Random Tournament 2022!

little birdy · Oct 3, 2022

@Arc1212 - You get a random Necromancer with a, um... mixed bag of skills

Class (5) - Necromancer

Skills (1, 4, 8, 10, 11, 14, 17, 20, 22)
Summoning: Skeleton Mastery, Golem Mastery, Iron Golem, Revive
Poison & Bone: Teeth, Corpse Explosion, Bone Spear, Bone Spirit
Curses: Dim Vision

Weapons (all random)
(2) Axe (3) - Double Axe
(5) Mace (7) - Maul
(6) Polearm (4) - Poleaxe
(10) Dagger (2) - Dirk
(12) Crossbow (4) - Repeating Crossbow

Armors (2, 3, 8) - Leather Armor, Hard Leather Armor, Chain Mail
Shields (3, 6) - Large Shield, Tower Shield
Helms (6, 9) - Mask, Circlet
Gloves (3, 4) - Chain Gloves, Light Gauntlets
Belts (4, 5) - Heavy Belt, Plated Belt
Boots (1, 4) - Boots, Light Plated Boots
Shrunken Heads (2, 5) - Zombie Head, Demon Head

Skeleton Mastery without Raise Skeleton is not ideal..! And the RNG did not give you the best curse to work with. However, you will also have Revives, the potential for a very strong Iron Golem, Corpse Explosion, and pretty solid magic damage via Bone Spear/Spirit. Good luck!

edit: I am now wondering if I took the phrase "completely random" a bit too literally... Do you want me to re-roll the weapons to include a Wand, or any other weapon of your choice?

Arc1212 · Oct 3, 2022

little birdy said:
@Arc1212 - You get a random Necromancer with a, um... mixed bag of skills

Class (5) - Necromancer

Skills (1, 4, 8, 10, 11, 14, 17, 20, 22)
Summoning: Skeleton Mastery, Golem Mastery, Iron Golem, Revive
Poison & Bone: Teeth, Corpse Explosion, Bone Spear, Bone Spirit
Curses: Dim Vision

Weapons (all random)
(2) Axe (3) - Double Axe
(5) Mace (7) - Maul
(6) Polearm (4) - Poleaxe
(10) Dagger (2) - Dirk
(12) Crossbow (4) - Repeating Crossbow

Armors (2, 3, 8) - Leather Armor, Hard Leather Armor, Chain Mail
Shields (3, 6) - Large Shield, Tower Shield
Helms (6, 9) - Mask, Circlet
Gloves (3, 4) - Chain Gloves, Light Gauntlets
Belts (4, 5) - Heavy Belt, Plated Belt
Boots (1, 4) - Boots, Light Plated Boots
Shrunken Heads (2, 5) - Zombie Head, Demon Head

Skeleton Mastery without Raise Skeleton is not ideal..! And the RNG did not give you the best curse to work with. However, you will also have Revives, the potential for a very strong Iron Golem, Corpse Explosion, and pretty solid magic damage via Bone Spear/Spirit. Good luck!

edit: I am now wondering if I took the phrase "completely random" a bit too literally... Do you want me to re-roll the weapons to include a Wand, or any other weapon of your cho

Completely random is perfect, thank you for generating everything so quickly. I agree with you, the magic damage looks great. I also get early and late game skills which is nice, should help things start off quickly.

djmbbandie · Oct 3, 2022

Mine looks fun. Been wanting to play a nec for a while. Will get him started this afternoon.

Irenicus · Oct 3, 2022

Norman, the random Paladin, has started his adventure, but is still in A1. Holy Bolt is great, but I don't know how he is going to beat hell. For now, he is taking one step at a time and running countess for Stealth.

m4ke · Oct 3, 2022

NM done, level 70. @Grisu If I touch that table you posted, it will be broken forever!

m4ke

AntiRush · Oct 4, 2022

m4ke said:
NM done, level 70. @Grisu If I touch that table you posted, it will be broken forever!
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m4ke

Nice job!

As I suspected, my assassin met her end in the Flayer jungle. Without burst of speed I didn't have a lot of mobility and these guys were fast and hit hard. There's a group of champs in there with the Might unique, too.

AntiRush · Oct 4, 2022

@Grisu thanks for putting the table together. We will see how well I update it.

