs. Did you just bypass all CI? How did you do at Viper temple? and Crystalline Passage? how about the ancients or travincal?|||Grats on the Mat.

Tired of Blizzard? Blasphemy (she could be good for Pindle and/or Travincal if you don't want the more complicated AT runs)

What are your plans for the following characters?|||Welcome back and ... well, good luck for your restart obviously is a bit late, I guess (3/4 of the grail already???). Hope you enjoy your next few characters - I'd definitely make another sorc instead of respeccing.

Hope to see you around more often again!|||Grats nice one, will be fun to see your next map/pat =)|||Congrats!!! I know you said roughly 4000 meph runs, but is there a way that keeps track (like some type of program?) I'm new here and I saw people note how many baal runs it took them from 98-99 and I was curious if there was some automatic way of tracking runs people have done.

I just returned to the game myself. I have a trapsin thats just about to start hell, and my mf sorc is coming through nightmare.|||barren: Congrats on the Mat! Looks like you have a good start on MFing with her. I agree with the others, it would be sad to see Blizzy_McGuire lose her Blizziness (unless she's going for irony ). You've done more than enough Meph runs, IMO, maybe Blizzy could have a nice role as an AT runner, and you could twink your next sorc and play through with a new build.

coju: ~3/4s of Set/Unique items after 5000 Meph runs? Sounds about right. That last quarter is the hard part.

Kinjal: Yeah, there are run counter programs. I like Silospen's.|||Quote:




That last quarter is the hard part




It's the 80/20 rule.

Getting that last 20% gets the 80% of the time. Probably much more.