My first Matriarch! Oh, and an intro...
Heya, I've been lurking her for a while, and I figured now is as good a time as any to say hi. I've been playing D2 on and off since it came out, though I just restarted from scratch a couple months ago when I reinstalled it. I stopped playnig sometime shortly after 1.09 came out, so I wanted a fresh start. Not knowing about ATMA until after I wiped out the old characters kinda hurt, but I didn't lose that much, and the only things of note that I haven't recovered are a Goldwrap and a Ko rune.
I had only once even brought a character into Hell, and that didn't last long, so my first Matriarch feels pretty good. I play SC, because I get sloppy and I die a lot. :lol:
Without further ado, I bring you Matriarch Elenia. The only Bnet character I ever played was a Charged Boltress, so I decided to try again in 1.10. I shelved her for a while while I was playing my Wolf Druid, but then he found an Oculus and it was on.
She finished the game at level 83, carryinf 175% MF standard. It was a struggle through most of Hell, and the Ancients involved running around in a circle for about 25 minutes while blasting away. It also cost me a ton of gold and almost every Full Rejuv on all my characters. (I killed Baal with 218 Gold in my stash :thumbsup: ) Her final equipment is
Shako w/ PTopaz (self-found from Andariel while leveling/MFing before Ancients, replaced +2 Lightning skills Circlet with damage reduction of 24)
The Oculus
Skin of the Vipermagi (Also self-found, in the Snakepit in NM. That was cool.)
Ancient's Pledge Gothic Shield-not great, but the resistances are great, and the 10%damage goes to mana seems to work well with Energy Shield.
Frostburn (also self-found, she did pretty well for herself... too bad she can't find +Lightning Tab charms...)
Bone Slippers Mesh Boots
Defense 81
+82% Defense
Lit. Resist 9%
Poison Res. 25%
13% MF
20% Increased Speed
10% Faster hit recovery
Powered Amulet of Thawing
+3 Lighning Skills, half freeze duration (gambled for)
Eagle Gyre
+34 Mana
+50 AR
Fire Res. 30%
13% MF
Poison Length -25%
Grim Spiral
+5 Strength
+2 Energy
+77 AR
Lit Res. 23%
Poison Res. 29%
12% MF
Strength 75
Dex 30
Vitality 100
Energy 305
before modifiers
Skills:
Warmth 5 (11 after items)
Frozen Orb 17 (23 after items)
Cold Mastery 1 (7)
all prerequisites 1
Static Field 1 (10)
TK 1 (10)
Teleport 1 (10)
Energy Shield 1 (10)
Chain Lightning 2 (11) misclick got me the second point, don't allocate points when tired... :grrr:
Charged Bolt 20 (29)
Lightning 20 (29)
Light. Mastery 20 (29)
Not too many notable finds before whe got the Mat. title, just the Shako, a Gul rune, and a bunch of lesser set items. The 2 Laying of Hands in 5 minutes an an Andy run were fun though. Baal dropped a bunch of poo, except for the Ethereal Titans Revenge.
Shortly after she got her title, she had a wonderful run of luck, finding Fal, Buriza, Stone of Jordan (replacing the second ring) and a 30% MF Gheed's Fortune.
That's my story, I welcome your comments. I know her life is low, and her Energy too high. If I had the Frostburns or the Stone before I started her, things would have been different, but she's still fun to play. Too bad she can't kill quite fast enough to really run anything but Andy and the Countess...
-Earnan
Heya, I've been lurking her for a while, and I figured now is as good a time as any to say hi. I've been playing D2 on and off since it came out, though I just restarted from scratch a couple months ago when I reinstalled it. I stopped playnig sometime shortly after 1.09 came out, so I wanted a fresh start. Not knowing about ATMA until after I wiped out the old characters kinda hurt, but I didn't lose that much, and the only things of note that I haven't recovered are a Goldwrap and a Ko rune.
I had only once even brought a character into Hell, and that didn't last long, so my first Matriarch feels pretty good. I play SC, because I get sloppy and I die a lot. :lol:
Without further ado, I bring you Matriarch Elenia. The only Bnet character I ever played was a Charged Boltress, so I decided to try again in 1.10. I shelved her for a while while I was playing my Wolf Druid, but then he found an Oculus and it was on.
She finished the game at level 83, carryinf 175% MF standard. It was a struggle through most of Hell, and the Ancients involved running around in a circle for about 25 minutes while blasting away. It also cost me a ton of gold and almost every Full Rejuv on all my characters. (I killed Baal with 218 Gold in my stash :thumbsup: ) Her final equipment is
Shako w/ PTopaz (self-found from Andariel while leveling/MFing before Ancients, replaced +2 Lightning skills Circlet with damage reduction of 24)
The Oculus
Skin of the Vipermagi (Also self-found, in the Snakepit in NM. That was cool.)
Ancient's Pledge Gothic Shield-not great, but the resistances are great, and the 10%damage goes to mana seems to work well with Energy Shield.
Frostburn (also self-found, she did pretty well for herself... too bad she can't find +Lightning Tab charms...)
Bone Slippers Mesh Boots
Defense 81
+82% Defense
Lit. Resist 9%
Poison Res. 25%
13% MF
20% Increased Speed
10% Faster hit recovery
Powered Amulet of Thawing
+3 Lighning Skills, half freeze duration (gambled for)
Eagle Gyre
+34 Mana
+50 AR
Fire Res. 30%
13% MF
Poison Length -25%
Grim Spiral
+5 Strength
+2 Energy
+77 AR
Lit Res. 23%
Poison Res. 29%
12% MF
Strength 75
Dex 30
Vitality 100
Energy 305
before modifiers
Skills:
Warmth 5 (11 after items)
Frozen Orb 17 (23 after items)
Cold Mastery 1 (7)
all prerequisites 1
Static Field 1 (10)
TK 1 (10)
Teleport 1 (10)
Energy Shield 1 (10)
Chain Lightning 2 (11) misclick got me the second point, don't allocate points when tired... :grrr:
Charged Bolt 20 (29)
Lightning 20 (29)
Light. Mastery 20 (29)
Not too many notable finds before whe got the Mat. title, just the Shako, a Gul rune, and a bunch of lesser set items. The 2 Laying of Hands in 5 minutes an an Andy run were fun though. Baal dropped a bunch of poo, except for the Ethereal Titans Revenge.
Shortly after she got her title, she had a wonderful run of luck, finding Fal, Buriza, Stone of Jordan (replacing the second ring) and a 30% MF Gheed's Fortune.
That's my story, I welcome your comments. I know her life is low, and her Energy too high. If I had the Frostburns or the Stone before I started her, things would have been different, but she's still fun to play. Too bad she can't kill quite fast enough to really run anything but Andy and the Countess...
-Earnan
