Hephasto

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SnakeEye85

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Hephasto

What would be the best playersettings to run hephasto if ure looking for runes

is it like countess (p1) or is it the higher psettings = more possible runes?

thanks
 
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farting bob

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for actually killin him (as opposed to the quest) i think its p8 for more runes, like any other monster except countess (cause of her rune drop chance is a seperate category for items, i dont understand ttoally, but basicaly, p1 is better, and quicker)
 
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whomhead

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hephasto runs should be done at /players 8 (or the highest setting you can manage) because he will drop more items at a higher players setting. the chance is always the same that any specific item drop will be a rune, or anything else, but if he drops more items each time you will see more total runes dropping.

watch out though... he hits HARD!! :teeth:
 
Hakai_no_Tenshi

Hakai_no_Tenshi

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Hephasto is pretty tough for runes ... p8 gives

1 : 118 El Rune
1 : 177 Eld Rune
1 : 212 Tir Rune
1 : 303 Eth Rune
1 : 318 Nef Rune
1 : 363 Tal Rune
1 : 454 Ith Rune
1 : 519 Ort Rune
1 : 545 Ral Rune
1 : 779 Thul Rune
1 : 849 Amn Rune
1 : 1274 Sol Rune
1 : 1610 Shael Rune
1 : 2415 Dol Rune
1 : 3132 Hel Rune
1 : 4699 Io Rune
1 : 6179 Lum Rune
1 : 9269 Ko Rune
1 : 12273 Fal Rune
1 : 18410 Lem Rune
1 : 24461 Pul Rune
1 : 36692 Um Rune
1 : 42733 Mal Rune
1 : 64100 Ist Rune
1 : 74709 Gul Rune
1 : 112064 Vex Rune
1 : 130667 Ohm Rune
1 : 196000 Lo Rune
1 : 228591 Sur Rune
1 : 342886 Ber Rune
1 : 399958 Jah Rune
1 : 599937 Cham Rune
1 : 2099563 Zod Rune

In general, runes are just plain hard to find ... much less the top end ones. I believe I found a Lum or so from him.

--T
 
Hakai_no_Tenshi

Hakai_no_Tenshi

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You can use the ATMA DropCalc to get the numbers yourself. Hephasto is actually in the top 10 list of monsters likely to drop a Zod so I would consider sticking with him. The only problem is that he is a tough cookie. Top chances for a Zod on p8:

1 : 850433 Apparition (Apparition) - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb <- Minion
1 : 1700866 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb <- Unique
1 : 1700866 Ghoul Lord - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb <- Unique
1 : 1700866 Gorebelly - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb <- Unique
1 : 1700866 Preserved Dead - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb <- Unique
1 : 1700866 Steel Scarab - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb <- Unique
1 : 1700866 Unraveler - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb <- Unique
1 : 2099563 Hephasto The Armorer - [H] River of Flame (*kaching*)
1 : 2099563 Nihlathak - [H] Halls of Vaught (*runs away*)
1 : 2347073 Baal ~ 1st kill - [H] (*bleh*)
1 : 2347073 Diablo ~ 1st kill - [H] (*double bleh*)
1 : 2773813 Baal - [H] (*hmm*)
1 : 2773813 Diablo - [H] (*double hmm*)

--T
 
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Icebird

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If I understand the table right, if you run into a pack of apparitions in Tal Rasha's Tomb (or presumably the False Tombs), your twice as likely to get a Zod from the minions as you are from the unique itself. I guess that's explained by the wraith bonus for rune drops - while the unique apparition drop runes at the same rates as non-apparition uniques. From the table it appears, that uniques have better chances of dropping a rune than non-uniques, right?

With figures like those I could see tomb runs become popular for high end runes. A hammerdin or melee paladin (sanctuary!) would probably deal with the ghosts best.

For River of Flame runs - I'm thinking hammerdin again. Smite works incredibly well against Heph. Even if you don't damage him with it, you can pin him to a wall for your merc to kill him.

Chris
 
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Zarhrezz

Diabloii.Net Member
Icebird said:
With figures like those I could see tomb runs become popular for high end runes. A hammerdin or melee paladin (sanctuary!) would probably deal with the ghosts best.
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Melee sorc with Azurewrath would do nicely too...dealing 6k fire damage would help.
Not sure if the +510% damage vs undeads (slvl 13 Sanctuary from Azure) works, since it's nowhere stated that that damage is magic...if it's physical it goes to waste. If it's magical, add in another 1730-2065 magic damage on top of the 250-500 Azure already does. Then there's the 250-500 cold damage, which would get us an average of about 8.6k non-physical damage per hit. Should be good enough for players 8 runs.
 
