PhineasB
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Thanks to @ffs and @RIP for posting. I didn’t want three consecutive posts within a week because it would look like spam 
But after this last stretch of drops, I’m ready to update.
Here’s a teaser:
Pestilence started off nicely for level 89-90, with Arachnid’s dropping and then an Ohm right at the end. A second Um also dropped earlier in the level.
The Ohm has been stashed in case we get a second before getting a Lo. Fortitude for the merc would be a major upgrade, I’d wager, and the +1 BO CtA is fine for now because he completes his Pit runs well before the timer runs out and he’s plenty safe with the revives. And as for the Arachnid’s, with my history, that was awesome to get before level 90!
This enabled him to hit 125 FCR breakpoint and was very powerful even with only three skillers and no +skill rings (the amulet was a 1 necro/10 FCR rare to hit the breakpoint). As long he had some revives, he could basically telestomp boss packs to start spamming pNova and have the merc and IG target the boss to get a quick 2-3 corpses for the corpse explosion chain.
He has what I think is a good Pit map, with high boss pack density and XP gain is pretty quick. It was enough fun that he pressed on and just hit level 93. One 4os monarch dropped early, which he’s been Hel’ing and rerolling for 12 tries without a second 35 FCR (two 34 rolls though).
Level 90-91 saw Duriel’s shell and Tal’s mask, which were upgrades for the merc. For level 91-92, he got trolled for the first time with a rare unearthed wand, followed by a nice +3 pNova wand that I thought about tossing in the cube but held off. Then on the second-to-last run before hitting 92:
Pretty amazing to have Shako, Arachnid’s and now Dweb at level 92! I had planned to go back to Phaedrus after hitting the level, but we had to test out the shiny new toy.
He’d have to lose his current map seed to socket the wand, which he isn’t willing to do. It would probably get an Ist otherwise, which I can cube up to from the Um- runes, so only 25 MF lost in order to keep this great Pit map and the LK map where he will return once hitting level 93. Losing resists from HoTo caused some gear tradeoffs, but he couldn’t reach 125 FCR so that allowed him to make some lightning resists up (and another +skill) by going back to Highlord’s. The rest was handled with charms, mainly a plain Ruby (30) GC.
The other set up might actually be a wee bit faster due to the 125 FCR breakpoint and being able to play more recklessly with telestomping. But we have to keep the current set up on principle! Infinity would likely push the current set up ahead, with several elite 4os polearms available for Insight IG. Andy’s dropped early on for level 92-93, which upgraded the merc nicely. Still looking for a Lo for Fortitude (and eventually Infinity) but the upgrade was noticed. Stats at level 93.
Other finds worthy of screenshots during this stretch were Trangs helm, Tancred’s boots, the set Corona, Tomb Reaver (2os), Horizon’s Tornado, Stone Crusher, and a 5os eth Berserker Axe (which I think is only the second of those I’ve ever found, including cubing plain eth ones).
He’s now going to burn through 115 pamethysts and then hit up LK for a while, remembering to pick up Spirit and Insight makings as he goes, in addition to Ko+ (and hopefully some resist charm upgrades). Then we will return to Phaedrus to hopefully hit 3.0B sometime this weekend before rolling a Trav map with my Blizz sorc for RFL Round 2.
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But after this last stretch of drops, I’m ready to update.Here’s a teaser:
With the luck bestowed by @ffs complaining on my behalf, here’s the update.You really need to learn how to find rare items with the right characters, come on. Death's Web with Pally and Trapper instead of your Necro? Griffons with Pally instead of your Lightning Sorc? Fathom twice with what ended up as a Lightning Sorc, wasn't it? Seriously?
Pestilence started off nicely for level 89-90, with Arachnid’s dropping and then an Ohm right at the end. A second Um also dropped earlier in the level.
The Ohm has been stashed in case we get a second before getting a Lo. Fortitude for the merc would be a major upgrade, I’d wager, and the +1 BO CtA is fine for now because he completes his Pit runs well before the timer runs out and he’s plenty safe with the revives. And as for the Arachnid’s, with my history, that was awesome to get before level 90!
This enabled him to hit 125 FCR breakpoint and was very powerful even with only three skillers and no +skill rings (the amulet was a 1 necro/10 FCR rare to hit the breakpoint). As long he had some revives, he could basically telestomp boss packs to start spamming pNova and have the merc and IG target the boss to get a quick 2-3 corpses for the corpse explosion chain.
He has what I think is a good Pit map, with high boss pack density and XP gain is pretty quick. It was enough fun that he pressed on and just hit level 93. One 4os monarch dropped early, which he’s been Hel’ing and rerolling for 12 tries without a second 35 FCR (two 34 rolls though).
