Good thing I play SC

[nyghthwk]

First pit run of the day on my novamancer. My map has a nice little choke point where I cast Lower resist as run up to it, then nova when I see the first monster, hit CE a few times and just keep running holding alt.

Proceeded as usual this time, but between the nova and the CE my golem and merc vaporized and my necro screamed in agony as he fell dead.

This combo was waiting in ambush for me.

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All I could do was laugh.

 

[Gripphon]

You might try 1 point Revive. Few summons make for amazing protection for necromancer. Those revives basically can't die. Might be worth a try if you didn't use them already.

 

[pharphis]

lol 2x extra fast packs, one of them extra strong, one FE, both with might + fanat. GG.

What p setting?

 

[nyghthwk]

I usually don't have any problems not dying. Been leveling there since lvl 74 (now 85). I have it on /p3. Ran it on /p8 a few runs and my merc was having issues so settled on /p3.

 

[jiansonz]

Yikes!

Is the first boss also an archer? I can't really see.

On the up side, at least there wasn't any Cursed thrown in there...

 

[Yann]

reminds me of a deed of a buddy of mine (bnet hc):
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[japanzaman]

Such is the true challenge of hardcore. You never die to the 99.999% of situations, just that one flukey situation where your reflexes needed to be at their best and you had long been lulled into a false state of comfort by how easily your character could handle all the rest. In hardcore you just can't kill as efficiently as SC for precisely this reason- you ALWAYS have to assume each time is that 0.001%.

 

[Yann]

that is very true, after you've played HC for a while you don't give it much thought anymore (at least I haven't), you just play - and then still have to react in an instant, which can be too late.

 

[nyghthwk]

@jiansonz yes, they were both archer packs.

@Yann that's... just.. ouch

I don't play HC for the same reason I can't do those insanely fast boss/champion pack only runs. My focus isn't sharp enough. The time it takes me to decipher if there's a boss or champ in a group (except for the aura ones) I could have just killed them all anyways. As far as the insta gibbers, like my pics and Yann's pick, I'm dead before that's processed.

 

[japanzaman]

Some of that could be gear, some of it the area level- those archers at P8 can give even the sturdiest builds a run for their money if they have the right mods.