Diablo 2: The Brother (And Sister)hood of EoFF

[Nominus Experse]

I am pestilence incarnate!

[forevergamer]

my first character was a paladin.then when the exp came out i wanted to try the assassin.love that assassin!!


Been a gamer since,been a gamer still...

[Nominus Experse]

So, after a bit of research (Hero editing LOL), I have found out that it's very possible for me to reach these slightly ridiculous numbers:

With Trang-Oul's Wing, Bracers, and Girth, a Bramble Runeword, a 3 faceted Bone Visage, Stone of Jordan x2, Marrowalk (I couldn't recall any Poison boots), Perfect Mara's, and Death's Web Unearthed Wand, I get the following:

-204 Enemy Poison Resistance
+40 Poison Skill Damage

If I were to acquire an inventory of charms (Skillers, a Torch, and Annihilus) I would see the following:

Lvl 43 Poison Skills
Lvl 30 Fire Golem
735 to Lvl 13 Curse, with the exception of a Lvl 32 Lower Resist

Without any boosts from other charms, my Resistances would be:

Maxed Fire
80 Cold
53 Lightning
Maxed Poison

Small charms are easy enough to come by, and so the Lightning resistance ought not be too much of a problem.

A Lvl 43 Poison Nova does 9012-9253 Damage over 2 seconds.
9012 to 9253 * 244% = 21989.28 to 22577.32

Lvl 43 Poison Explosion does 82907 - 87513 damage over 18.8 seconds
82907 to 87513 *244 = 202293.08 to 213531.72
So that's 10760.27 to 11358.07 damage per second

Lvl 30 Golem does 735 - 810 Fire Damage
735 to 810 * 66% = 1220.1 to 1344.6



I am excited to say the least, but I must first find these items... Oh lord, I can only imagine the squirming and trading I'll have to do to get all this!


Another thing I noticed is that Lower Resist at Lvl 32 has the following attributes:

-66 to all enemy resists
Duration 82 seconds
Radius: 22.3 yards (Things a screen and a half away are under this curse by the time I see them)

Thus, I ought to be a Sorc's very lovely friend, even more so if my merc puts on an Infinity.

[Tavrobel]

Conviction does not affect Poison resistances. You may get better results from a Defiance Mercenary (if you melee with your dagger), or a Holy Freezer (yet another element at your arsenal). Insight is a must if you will spam PNova/PExplosion.

Now, as for Stats, they should look something like this, I would recommend:

Str: something in the area of 100 base for an Archon Plate Bramble, 77 for Dusk Shrouds

Dex: either Max Block Rate, or none at all; have you considered using Poison Dagger w/ a dagger? If so, Wizardspike should cover your resistances and caster rate quite nicely (75 Dex), or even a Silence weapon (on a 6Os Crystal Sword, low Dex, low Str; +2 skills and +75 resistance). I don't think any of us have a Death's Web wand on us, now runewords, I can handle.

Vita: all of it, 2 per point, 1.5 per level

Energy: if with Insight Mercenary, none at all, 2 per point/level

You Mercenary should have the normal Mercenary set-up for Casters (ethereal if possible):
Holy Freeze Aura from Defensive Nightmare, a must
Dream Helm (Mercenaries do not share Facet bonuses, unless they have their own)
Fortitude armor (Boneweaves seem the easiest)
Insight Polearm (either on a low Elite or good Exceptional)

If you are considering using Poison Dagger:
Defiance or Blessed Aim from Defense/Combat in Normal (not Hell), or AI mercenary with Faith
Doom Polearm, or BotD Polearm
Fortitude armor (it's a Mercenary staple, to say the least)
Anything with +Str or Lifesteal should work: Stealskull Casque, Natalya's Helm, Guiellame's Helm (Orphan Set), Dream

Now if you'll excuse me from my rant, I have food to eat!

[Nominus Experse]

I would rather run around spamming Poison Nova than using Poison Dagger, mostly because with Poison Nova, it hits multiple targets without any chance of missing.

And that's crap that Conviction doesn't effect Poison...

I have a Boneshade that might be worth trading for the Death's Web. I think I'm going to have more fun with the Poisonmancer than the Bone one I have right now.


I'll likely try and get the classic caster setup for Merc's.

I almost have enough for a Dream helm (I think I'm only missing Io, though I think I may have traded both my Puls by now...). I am only missing an Archon Plate and the rune Lo for the Fortitude armour. And I have everything needed to make an Insight, save the ethereal Cryptic Axe...

And I just realized that since I have 3 of the set, I can also cast Fire Wall and Fire Ball, which is a lovely thing for when I encounter enemies with a ridiculous immunity to Poison (Don't some get up to 140 or 180 immunity?)

Does anyone know what Level the Merc's Holy Freeze aura is? I've often wondered this.


EDIT: HOLY smurf! I just realized that a perfect Insight grants +700% Mana recovery... So I will have anywhere from +605% to +730% Mana recovery due to Insight and my items...

Christ...

[Tavrobel]

I have four spare Io runes. Runes aren't too much of an issue.

