Wooooooooooo!! For the first time since .09 I just solo'd Hell. I am shocked at the sense of accomplishment I got when Baal died. I haven't enjoyed the game so much in a long time.
awesome. I know the feeling of accomplishment -- I like to solo all my characters through the whole game, but I have not had a chance to do it yet with a melee character. congratulations! There is just something about watching Baal puke his guts up for the very first time that is exhilarating.
i remember my when first 1.10 char (a conc barb) solo-ed hell. 2 deaths. 1 to iron maiden and one because of that fire enchant bug
I am using a pseudo-Titan lance barb. I added 15 to dex to give myself some flexibility with equipment and then every level has been 4 to str, 1 to vit. This gives me just over 2k life (after cries lvl 32) 10k def, just under 80% chance to hit, and 450 str for a whopping 16K WW (Botd eth warpike, lvl 83 might/"Doom" merc, lvl 6 heart of Wolv from wisp projector) I did not die once (or my merc). The key is to go slow and let the enemys come to you. Don't even have WW on a button when you're in the Chaos Sanctuary or if there are doom knights in the Worldstone Keep. I did reroll the monsters in the halls of vaught once, I walked in and everything on screen was PI and Mana burn, which just wasn't worth it.
My hammerdin just solo'd hell (except maggot lair) and even though it IS a hammerdin it still brought a bit of feeling when I saw baal fall (plus i got a Verdungo of Diablo and Demon Arch of baal)
