Short Questions Thread

[treachery]

What's a good build that you guys recommend to new players starting out on this mod?

I want something fun and viable that isn't too difficult at medium-later stages of the game.

[HechtHeftig]

Trying to do Quov Tsin with my holy melee pally. Cant get past his beam. He just kills me instantly. I have 155 DR and 50% DR. All my resists are around 84. Anything im missing here?

get max res capped at 90 and with those stats you should be immune to his beam, you need to look out for his bone spear thing tho, it'll most likely one shot you.

You need absorb.

Shadowmoon

Shadowmoon
Crown Shield (4)
Defense: (167 - 191) to (329 - 376)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 10
Required Dexterity: 43
Item Level: 10
5% Attack Speed
-(5 to 7)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(18 to 35)% Enhanced Defense
(5 to 7)% to All Attributes
Fire Absorb 1%
Lightning Absorb 1%
Cold Absorb 1%
+(7 to 10) Mana on Melee Attack
Socketed (2)
Defense: (535 - 594) to (983 - 1093)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 28
Required Dexterity: 64
Item Level: 31
10% Attack Speed
-(8 to 10)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(52 to 69)% Enhanced Defense
(8 to 10)% to All Attributes
Fire Absorb 2%
Lightning Absorb 2%
Cold Absorb 2%
+(8 to 16) Mana on Melee Attack
Socketed (2)
Defense: (1325 - 1439) to (2386 - 2590)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 45
Required Dexterity: 135
Item Level: 51
15% Attack Speed
-(11 to 13)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(87 to 103)% Enhanced Defense
(11 to 13)% to All Attributes
Fire Absorb 3%
Lightning Absorb 3%
Cold Absorb 3%
+(14 to 20) Mana on Melee Attack
Socketed (3)
Defense: (1968 - 2123) to (3529 - 3806)
Chance to Block: 2%
(Paladin Only)
Required Level: 54
Required Dexterity: 280
Item Level: 77
20% Attack Speed
-(14 to 16)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances
+(104 to 120)% Enhanced Defense
(14 to 16)% to All Attributes
Fire Absorb 4%
Lightning Absorb 4%
Cold Absorb 4%
+(18 to 25) Mana on Melee Attack
Socketed (4)

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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)

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Event Horizon

. all easy to get. any of these will work. 150 flat dr, 90 max cold/light/fire res, and some absorb.

Ok. Ill give shadowmoon a shot. I already have the upgraded charm, so thats covered. Although i dont see with the way my gear is setup that ill be able to get to 90 resists.

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

+ 5 of each of those: Perfect Ambers, Bloodstones, Onyx, and Turquoise.

[Ntf1015]

What's a good build that you guys recommend to new players starting out on this mod?

I want something fun and viable that isn't too difficult at medium-later stages of the game.

Ive had a lot of luck with holy melee paladin. You can start from scratch and work your way up just fine. Theres a great guide for it in the guides section listed as holy melee if you want to check it out.

[Scalewinged]

Which locations are best to farm for gear if I just went to a2 dest? 120 lvl Iron spiral barb with T6 gear (gehenna weapon, nasrudin helmet). Andariel was terrible so I need upgrades :c

At this point i farmed TCows/TFauzt for some shrines, craft sword with good damage, MOed it with ll and goes to farm TA with bear stance + wolves/spirit guide + runemaster.. But better try to get to a3 and go for ez k3k with Bear stance
PS: Andy might be pain because barb lack of AR at start. Try to invest in dex abit and use stormblast. Also caster mercs (mainly bloodmage/necrolyte) is very helpful on tough bosses

Ok, but which shrines to use? I already dropped some but it always gave me weird affixes. Also k3k on dest? I've bloodmage merc, he does his job as you mentioned.
Here are my stats on dest for now -


Sorry for so many questions but it's my first char ever on this mod ._.

Def is too low. Get runemaster ubersckill and socket runes in your gear (any will do the work for first time, then slowly replace them depends on your needs). I had around 500k def without bear stance/spirit guide. Shrines... i think for first time you can use any shrines (preferably intimidating for DS or creepy for STR + CB), just get good damage (around 300-400 max dmg for high quality sword). If you want rw in weapon (you forced to use it 'cause you won't get decent craft for first tries) - use

Lahmu

Lahmu
Barbarian Two-Handed Axes
'ElNef'
Runeword Level: 13
20% Combat Speeds
10% Innate Elemental Damage
+3 to all Attributes
Elemental Resists +(3 to 5)%
+(5 to 10) Life after each Kill
+1% to Experience Gained
(5 to 10)% Gold Find

instead. It will give you life leech itself (believe me - it's really helpful in crowded places after iron spiral rework). Attack rating is not bad BTW.

[cyngiel]

Thanks dude, I will definitely try it.

[Skeptic_Zero]

If someone deleted all of my characters, is there a way to message a moderator/server admin to have those deletes rolled back?

Thanks, little bro.

[Crash]

It depends on proc. The only difference is that "on slain" can be triggered by any spells (not sure about summons kills... but i think it won't work like LaeK not working with totems).
PS: Just remember that i tested

Staff of Shadows

Staff of Shadows
Long Staff (Sacred)
Two-Hand Damage: 56 to 58
Required Level: 100
Required Dexterity: 203
Item Level: 120
Dexterity Damage Bonus: (0.15 per Dexterity)%
5% Chance to Cast Level 50 Slayer on Death Blow
+(9 to 10) to All Skills
+(150 to 200) Spell Focus
+(10 to 20)% Bonus to Spell Focus
50% Cast Speed
+(35 to 50)% to Spell Damage
15% to Energy
+2.5 to Energy (Based on Character Level)
+150 Life Regenerated per Second
+(15 to 25) Mana after each Kill
Socketed (4)

on summoner necro and haven't seen any novas while they're shooting out of monsters killed by any other source came from myself (including funeral pyre/Boneyard)

Staff of shadows uses procs almost same as creep staff used to, so those novas should spark out of player position. There are other things like that SU Druid Bow with Slayer Bolt on striking that procs directly from monster position, immediately hitting th monster, so you never actually see the projectile, while stuff from

Hanabigami

Hanabigami
Arrow Quiver
Required Level: 60
Item Level: 80
5% Chance to cast level 36 Ice Lance on Kill
5% Chance to cast level 36 Forked Lightning on Kill
5% Chance to cast level 36 Flamefront on Kill
Adds 13-25 Fire Damage
Adds 13-25 Lightning Damage
Adds 13-25 Cold Damage
-(1 to 10)% to Enemy Elemental Resistances

or knife/arrow on striking from other gears proc from character.

[cyngiel]

Which one is better? IS barb
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[Scalewinged]

Which one is better? IS barb
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Sure Great sword is better (IMO). Replace all with Jah runes once you'll get them (you already can get some by downgrading).

[HechtHeftig]

That craft has much more damage. Definitely the craft.