Zizzuz wrote:If a new player is reading this topic and wondering should you do this. I just say..... Dont. I feel super shit and weak after playing day or two this. I know why, and i know what i should do but here is few pointers you should consider.
I am playing as Assassin and bought set after farming a little Crystals. It was not that big of a deal. Even the set is lvl80, you dont have points to wear them. You can get gear reqs with statfull spare slots but i decided to level and got enough points to wear them @103. After you get them on, you have just mana to cast it once, and it did not feal that bad. Mobs were dying and with spare time you just gather mobs for second cast. All good. At level 109 when i was Hell Act3 i started to really feel that my damage is lacking just a littlebit. Some mobs did not die for the cast and resulted occasionally dying for the mobs. Then i started to search what to wear on other slots and there was not that many choices on TU or runeword side and because this was my starter build, i have none of the runes i could use. Now i am 113 farming XP and shrines Torajan Jungle, i die usualy 2-4 times / run and clear is super slow. Some mobs need ~3 casts to die and usualy stun and do insane amount of damage to you. Starting to regret doing this as a starter.
Does this build feel good? Hell yeah! Fun to melt screen with powerfull orb, but you really need crafted gear to cast it more than once. Got 0 crafted items ( because i have no TG to buy shrines ) and sitting on 15k mana atm. My regen is super shit and i am drinking pots like addict but it is fine. Trying to get 115lvl to get in Kurast 3000 and hope for shrines and sellable items. Remember to use D2stats and add Sur/Um runes to filter. And ofc craft bases.
Yes you are right. OoA sin is not the best starter build.
But it's not impossible to do either. It just can be grindy.
Getting 400 sigs is really huge for this type of character (I know it's boring as hell
). I'd suggest to farm Nihl asap.
If you don't have Shrines to craft, you can farm AC easily then sell it or trade for Spiritual shrine.
I've spent like 10~15 shrines to get gear in Dunc vid. So you need just 10~15 ACs.
It's really fun build. It will get better and better 115~.
I wish don't give it up!
When i have ~20k mana and runes to have better mana sustain i try to get more charms. DW, ill continue with this. Never got to real item farming point.