Zenigma
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Without chaos, there is no order.
Since their inception, the assassins have hunted down the corrupt mages that plague the world. Who is public enemy number one? She is an entity so devastating and inspires such terror, they named their favored rune word after her and imbued the weapon with her signature skills...
"She isn't real, is she?"
"How do you know it's a 'she'? You haven't ever even seen *air quotes* her."
"Whatever man, think what you want. I heard that she flayed the skin off the entire clan of the Vipermagi, and from each magus, she crafted her armor. Not one of them escaped her murderous rampage."
"That's a load, and you know it. If the guy exists, why isn't he documented anywhere?"
"It's a 'she', and we all know it. I also heard that she scalped King Leoric's harlequin and fashioned a hat out of what she took off of him. How insane is that? She is one crazy cat."
"Fine, whatever, I'll play along... I have heard of Chaos. I use a Chaos Suwayyah, after all... So I've heard some of the myth as well. Chaos is fabled to be the most crazy and corrupt mage, ever. Period. We don't even know her real name. Though if you were to ask me, I really don't think she ever existed. Why are there no records, no name?"
"Oh yeah, your Chaos releases charged bolts and frozen orbs while in combat, if I'm not mistaken. By on topic, she killed ever scholar who would try to document her, that's why there are no records, so stop the skeptic act, okay? I bet she severed ties with the rest of the Vizjeri during the Mage Clan Wars... you know, went rogue, and killed everything as she drove herself further into madness. After all, why do you think we all formed the Order of Mage Slayers right after the War? To randomly kill any 'corrupt mage'? No way, it was to find her ...and kill her. Did you know she holds an eyeball in her hand instead of a magic orb? Supposedly, she calls it 'The Occulus'."
"You know what would really get people interested in her legend? A book. No one has EVER written ANYTHING about her! Here's one factoid you probably haven't heard: She peeled the scales off of Trang-Oul and made her gloves out of them."
"Of course! Now you're getting it! By the way, did you hear that her shield was--"
"...was what? OH NO!"
His eyes run red with blood, as Chaos emerges from the shadows. The icicle protruding from his chest glistens by the dim light of the fire as his body slumps forward.
"BY TYRAEL'S MERCY! WHO ARE YOU? WHAT HAVE YOU DON--"
Thunderous, brilliant sparks fly from her hand, stretched outward and flow through the second man's body. His body convulses wildly as she channels her powers.
The two dead bodies crumble to the floor
"No one writes, no one talks... come along, Zana. Who's a good boy? Hm? Is it you?? Want a treat? Beg for it..."
Introducing Matriarch Chaos, the Charged Bolt/Frozen Orb Sorceress. (...and my first Sorceress Matriarch EVER, meaning I have never mat'd a sorc online or offline in these fourteen years. And yes, I died a lot, especially since I was trying to stay in character for most of the game.)
Chaos killed Baal at level 83, ending at 936349058 experience.
-Stats- (naked/with gear)
Strength: 10/59
Dexterity: 25/27
Vitality: 435/457
Energy: 35/67
Life: 1032/1182
Mana: 199/392
-Resistances-
Fire: 140/100/40
Cold: 195/155/75 (95)
Lightning: 179/139/75 (79)
Poison: 118/78/18
-Skills-
Fire Spells
Warmth - 1 (8)
Lightning Spells
Charged Bolt - 20 (31)
Static Field - 1 (12)
Telekinesis - 1 (12)
Lightning - 20 (31)
Teleport - 1 (12)
Lightning Mastery - 20 (31)
Cold Spells
Ice Bolt - 1 (8)
Frost Nova - 1 (8)
Ice Blast - 1 (8)
Glacial Spike - 1 (8)
Blizzard - 1 (8)
Frozen Orb - 20 (27)
Cold Mastery - 5 (12) <-Remaining points are going here. If I were to build her to level 99, the last point would probably go to Frozen Armor.