Code:

   D2R Forum Name        Character Name       Class   Level  Post #    Location               Score
-- --- ----------        --------------       -----   -----  ------    --------               ----

   Yes m4ke              Random Pala          Pal     70      44       Hell Rogue Encampment    10
   Yes Jcakes            Hephaestus           Pal     35      18       Harrogath                4
   Yes Arc1212           ???                  Ama     15+?    81       Panda Fortress           3
   Yes gregth            The Reckless         Nec     25      64       Kurast Docks             2
SP Yes Grisu             Medea                Ass     28     121       Kurast Docks             2
   Yes PhineasB          Randi                Ass     20+?   104       Palace Level 1           1
SP Yes Oblivious         Meninore             Ama     20      13       Lut Gholein              1
   Yes coju              ???                  Bar      1       5       Rogue Encampment         0
   Yes Vang              ???                  Bar      1     141       Rogue Encampment         0
SP Yes Miron             Quan Chi             Nec      1      30       Rogue Encampment         0
   No  Arjan             ???                  Bar     17      34       Outer Cloister           0
   Yes Irenicus          ???                  Pal      1      38       Rogue Encampment         0
SP Yes Norcim            ???                  Sor      1      59       Rogue Encampment         0
   Yes Vildecor          ???                  Pal      1      77       Rogue Encampment         0
   Yes djmbbandie        Kat                  Ass     14      80       Dark Wood                0
   Yes Dazliare          Kaltrexia            Sor      1     113       Rogue Encampment         0
   Yes little birdy      artemia              Ama      1     146       Rogue Encampment         0

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Our departed                                                           Died against/in
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   Yes AntiRush          RandomI              Ass     61       9       Hell Flayer Jungle       12
   Yes little birdy      lenna                Sor     24?     59       Normal Diablo            2
   Yes Vang              Terror               Nec     ??      17       NM Arcane Sacntuary      6
   Yes little birdy      lennatwo             Sor     19      59       Jungle Act III           2

I think I'll give it another shot. Could someone roll me a Necromancer with Sword and Wand please?

little birdy · Oct 4, 2022

AntiRush said:
I think I'll give it another shot. Could someone roll me a Necromancer with Sword and Wand please?

I'm on it!

little birdy · Oct 4, 2022

@AntiRush - Here is your random Necromancer:

Skills (3, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 21, 22, 28) -
Summoning: Clay Golem, Iron Golem, Revive
Poison & Bone: Bone Armor, Corpse Explosion, Bone Prison
Curses: Amplify Damage, Dim Vision, Attract

Weapons -
Wand (2) - Yew Wand
Sword (7) - Long Sword
(1) Sword (4) - Falchion
(6) Polearm (6) - War Scythe
(11) Dagger (3) - Kris

Armors (1, 4, 13) - Quilted Armor, Studded Leather Armor, Gothic Plate
Shields (5, 8) - Spiked Shield, Gothic Shield
Helms (1, 3) - Cap, helm
Gloves (2, 4) - Heavy Gloves, Light Gauntlet
Belts (3, 4) - Belt, Heavy Belt
Boots (1, 5) - Boots, Greaves
Shrunken Heads (3, 5) - Unraveller Head, Demon Head

Golem Mastery and/or Summon Resist would make this easier, but I think you could go a pretty long way with Revives, Amp Damage, and CE. And Bone Prison for some crowd control. Good luck!

little birdy · Oct 4, 2022

I also have a small update on my Zon: She is still very much alive (a small miracle!

) and just finished the Radament quest at level 16. I need a weapon upgrade pretty badly. Hoping to find a Composite Bow with open sockets sooner or later. A Maiden Spear will also be nice since I've got a point in Impale and can put a point into Fend at level 24. But for now I'm just sticking to a Composite Bow with Cold Arrow and regular arrows. Slow going but safe.

AntiRush · Oct 4, 2022

little birdy said:
I also have a small update on my Zon: She is still very much alive (a small miracle! ) and just finished the Radament quest at level 16. I need a weapon upgrade pretty badly. Hoping to find a Composite Bow with open sockets sooner or later. A Maiden Spear will also be nice since I've got a point in Impale and can put a point into Fend at level 24. But for now I'm just sticking to a Composite Bow with Cold Arrow and regular arrows. Slow going but safe.

Thanks for rolling the necro! Corpse explosion and amp is a pretty great combo. I even get War Scythe for an act2 merc.