Few Poison enemies have >120% Immunity. Lower Resist, when against an Immune enemy works at 1/5th ability. You shouldn't worry too much, since Facets are applied afterwards. If Immunity is broken, Facets do full damage, which is more important than LRes working at full capacity, because Facets do not affect Immune enemies until Resistance has been broken.

As for Mercenaries, Holy Freeze, I assumed was always level 10, or it might be based on leveling.

After doing some research, these are Poison Immune monsters, by Act:
Act I:
Skeletons (< 105): Returned, Bone Warrior
SArcher (< 110): All
Hawks (< 110): Foul Crow, Blood Hawk, Black Raptor
Spiders (< 105): Poison Spinners

Act II:
Maggots (< 125): All
Baby Maggots (< 100): All
Vultures (< 110): Carrion Birds
Mummies (< 110): All
Spires: Cannot be broken
Fire Towers: Cannot be broken

Act III:
Mosquitoes (< 110): All
Frogs (< 110): Slime Prince
Spirits: burning Souls (unknown number)
Bone Fetish (< 125): All
Tentacle Beasts (< 110): All

Act IV:
Great Demons (< 100): Nightmare, Venom Lords
Corpse Easters (< 110): All

Act V:
Catapults: Cannot be broken
Reanimated Horde (< 100): Nightmare and Hell, Unholy Corpse, Defiled Warrior
Succubi (< 120): Vile Temptress, Blood Temptress
Defilers (< 120): All
Pain Worms (< 100): Menace Worms

With a level 20 Lower Resist, you cannot break the immunities of those with 110+ Poison resistance, which is only the top two of the "All" monsters categories. Since LRes does 67/5, that is roughly 13%. Facets cannot break Immunity, unless they [monsters and Immunity] have already been broken.

As a result, either your Golem, Mercenary, Party ally, or regular Corpse Explosion (should you opt for it), can deal damage otherwise. This is a rather sizable number of enemies, and unlike most others, Poison Immunes are found in popular MF areas.

[Nominus Experse]

I suppose it doesn't really matter, since the whole point of the Holy Freeze aura is to slow the enemy, not dramatically hurt it. And the reduction of speed kind of plateaus at around Level 10 anyways.

Hmm, with this build, there will be Fire, Lightning, Cold, Meditation, and Thorns auras dancing about... I like that idea.

[SeeDRankLou]

For everything you might need to know about the stats of any merc, go to the link below. This is for 1.10, I don't think anything changed about mercs with the 1.11 patch.

http://www.theamazonbasin.com/d2/for...howtopic=36551

So, I did some trading yesterday and ended up getting 2 Destruction Keys and a War Travelers (low end, but he only wanted a Terror Key for it). So, with a few more Countess runs, and maybe the assistance from someone else (more people=higher chance to drop key), I can easily complete two key sets. And I traded something for a Vex last night, it was late I don't remember. So I have another high rune to trade with, if anyone will that is.

And Tav, if I can't get anyone else to trade, can I trade you my Vex for another high rune you might have (Lo, Sur, Ohm, Mal...I'm not too picky). These runes are a bitch to collect.

Edit: Also, if anyone has a spare Lem, I have a Pul that I don't see myself using in the near future. Pul's are used for Dreams, I hear several people wanting a Dream helm at the moment.

[jaggernaut101]

>Cruise Control< >I went to E.B. Games and they didn't have Diablo 2. Man I must get it.<

[Tavrobel]

For everything you might need to know about the stats of any merc, go to the link below. This is for 1.10, I don't think anything changed about mercs with the 1.11 patch.

http://www.theamazonbasin.com/d2/for...howtopic=36551

So, I did some trading yesterday and ended up getting 2 Destruction Keys and a War Travelers (low end, but he only wanted a Terror Key for it). So, with a few more Countess runs, and maybe the assistance from someone else (more people=higher chance to drop key), I can easily complete two key sets.

Edit: Also, if anyone has a spare Lem, I have a Pul that I don't see myself using in the near future. Pul's are used for Dreams, I hear several people wanting a Dream helm at the moment.

So basically, it's level 16 HF. Nothing changed for Mercs since 1.10, so that's no worries.

As for Keys, I don't bother with them, because no one has a character that can solo Tristram in Uber (IE a Smiter). I usually give mine to rusherkilla.

I have a Lem, but I don't know if I will use the Pul quite yet. Perhaps I could use another Hoto.

And sometime during our game, we were RUDELY interrupted by this son of a gun.

[Flying Mullet]

Good, I'm glad Marick caught up with y'all. He IM'd me earlier today asking if the group was still active.

[Tavrobel]

Not until I break my fingers will we not be active.

[Giga Guess]

All's I know is we need Nom to be the Charlie to our Angels (Poison to round out the elemental chart.)

[EDIT] Oh, I found this in my travels today. I think it's our solemn duty to start working this page up a bit.

[Tavrobel]

Good, I'm glad Marick caught up with y'all. He IM'd me earlier today asking if the group was still active.

He has an AIM?

[EDIT] Oh, I found this in my travels today. I think it's our solemn duty to start working this page up a bit.

Do we have to?

[Giga Guess]

Because I say so dammit!

Okay, I just felt it's an eyesore, and among us, I think we could improve it significantly.