-Gear-
Helm: 113 def Harlequin Crest, socketed with a PTop
Armor: 34 all res, 10 MDR Skin of the Vipermagi, socketed with a PTop
Weapon: The Occulus
Shield: Lidless Wall
Gloves: Trang-Oul's Claws
Belt, Boots, Rings, and Amulet below
Inventory: Couple of +5 STR large charms, two lightning skillers, and a couple of fhr charms (one large, one small, to hit 30 fhr--which is honestly not enough fhr)
-The Simpleton-
Zanarhi, Mercenary of the Desert, and in the eyes of Chaos, her pet dog, the only person immune to her ire and insanity. (Combat-Normal)
His gear:
Questing:
Normal was played on /p8 in its entirety. She was basically naked until level 15 (she had fcr rings and ammy on starting at level 3, until she didn't need them after equipping fcr on other items, freeing up her fingers for more res), when she equipped a tarnhelm, then got a stealth at 17, and +3 CB leaf at 19. I actually forgot about my boots until level 23, so I put those on when I saw them sitting in my stash. I gave her enough +5 str large charms to equip a spirit sword at 25. Normal was very easy. I maxed out charged bolt at level 21 (one point in warmth at level 3 and one in static at 18--right before I faced Andariel). After that, she built her way up the pre-reqs in the cold tree, snagging blizz at level 26. Levels 27 and 28 were spent getting Teleport, which I found to be largely unnecessary until then, because I basically killed everything in my path to level up. I hit 30 right before Mephisto, at which point I had put one point into each of cold mastery and frozen orb. With Izzy's quest reward, I put a point into each of lightning mastery and lightning. The ancients were a breeze, as was Baal. I regularly used both of my skills in basically all combat conditions. I stayed in normal until fifty (which took another 20-ish minutes of running baal), so that I could equip my ammy and belt, allowing me to use lidless, trangs, and new rings. At 42, I put on the occy. I maxed frozen orb at 49. Then I started working on lightning.
Nightmare, like Normal, was entirely played on /p8. I teleported through lots of it, killing the uniques I saw along the way until act 4, where I slowed down to kill more enemies. Then I picked up the pace a bit in act 5 again, killing roughly half of my enemies. After I maxed lightning, then I starting working on lightning mastery.
I played Hell on /p8 through act 3, I killed almost every enemy I saw. But as soon as I hit act 4, the enemies took so much more effort and time, I decided to just drop the difficulty to /p1 after 30 minutes of taking down four unique packs. and flew through the enemies. With zaps and chills abound. After I trashed the chaos sanctuary like my bedroom, I bumped the difficulty back up to /p8 to diablo and wiped the floor with him, using static -> both CB and FO (which was my most common spell progression in combat) After that, I killed Shenk, then decided to put the difficulty back down to /p1. Lightning mastery was maxed at 81, then I starting to dump my points into cold mastery. I teleported past most of act 5, killing some of the uniques. The ancients were also easy, and I'm temped to run them again on /p8 just for giggles. Talic and Korlic were FI/CI, and Madwac was LI. No problem; smashed them. Baal's minions were easy peasy. I bumped the difficulty back up to /p8 for baal. It was time-consuming (took like three to five minutes, plus a trip back to town to refill a few mana and health potions).
Overall, I died a lot trying to act crazy. I probably died 12 times in total. The combination of 30 fhr and telestomping to overwhelm single opponents at a time with CB didn't work so well when I was facing unique packs of heavy hitters...
I like that I was able to combine my two favorite sorceress skills in one build and have it be my first sorceress matriarch. I loved it. Never a dull moment.
Future plans: could definitely run baal and diablo... hmmm not really sure, but I definitely don't want to retire her. I need better gear though, most definitely.
Questions are welcome. I've spent an hour writing this, and it's currently 4:33 AM, so I probably left something out. Let me know if you want to know anything more. I'll describe in detail how I approached battles, for instance, if there is any interest for it... but I'm going to bed now. Peace out. Thanks for reading.
Since their inception, the assassins have hunted down the corrupt mages that plague the world. Who is public enemy number one? She is an entity so devastating and inspires such terror, they named their favored rune word after her and imbued the weapon with her signature skills...
"She isn't real, is she?"
"How do you know it's a 'she'? You haven't ever even seen *air quotes* her."
"Whatever man, think what you want. I heard that she flayed the skin off the entire clan of the Vipermagi, and from each magus, she crafted her armor. Not one of them escaped her murderous rampage."
"That's a load, and you know it. If the guy exists, why isn't he documented anywhere?"
"It's a 'she', and we all know it. I also heard that she scalped King Leoric's harlequin and fashioned a hat out of what she took off of him. How insane is that? She is one crazy cat."
"Fine, whatever, I'll play along... I have heard of Chaos. I use a Chaos Suwayyah, after all... So I've heard some of the myth as well. Chaos is fabled to be the most crazy and corrupt mage, ever. Period. We don't even know her real name. Though if you were to ask me, I really don't think she ever existed. Why are there no records, no name?"