Level 90-91 saw Duriel’s shell and Tal’s mask, which were upgrades for the merc. For level 91-92, he got trolled for the first time with a rare unearthed wand, followed by a nice +3 pNova wand that I thought about tossing in the cube but held off. Then on the second-to-last run before hitting 92:
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Death's Web
Unearthed Wand
One Hand Damage: 22 - 28
Durability: 18 of 18
Required Level: 66
Required Strength: 25
Fingerprint: 0xf4413a6c
Item Level: **
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+2 to All Skills
+2 to Poison and Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)
-43% to Enemy Poison Resistance
+9 to Mana after each Kill
+9 Life after each KillHe’d have to lose his current map seed to socket the wand, which he isn’t willing to do. It would probably get an Ist otherwise, which I can cube up to from the Um- runes, so only 25 MF lost in order to keep this great Pit map and the LK map where he will return once hitting level 93. Losing resists from HoTo caused some gear tradeoffs, but he couldn’t reach 125 FCR so that allowed him to make some lightning resists up (and another +skill) by going back to Highlord’s. The rest was handled with charms, mainly a plain Ruby (30) GC.
The other set up might actually be a wee bit faster due to the 125 FCR breakpoint and being able to play more recklessly with telestomping. But we have to keep the current set up on principle! Infinity would likely push the current set up ahead, with several elite 4os polearms available for Insight IG. Andy’s dropped early on for level 92-93, which upgraded the merc nicely. Still looking for a Lo for Fortitude (and eventually Infinity) but the upgrade was noticed. Stats at level 93.
Other finds worthy of screenshots during this stretch were Trangs helm, Tancred’s boots, the set Corona, Tomb Reaver (2os), Horizon’s Tornado, Stone Crusher, and a 5os eth Berserker Axe (which I think is only the second of those I’ve ever found, including cubing plain eth ones).
He’s now going to burn through 115 pamethysts and then hit up LK for a while, remembering to pick up Spirit and Insight makings as he goes, in addition to Ko+ (and hopefully some resist charm upgrades). Then we will return to Phaedrus to hopefully hit 3.0B sometime this weekend before rolling a Trav map with my Blizz sorc for RFL Round 2.
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Forumite Character SC/HC Class Level Exp Date E/S S/U Grail Deaths Hours
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zticazzy Perkele SC Barb 99 3.52 2016-07-12 No - - - -
Pb_pal Eleanor SC Sorc 99 3.52 2016-11-09 No 3068 437 5 -
NanoMist Izuna SC Sin 99 3.52 2016-12-25 No 5109 470 4 360
PhineasB Mercy SC Sin 99 3.52 2017-05-23 Yes - 475 11 -
PhineasB Hiatus SC Sorc 99 3.52 2017-12-25 Yes - 471 21 -
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Forumite Character SC/HC Class Level Exp Date E/S S/U Grail Deaths Hours
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ffs HelpYourself SC Sorc 98.67 3.42 2018-03-16 Yes - - ? ?
T72on1 Neverland SC Sorc 98.38 3.34 2018-02-05 Yes 2190 477 13 300+
Yng Sophie SC Sorc 97 3.09 2018-02-21 Yes - - 8 -
PhineasB Phaedrus SC Pala 97 2.96 2018-03-04 Yes - 328 13 -
darkstarhub Neptune SC Sorc 96 2.72 2017-12-31 Yes - 452 - -
Dezrok Salome SC Sorc 95 2.49 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 792 318 - -
Gynli Amazon SC Ama 95 2.49 2017-02-23 Yes - - ? -
Me2Nik Fugu HC Ama 93 2.10 2018-02-05 Yes 80 - - -
ffs Ric SC Necro 93 2.09 2018-03-16 Yes - - - -
PhineasB Pestilence SC Necro 93 2.09 2018-04-03 Yes - - - -
Zenigma Ayura SC Barb 92 1.92 2017-12-25 No - - - -
kyndig DrearyAura HC Sorc 91 1.76 2018-02-20 Yes - - - -
RIP Kaira_II HC Sin 89 1.48 2018-04-03 Yes - 149 - -
hackedagainanda Hugo HC Necro 85 1.05 2017-12-17 Yes - - - -
Xul's Gull Xul HC Necro 81 0.74 2018-03-26 No - - - -
aarrgus Acala SC Barb 80 0.68 2017-12-30 Yes - - 5 -
Pb_pal Klaus HC Druid 76 0.48 2018-02-26 Yes - - - -
Yng Lebron HC Barb 71 0.33 2018-02-21 Yes -
Smittyphi SliceNDice SC Sin 70 0.30 2018-03-27 Yes 15 - 6 -
