Ancients' Hand Daggermancer - In Progress

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Ancients' Hand Daggermancer

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Introduction
Stealthmaster has written a Melee Necromancer guide, which focuses more on Parasite and many alternatives for spell-proc and weapon-damage scythe setups here: Stealthmaster's Melee Necromancer.

In conjunction with his guide, here is a new melee necromancer, utilizing dagger/shield combinations with the Ancients' Hand oskill, Carnage, and attack/kill procs with a surprising amount of firepower, defense, and rather cheap to complete gear and many charms for a build that, for a long time, has been referred to as a meme-character.

*Disclaimer*
This guide is still seeing some updates for images and uber content. Bear with me. It will be done soon.

Consult the patch notes if you get confused about new areas or boss names. If you're still confused after reading the changelog and the information provided in this guide, then feel free to post your questions and comments.

This guide should serve as a strong starter, and questions are welcome if you become stuck.

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Pros
-Great single-target skill (Ancients' Hand) and high WDM AoE skill (Carnage) for immunes.
-Tons of defense, some avoid, and good resists.
-Plenty of buffs to boost damage output and survivability.
-Fairly cheap gear to make and/or find.

Cons
-More or less, typical Melee Necromancer (hold RMB, profit).
-Not as good of a farmer as Parasite Melee Necromancer.

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Jump to Mid-Game Content

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Jump to End-Game Content

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Utilized Skills and Descriptions

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Miscellaneous

Burning Veil
Innate Skill - Wall of burning rage is opened up at the target location, buffing your damage when you pass through.

Bloodlust
As an oskill, this benefits from +skills. Buffs all damage types for procs and our weapon.

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Malice Tree
Funeral Pyre
Spawns a burning mass of undead corpses on a target enemy that explode for 5 seconds per cast, dealing fire damage. Pre-requisite.

Rotting Flesh
Requires a summon as a target, consumes the summon and explodes into poison nova. Pre-requisite.

Boneyard
Fires a ghost spear that explodes into a sparkling nova. Initial target takes no damage, but any monsters hit by the sparkling trails will take physical/magic damage. Pre-requisite.
Nightwalker
Faster Cast Rate and Poison Length Reduction. Good 1-pt skill.

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Melee Tree
Carnage
Hits the target with small area with multiple weapon-damage novas with some fire damage conversion.

Parasite
Hits the target with a bouncing projectile, dealing your weapon-damage to all targets struck with it.

Famine
Gives passive Life Leech and Physical Damage to weapon.

Angel of Death
Leaps to the target, swinging your weapon for lots of poison damage when you land. Used mostly as a movement skill.

Deathlord
Morph into a Death Knight, giving you a ton of Strength/Dexterity/Defense and faster attack speed breakpoints.

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Xbow Tree
Flametail Shot
Fires a piercing rocket arrow that stuns enemies. Pre-requisite.

Death Shards
Explodes a corpse, sending tons of spikes flying in all directions. Pre-requisite.

Dragonfire Oil
Grants passive fire damage to weapon.

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Summon Tree
Skeletal Flayers
Summon with Demon Blood Aura (50% Max HP, some life regeneration and spell damage). Used as 1-pt summon for situational use where we need distractions.

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Support Tree
Embalming
Grants passive bonuses to %Mana Regeneration and %Max Life to both you and your summons.

Sacrifices
Summons "sacrificial lambs" that instantly die and provide you with free corpses. Pre-requisite.

Bend The Shadows
Requires a minion as a target - teleports you and your summons to the targeted minion. Pre-requisite.

Bane
Uses target summon to create large nova that curses enemies, reducing their physical resistance. Can be used situationally for bosses, but mostly pre-requisite.

Talon's Hold
Grants passive slow target and reanimates.

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Reward Tree
Deathward
Grants huge passive amounts of defense and some avoid.

Graveyard
Black Road Challenge Reward. Casts a Punisher bolt every 0.6 seconds, dealing massive poison damage, and gains an extra punisher per 8 hard points.

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Early Game

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Use your starting Signet of Gold and gamble any dagger from Gheed. Once you hit Lvl 2, you'll be able to use Carnage and stomp right through enemies all the way up until Tristram, where you'll be able to farm Griswold for his treasure boxes to get access to some of our early gear.

*Note* Pick up all apples, rings, amulets, and jewels that you find. They sell for a lot and will give you enough gold to buy potions, TPs, and Oil of Crafts to open Griswold's Treasure boxes.

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Gear
Weapon:

Compass of Souls

Compass of Souls
Hexblade (4)
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 11
Required Dexterity: 27
Item Level: 19
Innate Fire Damage: (10.0% of Dexterity)
Adds 5-6 Fire Damage
Adds 5-8 Fire Damage
-(4 to 6)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+20 to Strength
+20 to Dexterity
Regenerate Mana +(21 to 25)%
+1 Mana on Striking
Socketed (1)
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 30
Required Dexterity: 53
Item Level: 36
Innate Fire Damage: (15.0% of Dexterity)
Adds 14-20 Fire Damage
Adds 10-20 Fire Damage
-(7 to 9)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+35 to Strength
+35 to Dexterity
Regenerate Mana +(31 to 35)%
+2 Mana on Striking
Socketed (2)
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 51
Required Dexterity: 114
Item Level: 59
Innate Fire Damage: (20.0% of Dexterity)
Adds 40-60 Fire Damage
Adds 40-60 Fire Damage
-(10 to 12)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+50 to Strength
+50 to Dexterity
Regenerate Mana +(41 to 45)%
+3 Mana on Striking
Socketed (2)
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 59
Required Dexterity: 233
Item Level: 85
Innate Fire Damage: (25.0% of Dexterity)
Adds 120-160 Fire Damage
Adds 120-150 Fire Damage
-(13 to 15)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+65 to Strength
+65 to Dexterity
Regenerate Mana +(46 to 50)%
+4 Mana on Striking
Socketed (3)

*Obtainable from Griswold's Treasure* -->

Azrael

: Fire Splash proc, IAS, Leech, Fire Res, and Strength
Shield:

Hellspeak

Hellspeak
Demon Head (4)
Defense: (140 - 160) to (273 - 313)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 10
Required Dexterity: 36
Item Level: 10
15% Chance to cast level 2 Doom on Kill
+(6 to 13) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(6 to 8)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(3 to 4)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
(11 to 15)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (445 - 495) to (817 - 909)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 28
Required Dexterity: 54
Item Level: 31
21% Chance to cast level 6 Doom on Kill
+(21 to 25) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(11 to 13)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(5 to 6)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
(21 to 25)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 3%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1105 - 1199) to (1987 - 2157)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 45
Required Dexterity: 113
Item Level: 51
27% Chance to cast level 10 Doom on Kill
+(31 to 35) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(16 to 18)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(7 to 8)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
(31 to 35)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 4%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1640 - 1768) to (2939 - 3170)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 54
Required Dexterity: 236
Item Level: 77
30% Chance to cast level 12 Doom on Kill
+(36 to 40) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(18 to 20)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(9 to 10)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
(36 to 40)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 5%
Socketed (4)

: Fire Splash/Doom proc, Fire pierce, Fire absorb, %Dex, Stun, %CB
Armor:

Jitan's Kamon

Jitan's Kamon
Splint Mail (4)
Defense: (184 - 208) to (370 - 418)
Required Level: 6
Required Strength: 30
Item Level: 19
2% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds 2-4 Fire Damage
Adds 2-4 Lightning Damage
Adds 2-4 Cold Damage
+(24 to 40)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (592 - 656) to (1106 - 1225)
Required Level: 23
Required Strength: 60
Item Level: 36
4% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds (4 to 8)-(8 to 15) Fire Damage
Adds (4 to 8)-(8 to 15) Lightning Damage
Adds (4 to 8)-(8 to 15) Cold Damage
+(58 to 75)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 3%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (1466 - 1596) to (2663 - 2898)
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 210
Item Level: 51
6% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds (16 to 30)-(31 to 45) Fire Damage
Adds (16 to 30)-(31 to 45) Lightning Damage
Adds (16 to 30)-(31 to 45) Cold Damage
+(92 to 109)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 4%
Socketed (5)
Defense: (2175 - 2352) to (3925 - 4244)
Required Level: 49
Required Strength: 420
Item Level: 85
8% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds (31 to 60)-(81 to 120) Fire Damage
Adds (31 to 60)-(81 to 120) Lightning Damage
Adds (31 to 60)-(81 to 120) Cold Damage
+(109 to 126)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (6)

: Guard Tower proc, Fire/Cold/Light damage, %DR *Obtainable from Griswold's Treasure*
Helm:

Auriel's Halo

Auriel's Halo
Tiara (4)
Defense: 31 to 67
Required Level: 8
Required Dexterity: 21
Item Level: 1
+1 to All Skills
Adds (3 to 5)-(6 to 8) Fire Damage
Adds (3 to 5)-(6 to 8) Cold Damage
Fire Resist +(11 to 15)%
Cold Resist +(11 to 15)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: 86 to 162
Required Level: 25
Required Dexterity: 43
Item Level: 31
+1 to All Skills
Adds (11 to 13)-(13 to 18) Fire Damage
Adds (11 to 13)-(13 to 18) Cold Damage
Fire Resist +(21 to 25)%
Cold Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: 180 to 322
Required Level: 43
Required Dexterity: 103
Item Level: 51
+(1 to 2) to All Skills
Adds (31 to 45)-(51 to 70) Fire Damage
Adds (31 to 45)-(51 to 70) Cold Damage
Fire Resist +(31 to 35)%
Cold Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (3)
Defense: 247 to 437
Required Level: 51
Required Dexterity: 220
Item Level: 77
+2 to All Skills
Adds (51 to 70)-(121 to 140) Fire Damage
Adds (51 to 70)-(121 to 140) Cold Damage
Fire Resist +(36 to 40)%
Cold Resist +(36 to 40)%
Socketed (4)

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Lanterne Rouge

Lanterne Rouge
Great Helm (4)
Defense: (109 - 126) to (161 - 185)
Required Level: 8
Required Strength: 36
Item Level: 19
4% Chance to cast level 10 Flamefront on Melee Attack
10% Attack Speed
-3% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+(12 to 29)% Enhanced Defense
+15 Life Regenerated per Second
Socketed (1)
Defense: (388 - 430) to (536 - 594)
Required Level: 25
Required Strength: 62
Item Level: 36
6% Chance to cast level 16 Flamefront on Melee Attack
20% Attack Speed
-6% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+(47 to 63)% Enhanced Defense
+20 Life Regenerated per Second
Socketed (3)
Defense: (990 - 1077) to (1343 - 1461)
Required Level: 43
Required Strength: 218
Item Level: 59
8% Chance to cast level 22 Flamefront on Melee Attack
30% Attack Speed
-9% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+(81 to 97)% Enhanced Defense
+25 Life Regenerated per Second
Socketed (4)
Defense: (1481 - 1600) to (1999 - 2161)
Required Level: 51
Required Strength: 436
Item Level: 85
10% Chance to cast level 28 Flamefront on Melee Attack
40% Attack Speed
-12% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+(98 to 114)% Enhanced Defense
+30 Life Regenerated per Second
Socketed (4)

: Flamefront proc, Fire pierce, IAS *Both obtainable from Griswold's Treasure*
Gloves:

Featherclaw

: IAS, FRW, Dex, %AR
Belt:

Deadfall

Deadfall
Heavy Belt (4)
Defense: (135 - 159) to (178 - 210)
Required Level: 7
Required Strength: 36
Item Level: 19
2% Chance to cast level 2 Shower of Rocks on Kill
1% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(24 to 46)% Enhanced Defense
+(16 to 25) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(11 to 15)%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (485 - 551) to (616 - 700)
Required Level: 24
Required Strength: 62
Item Level: 36
2% Chance to cast level 4 Shower of Rocks on Kill
2% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(69 to 92)% Enhanced Defense
+(36 to 45) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1270 - 1400) to (1595 - 1758)
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 218
Item Level: 51
2% Chance to cast level 8 Shower of Rocks on Kill
3% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(115 to 137)% Enhanced Defense
+(56 to 65) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1918 - 2095) to (2403 - 2626)
Required Level: 50
Required Strength: 436
Item Level: 85
2% Chance to cast level 12 Shower of Rocks on Kill
4% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(138 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
+(66 to 75) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(36 to 40)%
Socketed (2)