"Oh yeah, your Chaos releases charged bolts and frozen orbs while in combat, if I'm not mistaken. By on topic, she killed ever scholar who would try to document her, that's why there are no records, so stop the skeptic act, okay? I bet she severed ties with the rest of the Vizjeri during the Mage Clan Wars... you know, went rogue, and killed everything as she drove herself further into madness. After all, why do you think we all formed the Order of Mage Slayers right after the War? To randomly kill any 'corrupt mage'? No way, it was to find her ...and kill her. Did you know she holds an eyeball in her hand instead of a magic orb? Supposedly, she calls it 'The Occulus'."
"You know what would really get people interested in her legend? A book. No one has EVER written ANYTHING about her! Here's one factoid you probably haven't heard: She peeled the scales off of Trang-Oul and made her gloves out of them."
"Of course! Now you're getting it! By the way, did you hear that her shield was--"
"...was what? OH NO!"
His eyes run red with blood, as Chaos emerges from the shadows. The icicle protruding from his chest glistens by the dim light of the fire as his body slumps forward.
"BY TYRAEL'S MERCY! WHO ARE YOU? WHAT HAVE YOU DON--"
Thunderous, brilliant sparks fly from her hand, stretched outward and flow through the second man's body. His body convulses wildly as she channels her powers.
The two dead bodies crumble to the floor
"No one writes, no one talks... come along, Zana. Who's a good boy? Hm? Is it you?? Want a treat? Beg for it..."
Introducing Matriarch Chaos, the Charged Bolt/Frozen Orb Sorceress. (...and my first Sorceress Matriarch EVER, meaning I have never mat'd a sorc online or offline in these fourteen years. And yes, I died a lot, especially since I was trying to stay in character for most of the game.)
Chaos killed Baal at level 83, ending at 936349058 experience.
-Stats- (naked/with gear)
Strength: 10/59
Dexterity: 25/27
Vitality: 435/457
Energy: 35/67
Life: 1032/1182
Mana: 199/392
-Resistances-
Fire: 140/100/40
Cold: 195/155/75 (95)
Lightning: 179/139/75 (79)
Poison: 118/78/18
-Skills-
Fire Spells
Warmth - 1 (8)
Lightning Spells
Charged Bolt - 20 (31)
Static Field - 1 (12)
Telekinesis - 1 (12)
Lightning - 20 (31)
Teleport - 1 (12)
Lightning Mastery - 20 (31)
Cold Spells
Ice Bolt - 1 (8)
Frost Nova - 1 (8)
Ice Blast - 1 (8)
Glacial Spike - 1 (8)
Blizzard - 1 (8)
Frozen Orb - 20 (27)
Cold Mastery - 5 (12) <-Remaining points are going here. If I were to build her to level 99, the last point would probably go to Frozen Armor.
-Gear-
Helm: 113 def Harlequin Crest, socketed with a PTop
Armor: 34 all res, 10 MDR Skin of the Vipermagi, socketed with a PTop
Weapon: The Occulus
Shield: Lidless Wall
Gloves: Trang-Oul's Claws
Belt, Boots, Rings, and Amulet below
Beast Harness
Demonhide Sash
Defense: 42
Durability: 11 of 12
Required Level: 50
Required Strength: 20
Fingerprint: 0xb74ba72c
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+17% Faster Hit Recovery
+21% Enhanced Defense
+17 to Strength
+17 Maximum Stamina
Lightning Resist +25%
Poison Length Reduced by 25%
Gale Blazer
Heavy Boots
Defense: 5
Durability: 14 of 14
Required Level: 19
Required Strength: 18
Fingerprint: 0xbb337a43
Item Level: 40
Version: Expansion 1.10+
14% Chance to cast level 5 Charged Bolt when struck
Cold Resist +38%
Lightning Resist +36%
Fire Resist +16%
43% Extra Gold from Monsters
9% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Scintillating Ring of the Apprentice
Ring
Required Level: 59
Fingerprint: 0x9866237d
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+10% Faster Cast Rate
All Resistances +14
Doom Spiral
Ring
Required Level: 51
Fingerprint: 0x89aa8639
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+9 to Minimum Damage
2% Mana stolen per hit
5% Life stolen per hit
+48 to Mana
+7 Maximum Stamina
All Resistances +9
Raven Scarab
Amulet
Required Level: 50
Fingerprint: 0xff8822ab
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only)
+10% Faster Cast Rate
+20 to Strength
+12 to Life
Cold Resist +9%
All Resistances +11
Demonhide Sash
Defense: 42
Durability: 11 of 12
Required Level: 50
Required Strength: 20
Fingerprint: 0xb74ba72c
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+17% Faster Hit Recovery
+21% Enhanced Defense
+17 to Strength
+17 Maximum Stamina
Lightning Resist +25%
Poison Length Reduced by 25%
Gale Blazer
Heavy Boots
Defense: 5
Durability: 14 of 14
Required Level: 19
Required Strength: 18
Fingerprint: 0xbb337a43
Item Level: 40
Version: Expansion 1.10+
