Diablo Expansion Patch 1.10
03-30-04
The quest is over! Today I bested the Ancients and Baal in Hell, thus achieving my first Patriarch in patch 1.10. I finished the entire game alone and untwinked (I only used items that this character found himself). I used Nightfish�s Fishymancer 2.0 guide almost verbatim, with a few changes. First, I got Corpse Explosion to level 3 early in my career since I planned to just use �/players 1� throughout the whole game. Second, once I got maxxed Raise Skeleton and Skeleton Mastery, I started putting points into Bone Spirit as an experiment, and I�m very glad I did as it was VERY useful vs. Physical Immunes, Hell Diablo, the Hell Ancients, and Hell Baal. I obtained many of my final items by killing Nightmare Mephisto about 50 times. Not bad for only having 24% Magic Find.
The most difficult battles for me were against Hell Diablo and the Hell Ancients. Even though I put 2 points into Summon Resist, Diablo was able to kill my entire army including my Mercenary over and over very quickly. I resorted to repeatedly casting Decrepify, Clay Golem, and Bone Spirit until he was finally slain. The whole process took about half an hour. Against the Ancients, I followed Nightfish�s advice and Revived a few Gorebellies and repeatedly casted Decrepify and Bone Spirit. I used about 10 Full Rejuvenation potions.
Without further ado, I present to you Patriarch Lord_Soth:
Level 81 Necromancer
Stat Points (Without Items/With Items)
Strength 75 / 75
Dexterity 80 / 88
Vitality 270 / 270
Energy 70 / 94
Life 735 / 822
Mana 275 / 437
Skills:
Amplify Damage 4
All other curses 1
Raise Skeleton 20
Skeletal Mastery 20
Clay Golem 1
Summon Resist 2
Revive 9
Corpse Explosion 10
Bone Spirit 11
All prerequisites 1
Items:
Full Helm with Runeword �Lore�
Prismatic Amulet of Skill (+19 all resistances)
Socketed Gothic Plate with Ral Ort Tal Thul
Frostburn Gauntlets
Rare Ring with 20% Fire Resist, 25% Poison Resist
Scintillating Ring of the Leech (+12 all resistances)
String of Ears
Rare Boots with 30% Faster Run/Walk, 23% Lightning Resist, 24% Magic Find
Weapon Switch 1: Necromancer�s Bone Wand (+2 all Necromancer skills) and Jeweler�s Tower Shield with 3 Perfect Diamonds
Weapon Switch 2: Unraveller�s Head with +2 Bone Spirit and Wand with +3 Bone Spirit
Charms giving total 5% Faster Run/Walk, 81 Life, 6% Magic Find, 22% Poison Resist, 13% Cold Resist
Mercenary: Level 80 Act 2 Offensive (Might Aura) outfitted with Tal Rasha�s Horadric Crest, Blackleach Blade, Rattlecage
Future Plans:
I�ll probably use this character to do more MF runs and twink a Hammerdin and a Sorceress of some sort. I was able to get an Occulus and Tal Rasha�s amulet during my Mephisto runs, so I know a powerful Sorceress is possible.
I want to thank everyone in the Single Player Forum, especially Nightfish. I wouldn�t have been able to accomplish this feat without you.
-James