Guardian Hoar Envious of Green and Gold Tournament

Sput

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I present Hoar a Frost/Fana Zealot hybrid from the Envious of the Green and Gold Tournament. The description of his adventure lies on pages 51 - 57, if you are interested. Normal and Nightmare were full cleared on p8 and hell was full cleared on p3 (p1 Ancients).

Stats/Gear:

Level: 87

STR: 135/150
DEX: 160/160
VIT: 220/220
ENE: 15/15

HP: 872/1108 (1158 with Aldur's Advance)
Block: 75% with Holy Shield
MF: 119

FR: -3 (44 with Aldur's Advance)
CR: 39
LR: 77
PR: 10

Resist Cold: 20
Resist Lightning: 4
Holy Freeze: 20
Fanatcism: 10
Sacrifice: 10
Smite: 1
Zeal: 20
Holy Shield: 6

Head: Tal Rasha's Horadric Crest w/PTopaz
Amulet: Tal Rasha's Adjudication
Armor: Upped Hawkmail w/rare jewel
Weapon/Shield: Upped The General's Tan Do Li Ga (Wizardspike) / Stormchaser
Switch: Spellsteel (upped Bonesnap)
Belt: Upped Goldwrap (Credendum)
Ring1: Dwarf Star
Ring2: Nagelring (30 MF)
Gloves: Sander's Taboo
Boots: Goblin Toe (Aldur's Advance)
Prebuff: Todesfaelle Flamme
Charms: Shimmering Grand Charm of Life (+20 life, [email protected]), Arcing Small Charm of Storms (2-53), Gheed's Fortune (+114 GF, -10, +29 MF), other resistance charms

Merc:
Bors Barbarian Merc Level 87

Weapon: Upped The Vile Husk w/rare jewel
Armor: Iron Pelt
Helm: Duskdeep

Other Finds:
Mal x2, Pul, Fal, Ko. Lum x 2

Thoughts:

All in all I had great fun with Hoar and found the build to be incredibly robust/defensive while maintaining an adequate killing speed on p3 in hell thanks to (among other things) the awesome Vile Husk and crushing blow from Goblin Toe. Take a break from the monotony of LK or the Council and join in the fun of the single pass untwinked tournaments!
 
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Sput

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@hackedagainanda, vanmorrison: Why not give the CTC or Green and Gold a try? The CTC tourney has 0 guardians so far and the Green and Gold has only 3 I believe.
 

Drystan

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Congrats on the tourney Guardian! Sweet gear in the end! Did you get any NDE's/scary moments?
 

Sput

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Thanks to all so far. Plenty of scary/NDE moments; highlights include:

1.) Fangskin was cursed as well as his usual extra fast, LE. I attempted to zeal him which resulted in chugging several purples somewhat frantically. I town portalled back to town, took a deep breath, and came back and smite locked him. Smite was used liberally from there on out against tough monsters to great effect.

2.) The Forgotten Temple had a nasty stair trap. No NDE but several scary moments.

3.) A Gloam boss pack at the entrance to the Plains of Despair. I didn't get a screenshot as after the initial assault, they went down in short order. I did get this one later though.

4.) WSK 1. Couple of tough Death Lord boss packs, one of whom was Cursed + Fanaticism. No NDE but maximum evasive action had to be taken. One can see the write up here, if interested.
 
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