How does rushing work?

The basic Principle is "it doesn't matter who kills something but someone who is eligible for the quest needs to be nearby".

For a socket rush (=reduced rush, no other quests):
- The person being rushed (random new lvl 1 char) makes a game to make sure the quests are available.
- The rusher (you/the high lvl helping) joins said game

Act 1:
- Rusher teleports straight to

Andariel and opens a TP for the rushee. Once the lowbie entered the portal and is down there, rusher kills

Andariel, both move on to act 2.

Act 2:
- Optional: rusher teleports to cube, clears room (so lowbie doesn't die ^^), opens portal next to cube chest, lowbie comes down and grabs cube. Alternatively, rusher simply drops his own cube in town for the rushee to save time (you'll get a new cube in act 3 trav anyways)
- Rusher teleports down to maggot lair for staff, opens portal for rushee
- Rusher teleports to viper temple, opens portal for rushee
- Rusher teleports to summoner, opens portal for rushee, kills summoner after rushee is down there (quest credit is needed to take portal down to tomb, otherwise the rushee has to run it from canyon wp)
- Rusher teleports into tomb and to the staff socket, opens tp, rushee comes down and places staff in socket, both go into

Duriel's chamber, rusher kills

Duriel

Act 3:
- Rusher teleports to chest in

Spider Cavern, opens tp so rushee can grab body part
- Same thing for flayer dungeon lvl 3
- Same thing for sewers lvl 2
- Rusher teleports to trav, opens safe portal for rushee close to council before killing council (much like summoner in act 2, credit is needed for TP access, otherwise rushee has to run from trav down to meph)
- Rushee grabs last piece off the dead council, smashes orb and goes back to town
- Rusher teleports down to

Mephisto, makes a TP for rushee and kills meph once rushee is down there

Act 4:
- Rusher teleports straight into CS, clears everything, opens safe TP for rushee to take before killing diablo

Ac5:
- Rusher opens TP near shenk, rushee zones in, rusher kills shenk

Done.
Once you're used to it, it really doesn't take too long.

There are some bypassing shenanigans you can do (mainly in a3) but i'll leave those out as they're typically not worth the effort.

If you rush multiple people at once, only one of them needs to be close to the bosses/council/... to get credit. The others will then get the quest even while standing in town.

And if you'd like to give it a try with someone who can guide you through the process, feel free to add me. Can guide you through each step if anything is unclear. And could use a couple sockets atm.

leox wrote: 2 hours ago

A3
A3 restart game, high lv player open
port to hate, kill all way back to trav, portal
low lv player walk from trav to hate portal.
restart game, low lv player open
port to hate, kill boss..

That's the shenanigans i left out. If you know what you're doing as the rusher, just going through A3 without all of that is just as fast (or faster) and doesn't require any game cycling.

catladyx wrote: 2 hours ago

Schnorki wrote: 2 hours ago

And if you'd like to give it a try with someone who can guide you through the process, feel free to add me. Can guide you through each step if anything is unclear. And could use a couple sockets atm.

Hey!

if you don't mind me getting into the conversation, I am also interested in learning how to rush. I'd love to be helpful

You, too are welcome to add me. Happy to guide you through one whenever we both have time.

pyropy wrote: 15 minutes ago

Schnorki wrote: 2 hours ago

Act 3:
- Rusher teleports to trav, opens safe portal for rushee close to council before killing council (much like summoner in act 2, credit is needed for TP access, otherwise rushee has to run from trav down to meph)
- Rushee grabs last piece off the dead council, smashes orb and goes back to town

This is not correct. I just learned this myself recently. I've been doing it wrong for a long time. When they changed that you had to smash the orb to get the durance tp's, it wasn't that they added that in addition to being there when the council died. Instead, they replaced the council quest with the smashing orb quest to gain the ability for durance tp's. So you don't need the council quest at all. The rusher can go in and kill the council unaccompanied and then make a tp and have the rushee come in and grab the

Flail, cube it, and smash the orb. This is really nice in HC as this was the most hairy part of rushing.

Did they? Admittedly, I haven't specifically re-tested that in..well, probably a decade. ^^
Makes it even easier then I guess.