An uber-assassinous hardcore journey [win NL prizes]

If I remember well, SMRI doesn't work with trap.
Maybe It was changed in an recent patch?

mockingbirdreal wrote: 1 month ago

If I remember well, SMRI doesn't work with trap.
Maybe It was changed in an recent patch?

Oh shit, it seems like you're right. Yeah, I'm not aware of any patch that changed that, they only made traps benefit from +skill damage and -enemy resistance, can't recall hearing anything about SMRIP.

Well then, no need for Lawbringer. Guess I just gotta be brave and venture in there lol.

ShadowHeart wrote: 1 month ago

mockingbirdreal wrote: 1 month ago

If I remember well, SMRI doesn't work with trap.
Maybe It was changed in an recent patch?

Oh shit, it seems like you're right. Yeah, I'm not aware of any patch that changed that, they only made traps benefit from +skill damage and -enemy resistance, can't recall hearing anything about SMRIP.

Well then, no need for Lawbringer. Guess I just gotta be brave and venture in there lol.

To be fair..has anyone tested SMRIP with traps since?

Simply reclassifying traps as standard static summons to make +dmg/-res work would've probably (semi-educated guess here) been the far simpler solution than to very specifically go on and merely make +dmg and -res work explicitly.

Not the better solution of course as it'd inadvertently change a whole bunch of other things but...we all know blizz doesn't give a damn and is lazy AF...so I wouldn't be at all surprised if they simply changed a tag and SMRIP now works, too.

(That is of course assuming the original coding was streamlined enough to where unit classification is indeed a simple tag ^^)


F it...I'll go find out for ya...give me a bit.

Confirmed:
SMRIP still does not work with traps. He continues to throw plenty of explosions your way.

Schnorki wrote: 1 month ago

Confirmed:
SMRIP still does not work with traps. He continues to throw plenty of explosions your way.

I was going to test it myself to be sure, but I guess I won't need to now. Thanks for verifying! <3

But, like you said, as a trapsin I should be fine anyway. Just need to be careful with distance

I did it!! Dclone is down xD
Before:
No doorway trick, this was a proper fight in the portal room. I started by clearing the whole

Palace Cellar Level 3 floor (entered via stairs from level 2) before engaging Dclone. I didn't want to accidentally aggro any mobs while I was kiting around. I had an

Edge Bow on swap to start the fight, and as soon as I had applied PMH, I dropped the Edge on the Ground and replaced it with a

Lower Resist

Wand on swap (main setup being Spirit + Spirit). Then the fight consisted of applying

Lower Resist whenever it ran out, while kiting around and laying traps and making sure my

Shadow Master was alive. Dclone's attention was pretty much only on the

Shadow Master throughout the fight, as long as it was alive. I had to restart one time because PMH ran out at one point - not sure where exactly I messed up, but it doesn't matter now.
Never found an

Um to make a Crescent Moon, but I managed anyway.

Nice job!

So, who in here actually remembers that the Black rune word has

Corpse Explosion charges? I certainly didn't, until today.

Anyway, I've been using that to blow up some corpses for safety reasons when farming

Nihlathak. Only got 1

Key of Destruction so far.

Oh and while farming leading up the the dclone walk before, I got another

Mal off of Countess. And a crapload of

Key of Terror (got like 10 in total) which I probably won't have much use for anyway.

I didn't. Pretty neat trick actually 🫡

ShadowHeart wrote: 1 month ago

So, who in here actually remembers that the Black rune word has

Corpse Explosion charges? I certainly didn't, until today.

Anyway, I've been using that to blow up some corpses for safety reasons when farming

Nihlathak. Only got 1

Key of Destruction so far.

Oh and while farming leading up the the dclone walk before, I got another

Mal off of Countess. And a crapload of

Key of Terror (got like 10 in total) which I probably won't have much use for anyway.

If you're planning on running Ubers then in NL and Ladder T-Keys often trade at 3 T for 4 D Keys, and H Keys can often get 2:1. I have no idea how that works out in Hardcore but it is a thought.

Think Shadow doing ssf

Yeah, doing SSF. But when (**BIG IF**) I do complete the first uber run, I might just be done with the SSF part with this character And then trading would be something to consider.

Key set acquired
Now I just gotta gear up.

sweet!

Whoa! Scary stuff! How r u going to take screenshots?!?

Edit: Good luck!

Pineohkeyoh wrote: 1 month ago

Whoa! Scary stuff! How r u going to take screenshots?!?

Edit: Good luck!

Thanks

Will still be a little while more before I try

Screenshots are easy in D2R, just hit the printscreen button and the game saves it automatically in its screenshots folder. But, you still gotta be careful, of course

Juat make sure there are no gloams around first

ShadowHeart wrote: 1 month ago

[..]
Screenshots are easy in D2R, just hit the printscreen button and the game saves it automatically in its screenshots folder.
[..]

Not if you go Mosaic first, especially with your gear luck..they'll die too fast for you to hit that print button.

Nice for the keys
Now time for Mosaic then Ubers ?

Once you finish Ubers as well Mr. not-so-Shadow but-very-much-Heart, do you plan to retire completely from the HC and thus save a tiny bit of sanity or will you continue your adventures on this sweaty and edgy mode for the sake of even bigger honor and glory?

Also, come on!!! You can do it!