Single player hell ancient :(

[Snakeeyes]

Single player hell ancient

Hey i got a lvl 82 summoner and im stuck to ancient hell

HOW DO I BEAT EM!!!

wich curse is the best?

i use clay golem full skeleton some mages and resurections

but hell they hurt and my skellies cant deal the damage

even with my act 2 might merc


ANY TIPS!! PLZZ!!

 

[Tarantella]

Re: Single player hell ancient

Decrepify should tip the balance in your favour.

 

[Snakeeyes]

Re: Single player hell ancient

i use decreptify does not seem to be enough

...

last time ive been stuck like that was in the Maggot Lair..

those small tunnels would not let my merc fight the mobs first, my skellies were dying one by one everytime

I finaly did it with some good positioning of merc but now it seems way harder..

I cant find a guide for pve necro single player or real strategy at that point

these 3 barbs are badass

 

[Tarantella]

Re: Single player hell ancient

How have you spent your 93 skill points and what levels are your skeleton mastery and raise skeleton skills with your gear?

 

[Snakeeyes]

Re: Single player hell ancient

Cant awnser right now im at the job and i didnt play for a month or two ( i hate being stuck)

but my skel and mastery are maxed and they are with items level 27 skel and 25 for mastery and i cant remember how much in corpse exoplsion (wich is totaly useless right there) and resurection may have a bunch of point, i can have 10 of them if i remember

i spent some in clay golem, amp dmg decrept and i got all the other curses

 

[IncubatorJones]

Re: Single player hell ancient

Well if you have revives try some Urdars, they have crushing blow. Best place to find them is river of flame I think. Or ask for someone for help if you don't mind that

 

[Tarantella]

Re: Single player hell ancient

Seems ok and you could just make guardian on 27/25 as Baal when decrepified and gumbified cant kill them (assuming you have summon resist) but you might meet nastier boss combinations on the way who will seriously damage your skellies if you don't have at least a point in summon resist. You need also a merc that can stay alive to supply his might aura though. What's his gear like?

 

[Snakeeyes]

Re: Single player hell ancient

Well if you have revives try some Urdars, they have crushing blow. Best place to find them is river of flame I think. Or ask for someone for help if you don't mind that

Yeah that sounds good!

Well i wont ask for help im really minded of doing the whole game alone with every character ^^

im hard headed... but whatever

Urdars that should be good ill try that

i tried it with Venom lord , they are tankish but dont deal **** dmg

 

[Snakeeyes]

Re: Single player hell ancient

Seems ok and you could just make guardian on 27/25 as Baal when decrepified and gumbified cant kill them (assuming you have summon resist) but you might meet nastier boss combinations on the way who will seriously damage your skellies if you don't have at least a point in summon resist. You need also a merc that can stay alive to supply his might aura though. What's his gear like?

he got ethereal lance idk what type he do around 1.6k dmg with life leach
but he still die sometime, i dont know what i could get as item to make it more ''invincible''

Ill have to review my build otherwise ill need to put poitn in summon resist
... idk, pretty sure ive put at least 1 in it..

But maybe its the might aura that doesnt fit? do you think any other merc would be better? i just thought with decreptify and might aura or even Amp dmg + might would be badass but now im facing tough guys

Thorn curse would be viable? enough to destroy the ancients?

 

[Tarantella]

Re: Single player hell ancient

Might is the aura of choice here and an ethereal white lance with 5 sockets would make a nice honor runeword and one with 2 sockets would make a strength runeword for cheap and cheerful crushing blow.(Have both but keep the strength in the Horadric cube for use against bosses.)

But an elite ethereal polearm or spear with those runewords would be better.

 

[Snakeeyes]

Re: Single player hell ancient

Might is the aura of choice here and an ethereal white lance with 5 sockets would make a nice honor runeword and one with 2 sockets would make a strength runeword for cheap and cheerful crushing blow.(Have both but keep the strength in the Horadric cube for use against bosses.)

But an elite ethereal polearm or spear with those runewords would be better.

Yeah okay that sounds good

i cant seem to find a amn rune im pretty unlucky at the moment lol


but i do have a lot of trash rune i could cube..

Hey thanks for those tips that should help me out

now ill start countess run and hope for an Amn -___- but that is diablo 2!

after that i will need to find a 5 open socked elite ethereal polearm

oh gosh.. thanks dude ! really apreciate

 

[Snakeeyes]

Re: Single player hell ancient

Might is the aura of choice here and an ethereal white lance with 5 sockets would make a nice honor runeword and one with 2 sockets would make a strength runeword for cheap and cheerful crushing blow.(Have both but keep the strength in the Horadric cube for use against bosses.)

But an elite ethereal polearm or spear with those runewords would be better.

Yeah okay that sounds good

i cant seem to find a amn rune im pretty unlucky at the moment lol


but i do have a lot of trash rune i could cube..

Hey thanks for those tips that should help me out

now ill start countess run and hope for an Amn -___- but that is diablo 2...
(Diablo 3 is coming thanks god)

after that i will need to find a 5 open socked elite ethereal polearm

oh gosh.. thanks dude ! really apreciate

 

[Noodle]

Re: Single player hell ancient

See if you can figure out which mods on the ancients are doing the damage. (Extra strong, cursed, etc.) Single Player has a huge advantage at this, in that immediately after they spawn you can pause the game, hover your mouse pointer over one of the ancients, momentarily unfreeze the game, then immediately refreeze it while you note their mods. This allows you to TP back to town and reset their mods if you're faced with an especially nasty combination.

Also, many people find it helpful to drop a bunch of rejuvenation potions on the ground around the area before hitting the altar and spawning the ancients. This way, once you've used up the potions in your belt, you can just run by and replenish by clicking without having to open your inventory. This should help keep your mercenary alive.

Successful tactics involve separating the three so your army only engages one or two at a time. Try to get your clay golum to slow one down while another is off screen. You can also position yourself so that a column os blocking the axe thrower's weapons.

Good luck!

 

[fudoshin]

Re: Single player hell ancient

problems of skeles and too much summons in general is that they cant hit all the same time. your skele have probably also problem with ar. against mele chars and also ancients is good im or i reccomend to u strong iron golem. u can use also charged tele on switch what can give u safity for u and better ability to manage summons.maybe also edge rw (which is usefull for gamble) can helps u a lot on switch, cause thorn aura is very devastating for mele chars (and no problem with ar )...

edit: i see single player, so no edge (for pure playing without plugins or txt rws)
as for as summones if u decide to use im try to revive some pi if u have golem, merc and skeletons, try to revive as much as possible range monsters: archeries, sirenas and curses,curses: decrepify.im.if u use iron golem also aplify.and Lt can helps a lot too...give your merc any ow item and u can kill them just with it...hwanin armor has nice life and static field when struck.nice for golem