14% Chance to cast level 5 Charged Bolt when struck
Cold Resist +38%
Lightning Resist +36%
Fire Resist +16%
43% Extra Gold from Monsters
9% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Scintillating Ring of the Apprentice
Ring
Required Level: 59
Fingerprint: 0x9866237d
Item Level: 85
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+10% Faster Cast Rate
All Resistances +14
Doom Spiral
Ring
Required Level: 51
Fingerprint: 0x89aa8639
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+9 to Minimum Damage
2% Mana stolen per hit
5% Life stolen per hit
+48 to Mana
+7 Maximum Stamina
All Resistances +9
Raven Scarab
Amulet
Required Level: 50
Fingerprint: 0xff8822ab
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only)
+10% Faster Cast Rate
+20 to Strength
+12 to Life
Cold Resist +9%
All Resistances +11
Inventory: Couple of +5 STR large charms, two lightning skillers, and a couple of fhr charms (one large, one small, to hit 30 fhr--which is honestly not enough fhr)
-The Simpleton-
Zanarhi, Mercenary of the Desert, and in the eyes of Chaos, her pet dog, the only person immune to her ire and insanity. (Combat-Normal)
His gear:
Vampire Gaze
Grim Helm
Defense: 252
Durability: 32 of 40
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 58
Fingerprint: 0xa2b3b2fe
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10
+Adds 6 - 22 Cold Damage Over 4 Secs (100 Frames)
7% Mana stolen per hit
6% Life stolen per hit
+100% Enhanced Defense
15% Slower Stamina Drain
Damage Reduced by 17%
Magic Damage Reduced by 11
Shaftstop
Mesh Armor
Defense: 635
Durability: 22 of 45
Required Level: 38
Required Strength: 92
Fingerprint: 0x8e31663c
Item Level: 58
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+197% Enhanced Defense
+250 Defense vs. Missile
+60 to Life
Damage Reduced by 30%
Insight
Superior Partizan
RalTirTalSol
Two Hand Damage: 172 - 358
Durability: 36 of 36
Required Level: 27
Required Strength: 103
Required Dexterity: 57
Fingerprint: 0x71087fb2
Item Level: 49
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Level 17 Meditation Aura When Equipped
+35% Faster Cast Rate
220% Enhanced Damage
+9 to Minimum Damage
180% Bonus to Attack Rating
+2 to Attack Rating
Adds 5 - 30 Fire Damage
Adds 75 Poison Damage Over 5 Secs (125 Frames)
+4 to Critical Strike
All Stats +5
+2 to Mana after each Kill
23% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Increase Maximum Durability 10%
Ethereal
4 Sockets (4 used)
Socketed: Ral Rune
Socketed: Tir Rune
Socketed: Tal Rune
Socketed: Sol Rune
Ral Rune
Required Level: 19
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Weapons: Adds 5 - 30 Fire Damage
Armor: Fire Resist +30%
Shields: Fire Resist +35%
Tir Rune
Required Level: 13
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Weapons: +2 to Mana after each Kill
Armor: +2 to Mana after each Kill
Shields: +2 to Mana after each Kill
Tal Rune
Required Level: 17
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Weapons: Adds 75 Poison Damage Over 5 Secs (125 Frames)
Armor: Poison Resist +30%
Shields: Poison Resist +35%
Sol Rune
Required Level: 27
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Weapons: +9 to Minimum Damage
Armor: Damage Reduced by 7
Shields: Damage Reduced by 7
Grim Helm
Defense: 252
Durability: 32 of 40
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 58
Fingerprint: 0xa2b3b2fe
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10
+Adds 6 - 22 Cold Damage Over 4 Secs (100 Frames)
7% Mana stolen per hit
6% Life stolen per hit
+100% Enhanced Defense
15% Slower Stamina Drain
Damage Reduced by 17%
Magic Damage Reduced by 11
Shaftstop
Mesh Armor
Defense: 635
Durability: 22 of 45
Required Level: 38
Required Strength: 92
Fingerprint: 0x8e31663c
Item Level: 58
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+197% Enhanced Defense
+250 Defense vs. Missile
+60 to Life
Damage Reduced by 30%
Insight
Superior Partizan
RalTirTalSol
Two Hand Damage: 172 - 358
Durability: 36 of 36
Required Level: 27
Required Strength: 103
Required Dexterity: 57
Fingerprint: 0x71087fb2
Item Level: 49
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Level 17 Meditation Aura When Equipped
+35% Faster Cast Rate
220% Enhanced Damage
+9 to Minimum Damage
180% Bonus to Attack Rating
+2 to Attack Rating
Adds 5 - 30 Fire Damage
Adds 75 Poison Damage Over 5 Secs (125 Frames)
+4 to Critical Strike
All Stats +5
+2 to Mana after each Kill
23% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Increase Maximum Durability 10%
Ethereal
4 Sockets (4 used)
