My first full key set!

Also, got a 12/20 Barb torch (about the only character I'm not interested in!)

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Phreekz wrote: 4 hours ago

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I needed help from one of the fine people here (I won't mention names under they are happy with it, I wouldn't want them from inundated with messages! ).
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So long as it isn't in a sticky that still gets me spammed years later, you're welcome to mention my name.
Appreciate the foresight though!

Next time, we'll just throw in an extra portion of luck for you as well so it actually ends up a lock torch.

Phreekz wrote: 4 hours ago

Also, got a 12/20 Barb torch (about the only character I'm not interested in!)

I've got an 18/20 Assassin torch yesterday. Wanna trade?

AimedNuu wrote: 1 hour ago

Phreekz wrote: 4 hours ago

Also, got a 12/20 Barb torch (about the only character I'm not interested in!)

I've got an 18/20 Assassin torch yesterday. Wanna trade?

That's the other one I don't really play! Cheers for the offer though.

Assassin, druid and barb. Not really played them since 1.09.

My experience as an Uber farmer by day, crime fighter by night;

I save up keys, I find items to trade for keys, trade for 3x3 sets or individual keys. Point is to have multiple organs to eventually run through. RNG being RNG, if you do only 3-5 Ubers the odds are you wont get the torch you want. This last run I did I actually wanted a Warlock torch for a new ES Warlock (I gave up on ladder so made a NL).

Out of 28 Uber runs, only 3x were Warlock. Some time ago I was hoping for an Amazon, did 15 and only got 1x torch (thats all I needed though).

• Watch some of the videos on Youtube, the general tactic is to follow a set path to draw Meph out and to only take Meph down alone. With a Pally with full resists Meph can still be tough.

• Having Uber health is ideal; Barb BO or CTA at least.

• After Meph, follow the path to try draw
  Baal out. All 3x have summons, but only one has summons that are immune to physical. If you take down
  Baal, you can run a path to get away from any remaining sumons to go after D. Diablo's summons are made of glass if you are Pally/Warlock ES.

• Tough thing about a Warlock, if you die you lose the binded demon. I found this experience to be frustrating when doing Uber Ancients. I had to go to Throne room to grab new Wave 5 minions. Toughest part is that your demon can take on the Uber and the Ubers attention will in turn be on your demon. But the spawned minions will go after you. Merc + 2 additional spawns from you helps, but be prepared to be shooting them as well as you might need to gain back some life.

• Do not hesitate for a second to ask for help, there are so many that will be willing to jump in for the fun & challenge. As the keys or statues take effort and time, this is an activity one can not do too often. So there are many (like myself) that would love every opportunity to help out when called. I like many would love the opportunity to whack Meph around some.

Personally found that Uber Meph is really the only true challenge. The

Conviction & light is devastating.

I did use my ES Warlock (after I got a torch from Ubers) to try Uber Ancients, and well it was only so-so. Yes the Warlock is "OP" in some areas, but it really is not in others. I did about 8 of the Ancients and used my Pally for 4. Did better with Pally Smiter/Zealer than ES.

Izual mini-Uber took down my Warlock in 1 shot. For mini-Ubers, Uber Trist, and Ancients I found the Pally to just have better overall survivability & killing power. Part of that is the gearing, Dracs vs

Magefist lol. Exile or HOZ vs Warlock book. The

Key really was the multiple gear items for the Pally all help with resists, where lot of the gear for the Warlock did not. While I could gear up the Warlock similar, I ended up still subpar to the Pally. Now this is just me, my playstyle, and I am sure others can make significantly better ES Warlock than I ever could.