: Shower of Rocks proc, %CB, Strength, Light res
Boots:

Epicenter

Epicenter
Boots
'Ith'
Runeword Level: 18
0.0625% Chance of Crushing Blow (Based on Character Level)
+(4 to 15)% Enhanced Defense
+(40 to 60) to Life
Elemental Resists +(3 to 5)%

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Lionpaw

Lionpaw
Chain Boots (4)
Defense: (49 - 54) to (71 - 78)
Required Level: 4
Required Strength: 29
Item Level: 10
(10 to 40)% Movement Speed
+(18 to 29)% Enhanced Defense
+(7 to 10) to all Attributes
+(31 to 50) to Life
+(16 to 25) to Mana
(3 to 5)% Bonus to Defense
10% Gold Find
Socketed (1)
Defense: (203 - 218) to (267 - 288)
Required Level: 22
Required Strength: 58
Item Level: 31
(10 to 40)% Movement Speed
+(41 to 52)% Enhanced Defense
+(15 to 18) to all Attributes
+(71 to 90) to Life
+(36 to 45) to Mana
(9 to 11)% Bonus to Defense
15% Gold Find
Socketed (2)
Defense: (519 - 554) to (667 - 712)
Required Level: 39
Required Strength: 202
Item Level: 51
(10 to 40)% Movement Speed
+(64 to 75)% Enhanced Defense
+(23 to 26) to all Attributes
+(111 to 130) to Life
+(56 to 65) to Mana
(15 to 17)% Bonus to Defense
20% Gold Find
Socketed (3)
Defense: (759 - 807) to (974 - 1036)
Required Level: 48
Required Strength: 403
Item Level: 77
(10 to 40)% Movement Speed
+(75 to 86)% Enhanced Defense
+(31 to 35) to all Attributes
+(131 to 150) to Life
+(66 to 75) to Mana
(18 to 20)% Bonus to Defense
25% Gold Find
Socketed (4)

: Attributes, %TCD
Rings: Anything: Look for fire pierce and skills.
Amulet: Anything: Look for fire pierce and skills.

On Switch:
Weapon:

Blackheart

Blackheart
Grim Wand (4)
One-Hand Damage: 6 to 8
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 11
Required Dexterity: 15
Item Level: 1
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Dexterity)%
+1 to Necromancer Skill Levels
15% Cast Speed
15% Hit Recovery
+(6 to 9) to Summon Darklings
+1 to Dark Power
+(9 to 10)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1 Life Regenerated per Second (Based on Character Level)
Socketed (1)
One-Hand Damage: 11 to 17
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 29
Required Dexterity: 23
Item Level: 31
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Dexterity)%
+2 to Necromancer Skill Levels
25% Cast Speed
25% Hit Recovery
+(12 to 16) to Summon Darklings
+2 to Dark Power
+(16 to 20)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1 Life Regenerated per Second (Based on Character Level)
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: 17 to 26
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 47
Required Dexterity: 46
Item Level: 51
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Dexterity)%
+3 to Necromancer Skill Levels
35% Cast Speed
35% Hit Recovery
+(20 to 26) to Summon Darklings
+3 to Dark Power
+(26 to 30)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1 Life Regenerated per Second (Based on Character Level)
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: 20 to 31
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 55
Required Dexterity: 92
Item Level: 77
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Dexterity)%
+4 to Necromancer Skill Levels
40% Cast Speed
40% Hit Recovery
+(32 to 36) to Summon Darklings
+4 to Dark Power
+(36 to 40)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1 Life Regenerated per Second (Based on Character Level)
Socketed (2)

: Dark Power oskill

► Notes on Gearing

You can also use Oil of Luck to try for:
Amulet: +1 Skills
Rings: 5% Spell damage
Armor/Helm/Gloves/Belt/Boots/Shield: 20%ED and/or 1%DR

Mystic Orbing:
Amulet/Rings: Resists and Flat DR
Armor/Shield: FHR, ED, TCD
Gloves/Boots/Belt: FHR, FRW, ED
Weapon: ED, IAS, Life on Attack/Kill

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Stats
Strength: Enough for armors
Dexterity: Enough for weapon/shield, Leftovers go here too.
Vitality: None
Energy: None

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Skillplan
Max: Famine, Dragonfire Oil, Deathlord, Embalming, Talon's Hold
1-Point: Nightwalker, Pre-requisites
Leftovers: Parasite

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Gameplay
Morph into Deathlord (re-equip gear if needed -- you can use Deathlord to morph, then equip gear after you get the bonus strength/dex), buff with Burning Veil, then Carnage/Parasite to win. Use Angel of Death to jump out of big mobs if you get stuck. Skeletal Flayers can be used briefly to distract monsters while you attack, if needed (shouldn't be needed for general play).

*Note* Make sure you are toggled to walk (black character, white background in icon next to stamina bar). You move at the same speed for both run and walk in Deathlord morph, so make sure you're walking and utilizing your defense.

Run through Hatred, be sure to do all of the extra quests that give you extra skills and stats (Den of Evil in Act 1, Radament in Act 2, Lam Esen's Tome and Jade Figurine in Act 3, Izual in act 4). Don't worry about getting your Class Charm,

Soulstone Shard

Soulstone Shard
(Necromancer Challenge Item)

(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 90
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Unlocks your Ennead Skill
+2 to Necromancer Skill Levels
+25% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1000 Defense

, until after you defeat Hatred, unless you're comfortable enough with the playstyle. See the Ennead Challenge section further below for how to easily do this.

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Challenges
Level Challenge 1 - Tran Athulua - Max Level: 50
Reward:

Elemental Prism

(upgraded with the Sunstones of Fire/Ice/Lightning)
Bonus: Completing the Anya quest in Act 5 will reward you with a Scroll of Resistance (+10% All Resist) -- Cube this with your Prism each difficulty that you complete the quest in -- +30% All Resists total.

► Notes, Map, and Image

Location: Dry Hills --> Halls of Dead --> Island of Skartara --> Tran Athulua
As soon as you enter Island of Skartara, go south and west. Do not go up. That is a separate boss area. With Map Reveal, you can see where Tran Athulua is. The Pirate at beginning of the entrance drops your Elemental Prism. Cube each Priestess's Sunstones with the Elemental Prism to gain the upgrades.

Level Challenge 1 - Documentation

Here are screenshots of map layout with the marked locations of the priestesses (Credit to Rishab) and the completed LC1 charm:

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If you haven't completed Hatred yet, go ahead and kill Baal, then go grab Wirt's Leg to clear Hatred Cows. That will give you decent experience (with Greater XP Elixirs -- check docs for recipes) until about lvl 60-62. The extra 10-12 levels make a big difference in equipping gear and getting more damage. Once you've done that, go to the Island of the Sunless Sea in the Glacial Trail with a couple more Greater XP Elixirs. That area will take you to about 68-70 before it slows down too much. (Be aware of Malic to the lower right path. He has slow-moving one-hit kill missiles.)

By the time you're Lvl 65-72ish, Hatred K3KBA will be extremely easy if you've followed the gear plan. Our next challenge is the Ennead Challenge:

Ennead Challenge - Max Level: 80
Reward: Ennead Skill Unlocked -- Black Mass
Reward: Class Charm and Upgrade --

Soulstone Shard

Soulstone Shard
(Necromancer Challenge Item)

(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 90
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Unlocks your Ennead Skill
+2 to Necromancer Skill Levels
+25% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1000 Defense

and +2 Necro Skill Levels, 40% Minion Damage, Poison Length Reduced by 33%

► Notes on Ennead Challenge

Goal: Collect your

Soulstone Shard

Soulstone Shard
(Necromancer Challenge Item)

(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 90
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Unlocks your Ennead Skill
+2 to Necromancer Skill Levels
+25% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1000 Defense

from Kurast K3KBA and cube it with any jewel before you are Level 80.
Location: Kurast Docks --> Torajan Jungles (down and left from Alkor in town) --> K3KBA (first red portal you see)

This area be tricky because you have to kill the Shadowgate Totems to remove the skeletons' immunities in this area, but the immune skeletons will get in the way and hit you fairly hard if you don't have resists or defense yet. Lure some out of the shield range and clear them if you want, or just rush up and Carnage the Shadowgate Totems til they die, then move to the next one.

If your class charm doesn't drop within the three Ennead Necromancers in the level, just remake the game and keep repeating until you get yours. Just make sure you cube it with any jewel prior to hitting Level 80.

Ennead Challenge - Documentation

There are four possible map rolls for Kurast K3KBA. All four maps use this layout of totems with slight adjustments. The only variation is which corner of the map you spawn at. The three Ennead Necromancers will be in the other three corners.



Simply cube any random jewel that you find with your Soulstone Shard class charm at or below Level 80 and your charm should read in green text:
Unlocks Your Ennead Skill

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Proceed onto Terror and run through the difficulty, just the same as you did Hatred, probably orbing your gear and uptiering/respeccing stats as needed to equip your things. Some challenges pop up in Act 1 and Act 2 that are easily completed along the way:

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Level Challenge 2 - Max Level: 90
Reward: Class Charm upgrade -- 10% Minion Damage, +1 Max Totems

► Notes

Located in the Proving Grounds (Swampy Pit Level 3) in the Flayer Jungle on Terror difficulty. You have to kill the Death Projector at or below Level 90 to get a swirly effect. When this happens, cube any perfect gem with your Soulstone Shard within 30 seconds.

The Death Project is invulnerable to all damage unless he has at least one of the Death Mechanics near. The best thing to do is to lure them all to the cage area in the top of the map, spam Flayers in front of you til they all crowd in, then use Angel of Death to hop over the wall to get them stuck in the cage. You're free to wander back down to the Death Projector now and kill it. Just wait for the spiral to complete, then bash away.

If a Death Mechanic kills you or any minion, it heals the Death Projector, so teleport often around in a circle to make sure your minions or you don't get hit. Death Projector uses a Death Spiral (clockwise pattern) every so often (and sometimes can spawn two), which is a one-hit kill, so avoid that.

As said above, get the swirly effect and cube any perfect gem with your class charm to get the reward.

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From this point forward, there are no more level challenges that you need to be concerned about. You should have access to your Level 90 Uberskills around this time or coming up soon, so we will adjust the skillplan slightly.

Skillplan
Max: Embalming, Deathlord, Death Ward, Dragonfire Oil, Famine
1-Point: Nightwalker, all pre-requisites
Leftovers: Talon's Hold

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Veteran Tokens
Reward: Class Charm upgrade -- +1 to your class skills, +20% Experience Gain

► Descriptions and Images

There will be veteran monsters as you proceed through Terror and Destruction, one type for each respected Act. They come in packs of three usually, but have a small chance to spawn as an Elite mob. One monster from each pack will drop an Evil Eye of the ______ (whichever veteran monster it is). Get one of each eye and cube them with your Class Charm.

Act 1: Clawstorm Terror - Barracks/Jail Level 1-3 - Poison Immune, fairly tanky, uses Lorenado and can deal high poison damage. Blast with Carnage or Ancients' Hand.



Act 2: Fairy Witch - Canyon of the Magi - Fire Immune, dies quickly, spams Rain of FIre at longer range and Fire Cannonade when you get closer. Fire absorb from shield and high max res from sockets make these attacks tickle at most.



Act 3: Glowing Blob - Travincal/Durance of Hate - Magic Immune, fairly tanky, uses Pounce, not threatening.



