The MedianXL 2017 v1.3 SP Miniguides Compilation

Arenin
Dark Huntress
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amenda wrote:Hi,

I'm following the Trollsin build. One instruction that I'm having trouble completing is where you say "MO gear to acheive -100% resistance to poison and fire" Im only in early Terror, but where can I find mystical orbs that have this property? They don't seem to be for sale.

Thanks


If you're playing on 2017, a lot of MO were removed, so you won't find them, if you're on Ultimative XVI, I believe you should be able to buy them from Akara.
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ChuckNoRis
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MadeLaidMan wrote:Why aren't you going down the frost path for Snow Queen and Ice Elementals for the Xena build anymore? Also will the Queen Of Pain build still exist or be replaced like the other holy melee pally (which was #36)
Xena is the Queen of pain . i have skipped the cold tree because the build was missunderstood . it's not a minion based build and it was never ment to be ; the elementals (you needed just 2 or 3 arround) were there just to provide their aura , nothing more . The build now goes for more damage instead via Firedance , as it was first created in 2009 .

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ChuckNoRis wrote:if you hit many targets from mid-range distance with good damage you're fine . make sure to follow the skillplan exactly and dont put any skillpoint anywhere else (other trees) , else the double bonusses will be lost and you will remain with just 1 (either more targets and crapy damage or 1 target and more damage)


Wouldn't putting points into Superbeast (from the mid-game point) put you into the Unholy alignment, causing VoJ damage to become really low though?
no . you may choose any uberskill and still have the double bonus . all you need to do is follow the skillplan and put no points in the other trees .

amenda wrote:Hi,

I'm following the Trollsin build. One instruction that I'm having trouble completing is where you say "MO gear to acheive -100% resistance to poison and fire" Im only in early Terror, but where can I find mystical orbs that have this property? They don't seem to be for sale.

Thanks
the trollsin is not updated to 2017 . you can no longer buy those MO's in the curent patch .
amenda
Prowler
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Damn, I was really having fun with the Trollsin. Just my luck it got gutted in this patch. Why did they remove so many MOs? Did they feel they were being exploited? Seems to have really cut down on build variety.
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amenda wrote: Why did they remove so many MOs? Did they feel they were being exploited? Seems to have really cut down on build variety.
that doesn't ruin the build at all , it also got nothing to do with the build variaty . if you have would have botherd to read the changelog , you would have seen that the ways damage got boosted to compensate for the -resist umos removal . but i believe you didn't , else you wouldn't have made such statement ...
amenda
Prowler
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ChuckNoRis wrote:
amenda wrote: Why did they remove so many MOs? Did they feel they were being exploited? Seems to have really cut down on build variety.
that doesn't ruin the build at all , it also got nothing to do with the build variaty . if you have would have botherd to read the changelog , you would have seen that the ways damage got boosted to compensate for the -resist umos removal . but i believe you didn't , else you wouldn't have made such statement ...


Thanks for setting me straight Chuck. I did read it, but being new to D2 and Median it got lost in information overload. I know Monster resistances got lowered a lot in m2017, but since I never played previous versions I dont know how much they were lowered.

But Im glad to hear the Trollsin is still workable.

Since MO pierce resistance and Thunder hammer orbs are not for sale anymore, what would be a good idea to replace the MO'd pierce honorifics with?
pro_zealot
Dark Huntress
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ChuckNoRis could you be so nice and make SP miniguide for claw Broadsin? Becouse all builds for her are outdated.
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when time comes i will update the assassins too , right now i am busy finishing the melee sorceress and the paladins . i don't think assassins will have any updates this month , and i'm sure i won't add any new build untill the entire compilation is updated (somewhere arround end of august on my estimation)
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How do you test the builds? Have you tested them with the suggested end game gear?
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griffith
Stone Warrior
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I'm currently testing Die Hard baba and so far so good.

in SP tho, my TSW chars suck and my ping sucks too, feelsbadman
XlNoob
Destroyer
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Any advice for a Hc pally build? honestly out of all the classes the pally skills are most confusing to me for some reason and have a hard time planning a build for Hc. i like pally looks so i want to give it a try