play something else

[Dreamhunter]

No

Imperius' Edict

Imperius' Edict
(Paladin Warlock Set)

Imperius' Aura
Imperius' Radiance
Imperius' Sky Hammer
Imperius' Winged Feet

Set Bonus with 2 or more set items:
20% to Strength
20% to Energy

Set Bonus with 3 or more set items:
20% to Dexterity
20% to Energy

Set Bonus with complete set:
+100 Spell Focus
30% Movement Speed
+30% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
-20% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
Attacker Flees after Striking 33%
+150 to all Attributes
20% Chance to Avoid Damage

mention? Is it much worse than crafts or something else is the reason?

[NotCube]

No

Imperius' Edict

Imperius' Edict
(Paladin Warlock Set)

Imperius' Aura
Imperius' Radiance
Imperius' Sky Hammer
Imperius' Winged Feet

Set Bonus with 2 or more set items:
20% to Strength
20% to Energy

Set Bonus with 3 or more set items:
20% to Dexterity
20% to Energy

Set Bonus with complete set:
+100 Spell Focus
30% Movement Speed
+30% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
-20% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
Attacker Flees after Striking 33%
+150 to all Attributes
20% Chance to Avoid Damage

mention? Is it much worse than crafts or something else is the reason?

Yeah I didn't list the set for a couple reasons.

The first reason is as you said, TUs + average crafts still beat the entire set in terms of pierce and LSD, and roughly as much EF and +skills. The nice thing about the set is low requirements, avoid (though we tank with Scourge anyway), and it gives a lot of %energy, but we also use eerie shrines on some pieces so we won't lack energy/EF in mid game. Their requiring level 90 to use, especially the boots, takes away more MO space than crafts and TUs.

The second reason is the availability of the set in mid game. I've never found the whole set (or any other full set) before farming/trading enough shrines to craft myself a whole setup so I usually don't recommend sets as mid game options.

[Dreamhunter]

Fair enough (:

[Istaryu]

No

Imperius' Edict

Imperius' Edict
(Paladin Warlock Set)

Imperius' Aura
Imperius' Radiance
Imperius' Sky Hammer
Imperius' Winged Feet

Set Bonus with 2 or more set items:
20% to Strength
20% to Energy

Set Bonus with 3 or more set items:
20% to Dexterity
20% to Energy

Set Bonus with complete set:
+100 Spell Focus
30% Movement Speed
+30% to Physical/Magic Spell Damage
-20% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
Attacker Flees after Striking 33%
+150 to all Attributes
20% Chance to Avoid Damage

mention? Is it much worse than crafts or something else is the reason?

The biggest problem with the set is that it has 20% pierce with 4 items.

[Robotak]

Hello, i have one question. Is

Natalya's Deception

Natalya's Deception
Quilted Armor (Sacred)
Defense: 2263 to 2331
Required Level: 80
Required Strength: 500
Item Level: 120
Orb Effects Applied to this Item are Quadrupled
Socketed (6)

viable for late game build? If you dump there bunch of

Lodestone

Lodestone
Mystic Orb

Right-Click to Apply
+5% to Spell Damage
Requirements +10%
+10 Required Level

and other MOs its seems it can have pretty ridiculous dmg output.

[NotCube]

Hello, i have one question. Is

Natalya's Deception

Natalya's Deception
Quilted Armor (Sacred)
Defense: 2263 to 2331
Required Level: 80
Required Strength: 500
Item Level: 120
Orb Effects Applied to this Item are Quadrupled
Socketed (6)

viable for late game build? If you dump there bunch of

Lodestone

Lodestone
Mystic Orb

Right-Click to Apply
+5% to Spell Damage
Requirements +10%
+10 Required Level

and other MOs its seems it can have pretty ridiculous dmg output.

I've never had a Nat to try but yeah Nat should work well. You can only use 4-5 Lodestones before the str req gets out of hand, so if you're going to do it, I'd suggest 4 lodestones, 2-3 auriel's focus and rest periapt until 142.

[StinkRot]

I am trying to kill Zagraal. I watched your video and tried to replicate. It just isnt working for me. My summons just die the moment I summon them. I feel like I never have a moment to attack.

Oh I died a lot to Zagraal too. He's just an anti-squish boss. It is very doable without good gear or being overleveled though, but it'll be a corpserun.

Open a tp from far away. When you see his health bar, spam summons ahead to bait him. Maxing out cast rate is quite nice for spamming Scourge as well if you haven't maxed it already. Watch him very closely and shoot immediately whenever he's not in bat form. You will die. Just do as much damage as possible before dying.

Oh good, so I am not just bad.

If you don't mind may I ask a couple of gearing questions?

I am level 123 now and this is my first character. I am not sure how to best start transitioning into mid game gear. Currently I am just farming Kurast 3000 for shrines to try and craft. I am mostly crafting with ornate shrines. I have also begun crafting jewels, though i haven't had any luck yet. Is this the best way to go about it?

I plan to do shield, gloves, chest, in that order. I made https://i.imgur.com/t5PlFuZ.png it has 4 yul in it when that was taken. Is that better then the early game shield with mos?

EDIT: I jsut noticed, in the mid game gear you suggest runeword boots, but you say to down level them, It says that only works on rares?

Downlevel is for crafting, not the rw. So it's like this: Get rare boots > downlevel > cube with shrine.

That shield is a bad roll. Ivory Tower is better than that. I'd roll over it until you get a better shield. Use the affix table to see how much pierce/lsd you can possibly get an aim for something close.

Ok how about this? https://i.imgur.com/zbsKjKY.png

[NotCube]

Ok how about this? https://i.imgur.com/zbsKjKY.png

Almost no pierce. Check D2Stats to see how much pierce you have with Euphoria. If 100+ already then sure, bless it and use it for now.

[NotCube]

This is likely the last update for this ladder.

Added videos to most late game ubers. Updated Dimensional Rift section. Updated merc guide and other small things. I don't have videos for early ubers because when I started recording I was already overleveled for them. I'll add them next ladder if I play UHC again.

[cupdike]

question u say aim for 105 pierce this is including the -30 from mindflay and however much from euphoria?