An uber-assassinous hardcore journey [win NL prizes]

There is going to be bonus event for the post-game, as I'm going to try to grind/farm to do an

Uber Tristram run. Details will be provided later.

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Shadow-Dancer the Assassin has defeated

Baal on Hell.

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Several people guessed that I would get all the way to the end.
Here's the result of the prize drawing:

1. Pineohkeyoh - GRAND PRIZE winner
2. Necrarch - declined the runner-up prize
3. AzureAnvil - runner-up Enigma!
4. Daydreamer1290
5. Azmenar3764
6. luizgeo
7. Knappogue
8. krathkor

Honorable mentions that guessed I would complete the playthrough but asked to be excluded from the prize drawing:

• uuee
• basicnecromancy
• Schnorki

There is also going to be bonus event for the post-game, as I'm going to try to grind/farm to do an

Uber Tristram run. Details will be provided later.

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Original post follows.

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Greetings, fellow diablo2.io members!

The time has come to yet again embark on a hardcore journey. This will be the third one - the first time, I went Sorceress and made it to Hell Ancients where I met my ultimate demise, and the second time, I tried Necromancer (decided by a random roll) and made it all the way to the end, defeating

Baal on Hell. The general idea is the same as last time - I'm going to attempt a HARDCORE SSF (solo self-found) playthrough, with the ultimate goal of defeating Hell

Baal. As a bonus, I may attempt to kill Dclone and do

Uber Tristram, I haven't decided yet. I have no idea how long this is going to take, or rather... how far I'll get before I die. Because it's very likely that I'll die before I reach my goal.

This time, like the last, I drew a class randomly, but left out both Sorceress and Necromancer from the roll since I already tried those two classes.

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Class

Random pick:
Assassin

Class selection

Class	Odds
Amazon	1/5 (20%)
Assassin	1/5 (20%)
Barbarian	1/5 (20%)
Druid	1/5 (20%)
Necromancer	(excluded)
Paladin	1/5 (20%)
Sorceress	(excluded)

The class will be drawn at 2024-07-08T16:00:00   This timestamp has been automatically converted to your local date/time for convenience. The format is DD/MMM/YYYY, HH:MM am/pm. This is based off your browser time. .
The playthrough will begin at 2024-07-08T17:00:00   This timestamp has been automatically converted to your local date/time for convenience. The format is DD/MMM/YYYY, HH:MM am/pm. This is based off your browser time. .
The playthrough has begun.
Last time to guess my fate will be before I begin Hell.
I will begin Hell 2024-07-13T16:00:00   This timestamp has been automatically converted to your local date/time for convenience. The format is DD/MMM/YYYY, HH:MM am/pm. This is based off your browser time. (preliminary time)
I have begun my Hell playthrough.
I have completed Hell!

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Rules

Game mode: Hardcore
Restriction: Solo Self-Found (no trading, no outside help, no twinking)
Online/Offline: Online

The playthrough will begin at 2024-07-08T17:00:00   This timestamp has been automatically converted to your local date/time for convenience. The format is DD/MMM/YYYY, HH:MM am/pm. This is based off your browser time. .
The playthrough has begun.
I will begin Hell 2024-07-13T16:00:00   This timestamp has been automatically converted to your local date/time for convenience. The format is DD/MMM/YYYY, HH:MM am/pm. This is based off your browser time. (preliminary time)
I have begun my Hell playthrough.
I have completed Hell!

How to win SC NL prizes;

1. Correctly guess how and when I will die.
2. Correctly guess that I complete the whole SSF playthrough.
3. If nobody wins either type of guess, a prize will go out to a single participant, randomly selected.

Note:

• Last time to guess was before I began I begin Hell.
• You cannot guess that I die and complete the playthrough without dying at the same time. You need to guess either or.
• Your last guess counts if you made multiple guessing posts.

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Prizes

The exact prize depends on the guess and how far I get. See below.