Hakai_no_Tenshi

Hakai_no_Tenshi

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@Icebird: That's correct. The relative odds may be good compared to other monsters but the absolute odds are pretty frightening. Unfortunately, wraith creatures have an extremely high no-drop chance (75/104) such that even at players 8, they still have a (2/31) chance of not dropping anything. That's one reason I don't like wraiths much ... getting them to drop *anything* is tough but when they do drop, it *can* be a good rune.

--T
 
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NSXdreamer

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I just noticed something, on player 1, the apparation minions in tal's tomb has a pretty high ranking for zod, on player 8 some other monster exceed it. But, the chance of apparation minions's drop chance for zod does not change from player 1. Am I seeing things here, or did use the calculator wrong. :scratch:

Player 1:
0.00000008399085 Abominable - [H] Drifter Cavern
0.00000008399085 Abominable - [H] Icy Cellar
0.00000008399085 Abominable - [H] The Ancients' Way
0.00000008399085 Abyss Knight - [H] City of the Damned
0.00000008399085 Abyss Knight - [H] River of Flame
0.00000008399085 Afflicted - [H] Drifter Cavern
0.00000008399085 Afflicted - [H] The Ancients' Way
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Chamber
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb
0.00000008399085 Arach - [H] Halls of Vaught
0.00000008399085 Assailant - [H] Throne of Destruction
0.00000008399085 Balrog - [H] Abaddon
0.00000008399085 Balrog - [H] Infernal Pit
0.00000008399085 Balrog - [H] Pit of Acheron
0.00000008399085 Black Lancer - [H] Worldstone Keep Level 1

Players 8
0.00000016798169 Black Soul - [H] Worldstone Keep Level 2
0.00000016798169 Burning Soul - [H] Plains of Despair
0.00000016798169 Burning Soul - [H] Throne of Destruction
0.00000016798169 Dark Shape - [H] Flayer Dungeon Level 2
0.00000016798169 Dark Shape - [H] Flayer Dungeon Level 3
0.00000016798169 Doom Caster - [H] Outer Steppes
0.00000016798169 Doom Caster - [H] Plains of Despair
0.00000016798169 Ghost - [H] Crystalline Passage
0.00000016798169 Ghost - [H] Drifter Cavern
0.00000016798169 Ghost - [H] Frozen River
0.00000016798169 Ghost - [H] Halls of Vaught
0.00000016798169 Ghost - [H] Icy Cellar
0.00000016798169 Gloam - [H] Frozen River
0.00000016798169 Gloam - [H] Icy Cellar
0.00000016798169 Gloam - [H] Swampy Pit Level 3
0.00000016798169 Specter - [H] Worldstone Keep Level 3
0.00000016798169 Storm Caster - [H] The Chaos Sanctuary
0.00000016798169 Storm Caster - [H] Worldstone Keep Level 3
0.00000016798169 Storm Caster (Grand Vizier of Chaos) - [H] The Chaos Sanctuary
0.00000016798169 Strangler - [H] City of the Damned
0.00000016798169 Strangler - [H] River of Flame
0.00000016798169 Wraith - [H] Glacial Trail
0.00000009525791 Hephasto The Armorer - [H] River of Flame
0.00000009525791 Nihlathak - [H] Halls of Vaught
0.00000008399085 Abominable - [H] Drifter Cavern
0.00000008399085 Abominable - [H] Icy Cellar
0.00000008399085 Abominable - [H] The Ancients' Way
0.00000008399085 Abyss Knight - [H] City of the Damned
0.00000008399085 Abyss Knight - [H] River of Flame
0.00000008399085 Afflicted - [H] Drifter Cavern
0.00000008399085 Afflicted - [H] The Ancients' Way
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Chamber
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb
0.00000008399085 Apparition - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb
0.00000008399085 Arach - [H] Halls of Vaught
0.00000008399085 Assailant - [H] Throne of Destruction

Notice the few in the top spot are normal monsters rather than minion and uniques/minion, and has twice the chance to drop than apparation minions in tal's tomb.
 
Hakai_no_Tenshi

Hakai_no_Tenshi

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I think you did something wrong ..

p1 -> 1 : 2853065 Apparition (Apparition) - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb (Minion)
p8 -> 1 : 850433 Apparition (Apparition) - [H] Tal Rasha's Tomb (Minion)

I don't see minions in the list you posted above. Minions are listed in orange and should look like above i.e minion_name (boss_name). I'm also using an old version here at work and will check against the latest version I have at home.

--T
 
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NSXdreamer

Diabloii.Net Member
Hmm, they appeared orange on my screen, but when I choose the copy option that's wha tit gave me. I'll get a screen shot up in a min or so.
 
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