Act 4: Landmass - City of the Damned/River of Flame - Cold Immune, tankiest of the five veterans, uses Earthquake and Shower of Rocks. Stun Attack from your shield will keep them locked in place while you kill.



Act 5: Bane Hunter - Worldstone Keep Levels 1-3 - Lightning Immune - Cat-like monsters (same as sorceress's Familiar), often go unnoticed because they blend in with shadows. If you see Bladestorm and Spiral Dance attacks, check the area for the Bane Hunters and/or for the evil eye.



Once you collect all 5 eyes, put them all in the cube with your class charm and transmute everything together for the reward:

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Black Road Challenge
Reward: Unlocks Black Road Skill -- Graveyard
Reward: Class Charm upgrade -- +150 Life/Mana

The Black Road Challenge is a collection of five trials that must be completed separately, and three of the five will be done as we progress through Terror. One of the tasks requires the Book of Summoning from the Summoner in the Terror Arcane Sanctuary. Because Graveyard isn't an imperative skill for us to obtain, we can wait until we get more charms and better gear to complete the two more difficult tasks.

Trial of Fear -- The Butcher -- Tristram -- The Butcher's Lair

► Notes and Video

He has a chance on melee attack to drop a red circle on the ground somewhere in the room. Use your 1pt Flayer summons to distract him and spawn the red circles (use 1-2 summons at a time). When you see them, walk behind the circle, opposite side of the Butcher. He is invulnerable to all damage types until he steps within the red circle. Wait for him to step inside the circle, spam a few Flayers, then blast him immediately with Ancients' Hand or Carnage. Repeat until he dies -- get the swirly effect, transmute your Class Charm by itself. It should read "Trial of Fear Completed."

Trial of Greed - Collect some gold

► Notes and Video

Just collect a lot of gold. Deposit it all in your stash and withdraw the exact amount: 666,666. With this in your inventory, transmute your Class Charm by itself. It should read "Trial of Greed Completed."

Trial of Contrition - King Koth - Arreat Summit

► Notes and Video

Summon King Koth and his tribe of Bear Shamans with Dark Summoning. Koth has an invulnerability shield until all of the Bear Shamans are dead. Lure them around to single them out. Slow Target from Talon's Hold helps a lot here. Kill the Shamans, Kill Koth, get the swirly effect, and transmute your Class Charm. It should read "Trial of Contrition Completed."

Normally, you would morph into Diablo for this challenge, as part of the lore. Because we already have a morph with Deathlord, you won't morph into Diablo.

The other two Black Road Trials will be completed later on after we have a good number of charms to make survivability much less of an issue, plus, as mentioned, Graveyard isn't absolutely necessary to us yet, so it's fine to postpone this challenge.

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Mid Game

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As you make your way through Terror, keep a lookout for Spirit Edge (Sacred). You'll use those to craft if you haven't already. Charsi can imbue your item to make it rare for crafting -- just make sure you are at least Lvl 95 before imbuing for this since the imbue recipe is:

White Item + Imbue = Rare Item with ilvl of Character Level +4

You're also going to want to start keeping an eye out for Fascinating Shrines, as shrines can start dropping in Act 2. Hopefully with a bit of luck and/or trading/farming, you'll be able to gather up some pieces for the midgame gear:

Mid-Game Gear
Weapon: Fascinating Craft Spirit Edge: Ancients' Hand oskill, +skills, Fire pierce, %ED, Max damage
Shield:

Hellspeak

Hellspeak
Demon Head (4)
Defense: (140 - 160) to (273 - 313)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 10
Required Dexterity: 36
Item Level: 10
15% Chance to cast level 2 Doom on Kill
+(6 to 13) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(6 to 8)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(3 to 4)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
(11 to 15)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (445 - 495) to (817 - 909)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 28
Required Dexterity: 54
Item Level: 31
21% Chance to cast level 6 Doom on Kill
+(21 to 25) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(11 to 13)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(5 to 6)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
(21 to 25)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 3%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1105 - 1199) to (1987 - 2157)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 45
Required Dexterity: 113
Item Level: 51
27% Chance to cast level 10 Doom on Kill
+(31 to 35) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(16 to 18)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(7 to 8)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
(31 to 35)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 4%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1640 - 1768) to (2939 - 3170)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 54
Required Dexterity: 236
Item Level: 77
30% Chance to cast level 12 Doom on Kill
+(36 to 40) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(18 to 20)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(9 to 10)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
(36 to 40)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 5%
Socketed (4)

Armor:

Erawan

Erawan
Body Armors
'LemKoCham'
Runeword Level: 83
15% Combat Speeds
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(144 to 171)% Enhanced Defense
(27 to 30)% to Strength
(27 to 30)% to Vitality
Physical Resist (13 to 15)%
(15 to 20)% Bonus to Defense

: %CB, High Defense, 15% DR
Helm:

Witchhunter's Hood

Witchhunter's Hood
Cap (Sacred)
Defense: (2136 - 2611) to (2161 - 2642)
Required Level: 90
Required Strength: 250
Item Level: 1
+(80 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
10% to Strength
10% to Dexterity
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Elemental Resists +(31 to 40)%
Physical Resist 5%
(16 to 20)% Bonus to Defense
Requirements -50%
Socketed (4)

Witchhunter's Attire
(Assassin Claw Set)

: %Dex/Str, 5% Max res, flat res, 5% DR
Gloves:

Featherclaw

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Geleb's Greed

Geleb's Greed
Light Gauntlets (Sacred)
Defense: 1608 to 1830
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 600
Item Level: 115
1% Chance to cast level 37 Fire Fountain on Death Blow
+1 to All Skills
-15% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+(23 to 31) to Pyroblast
+200% Enhanced Defense
+5 Fire Absorb
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (4)

Curse of the Zakarum
(Zakarum Set)

: +skills, Fire pierce, %DR
Belt:

Deadfall

Deadfall
Heavy Belt (4)
Defense: (135 - 159) to (178 - 210)
Required Level: 7
Required Strength: 36
Item Level: 19
2% Chance to cast level 2 Shower of Rocks on Kill
1% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(24 to 46)% Enhanced Defense
+(16 to 25) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(11 to 15)%
Socketed (1)
Defense: (485 - 551) to (616 - 700)
Required Level: 24
Required Strength: 62
Item Level: 36
2% Chance to cast level 4 Shower of Rocks on Kill
2% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(69 to 92)% Enhanced Defense
+(36 to 45) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(21 to 25)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1270 - 1400) to (1595 - 1758)
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 218
Item Level: 51
2% Chance to cast level 8 Shower of Rocks on Kill
3% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(115 to 137)% Enhanced Defense
+(56 to 65) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(31 to 35)%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1918 - 2095) to (2403 - 2626)
Required Level: 50
Required Strength: 436
Item Level: 85
2% Chance to cast level 12 Shower of Rocks on Kill
4% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(138 to 160)% Enhanced Defense
+(66 to 75) to Strength
Lightning Resist +(36 to 40)%
Socketed (2)

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Truce

Truce
Belts
'Jah'
Runeword Level: 80
5% Combat Speeds
Stun Attack
Slows Attacker by 5%
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 10%

: High defense, 10% DR
Boots:

Megalith

Megalith
Boots
'LoFal'
Runeword Level: 73
+1 to All Skills
25% Cast Speed
15% Block Speed
+(115 to 143)% Enhanced Defense
+(10 to 20) to all Attributes
5% to Dexterity
Regenerate Mana +30%
Physical Resist 5%

: Good defense, 5% DR, Speed boosts
Rings: Rares: +skills, Fire pierce, Life after kill
Amulet: Rare: +skills, Fire pierce, Flat life

On Switch:
Weapon:

Blackheart

Blackheart
Grim Wand (4)
One-Hand Damage: 6 to 8
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 11
Required Dexterity: 15
Item Level: 1
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Dexterity)%
+1 to Necromancer Skill Levels
15% Cast Speed
15% Hit Recovery
+(6 to 9) to Summon Darklings
+1 to Dark Power
+(9 to 10)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1 Life Regenerated per Second (Based on Character Level)
Socketed (1)
One-Hand Damage: 11 to 17
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 29
Required Dexterity: 23
Item Level: 31
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Dexterity)%
+2 to Necromancer Skill Levels
25% Cast Speed
25% Hit Recovery
+(12 to 16) to Summon Darklings
+2 to Dark Power
+(16 to 20)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1 Life Regenerated per Second (Based on Character Level)
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: 17 to 26
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 47
Required Dexterity: 46
Item Level: 51
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Dexterity)%
+3 to Necromancer Skill Levels
35% Cast Speed
35% Hit Recovery
+(20 to 26) to Summon Darklings
+3 to Dark Power
+(26 to 30)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1 Life Regenerated per Second (Based on Character Level)
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: 20 to 31
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 55
Required Dexterity: 92
Item Level: 77
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Dexterity)%
+4 to Necromancer Skill Levels
40% Cast Speed
40% Hit Recovery
+(32 to 36) to Summon Darklings
+4 to Dark Power
+(36 to 40)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1 Life Regenerated per Second (Based on Character Level)
Socketed (2)

: Dark Power oskill
Shield:

Trollskull

: +5-7 Bloodlust

► Sockets, MOs, and Shrine Blessing

Sockets:
Erawan, Megalith, and Truce RW Armors: Ber-Crafted Jewels for 15% FHR/2% Leech/2% Dex
Crafted Weapon: Jah Runes
Witchhunter Cap/Featherclaw Chain Gloves: Perfect Amber/Turquoise/Bloodstone/Onyx
Hellspeak shield: Pul, Mal, Gul, Lo Runes for resist or Perfect Turquoises for MF

Mystic Orbs:
Runeword armors need to be prepared in a specific way:
1.) Make the item into a superior base item.
2.) Use Oil of Renewal until you get 30-35%ED and zero/max sockets
3.) Use Oil of Luck for chance at 20% ED/1% DR. If this step fails, go back to Step 2 (We mostly want the 1% DR, since Deathlord/Death Ward give lots of defense).
4.) Once you get the successful Luck Oil, Add 5x 15% ED MOs.
5.) Socket your crafted jewels (be sure to use Oil of Luck on each jewel first).
6.) Socket your rune in the last socket.

Weapon should get orbed to 200% ED if it isn't already, then %CB, and 1-2 Life on Attack MOs.

Any TU's still being used and sets can have FHR, ED, and TCD.

Crafted Gear - Shrine Blessing
Once you have a decent crafted Spirit Edge, you can add a second set of the bonuses of the shrine onto the item.The recipe is:

Honorific/Rare/Crafted Sacred item + Arcane Crystal + Shrine = item with Shrine Blessing and Shrine (-1 charge)

Here is an example of a decent/usable weapon. You should always carry two Spirit Edges to continually improve one while you use the other.

This knife was not Fascinating Blessed yet. It's just the base level craft with Oil of Luck and 5 15% ED MOs.

Adding in the switch-buff weapon/shield isn't a big change. Just keep Dark Power on a hotkey and switch to buff real quick, then switch back. I seemed to struggle often on my own gameplay with accidental hotkeys. Make sure you don't switch to cast DP and accidentally unmorph from Deathlord in the middle of a mob.

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Stats
Strength: Enough to equip new armors
Dexterity: Everything else
Vitality: None
Energy: None

Don't forget you can "abuse" Deathlord to morph and use the huge bonus in Strength/Dexterity to equip gear, as long as you make sure your gear is equipped if you die.

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Gameplay
Gameplay will remain the same as we have been doing all game with just one more addition. You'll have access to Ancients' Hand now (if you didn't already), which will destroy single targets and most enemies that aren't fire immune. The main issue with Ancients' Hand is that its 100% physical conversion to fire. In most cases, this is a great thing. What makes it bad is that you no longer deal physical damage with that skill, which means you can't leech with it. Carnage, on the other hand, is 100% WDM and only 30% conversion to fire damage. You can almost instantly leech back to full health in a small mob of enemies with Carnage.

