User blog:Breywood/Khalim's Will and Diablo Clone.

So I decided to grind some on my kicksin after taking a break from doing runs with my summoner. Act 3 is certainly a challenge with my gear. I don't have Enigma, Chaos, Verdungoes, Bartuc's or Shadow Dancer. And I like it that way.

The biggest challenge are the mobs. When I accidentally encounter a horde of fetishes, I'm usually hoping to have them tied up by my Shadow Master so I can deal with three or four at a time. And because she's only a level 10, it means that she's quite squishy and so it's recast it often. And my poor hireling. I'm thinking that I should change my style from the rogue to either a barbarian or a desert mercenary.

I've got some planning to do in this regard. Even though I have the eye and the brain of Khalim, it's really slow going.

Diablo Clone walked in my game over the weekend. I left her in Act 2 so I have some new scenery for my YouTube channel. It was a bother clearing the Oasis, and eventually I caved in and ran my necromancer so I could focus on just the battle itself.

She died about 10-12 times. While her resistances were maxed, it seems that his melee attacks and his firestorm were my undoing. The funny part is the Lightning Hose was something worth ignoring. It also took about thirty minutes due to several runs back to town and having to recover my corpse. Because I'm not doing 12,000 points damage per attack, the longest part of the battle is the last few pixel widths on his health bar. But I did it. I think I'll take that Life Tap wand I stashed on my Rabies Druid and use that as a part of my strategy.

Gear:

Helmet: Circlet with +19 all resistances and +2 Shadow Disciplines Armor:  Smoke Field Plate Belt: Rare 24% FHR and +12 Fire resistances Gloves:  Bloodfist Boots:  Goblin Toes Ring 1: Rare +34 Lightning Resist (29 and a +5 resist all, so it is a legit ring...) Ring 2: Rare +24% Fire resistance Amulet:  +1 all Assassin skills, +12 all res and and added 11% to Fire Resistance Weapon 1:  Strength Blade Talon Shield 1: Rhyme Tower Shield Weapon 2:  Malice Claw Shield:  Rhyme Tower Shield.

Skills:

Burst of Speed Venom Dragon Talon Could not use Shadow Master as she causes the game to become interrupted. Cobra Strike doesn't help much because my AR is still pretty low and his Armageddon eats the life I manage to steal. I'll look into the effects of Fade and Life Tap from a wand I have on another character.