SSF Budget FoHSmiter for Ubers

I'm preparing for doing Ubers on SSF HC.
I'm on a budget and can't trade (SSF offline).
I did Ubers hundreds of times online, with good / very good gear. My experience with budget gear is limited but I understand the basics quite well.

I now have 3x3 keys and getting ready. Maybe you have some additional tips and tricks for budget and/or GC uber runs?

I got lucky and have both CTA (5 BO) and HoZ. Rest of gear: Black

Flail, Gully,

Guardian Angel,

Goblin Toe,

Blood Gloves (20 IAS, 10Cb)

Rings, amulet,

Belt are random yellow shit.

I'm prebuffing with Treachery and CTA, gives ~2 minutes before I have to run home again.

To get open wounds, I'm considering making a

Blood Belt. I don't see any other options since I don't want to farm until I get draculs or Gore riders.

Life Tap

Wand on switch.

Antidote and thawing potions for me and Emilio.

I still don't have a source of CNBF: No

Raven, no Death's

Sash, no

Cham (obviously), only Spirit shroud and

Hawkmail...
I don't like the idea of dropping my GA just to get CNBF but maybe Spirit shroud is the way to go? Other alternative would be to drop HoZ for Rhyme, which would be even worse. (I don't even have a base for that.)

Q: When is CNBF really needed? Not for

Duriel and

Lilith (after clearing her denn properly), but for Izzy (

Frost Nova) and the Ubers (which)? How much can thawing potions compensate? Does anyone here actually try Ubers without CNBF?

Second question: Should I up the HoZ? Twice the damage for 12 str (because Gully) sounds right. The final 1% of the health bar takes too long otherwise, right?

I know people have different opinions on this but I'm kind of set on the skills distribution: Maxed FoH, lvl 21 conv. after + skills (for overruling Meph), Fana only 1 hard point (unless I can reach another BP), rest in

Holy Shield (for more

Smite damage). Is it just stupid to run HC budget with a hybrid FoHsmiter? I could respec for the first run so that at least I have a random torch with stats and all res for the next rounds...

I'm most afraid of

Lilith obviously. Only 15% damage reduction from

Fade (Treachery) and only 1.3K life before BO. I will fill the inventory with all the lifers I have and think I'll get to ~2.1/2.2K. As long as there is no curse or aura from a boss minion, that should be enough.

How many rejuvs should sit in stash? I think I'm at ~100. I'm afraid of running out since I won't risk dying and using them rather too much than too little.

Emilio will be dying anyways, so should I even

Revive him and waste my rejuvs on him? Or bring an A1? If I had Sazabi's, I'd use an A5 with Sazabi+Lawbringer. Maybe still worth switching?

Thanks in advance for any help!

poison source like any charm also works like open wounds, but

Lilith and mef are poison immune, so aint good against them

KaptPotatoes wrote: 1 hour ago

poison source like any charm also works like open wounds, but

Lilith and mef are poison immune, so aint good against them

Right! Forgot about that, thanks.
Will take this into account fort heory crafting. Adding some poison damage small charm would be easy for the other Ubers.

What about Duress so you can switch to

Thundergod's Vigor (if you have) if you really want 90 lightning res ?

It will give you res, open wounds and crushing blow.
It can open a slot for another weapon.