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[Crash]

Charms are listed in the order that I completed them in, personally.

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The Butcher - Dungeon Uber
Location: Tristram (Inside the left house) --> Butcher's Lair
Reward:

The Butcher's Tooth

The Butcher's Tooth
Required Level: 105
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+10 to all Attributes
20% Magic Find
+1 to Light Radius
Horror Under Tristram (Heroic)
Difficulty Level: 120
Transmute in the cube after reaching Level 120

► Show Spoiler

Nothing new here. Do this the exact same way as you did the Trial of Fear back in the Black Road Challenge.

Tal Rasha and the Binding of Baal - Summon Uber
Location: Valley of Snakes
Reward:

Scroll of Kings

Scroll of Kings
Required Level: 110
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+10% to Spell Damage
20% to All Attributes

► Notes and Video

As long as you have 90 Max Resist and some stacked, this is easy. Use Dark Summoning in the Valley of Snakes to re-enact the fight between Tal Rasha and Baal, but in this case, you're Baal, as you'll see you morph into him when near the mages. Lucky for us, Deathlord morph will prevent us turning into Baal.

Just use Dark Summoning in the Valley of Snakes, and rush away to avoid the instant cast of 6-10 mages' spells in your face. Let them spread out and lure them to pick off one-by-one until they are all dead, allowing you to drop Tal Rasha's invulnerability shield and attack him.

Death Projector - Dungeon Uber
Location: Flayer Jungle --> Swampy Pit --> Proving Grounds
Reward:

Laser Focus Crystal

Laser Focus Crystal
Required Level: 105
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Maximum Life +3%
Maximum Mana +10%
+10% to Experience Gained
Death Projector (Heroic)
Difficulty Level: 121
Transmute in the cube after reaching Level 121

► Notes

Nothing new here. Do this the same way that you completed Level Challenge 2. Wait for the initial beam (and wait a moment til its about halfway around to make sure a second spiral doesn't start), lure the Mechanics up to the jail at the top, summon Flayers in front of you til they're all in the jail, then hop through the fence with Angel of Death and rush to the right corner to make sure they stay trapped. If you didn't have Ancients' Hand at LC2, you'll appreciate having it now, as it dies much faster than with Carnage.

Check the video in Level Challenge 2 if you need to see how it's done again.

Azmodan - Dungeon Uber
Location: Upper Kurast --> Azmodan's Reliquary
Reward:

Azmodan's Heart

Azmodan's Heart
Required Level: 115
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Maximum Elemental Resists +2%
Elemental Resists +(11 to 20)%
-5% to All Vendor Prices

► Notes, Map, and Video

You're at the mercy of the RNG monster spawn here again. It can be extremely crowded with Trap Rats, Unseelie Dames, Alpha Centaurs, and Stone Hammer (or Rock Maul?) Demons, which use Shower of Rocks and can cause some problems if you don't see it coming.

The trick here is that the invulnerability aura only reaches so far from Azmodan. Run through and lure monsters in a big counter-clockwise circle to try to find one of the four corners of the small map (see below) where they aren't shielded. Pick them off without moving too far towards the center (might reactivate the shield) with Carnage or Ancients' Hand. Once you clear a small area, you can try to lure more enemies to the safe corner or just rush in and blast Azmodan.

Creature of Flame - Dungeon Uber
Location: Caldeum (see spoiler at top of section for map) --> Dimensional Sanctum
Reward:

Horazon's Focus

Horazon's Focus
Required Level: 110
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
(3 to 5)% Life stolen per Hit
(3 to 5)% Mana stolen per Hit
-50 Defense
+(21 to 25) to all Attributes

► Notes, Map, and Video

There is a bat monster upon entering. He is not the boss of this area. The Creature of Flame is in the central near the back room (see map below).

The other monsters in here are Astral Guardians. If they hit you with a melee attack, they will give you a blue-ish aura (also can hear the aura activate when they hit you) that gives you 100% Avoid for a few seconds, allowing you to rush up and blast the CoF with Ancients' Hand. Be cautious to run back around a corner again and wait for the blue aura to be re-applied by the Guardians after a few seconds, otherwise the beam will kill you in one hit. If you accidentally kill all of the Guardians, you can use Dark Summoning to gain one back.

Infernal Machine - Dungeon Uber
Location: Tamoe Highlands --> Pit --> Infernal Pit
Reward:

Optical Detector

Optical Detector
Required Level: 105
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Unlocks Mastery Skill: Tenacity
+5% to Summoned Minion Resistances
Elemental Resists +15%
Infernal Machine (Heroic)
Difficulty Level: 122
Transmute in the cube after reaching Level 122

► Notes,Map, and Video

You are partially at the mercy of RNG in this area because a few monsters can spawn and make this slightly more difficult:
Mahattsava - On-death proc giant spiraling fire nova
Unseelie Dame - Curse that seriously slows you down and makes you much more vulnerable
Alpha Centaur - uses Colloseum and slows you down/pounces on your location
Detonator - Massive fire damage, slow-moving fireball on death
Basilisk - uses Spellbind to slow you down/lower your defense
Stone Hammer Demon - uses Shower of Rocks on attack to slow you down/lower your defense
Trap Rat - Quill Storm (painful when you're debuffed from centaurs, unseelies, stone hammers, or basilisks)

Start towards the right path, clockwise around the room to check what types of enemies are near. Rush in and clear a mob or two at a time, and quickly dispel the Infernal Machine. If for some reason it gets stuck on a wall from teleporting, switch to a better angle so Ancients' Hand will shoot the projectile through it, or just use Carnage. More monsters will be summoned as the fight goes, so try to kill everything quickly. Skeletal Flayers can briefly help to distract if reanimates are not already doing so, but you should focus on the attacking more than summoning. Use it evasively here and teleport often to help avoid incoming attacks and allow your minions to stay on top of you to protect you. Once your totems fire off some shots and the room clears out, then you can move into offensive and take out the Machine. Be aware too that it spawns with random immunities.

Island of the Sunless Sea - Dungeon Uber
Location: Glacial Trail
Reward:

Six Angel Bag

Six Angel Bag
Required Level: 105
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
(3 to 5)% Innate Elemental Damage
Fire Resist +(21 to 25)%
Lightning Resist +(21 to 25)%
Cold Resist +(21 to 25)%

► Notes, Map, and Video

If you leveled up in Hatred in the earlier game, you should be familiar with the map (see below if you can't remember). The magic damage in this area can hurt, so you'll need to swap between AH and Carnage fairly often to clear mobs, then leech back to full HP.

The first monster in here is Malic's Messenger. Kill the bat real quick, then wait outside in Glacial Trail for a few seconds. He uses Blast Wave when he dies and can stun you for a bit. Once you come back in, go ahead and start clearing your way down to the left towards Lucion. Pretty standard gameplay here. Kill mobs, leech HP, pick up some gold, don't die.

When you get down near Lucion, you'll notice the enemies have a gold invincibility aura. You have to kill Lucion to remove this aura, or lure as many enemies out of range of the aura as you can. He uses a strong Poison Nova attack, which can knock you out pretty quickly. Otherwise, Lucion should die pretty quickly to your attacks. He can spawn with random immunities, so if he's fire immune, just use Carnage. If he's physical immune, blast away with AH. PIck up the Sunless Crystal Bird, then make your way back to the entrance.

At the start now, head down the lower right path and clear as you go, but don't start down the path yet that cuts to the left and down to Malic. You'll want to spam a few Flayers ahead of you as far down the path as you can, and summon them more as you move further ahead, clearing as you move. If you do it right, Malic will target his one-hit-kill missiles at your Flayers instead of you. Just to be safe, spam them all over him, wait a moment to make sure he is targeting them, and you can just walk up behind him and kill him easily. Pick up the Six Angel Bag and cube it with the Sunless Crystal Bird.

You'll want to repeat this uber til you get a charm with -5% Enemy Resists.

King Koth and the Assault on Mount Arreat - Summoning Uber
Location: Arreat Summit
Reward:

Sacred Worldstone Key

Sacred Worldstone Key
Required Level: 110
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Weapon Physical Damage +(25 to 30)%
(21 to 30)% Bonus to Defense

► Notes

Nothing new here. Same as the Black Road's Trial of Contrition.

Tran Athulua - Uberlevel
Location: Halls of Dead --> Island of Skartara --> Tran Athulua
Increased chance to drop unique items.
Reward:

Sunstone of the Gods

Sunstone of the Gods
Required Level: 115
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
(3 to 5)% Innate Elemental Damage
Maximum Life +(3 to 5)%
Maximum Mana +(11 to 15)%

► Notes

Same thing as Level Challenge 1 and the Trial of Blood from the Black Road Challenge. Couple things to be aware of:

You still can clear pretty quickly in Destruction, but, every time an amazon dies in here, they have a 5% chance to cast Arrowside, which will send a huge stream of arrows at you. You can tank this, but you'll often find yourself killing more than one amazon at a time, getting hit by many more arrows. Swap between Carnage and Ancients' Hand when you need to leech or clear a range of enemies. You can even respec into Parasite if you find that more comfortable, as that will be our farming setup for faster clearspeeds when the time comes for signets and better gear.

Overall, the level shouldn't be too difficult. Take the time to get yourself a 15% Max Life charm and trophy for 5% DR. This charm has a 1/6th drop chance from each Priestess.

Akarat - Jungle Uber
Location: Torajan Jungle
Reward:

Visions of Akarat

Visions of Akarat
Required Level: 110
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+(201 to 250) Defense
+(21 to 25) to all Attributes

► Notes, Map, and Video

This boss has an invulnerability shield, and the only way to damage him is by killing the Akarat Followers. When these monsters die, they release a white nova (similar to what Thunderslam looks like), which will break Akarat's shield and allow you to damage him. Try to clear out all the Jungle enemies (spiders, bugs, and treewardens) as best as you can before running into where Akarat is located (see map below for details).

This can be tricky, but certainly doable with Ancients' Hand. You should be able to outdamage his regen by now. Honestly, the only tricky part is tanking the Thunder Hammer barrages from the Followers and Akarat. Those can hit often and hard. If you can survive it, easy charm.

Ideally, you'll want least a 245/25 roll. +25 Attributes is the most important part, so don't get anything less than that. The higher the defense roll is, the nicer it looks in your inventory, so might as well go for a perfect (or near perfect) one to use a trophy.

Lord Aldric Jitan - Jungle Uber
Location: Torajan Jungle
Reward:

Moon of the Spider

Moon of the Spider
By Richard Knaak

Required Level: 110
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+(21 to 25) Spell Focus
+1 to Jitan's Gate
Half Freeze Duration

► Notes, Map, and Video

Jitan is tucked away in the Torajan Jungle, guarding the entrance to Astrogha's area, the Web of Deceit. He is protected by his Rakkis Guardsmen, who use fortress and guard tower, along with a strong Singularity proc when each is killed (just like the one from

Jitan's Kamon

Jitan's Kamon
Splint Mail (4)
Defense: (184 - 208) to (370 - 418)
Required Level: 6
Required Strength: 30
Item Level: 19
2% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds 2-4 Fire Damage
Adds 2-4 Lightning Damage
Adds 2-4 Cold Damage
+(24 to 40)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (592 - 656) to (1106 - 1225)
Required Level: 23
Required Strength: 60
Item Level: 36
4% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds (4 to 8)-(8 to 15) Fire Damage
Adds (4 to 8)-(8 to 15) Lightning Damage
Adds (4 to 8)-(8 to 15) Cold Damage
+(58 to 75)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 3%
Socketed (4)
Defense: (1466 - 1596) to (2663 - 2898)
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 210
Item Level: 51
6% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds (16 to 30)-(31 to 45) Fire Damage
Adds (16 to 30)-(31 to 45) Lightning Damage
Adds (16 to 30)-(31 to 45) Cold Damage
+(92 to 109)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 4%
Socketed (5)
Defense: (2175 - 2352) to (3925 - 4244)
Required Level: 49
Required Strength: 420
Item Level: 85
8% Chance to cast level 1 Guard Tower on Kill
Adds (31 to 60)-(81 to 120) Fire Damage
Adds (31 to 60)-(81 to 120) Lightning Damage
Adds (31 to 60)-(81 to 120) Cold Damage
+(109 to 126)% Enhanced Defense
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (6)

, see the reference?) and Jitan himself also uses Pestilence (one of your Malice Skills). Overall, it's a pretty easy fight, as long as you lure one at a time to avoid too many fortress arrows and Singularities hitting you at one time.