ioupainmax Durnik SC Pala 67 0.23 2017-12-29 Yes 87 61 0 -
Sleepybear123 Rob_theBarb HC Barb 50 0.05 2018-01-06 Yes - - - 10
Klonki Dualizt_Ann SC Sorc 24 0.01 2018-02-24 Yes - 2 - 9
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Forumite Character SC/HC Class Level Exp Date E/S S/U Grail Deaths Hours
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Neksja Aura SC Pala 98.50 3.37 2017-03-16 Yes 8606 464 - -
hasuprotoss Reina SC Sorc 97 2.96 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 1751 384 - -
Tarantella Tarasha HC Sorc 96 2.72 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - - -
Grim Furious_Blonde SC Ama 96 2.72 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - - -
XyleneCyanol Fishie HC Sorc 95 2.49 YYYY-MM-DD No - - - -
ThomasJohnsen xInTheBuffx HC Sorc 95 2.49 2017-03-31 Yes - - - -
NamelessPenguin Rockatansky SC Barb 95 2.49 2017-12-14 Yes - - - -
Reyz Qty SC Sorc 93 2.10 YYYY-MM-DD No - - - -
Chaostar Prairie SC Sorc 91 1.76 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 659 261 12 126
OldSoldier Battleforge HC Pala 91 1.76 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - 236 - -
tokerdin tokeress SC Sorc 91 1.76 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - - -
Southpaw Njord SC Druid 90 1.62 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - - -
Qwernt CanbeOnlyBlizz SC Sorc 90 1.62 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - ? ?
MercMan Este SC Ama 90 1.62 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 1212 278 2 ?
Lynchgrinch Tattersail SC Sorc 89 1.48 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - 321 ? ?
LiquidClear Sally SC Sin ** 1.36 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 225 - 1 -
liquid_mage zDadColdSorc SC Sorc ** 1.36 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - 160 - -
Neksja Turirao SC Druid 87 1.25 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 191 124 5 -
Gladstone Socrates HC Druid 86 1.15 YYYY-MM-DD - - - - -
Zenigma Gnosis SC Druid 86 1.15 YYYY-MM-DD No - - - -
Lord Molybdenum Cruise_Control SC Necro 86 1.15 YYYY-MM-DD No 115 94 19 -
Naturallog Athos HC Barb 84 0.96 YYYY-MM-DD No 159 105 0 -
Lord Molybdenum Verisimilitude SC Ama 83 0.** YYYY-MM-DD No 28 25 0 -
Qwernt AmaAgainstAll SC Sorc 81 0.74 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - - -
Gambit Mallenroh SC Sorc 81 0.74 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 0 0 0 0
Lord Molybdenum But_Why SC Sin 81 0.74 YYYY-MM-DD No 55 51 53 -
Jean Avila SpeedAdict SC Ama 77 0.52 YYYY-MM-DD No - - - 50
logoutzero Digimon HC Necro 76 0.48 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 85 65 0 -
TwentyMuleTeam Rayne SC Sorc 76 0.48 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 195 140 - ?
Gripphon Ryu SC Sorc 76 0.48 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - ? 13
Darke Rahl Bells HC Ama 74 0.40 YYYY-MM-DD No 19 - 0 -
Xul's Gull Araphel HC Necro 60 0.12 2017-12-21 No - - - -
Vildecor Celia SC Ama 59 0.11 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 52 43 0 -
TrU Henryk SC Barb 41 0.02 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - 22 12
Gambit Colossus SC Pala 39 0.02 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 0 0 0 0
Smancer Smancer SC Necro 26 0.00 YYYY-MM-DD Yes 1 - - -
BKC FearsomeFreddie SC Necro 23 0.00 YYYY-MM-DD Yes - - - -
Ergroilnin Erilinda HC Sorc 20 0.00 YYYY-MM-DD No - - - -The Fallen
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Forumite Character SC/HC Class Level Exp Date E/S S/U Grail Deaths Hours
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MizzouFTW Pure HC Necro 86 1.15 2018-01-10 Yes - - 1 -
coju NintyNine_orRiP HC Sorc 81 0.74 2016-04-07 Yes - - 1 -
TwentyMuleTeam Valus HC Barb 76 0.48 2016-10-27 Yes - - 1 -
Pb_pal Stevesy HC Pala 76 0.48 2017-06-19 Yes - - 1 -
weezaard Cypher SC Druid 66 0.00 2018-02-21 Yes - - 20+ -
Tenecabo OldShatterhand HC Druid 49 0.04 2016-06-16 Yes - 0 1 -
coju fB HC Sorc 29 0.00 2016-04-09 Yes 1 1 1 2
Kitteh Verallus HC Druid 26 0.00 2016-03-25 No - - 1 -
logoutzero Rolex HC Barb 21 0.00 2016-03-26 Yes 0 0 1 1
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