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Hi,
I play hardcore, pally lvl89 (Ikki)

I had a smiter with who i did 10 uber runs and collected the 10 torchs with no problem at all. Easy for all the ubers, even uber meph

My smiter was 2300 life after bo res 85/75/75/75, with dracul, safe with
Belt
full of full regens pots etc...

On my 11th run, i ve been 1 shot by
Lilith
, no time to pot.

WTF ???

Howcome ?
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Hi,
I play hardcore, pally lvl89 (Ikki)

I had a smiter with who i did 10 uber runs and collected the 10 torchs with no problem at all. Easy for all the ubers, even uber meph

My smiter was 2300 life after bo res 85/75/75/75, with dracul, safe with
Belt
full of full regens pots etc...

On my 11th run, i ve been 1 shot by
Lilith
, no time to pot.

WTF ???

Howcome ?
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Schnorki 4650Moderator

RotW PC
Lilith
can hit pretty hard when she wants to. Especially if you're amp'd from her adds.

That said, 2.3k life should've still been enough to at least have time to pot.

You sure your BO didn't run out mid-fight or something?
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OP
I bo'ed for sure and it was active since moreover she was straight on left of the entrance at 1 room away.

They were few mobs, but no aura, and mobs hadn t even time to move, i teled (on amu, so i still had shield up etc...) had attacked straight, not even time to proc
Life Tap
or pot, insta one shot.

All the runs before were nothing compared
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OP
I had no - DR %, and it was so fast, i didn t remember if i ve been amped since after tele'd i died in like 2 sec
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vued 1217

Sorceress Europe PC
DCloneSuck wrote: 1 hour ago
I had no - DR %, and it was so fast, i didn t remember if i ve been amped since after tele'd i died in like 2 sec
Yes, this happens.

In 100+ über runs, my Schmitti died like 3 times to
Lilith
. Admittedly, I tried to run fast (under 6 minutes from keys to torch on average) and teled a lot so in some cases there was some curse and/or aura involved.

For that reason, on hardcore, I wouldn't tele and first clear everything before luring her out of her den. Even if you ran her thousands of times, there is always that little chance you get one-hit-killed. Don't try to save a few minutes and risk a full char for that.

I'm sorry for you loss. I know the surprise and the pain.

Looking for a cheap Cure on D2R HCNL? I got some!

I also have 100+ crafted amulets (from cheap to gg) on D2R SCNL. Let me know what you are looking for. 🙂
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I remember getting "one-shotted" by her or
Izual
last year because my PS controller's left knob was stuck where my char was often walking down a little and never stood still. I found out then that when you are walking your defence or block rating or something goes down greatly so you get hit much harder.

Sharing in case you were moving in some direction when this happened and not standing still.

azeroti#1149
PC/PS
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Stack damage reduction and you might wanna consider using
Andariel's Visage
while you're at it. I never died ever since I made the switch, mostly because I needed more ias with Death BA.
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vued wrote: 1 hour ago
DCloneSuck wrote: 1 hour ago
I had no - DR %, and it was so fast, i didn t remember if i ve been amped since after tele'd i died in like 2 sec
Yes, this happens.

In 100+ über runs, my Schmitti died like 3 times to
Lilith
. Admittedly, I tried to run fast (under 6 minutes from keys to torch on average) and teled a lot so in some cases there was some curse and/or aura involved.

For that reason, on hardcore, I wouldn't tele and first clear everything before luring her out of her den. Even if you ran her thousands of times, there is always that little chance you get one-hit-killed. Don't try to save a few minutes and risk a full char for that.

I'm sorry for you loss. I know the surprise and the pain.
I don t thing i was amped before the tele'd, cause she was straigth at 1 room on left or so

I know mobs can crit (5% to double damage), she has a base damage of 600, so 600x2=1200 on crit
Maybe insta amped and 600x2x2=2400 ??

Am i right on calculation ?
Do i miss something ?
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Schnorki 4650Moderator

RotW PC
Generally, my guess would be one (or more) of 3 things happened:

(1) Your BO wasn't up (though you've already denied that)
(2) You got amped and max-crit which (usually) still shouldn't quite be enough at 2.3k but could be if you ate a projectile or 2 at the same time
(3) You had the wrong weapon set selected which dropped your stats and got you wrecked

A true 1-shot from here, even while amped, I've never seen at 2.3k+ life. But coincidental hits can make it look like one. Especially if it happens that early.

Or you just found a new phys sunder and the added dmg taken got you killed. Who knows.
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vued 1217

Sorceress Europe PC
She deals 520-572 damage, so this attack alone has only a small variance.
In practice however, it feels quite different.
The combination of her poison and 5% crit chance can be very ugly.

I guess you had poison res overstacked? (do you use poison elixirs?)

Looking for a cheap Cure on D2R HCNL? I got some!

I also have 100+ crafted amulets (from cheap to gg) on D2R SCNL. Let me know what you are looking for. 🙂
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User avatar

vued 1217

Sorceress Europe PC
Was she alone or were minions around as well?

Looking for a cheap Cure on D2R HCNL? I got some!

I also have 100+ crafted amulets (from cheap to gg) on D2R SCNL. Let me know what you are looking for. 🙂
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Sorry for your loss

I guess thats what makes hc fun?