This charm gives us a new oskill, Jitan's Gate, which is essentially a teleport skill (10 second cooldown timer) which buffs your HP by a lot for a second or two after you use it.

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At this point, we will go back and complete our Black Road Challenge, with the Trial of Knowledge and Trial of Blood still remaining.

Trial of Knowledge - Robot Brains - Stony Tomb --> Fauztinville

► Notes, Video, and Map

These two challenges go here, since Graveyard is not a mandatory skill to make our build work efficiently, so its a challenge that is more easily done with some early charms.

In this video, I mostly rushed to the five locations simply because there's no other reason for us to be in Terror Fauztinville at this point other than to complete the Trial. If you need to heal, you can jump to town or stop and clear a small mob with Carnage for the leech you get from that and some reanimates to help distract enemies. All you have to do is collect the five robot brains (Alpha, Beta, Delta, Epsilon, and Gamma -- see below for map), and cube them together with your class charm, so it reads, "Trial of Knowledge Completed!"

Trial of Blood - Tran Athulua - Halls of the Dead --> Island of Skartara

► Notes, Map, and Instructions

Hopefully you're familiar with the layout after doing Level Challenge 1. You need to kill both Skovos, Cold Priestess, and Lycander, Lightning Priestess within 30 seconds of eachother and cube your class charm.

The best way to do this is to lure them together, slowly picking off small mobs of amazons so there are no distractions, but without killing the Priestesses. In the painted image, you can see where to lure them to in order to give yourself enough time to kill both. In the video below, my reanimates accidentally killed her before I was ready (I had planned on luring her all the way up to Skovos within about 1 screen of eachother), so I had to rush it.

In the image below, the red path is the path I take from the entrance. Clear your way through, especially through the rooms between the Lightning and Ice priestesses. Once you clear up to the end of the red path, backtrack towards the Lightning Priestess and pick off any extra amazons that aren't Lycander. Once you get her to chase you, lure her as far up the yellow path as possible towards Skovos. Kill Lycander above the Ice room, then rush down into the Ice room and quickly find and pick off Skovos. TP to town and cube your class charm by itself.

If you've followed along correctly, your class charm should now say "All Trials Completed!" Once your Soulstone Shard says that, all you have to do now is go farm two Arcane Crystals, and cube them with your class charm to unlock the Black Road stat reward on the charm and gain access to the Black Road skill, Graveyard.

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Cathedral of Light - Dungeon Uber
Location: Inner Cloister --> Cathedral --> Cathedral of Light
Reward:

Idol of Vanity

Idol of Vanity
Required Level: 115
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Unlocks Mastery Skill: Continuity
15% Combat Speeds

► Notes, Map, and Video

We do this after Lord Aldric Jitan because Jitan's Gate is a very useful skill for this uber.

All the enemies are invulnerable until the Crystal Ball is destroyed. Step into the main room and take a counter-clockwise circle around the room (to avoid the death spiral from the Crystal Ball), and try to lure as many nuns back into the small first room as possible. Spam Flayers in front of you for a few seconds to let any stragglers sneak into the room, then use Jitan's Gate to teleport over the wall, trapping the nuns in the upper room. Be cautious of another Death Spiral that may begin. Make a tight circle around the Crystal Ball until the spiral goes away, then blast it with Ancients' Hand. Once it's dead, the invulnerability aura will drop off of the nuns, Clerics, and Inarius. Clear the room and grab the charm.

Belial - Dungeon/Heroic Boss
Location: Ancient's Way --> Realm of Lies
Reward:

The Book of Lies

The Book of Lies
Required Level: 125
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+(100 to 500) to Life
+(50 to 250) to Mana

► Notes, Map, and Video

Can be an annoying area due to the elite mobs and the golden chest traps in here that release a burn nova, draining your HP to 1 pretty quickly for 5-6 seconds. If you rush through and clear fast enough with Ancients' Hand, you can benefit from Life after Kill to help keep you alive, or use Carnage to leech to full HP pretty quickly.

As far as Belial is concerned, make sure you clear out most of the area around him. He will pounce on you from about 1.5 screens away and land with retaliate (which if you're burned down to 1 HP, will kill you). In the video, you can see I swap between AH and Carnage sometimes. He spawns Henchmen after a moment after he pounces (you'll get a feeling for the rhythm). Carnage will help leech some HP when they spawn and also kill them. Otherwise, just blast Belial with AH. If the untargetable Ratfinks spawn, they can do a lot of damage and break your armor pretty quickly, so just hop over a gap with Angel of Death, allow Belial to pounce across to you, and then continue what you were doing.

Another annoying thing is to make sure you don't have him against a wall. You need to align yourself so there's space around you to let the AH projectile travel, so it hits him for the full amount. Always keep your TP up for quick attacking. You can buff yourself in Frigid Highlands or something before jumping back into the fight immediately. If you get a low roll on this, don't worry about it. I came back at a later time with more charms and gear and got a 500 Life charm in much faster kill speed.

Khalimgrad - Uberlevel
Location: Frozen Tundra --> Welcome to Khalimgrad
Reward:

Zakarum's Ear

Zakarum's Ear
Required Level: 115
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
(6 to 10)% to All Attributes
+(6 to 15)% to Experience Gained
Heroic Library of Fate
Rewards: Angelic Items, Crafting Rares, Crafting Exclusive Uniques
Tramsmute with a Perfect Gem to open with Area Level 125
Tramsmute with 2 Angelic items to open with Area Level 130

► Notes, Map, and Video

Enter the Heavens and defeat the Angelic Avatars for their..... ear.

Watch out for Lantern Archons here. They look like fire elementals and they swarm you and kill you in a few hits.

There are six Zakarum Avatars in the level (always spawn in the same place and don't move).



The enemies here have same mechanic as the Akarat uberquest - release a white nova when killed that breaks the immunities on the Zakarum Avatars (giant angels like Tyrael), allowing you to kill them. A few things worth mentioning in this area:

There are Lightwell Totems that don't move, but shoot three punishers per shot at a rate of about 1.5 seconds. Use a potion if you get hit by one to heal the poison quickly. If for some reason you don't kill the avatar quickly enough and the shield turns back on, just use Dark Summoning near it to gain a few Ethereals back to kill and break the shield again.

As you can see in this video, there is an Avatar right over the first wall. You can just keep remaking games and re-running this one until you get a charm since its by far, the easiest and least crowded kill. Later on, when we are more geared and charmed, you can return here to get a higher roll charm.

Judgment Day - Summon Uber
Location: Inner Cloister
Reward:

Crystalline Flame Medallion

Crystalline Flame Medallion
Required Level: 120
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+1 to Summon Edyrem
Fire Absorb 5%
Lightning Absorb 5%
Cold Absorb 5%
Cube after Killing Imperius and Malthael
(Max: 1 minute from each other)

► Notes and Video

Dark Summoning in the Inner Cloister will spawn a pack of untargetable Edyrem enemies, along with an untargetable Dark Uldyssian (the Edyrem with shoulder pads and a helmet). They attack fast and use Tremor and Divine Apparation (their teleport/freezing skill) a lot.

Fortunately, with some luck, you can summon your Skeletal Flayers on top of the Edyrem mobs until you see one of the Avatars, Malthael or Imperius (beam of light above their heads) spawn. Rush in, blast them with Ancients' Hand, and grab the charm. If you manage to get both avatars spawned and killed for the double swirl effect, cube your charm by itself. Otherwise, all we need for now is the base charm with elemental absorb. Be aware of nukes that can be dropped when the avatars spawn (use sound and listen for "Nuclear Launch Detected", then back up a bit, but maintain summoning til you see it's safe).

Kingdom of Shadow - Dungeon Uber
Location: Caldeum --> Vizjerei's Temple --> Ruins of Ureh --> Kingdom of Shadow
Reward:

Eternal Bone Pile

Eternal Bone Pile
Required Level: 120
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+(1 to 2) to Sorceress Skill Levels
+(1 to 2) to Paladin Skill Levels
+(1 to 2) to Necromancer Skill Levels
+(1 to 2) to Druid Skill Levels
+(1 to 2) to Barbarian Skill Levels
+(1 to 2) to Assassin Skill Levels
+(1 to 2) to Amazon Skill Levels
10% Movement Speed

► Notes and Videos

Honestly, the hardest part about this uber is simply finding it. This first video here gives a brief explanation of how to find Kingdom of Shadow inside the Ruins of Ureh.

If you run around QT's area and down to the lower red portal, you'll end up in the Ruins of Ureh. From that first hut you enter in, search for the flagpole around the hut. Run in the direction from the hut towards the flag, back and forth. The entrance to Kingdom of Shadow is also inside another hut, but it's not marked on the map. (See video).



Once you find the Kingdom of Shadow, it's a pretty simple uber. Inside, there are a shitload of untargetable zombies that hit hard and poison you constantly. There are also big Darkwardens that use Retaliate and cast Tremor if they get killed (i.e. don't go near them). The goal here is to constantly use Angel of Death to hop through the mobs or run around in open spaces to travel through the giant map. Do not try to run through the zombies. The game engine registers it as a collision in game, even though it shows you running straight through them. This will desync you and rubber band you back three screens, likely dying since technically you're standing still inside a giant mob of enemies. You can use a TP to go back to town to reset yourself, Jitan's Gate to teleport and relocate yourself with the game, or use Angel of Death to hop straight on through (if you use this method, as I did, be aware that you cannot use potions while in midair. There's a short delay when you land where you can't do anything. After that short delay, drink a potion, and keep on jumping.) Basically, you want to constantly keep going straight down. Teleport through the big walls as you find them, and keep on moving til you get to the big area that leads you down and left alongside the wall (seen in the video below). Hop/walk your way down to the end, and you'll reach the long bridge.

Teleport over to the bridge and use a TP right away to keep your position if you die. For this, I went to town often, but simply use Angel of Death and potions. Summons can help briefly distract. Teleport can be a slow way to do it if you just teleport, TP, wait for cooldown, repeat.

Rest is pretty straightforward. Juris Khan is pretty weak, so he should die fast. Sometimes he will use a Death Spiral, so keep a TP up near his small area.

Bartuc and the Legacy of Blood - Dungeon Uber
Location: Torajan Jungles --> Chamber of Blood
Reward:

Legacy of Blood

Legacy of Blood
By Richard Knaak

Required Level: 115
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
Unlocks Mastery Skill: Endurance
(3 to 5)% Life stolen per Hit
(3 to 5)% Mana stolen per Hit

► Notes and Video

Bartuc is invulnerable until he uses Wychwind, which turns him dark blue and transparent and makes him vulnerable, while also dropping blue flames on the floor. Blood Golems are also invulnerable to all damage until they attack, which will drop their shield for a couple seconds. You need to be aware of this: When the Blood Golems die, they will drop a very strong Immolation Bomb at the feet of whatever killed them, so prepare your Fire Resistances and/or get ready to dodge back and forth every few seconds to avoid getting slammed with a bomb. In most cases, you'll die often, but I was able to complete this with some luck by just focusing on Bartuc, doing a little bit of damage at a time instead of trying to clear the whole room. He spawns more Blood Golems as the fight goes, so at this point of the game, our clear speed isn't strong enough to knock all the golems out. You can use Skeletal Flayers and Edyrem each time before entering the Chamber of Blood to help take hits very briefly while you find and target Bartuc. Grab the charm and hop out. That's all we need for now until later when we can clear the whole room in a few seconds for trophy hunting.

