Starting act II with the Paladin.
I am now able to wear Arctic furs, which is not that impressive, but still. I also bought the first regular scepter I found in shops, which was a gear improvement too.
I could slain Radament with this, still using poison.
Later, I reached lvl 18, using lvl 1 Holy freeze now.
I also found a poison shrine which gave me a few chocking gas potion, and that, my friend, is deadly against vipers especially.
After I found an OK rare sword, I killed the invocator (without using that sword, poison again).
I didnt clean every tomb, went right for Duriel to see if I could handle it.
At start I ran like an idiot, thowing potions, but in the end it was more efficient to face it like an holy man. Finally killed it, I had to be really careful, but with rejuv it was ok.
Found scroll #63 : You can equip any magic boots - Not great, once again
Next, I sent the Druid to clear act II.
I used Molten Boulder and Fissure (at lvl 1) all the way, I couldn't decide yet if I should invest some point in one of them, so I stuck with lvl 1, and it was fine.
I used choking gas potions too, because it s really powerful and safe, especially against scarabs and vipers.
Tormentor was quite lucky with the drops with some grailers on the way
and on Duriel's corpse
The skill was not what I expected (I'm praying for a mercenary scroll) :
scroll #26 : You can equip 1 item with "Increased Attack speed" affixe 26
After that ,the Barbarian's turn. I figured he could make his way without mercenary.
I chose to initiate his combat skill tree, and put 1 point in bash, stun, and when he reached lvl 18 concentrate
Before that, I upgraded a little his equipment, as since he finished act I, he can wear 1 magic, 1 rare, 1 set (but doesn't own any), and 2 small charms.
I also invested on the ability scroll that allows 2 grands charms when I found a +5 DEX GC.
The start of the act was hard. I gave up with the javelins, tried a weapon+shield configuration with bash, but concentrate was way more efficient at lvl 18.
So, I became most of the time a choking gas potion thrower, and it's really a great weapon to own in act 2.
I found nice rare gloves with MF - equipped.
This monster looked so cool !
But I killed him anyway, and was rewarded by a grailer.
The fight versus Duriel was not so hard, just a bit long, and I got another rare :
I got another item related scroll, boring
56 You can equip 1 item with "+x to all skills" affixe