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

[VorpalCyberWolf]

Well my good characters on my USWest account... one is a Summoning Necro, he has Full Trangs, Arm of Leoric, Marrowwalk, SOjs, Mara, torch, anni etc etc etc.

My other is a sorc which really wasn't that great anymore. Trielemental (Thunderstorm, Meteor, orb) Lots of charms and the like but otherwise bland since I made her pre 1.11 (Pre-synergies)

But I love playing characters of all sorts. All my other characters worth anything were deleted long ago, but I also enjoy bowazons and assassins of any kind from time to time.

I just started a summ. necro on East, so that'll be the first char I build up.

[Giga Guess]

I just started a summ. necro on East, so that'll be the first char I build up.

LOL! I'm sure I'll be bringing you goodies soon enough.

[Nominus Experse]

Giga finds all my charms.

NOTE: I just noticed this thread has 1320+ posts, and around 12k views. This thread has become quite bloated, I think. It will one day eat another thread, I swear.

And Bad Karma, I play Necromancers stupidly religiously, so I will likely have some goods you can have.

[Giga Guess]

I find all the Necro items PERIOD!

And I'm pretty sure this thread has a steady diet of "HU DO J00 LIK MOAR?!?!? TIFA OR AERIS?" threads.

[Tavrobel]

And Bad Karma, I play Necromancers stupidly.

No need to strike that out. Infinity on a Summoner Necro? LOL!

I think this thread eats Kingdom Hearts newbs.

[Nominus Experse]

Shut up, it was late.

EDIT: I <3 realm downs.

[CimminyCricket]

xD Restart your computer and then log back in, it always works for me.

[Nominus Experse]

Actually, I just realized why it was that I wanted the Infinity rune word so very much: 40% crushing blow. Pride may be glorious in how much damage it can create, but crushing blow is far faster.

Taking 1/8 or 1/16 off of Baal/Diablo/Mephisto's life makes a difference when they begin with 660k life (by the time they reach a level of health to where crushing blow no longer matters, the normal damage output ought to suffice). The chance to cut their life bit by bit means more in the end than what Pride gives.

Combined with Guillaume's Face, that's 75% of Crushing Blow on my merc.

And with a lovely mob of Urdars/Gorebellies/etc, there ought to be a a lot of Crushing Blow.

I don't think that the extra 40% is really needed, due to the Urdars, but having it would be rather nice indeed.

[SeeDRankLou]

Muah ha ha ha. I am the winner.



Now I just have to find some runes really quick.

[Nominus Experse]

I believe it is high time I made an Enchantress

[SeeDRankLou]

I hate those builds that are really boring until lv 30. Take for example the Singing Barb. Standard melee Barb until level 30, which quite frankly is boring. Battle Cry made it a tad interesting, but now that I have War Cry it's actually fun. I can Leap into the center of a pack and start War Cry-ing, and they are all stunned and helpless to do anything. This is the first time that the only real option for an act 2 merc is the Prayer one. Of course I'm not in nightmare yet, but I might try out a Thorns merc, just for the hell of it. None of their auras really help this character, except for Prayer, which helps a tad. Or maybe a Might merc for his own benefit. I don't know, but at least it's playable now.

[Tavrobel]

Actually, I just realized why it was that I wanted the Infinity rune word so very much: 40% crushing blow. Pride may be glorious in how much damage it can create, but crushing blow is far faster.

Taking 1/8 or 1/16 off of Baal/Diablo/Mephisto's life makes a difference when they begin with 660k life (by the time they reach a level of health to where crushing blow no longer matters, the normal damage output ought to suffice). The chance to cut their life bit by bit means more in the end than what Pride gives.

Combined with Guillaume's Face, that's 75% of Crushing Blow on my merc.

And with a lovely mob of Urdars/Gorebellies/etc, there ought to be a a lot of Crushing Blow.

I don't think that the extra 40% is really needed, due to the Urdars, but having it would be rather nice indeed.

CB does not stack. If you have a value of 25% CB, and 66% CB, those values will only trigger respectively, not additive. CB is also reduced in great proportions against bosses, particularly against Uber-bosses. The only character who can use CB is a Smiter, because they have a natural stun, Life Tap, and life. Urdars don't have that luxury, nor the IAS.

By the way, the ubers eat mercenaries as quickly as I drink water. And there ain't no one who drinks water like me.

Stick with the Pride. It won't matter how much damage your mercenary can do, because he will be dead the entire time. Plus, if your goons are going to hit the monsters in Tristram, they'll need all the damage they can get, not just one character, hitting something repeatedly, hopefully, not dying.

[Giga Guess]

How does Crushing Blow work, anyways?

[Tavrobel]

Percentage listed is the likelihood of doing that much percent from an enemy's HP or adds to damage, whichever is greater. Essentially, if you have 65% CB, there is a 65% chance for you to deal an attack that takes 65% of the enemy's HP, unless the damage you deal is greater than that amount.

[SeeDRankLou]

Tav, are you sure you are talking about Crushing Blow?

Taken from http://battle.net/diablo2exp/items/magic.shtml#sma (scroll down a little)

Crushing Blow
This is a chance of reducing a monster's health by X% in a single blow.

-Default: 1/4th
-vs. Players: 1/10th
-vs. Hirelings: 1/10th
-vs. Champions, Uniques, Bosses: 1/8th
-with missile weapons, default: 1/8th
-with missile weapons, vs. Players: 1/20th
-with missile weapons, vs Hirelings: 1/20th
-with missile weapons, vs Champions, Uniques, Bosses: 1/16th

The life removed is also scaled with number of players. So that if a monster has 450% more life due to 8 players (or whatever the value is) the life removed is further reduced by the same amount (450% would equal multiplying by 4.5 so the life removed by Crushing Blow is divided by 4.5).

* It is possible to get up to 100% chance for Crushing Blow. Anything above 100% is discarded.
* Physical resistance does apply to Crushing Blow damage, but only if the resistance is positive.
* Crushing Blow Items stack in most cases.
* Since 1.10 Crushing Blow is calculated before your normal damage. So, before doing the damage that you would normally do, there is a chance you will reduce the health of the monster by X% then normal damage apply to the resulting lower life. If you have more than one item with Crushing Blow, the probabilities will be added together. There will be one random check for a Crushing Blow. There is no check for each separate item, so one can not get multiple Crushing Blows in one attack.