Kurast 3000 BA - Jungle Uber/Uberlevel
Increased chance to drop set items.
Reward:

Hammer of the Taan Judges

Hammer of the Taan Judges
Required Level: 115
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+1 to All Skills
+1 to Necromancer Skill Levels
+(21 to 25) Spell Focus
Weapon Physical Damage +0.1875% (Based on Character Level)

► Notes

Nothing new here. Do this the exact same way as you did the Ennead Challenge.

This charm has a 1/9th drop chance from each Ennead Necromancer.

Baal
Location: Throne of Destruction --> Worldstone Chamber

► Show Spoiler

No video, but write-up in progress.

Bull Prince Rodeo - Uberlevel/Heroic Boss
Location: Wirt's Leg + Tome of TP in Cube = Secret Cow Level
Reward:

Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold
Moo moo moo Moooo! Moo!

Required Level: 115
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+(0 to 38) to Strength
+(0 to 38) to Dexterity
+(0 to 38) to Vitality
+(0 to 38) to Energy
(11 to 15)% Bonus to Defense
-10% Gold Find
(16 to 20)% Magic Find

► Notes and Video

Pretty simple area. You've done cows to level in Hatred and Terror now, so you should know what to expect, but just for Destruction difficulty. BPR always spawns inside the big fenced pen area, so use your Map Reveal to check out where he is and where you have a good place to fight him (see following instructions). Be sure to swap around between Carnage to leech back to full HP and Ancients' Hand to blast through long mobs. You don't need to clear the entire Cow Level. Just enough space to get to a nice angled wall (as you'll see in the video). This wall will allow you to constantly attack BPR while shielding you from the cow rush skill he uses. The trick is to make sure you don't stand directly in the corner, but a couple steps below it, and right against the wall. He will teleport on you, and use his knockback stomp, pushing you into the wall instead of outward into the cow rush. You'll mainly be looking for nice stat rolls on this charm, but you can also keep in mind some useful reanimates for this build:

Basilisk = Casts Spellbind (Slows target and reduces monster defense).
Stone Hammer Demon = Uses Shower of Rocks (rains rocks down in an area to debuff/damage monsters).
Alpha Centaur = Uses Colosseum (creates a debuff arena) and Celerity (speed buff).
Void Archon = Same aura as summon, but weaker.
Razor Fur Titan = Thorns Aura
Trap Rat = Casts Quillstorm
Glooper = Uses Miasma to debuff/poison enemies.
Gold Titan, Silver Titan, Bronze Titan = Big tanky guys with Resist Aura
Siren/Succubus/Snow Witch = Reduces enemy resist on death.

Same thing applies here when fighting BPR: If you start to drop low on HP, just switch to Carnage and drink a potion until you regenerate your HP, then go back to AH for damage.

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At this point, you're all set to go for farming. You'll want to reconsider a respec for ease of farming with a Parasite setup:

Sig Farming Skillplan
Max: Dragonfire Oil, Embalming
25-Point: Parasite
1-Point: Pre-requisites, Talon's Hold, Deathlord, Graveyard
Leftovers: Death Ward, Famine

Since we will be farming up our 500 Signets of Learning, hopefully along the way you've picked up a few more items:

Weapon: Fascinating Craft Spirit Edge: +skills, Fire pierce, %ED, Max damage, Shower of Rocks/Spike Nova proc
Shield:

Hellspeak

Hellspeak
Demon Head (4)
Defense: (140 - 160) to (273 - 313)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 10
Required Dexterity: 36
Item Level: 10
15% Chance to cast level 2 Doom on Kill
+(6 to 13) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(6 to 8)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(3 to 4)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
(11 to 15)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (445 - 495) to (817 - 909)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 28
Required Dexterity: 54
Item Level: 31
21% Chance to cast level 6 Doom on Kill
+(21 to 25) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(11 to 13)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(5 to 6)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
(21 to 25)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 3%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1105 - 1199) to (1987 - 2157)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 45
Required Dexterity: 113
Item Level: 51
27% Chance to cast level 10 Doom on Kill
+(31 to 35) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(16 to 18)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(7 to 8)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
(31 to 35)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 4%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1640 - 1768) to (2939 - 3170)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 54
Required Dexterity: 236
Item Level: 77
30% Chance to cast level 12 Doom on Kill
+(36 to 40) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(18 to 20)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(9 to 10)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
(36 to 40)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 5%
Socketed (4)

Armor:

Erawan

Erawan
Body Armors
'LemKoCham'
Runeword Level: 83
15% Combat Speeds
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(144 to 171)% Enhanced Defense
(27 to 30)% to Strength
(27 to 30)% to Vitality
Physical Resist (13 to 15)%
(15 to 20)% Bonus to Defense

: %CB, High Defense, 15% DR
Helm:

Witchhunter's Hood

Witchhunter's Hood
Cap (Sacred)
Defense: (2136 - 2611) to (2161 - 2642)
Required Level: 90
Required Strength: 250
Item Level: 1
+(80 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
10% to Strength
10% to Dexterity
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Elemental Resists +(31 to 40)%
Physical Resist 5%
(16 to 20)% Bonus to Defense
Requirements -50%
Socketed (4)

Witchhunter's Attire
(Assassin Claw Set)

: %Dex/Str, 5% Max res, flat res, 5% DR
Gloves:

Glor-An-Fhaidha's Firebark

: Fire Splash proc, Fire damage, Str/Dex, FHR
Belt:

Nero

: Path of Flames oskill, Fortress proc
Boots:

Lifecrusher

Lifecrusher
Boots
'MhalChamUm'
Runeword Level: 110
30% Hit Recovery
0.125% Chance of Crushing Blow (Based on Character Level)
+(171 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
(5 to 10)% to All Attributes
Maximum Life +(7 to 10)%
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Elemental Resists +(15 to 25)%

: +Skill, %CB, LaeK, max damage
Rings: Rares: +skills, Fire pierce
Amulet: Rare: +skills, Fire pierce, Flat life

On Switch:
Weapon:

Blackheart

Blackheart
Grim Wand (4)
One-Hand Damage: 6 to 8
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 11
Required Dexterity: 15
Item Level: 1
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Dexterity)%
+1 to Necromancer Skill Levels
15% Cast Speed
15% Hit Recovery
+(6 to 9) to Summon Darklings
+1 to Dark Power
+(9 to 10)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1 Life Regenerated per Second (Based on Character Level)
Socketed (1)
One-Hand Damage: 11 to 17
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 29
Required Dexterity: 23
Item Level: 31
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Dexterity)%
+2 to Necromancer Skill Levels
25% Cast Speed
25% Hit Recovery
+(12 to 16) to Summon Darklings
+2 to Dark Power
+(16 to 20)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1 Life Regenerated per Second (Based on Character Level)
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: 17 to 26
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 47
Required Dexterity: 46
Item Level: 51
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Dexterity)%
+3 to Necromancer Skill Levels
35% Cast Speed
35% Hit Recovery
+(20 to 26) to Summon Darklings
+3 to Dark Power
+(26 to 30)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1 Life Regenerated per Second (Based on Character Level)
Socketed (2)
One-Hand Damage: 20 to 31
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 55
Required Dexterity: 92
Item Level: 77
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.06 per Dexterity)%
+4 to Necromancer Skill Levels
40% Cast Speed
40% Hit Recovery
+(32 to 36) to Summon Darklings
+4 to Dark Power
+(36 to 40)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+1 Life Regenerated per Second (Based on Character Level)
Socketed (2)

-->

Vheran's Experiments

: Dark Power oskill
Shield:

Trollskull

: +5-7 Bloodlust

► Notes on Skillplan and Gearing

Parasite is a far superior AoE farming ability, allowing you to farm much more quickly, and leech more often, keeping you alive more effectively.

For your gear, you aren't required to have Ancients' Hand on your weapon, but it can be useful for some single targets. We are farming, after all.
Witchhunter's Hood is still our best option until we complete our Kabraxis charm upgrade, at which point, we will shift to

Royal Circlet

Royal Circlet
Tiara (Sacred)
Defense: (1740 - 1957) to (1968 - 2214)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 392
Item Level: 105
+2 to All Skills
+50% Damage to Demons
+50% Damage to Undead
+(140 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
(21 to 25)% to All Attributes
Elemental Resists +(25 to 30)%
Physical Resist 5%
(21 to 25)% Magic Find
Socketed (4)

.
The gauntlets are my personal choice. If you're more comfortable with

Featherclaw

or

Geleb's Greed

Geleb's Greed
Light Gauntlets (Sacred)
Defense: 1608 to 1830
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 600
Item Level: 115
1% Chance to cast level 37 Fire Fountain on Death Blow
+1 to All Skills
-15% to Enemy Fire Resistance
+(23 to 31) to Pyroblast
+200% Enhanced Defense
+5 Fire Absorb
Physical Resist 5%
Socketed (4)

Curse of the Zakarum
(Zakarum Set)

, go for it. You could also keep an eye out for

Demonic Touch

Demonic Touch
Leather Gloves (Sacred)
Defense: 1136 to 1143
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 1000
Item Level: 120
1% Chance to cast level 20 Cataclysm on Striking
Adds 10-25 Damage
+666 Defense
Elemental Resists +10%
Physical Resist 5%
2% Reanimate as: Random Monster
Requirements +100%
Socketed (4)

or

Gulag's Frenzy

, though those are more rare.
Your new Auhe RW Belt will be really great for farming with the fortress proc spreading your ~25% slow target and weapon/fire damage around, along with Path of Flames helping to melt close range targets.
Lifecrushers are a clear favorite over what we were using. At this point, %DR isn't as crucial since we stay alive much more easily, so we will sacrifice the 5% DR from Ath RW boots to get more DPS output with %CB, max damage, and Life after Kill.

Socket your switch gear with Nih runes for increased buff duration. Weapon can be socketed with Jah runes for more damage. The rest of your gear slots can consist of Tir-crafted Jewels (if you want more MF), Ber-crafted Jewels (if you still need more leech), or perfect gems for resistances.

When you're done farming your sigs, swap back to your Midgame Ancients' Hand setup and skillplan and we will continue picking up some more of the difficult charms as we move along.

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Quov Tsin - Dungeon/Heroic Uber
Location: Caldeum --> Red Portal after killing (Kendril Dumon)
Reward:

Silver Seal of Ureh

Silver Seal of Ureh
Required Level: 120
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+1 to All Skills
+(21 to 30) Spell Focus
+(11 to 13)% to Summoned Minion Damage
+(11 to 15)% to Summoned Minion Resistances
+(11 to 20) to Strength
+(11 to 20) to Dexterity
+(11 to 20) to Vitality
+(11 to 20) to Energy

Specific Gear Needed:

Haraigami

(just the item I used. Check in spoiler for other options)

► Notes and Video

Quov Tsin is a bit of a gear check, which is largely why we socket the perfect gems in our midgame crafts, need Azmodan's charm prior to attempting this one, and waited til now to collect this charm, after some early farming (in hopes for that SSU Quilted Armor or others with high flat DR values). Having 90% Max Resist is very important for this boss. In the video, I've also MO'd 30 Damage Reduced on a ring and amulet, along with the SSU Quilted Armor giving us 100 more. There are many ways to get flat DR, and we will need 150 to negate the physical damage of his beam, allowing our elemental absorb from the Judgment Day charm to heal us. The annoying thing is that QT uses a bone spear nova in close range, which is a one-hit KO, so don't touch them. The best and safest way I was able to complete this was rush up to him, swing Carnage once or twice, then rush away to check for bone novas. Ancients' Hand makes him teleport far too often to be reliable for damage in this scenario.

Do not use summons here. QT heals 4% every time he kills something (including you).