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1. Death guess

If you guess that I die, the prize for a correct guess goes up by ½

Ist for each Act;

Prize per Act & Difficulty where I die

Act 1 Normal = 1 Ist
Act 2 Normal = 1½ Ist (or equivalent)
Act 3 Normal = 2 Ist (or equivalent)
Act 4 Normal = 2½ Ist (or equivalent)
Act 5 Normal = 3 Ist (or equivalent)
Act 1 Nightmare = 4½ Ist (or equivalent)
Act 2 Nightmare = 4 Ist (or equivalent)
Act 3 Nightmare = 4½ Ist (or equivalent)
Act 4 Nightmare = 5 Ist (or equivalent)
Act 5 Nightmare = 5½ Ist (or equivalent)
Act 1 Hell = 6 Ist (or equivalent)
Act 2 Hell = 6½ Ist (or equivalent)
Act 3 Hell = 7 Ist (or equivalent)
Act 4 Hell = 7½ Ist (or equivalent)
Act 5 Hell = 8 Ist (or equivalent)
(I have completed Hell)

NOTE: These prizes are available on SC NL (softcore non-ladder) only.

These are the parameters you need to guess:

1. Enemy type
2. Act
3. Area
4. Difficulty

You need to guess on at least three of these parameters.
You can still win a prize for being partially correct.

• If you get three of these parameters correct, you win the listed prize based on how far I got.
• If you get all four of these parameters correct, you win the listed prize x2.
• If there are multiple winners, you split the winnings.

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2. Completed playthrough guess (no Death)

One random winner (who guessed correctly that I would complete the whole playthrough) gets a GRAND PRIZE.

Grand prize details

The GRAND PRIZE is a choice between the following:

1. [SC NL] Two of every rune in the game.
2. [SC NL] A fully geared Lightning Strike Amazon (spearzon).
3. [SC NL] A fully geared Mosaic Assassin.
4. [SC NL] A fully geared Traps Assassin (trapsin).
5. [SC NL] A fully geared Nova Sorceress.
6. [HC NL] A Cold Sorceress starter pack (not a full gear set).
7. [HC NL] A Nova Sorceress starter pack (not a full gear set).

All links point to maxroll.gg . None of the builds are "perfected", lots of poor/mid rolls, subpar charms, etc. They are basically former ladder characters of mine, that I no longer have any use for. I've tweaked them slightly specifically for this giveaway (just some minor improvements). The HC NL items were provided by mockingbirdreal.

• ONE winner gets to pick ONE prize of the above.
• ONE runner-up gets an Enigma (on either SC NL or HC NL, your choice).

If you pick one of the gearsets, you will also get a

Token of Absolution, and if you want, a full grush*.
* only on PC and on SC NL, I don't have a rusher on HC NL

Whatever isn't picked will be passed on to a future giveaway event.

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3. Participation prize

In case nobody guesses my fate correctly, one random winner (among all participants) wins the same prize as per a correct Death guess (with x1 factor).

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NOTE: Any prizes will be handed out on NON-LADDER.

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You may of course just guess for fun without participating (i.e., you won't win any prizes), just let me know if that's the case

Have fun! xD

I believe you will succeed again !

Once again, my friend, you rock !

Thanks, @Th3ory!

I'm sure you will make it to the end Have fun and good luck

The RNG gods have spoken, and my class shall be...

Assassin!

ShadowHeart wrote: 4 months ago

The RNG gods have spoken, and my class shall be...

Assassin!

EZ win then :p

Schnorki wrote: 4 months ago

EZ win then :p

Hah, we shall we :p One silly mistake at the wrong time and it's over

I'd advise you to play safely with traps and shadow first, then you can add martial arts when you get Mosaics ^^

Sin is a tough one, ouch! But i think you're going to make it all way to

Baal.

And I will go further: you're going to complete your first

Uber Tristram run and get a 10/10 meme druid torch. Remember my words!

Fun that you say that, I believe trapsin is super safe, not as much as summons necro or druid but close

Wake of Fire is excellent for all normal.

Thanks for the vote of confidence xD

The journey has begun!
They'll never see me coming.

Nan. Still waiting for a barb journey

mockingbirdreal wrote: 4 months ago

Nan. Still waiting for a barb journey

All in due time, it will happen eventually

ShadowHeart wrote: 4 months ago

Schnorki wrote: 4 months ago

EZ win then :p

Hah, we shall we :p One silly mistake at the wrong time and it's over

1 point in

Cloak of Shadows and it is suddenly damn hard to make a mistake big enough.

Prediction:
Success ! (....but somethings still not right)

final build: 20 ds, 20 ls, 17

Shadow Master, plus whatever...

I hope you can beat hell but my guess is the hell ancients will kill you

The Rogues' test is done. And Cain has been rescued

Get the runes for a couple of mosaics in any base then it's on to the end for the win.

Death becomes you,

Andariel.