The urgency and the fear of losing a geared out character :)

I always make sure i have full rejuvs in belts and my fingers is always there at those slot # continuously pressing the rejuv slots when facing serious threats…

Lag usually is the culprit of most hc deaths…

Sorry to hear about ur pally hc Death. Make a new pally and let him take revenge on his brethren :)

Can trade on PC or SWITCH
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OP
vued wrote: 1 hour ago
Was she alone or were minions around as well?
There was minions, but at the other side of the small room, and they didn t even had time to close the gap to be on close combat
There was a unique, but no aura enchanted for sure, maybe cursed.

I ve let a few swings, same for her (in like 2 sec), then boom dead

My stuff was
Guillaume
Helm
umed
Threachery (not
Fade
proced)
Shield @45 + 4 pdiamonds
TO
Belt

Dracul
BK ring
Tele amu
Boots
Infernostride


I was maxed res 75 overcaped with charms (and 85 on fire)

I had no mitigation
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mhlg 2851

Americas PC
DCloneSuck wrote: 2 hours ago
Hi,
I play hardcore, pally lvl89 (Ikki)

I had a smiter with who i did 10 uber runs and collected the 10 torchs with no problem at all. Easy for all the ubers, even uber meph

My smiter was 2300 life after bo res 85/75/75/75, with dracul, safe with
Belt
full of full regens pots etc...

On my 11th run, i ve been 1 shot by
Lilith
, no time to pot.

WTF ???

Howcome ?
It's quite possible you got hit with
Amplify Damage
which drops your physical resistance by -100%, by ranged attackers (Succubi/Witches) that frequently cast
Amplify Damage
. I've gone through the
Matron's Den
hundreds of times and getting hit with amp damage is something to be on the look out for.
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OP
vued wrote: 1 hour ago
She deals 520-572 damage, so this attack alone has only a small variance.
In practice however, it feels quite different.
The combination of her poison and 5% crit chance can be very ugly.

I guess you had poison res overstacked? (do you use poison elixirs?)

But i am right on calculation ?
572x2 (crit) x2 (amped), maybe poison could do the 2400 ?

I m not a pro of hteorycrat D2 :)
I need to learn how it s exactly done
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Schnorki 4650Moderator

RotW PC
DCloneSuck wrote: 1 hour ago
[..]
There was minions, but at the other side of the small room, and they didn t even had time to close the gap to be on close combat
[..]
They wouldn't need to.
For the succubi, their bolt attack (i.e. the painful one and enough to amp you) is ranged.
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Schnorki 4650Moderator

RotW PC
DCloneSuck wrote: 1 hour ago
vued wrote: 1 hour ago
She deals 520-572 damage, so this attack alone has only a small variance.
In practice however, it feels quite different.
The combination of her poison and 5% crit chance can be very ugly.

I guess you had poison res overstacked? (do you use poison elixirs?)

But i am right on calculation ?
572x2 (crit) x2 (amped), maybe poison could do the 2400 ?

I m not a pro of hteorycrat D2 :)
I need to learn how it s exactly done
Let's assume the worst case (and that maxroll's numbers are correct):
She hits you for 572.
That hit is a crit, doubling it to 1144.
You get amped for it, again doubling the dmg to 2288.

In a true worst case scenario, that is exceptionally close to your 2.3k life. Assuming you didn't have any physical dmg reduction (or increase).

Her poison is typically not a big deal at max res and drops to barely a tickle. But if you really got punched that hard, a tickle could be enough to push you over the Edge..

Or long story short:
You simply got really unlucky.
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Did you wear a
Bone Break
sunder?

I don't know what your body armor was but
Shaftstop
is a good option if you are confronted with a hard-hitting phys attack and amp damage comes into play. Then of course, much more rare and expensive on hardcore,
Crown of Ages
. The best option, however, for the little Ubers is
Stormshield
, imo.
Physical Damage reduction is really important in hardcore because the amp damage curse can happen to you almost anytime with all the cursed elites (and here the Succubi).
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OP
Schnorki wrote: 48 minutes ago
DCloneSuck wrote: 1 hour ago
vued wrote: 1 hour ago
She deals 520-572 damage, so this attack alone has only a small variance.
In practice however, it feels quite different.
The combination of her poison and 5% crit chance can be very ugly.

I guess you had poison res overstacked? (do you use poison elixirs?)

But i am right on calculation ?
572x2 (crit) x2 (amped), maybe poison could do the 2400 ?

I m not a pro of hteorycrat D2 :)
I need to learn how it s exactly done
Let's assume the worst case (and that maxroll's numbers are correct):
She hits you for 572.
That hit is a crit, doubling it to 1144.
You get amped for it, again doubling the dmg to 2288.

In a true worst case scenario, that is exceptionally close to your 2.3k life. Assuming you didn't have any physical dmg reduction (or increase).

Her poison is typically not a big deal at max res and drops to barely a tickle. But if you really got punched that hard, a tickle could be enough to push you over the Edge..

Or long story short:
You simply got really unlucky.
I had no physical dmg reduction, but you know even with 75 poison res, her poison is still strong

But the theory bases of calculations are right seems.

I farmed 10 torchs and in all the other run it was no match for me, that s why i was amazed
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vued 1217

Sorceress Europe PC
My Schmitti has 3289 life and got one-hit-killed as well.

The numbers seam correct, even if there is just one Succubi, their curse can be enough for a crit by
Lilith
to end your run.

Looking for a cheap Cure on D2R HCNL? I got some!

I also have 100+ crafted amulets (from cheap to gg) on D2R SCNL. Let me know what you are looking for. 🙂
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