Some items that can be useful for Flat DR:
*Note* be cautious with using runewords, as you will still need perfect gems to increase your max resist

Warrior's Robe

,

Medivh's Cameo

,

Highwayman's Friend

,

Segnitia

Segnitia
Field Plate (Sacred)
Defense: 2699 to 3206
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 625
Item Level: 120
Guard Tower: +1 Arrow
Cherubim: +(50-75) Magic Damage per Skill Level
If you have at least 30 Levels in any of the following Skills:
ATMG, Charged Strike, Cherubim, Guard Tower, Lex Talionis, Rock Shock, Time Wave
+20% Slow Target
+100 Life after each Kill
+20% Chance of Crushing Blow
Physical Damage Reduced by 150
5% Chance to cast level 10 Thunder Hammer on Striking
Weapon Physical Damage +(200 to 250)%
Elemental Resists +50%
Physical Resist (15 to 20)%
Socketed (6)

,

Torn Flesh of Gods

,

Mirage

Mirage
Sorceress Crystal Swords
'ElqOhnVezLozGurXod'
Runeword Level: 120
+80 Magic Damage per 1% Deadly Strike
10% Chance to cast level 4 Time Strike on Striking
+(2 to 3) to All Skills
50% Combat Speeds
+(220 to 250) to Maximum Damage
+(180 to 200)% Enhanced Damage
+75 to Dexterity
Maximum Block Chance +10%

Shield of a Thousand Stars

,

Linarian's Legacy

Conqueror's Mercy

Lightning Enchanted

Earthbender

,

Craton

Craton
Boots
'UmLem'
Runeword Level: 58
1% Chance to cast level 7 Shower of Rocks on Melee Attack
3% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(21 to 25) to all Attributes
5% to Vitality
Elemental Resists +10%
Physical Damage Reduced by (16 to 20)
(31 to 40)% Bonus to Defense
(1 to 10)% Gold Find
(1 to 10)% Magic Find
+(1 to 10) to Light Radius

Wing of the Dragon God

(Don't need Ancients' Hand for this uber)

Rathma Square - Dungeon Uber
Location: Travincal --> Caldeum --> Profane Cells --> Bastion of Triune --> Rathma Square
Reward:

Spirit Trance Herb

Spirit Trance Herb
Required Level: 115
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
10% Attack Speed
10% Cast Speed
(21 to 150)% Bonus to Attack Rating
+(10 to 25) Life Regenerated per Second

► Notes and Video

The first part of the video roughly shows how to get to Rathma Square. Go to the top left of Caldeum to the Profane Cells, then take the path to the bottom left. Take the staircase down into Bastion of the Triune, then immediately take the staircase into Rathma Square.

This one is hard for us at early stages of charming, so we waited til now to get it in order to more easily tank the Gore Crawlers. Put up some Flayers and Edyrem (Sacred Armor from Edyrem is surprisingly decent here) to help distract some attacks. You'll want to rush into Primus and blast him quickly. If you lose track of him, you may as well remake the game unless you can see where he went. He gets lost real quick in the density of all the walls. Use Carnage to leech a bit if needed, but Ancients' Hand should make it fairly quick.

The Gore Crawlers in here respawn a short time after death and their missiles have Ignore Target Defense with fairly high physical damage. The charm is a 1/4 drop chance, but it's not a big deal since you'll need this trophy to use on your Sleep charm. If you find one, save it.

Toraja - Jungle/Dungeon Uber
Location: Torajan Jungles --> Teganze --> Ruins of Toraja
Reward: Crystalline Flame Medallion upgrade (See Judgment Day), Toraja Great Runes: Krys, Auhe, Sha'ad

► Notes, Map, and Video

This uber requires you to go through Teganze. Check the Torajan Jungle Map to see where Teganze is, then just make your way all the way to the bottom right of Teganze and you'll see a temple entrance to the Ruins of Toraja. Once you're in there, you need to go up and left to the amazon statue. Summon Edyrem on it, then kill it to open a portal to Toraja.

You need your Judgment Day charm to complete this uber. The Summon Edyrem oskill gives us Edyrem that are weak and don't benefit from minion bonuses, are the only way to break the Toraja shield, along with using Sacred Armor to protect themselves at the same time. Add Edyrem as a hotkey. Do your best not to teleport into large mobs of archers/Morlu. Lure them out of big packs, and use Angel of Death/Bend the Shadows/walking to maneuver to clear spaces back and forth.

There are two reasons for us to be in this area.

1.) Crystalline Flame Medallion upgrade. The swirly effect is activated after killing the boss, Lilith. When this happens, cube your CFM charm with an Arcane Crystal to receive the upgrade.
2.) The Toraja Great Runes (Krys, Auhe, Sha'ad) can only be found here and Yshari Sanctum (which is much worse to farm for these).

We are going to need an Auhe rune for our end-game gear set, so if you happen to find one, terrific. If not, it's probably more easily farmed with a summon/totem respec, which can be seen in another Necromancer guide here (check the gear section if needed, and the video/notes in the Toraja spoiler for setup and playstyle): Totem Necromancer - Midgame. If you're deadset on sticking with Daggermancer all the way through, you can keep slowly re-running with the video style and pray to RNG Gods for an Auhe rune, or you can Dark Summon in a corner of Toraja to get one enemy at a time.

Kabraxis - Heroic Boss
Location: Travincal --> Kurast Causeway --> Black Road
Reward:

Soul of Kabraxis

Soul of Kabraxis
Required Level: 120
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+1 to All Skills
Maximum Fire Resist +(2 to 3)%
Maximum Lightning Resist +(2 to 3)%
Maximum Cold Resist +(2 to 3)%
Maximum Poison Resist +(2 to 3)%

Specific Gear Needed:

The Endless Loop

The Endless Loop
Light Belt (Sacred)
Defense: 1101 to 1143
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 550
Item Level: 105
40% Combat Speeds
+(10 to 19) to Charged Strike
Slow Target 10%
+50 to all Attributes
+75 Life Regenerated per Second
+(0 to 1) Mana on Striking
Socketed (2)

► Notes and Video

Kabraxis can be a tricky one to figure out since he's got a similar mechanic to Quov Tsin, in that he heals 4% every time he kills something. Don't use summons here, and do your best not to die.

Hopefully you've picked up an Endless Loop belt somewhere in your farming or trading. The Teleport when struck proc is what makes this boss doable without losing your mind. You'll see in the video how often Balefire and his other attacks or minions hit you, making it look pretty chaotic, but that's what prevents us from taking too much damage.

I found that in this fight, I did the most damage to him indirectly, meaning that I killed his skeletons with Ancients' Hand and the projectile traveled in his direction and took big chunks away from his HP (thanks Crushing Blow). Overall, it's a pretty straightforward fight. Kill his skeletons with AH, let the AH travel into him (try to align yourself so this happens as best as you can), and let Crushing Blow go to work. Once he gets near dead, CB stops working so well, so you'll have to muscle out the last bit of damage (without dying to heal him).

Judgment Day Part 2 - Summon Uber
Location: Inner Cloister
Reward:

Crystalline Flame Medallion

Crystalline Flame Medallion
Required Level: 120
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+1 to Summon Edyrem
Fire Absorb 5%
Lightning Absorb 5%
Cold Absorb 5%
Cube after Killing Imperius and Malthael
(Max: 1 minute from each other)

- Upgraded

► Notes and Video

Same idea as Part 1 up above, but this time, we need both Malthael and Imperius to spawn together (just keep spamming Flayers until you get a lucky spawn where both appear at the same time or near the same time as eachother).

I got extremely lucky in this video, as they spawned quickly and together. If you aren't this lucky, just keep retrying and spamming until you see both appear and manage to stay alive to blast both of them, then cube your CFM charm by itself to get the upgrade.

Triune - Uberlevel
Location: Travincal --> Caldeum --> Profane Cells --> Bastion of the Triune
Chance to drop Cycles
Reward:

Lucion's Soulstone

► Notes, Map, Videos, and Image

To start this one off, it would be wise to mention that you can skip half of the Triune now with the left entrance in Profane Cells, if you just want to rush to the boss to get the charm. If you're comfortable with killing and surviving here, and want to try for a few cycles on the way, you can start from the right entrance to clear the whole level.

This map shows the overall layout of Triune and Arihan's Temple. As you'll see in the first video, you need to lure Arihan all the way out of his temple up to Primus' Messenger in the grassy area.



There are four main enemy types in this level and one during the boss fight, and one miniboss:
1.) Kraken Guard (Cold Immune) - You'll need 90% Max Cold Resist to tank these comfortably. They multihit with a cold ranged spell, but die pretty quickly.
2.) Primal Clay (Physical Immune) - Clay Golems that can use Shower of Rocks, but die pretty quickly as well.
3.) Impaler Archon (Lightning/Magic Immune) - Annoying because they run away so often. Uses a ranged physical/magical spell missile.
4.) Temple Spire (Fire/Poison Immune) - Totems that call down 4 Meteors per cast with about 1/2 screen explosion range. You can either ignore them and run past or just use Carnage to clear them out.
5.) Deathbat (Poison Immune, Untargetable with auto-aim skills) - Primus spawns these in packs of 4-5 when he uses his teleport-the-fuck-out-of-you skill, and they immediately chase you down, which can be annoying since you're usually cursed or slowed to 1 HP already. Use Edyrem in front of you to distract them briefly then keep them cleared as best as possible.
6.) Vaca Loca Miniboss - Some type of Cow Prince that can hit you pretty hard in melee range. All you need to do is distract with a couple summons and blast him quickly. He will drop the Tome of Possession, which gives you the Dire Charm oskill and -100% avoid aura needed to complete this uber.

Primus' Messenger is untargetable and can't be killed, but he's both an enemy and your own weapon in this fight. You need to travel down to Arihan (who has 100% avoid/immune to all), lure him all the way up to Primus, and then keep Arihan charmed the entire fight while the -avoid aura brings down his shield, so to speak, allowing him to be damaged by Primus.

Arihan himself is very slow, but uses a curse (turns you green and sparkling) that massively slows you down and drops you to 1 HP. Primus's orange missiles are a degenerative curse also that will drop you to 1 HP if you get hit by them, and also deals magic damage, so if you're hit while cursed or low on HP, you'll instantly die. Arihan also increases his speed drastically when he gets to 50% HP, but not a huge deal if you're able to control the fight with Step 2 below.

The trick to this one that I've found is:
1.) Always make sure you re-equip the Tome of Possession when you die to regain the green -avoid aura.
2.) Position yourself with Primus in between you and Arihan so that you can stand behind while Primus attacks in the opposite direction, and hover your mouse over Arihan to immediately charm him when it wears off each time.
3.) DO NOT USE FLAYER SUMMONS. When Arihan is charmed, he picks up any aura. If you have a Khazra Plate equipped or Flayers summoned, he will gain the Demon Blood Aura, which has some life regen, which means he will heal while he's being damaged, and that's..... not helpful. Use Edyrem for this fight.

Duncraig - Uberlevel
Location: Cold Plains --> Cave --> Duncraig
Reward:

Demonsbane

Demonsbane
By Robert Marks

Required Level: 120
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+(0 to 2) to Sorceress Skill Levels
+(0 to 2) to Paladin Skill Levels
+(0 to 2) to Necromancer Skill Levels
+(0 to 2) to Druid Skill Levels
+(0 to 2) to Barbarian Skill Levels
+(0 to 2) to Assassin Skill Levels
+(0 to 2) to Amazon Skill Levels
+15 Life Regenerated per Second

► Notes, Map, and Videos

Duncraig can be a pain due to lag and invisible barrels, but overall, we can handle it pretty well at this point. Angel of Death is going to shine as a mobility skill to jump across the screen, away from barrels after you teleport. In most cases, you'll see a barrel (or sixteen of them) being thrown at you or you'll see the burning fuse traveling across the screen at you. That means get the fuck out of that spot.

The map here shows all the locations of Assur's Generals. Each one drops a Sigil. You'll need all 5 Sigils + Ring of the Five (random drop from Duncraig enemies) to create

Assur's Bane

, which gives you the oskill needed to kill Assur and a few other uberbosses.