Socketed: Ral Rune
Socketed: Tir Rune
Socketed: Tal Rune
Socketed: Sol Rune
Ral Rune
Required Level: 19
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Weapons: Adds 5 - 30 Fire Damage
Armor: Fire Resist +30%
Shields: Fire Resist +35%
Tir Rune
Required Level: 13
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Weapons: +2 to Mana after each Kill
Armor: +2 to Mana after each Kill
Shields: +2 to Mana after each Kill
Tal Rune
Required Level: 17
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Weapons: Adds 75 Poison Damage Over 5 Secs (125 Frames)
Armor: Poison Resist +30%
Shields: Poison Resist +35%
Sol Rune
Required Level: 27
Version: Expansion 1.10+
Weapons: +9 to Minimum Damage
Armor: Damage Reduced by 7
Shields: Damage Reduced by 7
Questing:
Normal was played on /p8 in its entirety. She was basically naked until level 15 (she had fcr rings and ammy on starting at level 3, until she didn't need them after equipping fcr on other items, freeing up her fingers for more res), when she equipped a tarnhelm, then got a stealth at 17, and +3 CB leaf at 19. I actually forgot about my boots until level 23, so I put those on when I saw them sitting in my stash. I gave her enough +5 str large charms to equip a spirit sword at 25. Normal was very easy. I maxed out charged bolt at level 21 (one point in warmth at level 3 and one in static at 18--right before I faced Andariel). After that, she built her way up the pre-reqs in the cold tree, snagging blizz at level 26. Levels 27 and 28 were spent getting Teleport, which I found to be largely unnecessary until then, because I basically killed everything in my path to level up. I hit 30 right before Mephisto, at which point I had put one point into each of cold mastery and frozen orb. With Izzy's quest reward, I put a point into each of lightning mastery and lightning. The ancients were a breeze, as was Baal. I regularly used both of my skills in basically all combat conditions. I stayed in normal until fifty (which took another 20-ish minutes of running baal), so that I could equip my ammy and belt, allowing me to use lidless, trangs, and new rings. At 42, I put on the occy. I maxed frozen orb at 49. Then I started working on lightning.
Nightmare, like Normal, was entirely played on /p8. I teleported through lots of it, killing the uniques I saw along the way until act 4, where I slowed down to kill more enemies. Then I picked up the pace a bit in act 5 again, killing roughly half of my enemies. After I maxed lightning, then I starting working on lightning mastery.
I played Hell on /p8 through act 3, I killed almost every enemy I saw. But as soon as I hit act 4, the enemies took so much more effort and time, I decided to just drop the difficulty to /p1 after 30 minutes of taking down four unique packs. and flew through the enemies. With zaps and chills abound. After I trashed the chaos sanctuary like my bedroom, I bumped the difficulty back up to /p8 to diablo and wiped the floor with him, using static -> both CB and FO (which was my most common spell progression in combat) After that, I killed Shenk, then decided to put the difficulty back down to /p1. Lightning mastery was maxed at 81, then I starting to dump my points into cold mastery. I teleported past most of act 5, killing some of the uniques. The ancients were also easy, and I'm temped to run them again on /p8 just for giggles. Talic and Korlic were FI/CI, and Madwac was LI. No problem; smashed them. Baal's minions were easy peasy. I bumped the difficulty back up to /p8 for baal. It was time-consuming (took like three to five minutes, plus a trip back to town to refill a few mana and health potions).
Overall, I died a lot trying to act crazy. I probably died 12 times in total. The combination of 30 fhr and telestomping to overwhelm single opponents at a time with CB didn't work so well when I was facing unique packs of heavy hitters...
I like that I was able to combine my two favorite sorceress skills in one build and have it be my first sorceress matriarch. I loved it. Never a dull moment.
Future plans: could definitely run baal and diablo... hmmm not really sure, but I definitely don't want to retire her. I need better gear though, most definitely.
Questions are welcome. I've spent an hour writing this, and it's currently 4:33 AM, so I probably left something out. Let me know if you want to know anything more. I'll describe in detail how I approached battles, for instance, if there is any interest for it... but I'm going to bed now. Peace out. Thanks for reading.