The first video here shows the ring collection process for all the sigils and path to Assur. The second video shows the actual Assur fight (which can be made way easier than I showcased here simply by getting more fire resist -- 400%+ and 90% max will make him do almost nothing to you.) You need to apply Open Wounds to him (hit him with any physical weapon damage skill -- Carnage), Purify him, then keep Open Wounds active and he will die in one Purify. You can see in the video that I cast Purify from a range, then race up to him to apply Open Wounds at the same time, but that's only because I didn't prepare my resistances enough to facetank his spells.

Viz'Jun - Uberlevel
Location: Kurast Bazaar --> Viz'Jun
Drop Bias for Jewels
Specific Gear Needed:

Assur's Bane

Reward:

Cold Fusion Schematics

Cold Fusion Schematics
Required Level: 125
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
1% Chance to cast level 10 Time Strike on Striking
+(16 to 30) to Strength
+(16 to 30) to Dexterity
+(16 to 30) to Vitality
+(16 to 30) to Energy

► Notes, Map and Video

This one was hard for us in earlier charm stages because we needed more speed, damage, leech, and defense. At this point, it may be tricky, but still no issue at all. Two things you need to watch out for:

1.) Nukes will drop every so often (you'll see the little blinking circle on the ground and hear it say, "Nuclear Launch Detected").
2.) Minefields are spawned fairly often. Do not try to run through these. They deal very high fire damage, even with high resist, absorb, and max res. If you get stuck inside a minefield, just use Angel of Death to get through it, then continue running.

Overall, the process is pretty simple: Use Angel of Death to hop through and/or run when you can since its faster, and Carnage to leech back to full HP as you progress downwards towards the MCS boss. You'll want to make sure you have your Assur's Bane from Duncraig equipped for the purify oskill. Rush up to MCS,
get into melee range (might need to clear some enemies out), Carnage MCS, Purify (it dies very quickly with Open Wounds), then move away from the spot to avoid nukes. Make a big circle and come back to pick up the charm or go to town for ~10 seconds, wait for nukes to clear, then go back in and pick it.




Horribly failed in this video here. I ran Viz'jun once to make sure it was easily doable for a video, but forgot to drop the charm, so I kept dying trying to pick up a charm I already had.

I'm also using a Khazra Plate at this point since I had one and the bonuses are nice. Because it requires 1998 Str to equip though, it can get annoying as a dex-based character.

Kabraxis Charm Ultra Elemental Upgrade - Uberlevel
Location: Travincal --> Kurast Causeway --> Black Road
Reward:

Soul of Kabraxis

Soul of Kabraxis
Required Level: 120
Keep in Inventory to Gain Bonus
+1 to All Skills
Maximum Fire Resist +(2 to 3)%
Maximum Lightning Resist +(2 to 3)%
Maximum Cold Resist +(2 to 3)%
Maximum Poison Resist +(2 to 3)%

- Upgraded

► Notes and Videos

For these elementals, you'll need some specific gear, which will be mentioned before each one. All of these elementals are immune to all elements except their own and can only be damaged once all the regular Elementals are killed. They continuously spawn new elementals at a steady rate, so you need to be quick with your killing.
Note: You'll see in these videos that I'm using

Khazra Plate

Khazra Plate
Ancient Armor (Sacred)
Defense: (8603 - 9489) to (10651 - 11748)
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 2310
Item Level: 120
Demon Blood Aura
You and Undead Minions: Maximum Life +6%
26.6 Yard Radius
+60% Damage to Demons
5% Chance of Crushing Blow
10% Deadly Strike
+(172 to 200)% Enhanced Defense
(20 to 25)% to Strength
(20 to 25)% to Vitality
Physical Resist 10%
Requirements +200%
Socketed (6)

. If you want to use it and/or have one, go for it. It takes a shitload of Strength for our build to equip easily, which is why I abuse the Deathlord bonuses. It isn't best in slot for our dex-based character, but it is an upgrade from Erawan.

You'll also want to make sure you clear as many of the Skeletons as possible (they respawn very quickly from the Seal Totems) before spawning the Ultras. The Skeletons become immune to everything until they are lured out of range or until the Ultra dies.

Ultra Cold
Specific Gear Needed: Any Hailstorm oskill amulet,

Shadowhymn

, 350-400% Cold Resist, 90% Max Cold Resist


Pretty annoying one to do since luring enemies into Hailstorm can be difficult with slow cast rate, but it's certainly doable if you get enough resist to make their damage do almost nothing. You'll need to unmorph from Deathlord to be able to cast Hailstorm, at which point, having my wand on switch was a faster cast than my dagger, so use that.

Simply spam Hailstorms and heal/use Flayers (though they die almost immediately) here and there and lure the elementals through. Ultimately, the best way will be to keep focusing Hailstorms on the Ultra Elemental and lure the smaller ones into the center, so they stack on top of eachother and all die together. Be aware that the Ultra Cold also uses Hailstorm, so you won't be able to tell whose is whose.

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Ultra Fire
Specific Gear Needed: 350-400% Fire Resist, 90% Max Fire Resist


Thankfully very easy. We have a lot of fire damage and pierce already with Ancients' Hand, other gear, and great absorb from

Hellspeak

Hellspeak
Demon Head (4)
Defense: (140 - 160) to (273 - 313)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 10
Required Dexterity: 36
Item Level: 10
15% Chance to cast level 2 Doom on Kill
+(6 to 13) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(6 to 8)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(3 to 4)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
(11 to 15)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 2%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (445 - 495) to (817 - 909)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 28
Required Dexterity: 54
Item Level: 31
21% Chance to cast level 6 Doom on Kill
+(21 to 25) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(11 to 13)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(5 to 6)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
(21 to 25)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 3%
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1105 - 1199) to (1987 - 2157)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 45
Required Dexterity: 113
Item Level: 51
27% Chance to cast level 10 Doom on Kill
+(31 to 35) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(16 to 18)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(7 to 8)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
(31 to 35)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 4%
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1640 - 1768) to (2939 - 3170)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Necromancer Only)
Required Level: 54
Required Dexterity: 236
Item Level: 77
30% Chance to cast level 12 Doom on Kill
+(36 to 40) to Maximum Damage
Stun Attack
-(18 to 20)% to Enemy Fire Resistance
(9 to 10)% Chance of Crushing Blow
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
(36 to 40)% to Dexterity
Fire Absorb 5%
Socketed (4)

. Just do what you normally do in the regular AH spec. Very easy one. The Ultra Fire uses Rain of Fire, which can get annoying, but you should have no issue with tanking or absorbing the fire damage.

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Ultra Magic
Specific Gear Needed: Any crafted dagger with Balefire on Attack proc,

Spirit Walker

Spirit Walker
Heavy Boots (Sacred)
Defense: 696 to 737
Required Level: 100
Required Strength: 550
Item Level: 120
+1% Physical Resist per 18% Mana Regeneration
+2 to All Skills
+(50 to 100) Spell Focus
(10 to 40)% Movement Speed
Jitan's Gate Cooldown Reduced by 1 seconds
+35% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
-15% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
Socketed (4)

Can be a slower process for this one because we rely on a proc to deal higher magic damage than any weapon combo could allow us. The SU Heavy Boots aren't necessary, but the magic resist on them is certainly a pleasant gift for this boss. Avoid the Death Spiral that the Ultra uses every so often, and group up the other elementals as best as possible, since Balefire will hit a lot of them at one time. Once that's done, just focus on the Ultra until a new elemental is spawned, kill him, then go back to the Ultra til he dies.

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Ultra Earth
Specific Gear Needed: Just get a nice amount of defense (700k+) and %DR (35%+)


This one isn't so bad. It's all physical damage, and we are already pretty sturdy. The only issue lies within getting stunlocked, so check your FHR breakpoints. Only other thing to really be careful about with this one is that the Ultra Earth constantly uses Broadside, with a range right to the edge of the paths to the inner circle. As soon as you step into one of those five paths, you'll get hammered with knives. We have really high defense, good DR, and some avoid, so it's tolerable to an extent. Ancients' Hand seems to work for some reason, even though its a 100% physical to fire conversion (I assume this is from Crushing Blow), so you can use that, or the high WDM Carnage to help clear this boss out.

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Ultra Light
Specific Gear Needed:

Klaatu Barada Nikto

Klaatu Barada Nikto
Amulet
Required Level: 110
Item Level: 105
30% Enhanced Damage vs. Necrobots
10% Chance to cast level 40 Nova Bomb on Melee Attack
+2 to All Skills
25% Attack Speed
Adds 1-188 Lightning Damage
+650 Poison Damage over 2 seconds
Stun Attack
+(11 to 16) to Hive
Lightning Resist +(40 to 50)%
Poison Resist +(40 to 50)%

,

Shadowhymn

, 350-400% Lightning Resist, 90% Max Lightning Resist


Again, can be slow, similar to Ultra Magic because we are relying on a Nova Bomb proc to deal a majority of our damage, but it works surprisingly well. You can use AH or Carnage to help clear the minions. Both will carry any lightning weapon damage you have from gear and charms, along with proccing your Klaatu amulet. The Ultra uses Thunderstone, which used to hurt really badly, and still can, but the skill was nerfed overall since 2017 patch.

Once you gather all five of the Ultra Gems, put them all in the Horadric Cube with your Kabraxis Charm and pray for a good roll:
It rolls from +0-5% Max Resist for each element.

With a nice roll of this, you can finally move on from

Witchhunter's Hood

Witchhunter's Hood
Cap (Sacred)
Defense: (2136 - 2611) to (2161 - 2642)
Required Level: 90
Required Strength: 250
Item Level: 1
+(80 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
10% to Strength
10% to Dexterity
Maximum Elemental Resists +1%
Elemental Resists +(31 to 40)%
Physical Resist 5%
(16 to 20)% Bonus to Defense
Requirements -50%
Socketed (4)

Witchhunter's Attire
(Assassin Claw Set)

to your

Royal Circlet

Royal Circlet
Tiara (Sacred)
Defense: (1740 - 1957) to (1968 - 2214)
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 392
Item Level: 105
+2 to All Skills
+50% Damage to Demons
+50% Damage to Undead
+(140 to 170)% Enhanced Defense
(21 to 25)% to All Attributes
Elemental Resists +(25 to 30)%
Physical Resist 5%
(21 to 25)% Magic Find
Socketed (4)

, which you'll see below in the next gear section.

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[Crash]

End Game

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Ubers to be included:

Yshari Sanctum

► Show Spoiler

Began recording set collection. In progress

The Void

► Show Spoiler

Videos for all six scroll souls are completed. Need to get Ring of Pride and final fight recordings.

Archbishop Lazarus

► Show Spoiler

Will be addressed after Yshari and Void

Zorun Tzin

► Show Spoiler

Have not attempted yet

Xazax

► Show Spoiler

Attempted a few times. Ancients' Hand hits so often, that without extremely high damage and fire pierce, Xazax tanks a bit too much and spams Penitent summons. Will retry this when higher damage and pierce is accessible.

Astrogha

► Show Spoiler

Daggers have very low weapon range, so getting up in Astrogha's face to attack is risky and unpredictable with frozen orbs and healing him. Will address this as one of last ubers

[iamq1803]

Another well-written guide, looks fantastic!
Thank you for posting this

[ChuckNoRis]

I was tempted to make one of those when i first saw the Ancient's hand in the affixes list for necro , but i had no time .

good job !

[InquisitorChan]

I just started playing dagger necro, thanks for the guide!

[Kylrath]

Awesome , thanks LH!

[GregMXL]

This looks good, my friend.

[Scalewinged]

In "Sig Farming Skillplan" section Famine pointed twice as skill to max and to put leftovers in.

[neocrescent]

need to get a new pc. watch multiple videos of you guys beating bosses, it looks fun beating the new bosses.