Nice job on still alive, too .

djmbbandie · Oct 4, 2022

Grim is also surprisingly still alive. I’ve decided he’s going to commit seppuku whenever his minions and fire rogue stop damaging things. 6 skeletons are suprisingly tanky on p8. He’s in the black marsh, heading for tamoe highlands next, and level 16.75. As you can guess all his points are in raise skeleton with one in amp and 1 in iron maiden (he casts it for something to do while watching his army).

gregth · Oct 4, 2022

The Reckless has been able to finish normal and is currently doing countess runs on NM at lvl 40
Thx to the combo Bone spear/CE clearing is quite smooth until now. I suspect boss killing will be a hard task from now on since i have access to only one bone spear sinergy ; we will see
Since it's my first ever HC char, i'm glad I could finish one difficulty already

Jcakes · Oct 4, 2022

little birdy said:
@Arc1212 - You get a random Necromancer with a, um... mixed bag of skills

Class (5) - Necromancer

Skills (1, 4, 8, 10, 11, 14, 17, 20, 22)
Summoning: Skeleton Mastery, Golem Mastery, Iron Golem, Revive
Poison & Bone: Teeth, Corpse Explosion, Bone Spear, Bone Spirit
Curses: Dim Vision

Weapons (all random)
(2) Axe (3) - Double Axe
(5) Mace (7) - Maul
(6) Polearm (4) - Poleaxe
(10) Dagger (2) - Dirk
(12) Crossbow (4) - Repeating Crossbow

Armors (2, 3, 8) - Leather Armor, Hard Leather Armor, Chain Mail
Shields (3, 6) - Large Shield, Tower Shield
Helms (6, 9) - Mask, Circlet
Gloves (3, 4) - Chain Gloves, Light Gauntlets
Belts (4, 5) - Heavy Belt, Plated Belt
Boots (1, 4) - Boots, Light Plated Boots
Shrunken Heads (2, 5) - Zombie Head, Demon Head

Skeleton Mastery without Raise Skeleton is not ideal..! And the RNG did not give you the best curse to work with. However, you will also have Revives, the potential for a very strong Iron Golem, Corpse Explosion, and pretty solid magic damage via Bone Spear/Spirit. Good luck!

edit: I am now wondering if I took the phrase "completely random" a bit too literally... Do you want me to re-roll the weapons to include a Wand, or any other weapon of your choice?

Just for future reference - normally we use the Weapons specified for completely random i.e.

Amazon (1)	Bow and Javelin
Assassin (2)	Claws and Swords
Barbarian (3)	Swords and Axes
Druid (4)	Axes and Polearms
Necromancer (5)	Wand and Sword
Paladin (6)	Scepter and Sword
Sorceress (7)	Orb and Sword

Also I am surprised you don't like Dim Vision - it is one of my favourite curses on the Necro for CC

little birdy · Oct 4, 2022

Jcakes said:
Just for future reference - normally we use the Weapons specified for completely random i.e.

Amazon (1) Bow and Javelin
Assassin (2) Claws and Swords
Barbarian (3) Swords and Axes
Druid (4) Axes and Polearms
Necromancer (5) Wand and Sword
Paladin (6) Scepter and Sword
Sorceress (7) Orb and Sword

Also I am surprised you don't like Dim Vision - it is one of my favourite curses on the Necro for CC

Thanks for the reminder. I realized my mistake after the fact.

Dim Vision is alright, and I agree it's good for crowd control. I'd make heavy use of it if it was the only curse I rolled. But if I had only one curse to work with and I could choose my favourite, I'd probably rather have Decrepify or Amp Damage

(depending on what other skills I had to work with)

Arc1212 · Oct 4, 2022

Bones, my necromancer, died in Act 1 Normal.
Can I have another random character with random weapons? Also how long can we continue making new characters as we die? Does the tournament have an end date?

Edit: He was level 14 and died in the barracks if that information is needed.

Grisu · Oct 4, 2022

Arc1212 said:
Bones, my necromancer, died in Act 1 Normal.
Can I have another random character with random weapons? Also how long can we continue making new characters as we die? Does the tournament have an end date?

Edit: He was level 14 and died in the barracks if that information is needed.

Sorry about the deeds!

Here is Arc1212's random

Barbarian

Skills:
War Crys:
4: Shout
6: Battle Cry

Combat Masteries:
11: Sword Mastery
12: Axe Mastery
18: Iron Skin
19: Increased Speed
20: Natural Resistance

Combat Skills:
24: Stun
30: Berserk

Weapons:
Swords (6): Broad Sword
Axes (8): Battle Axe
(5) Maces: (3) Mace
(5) Maces: (6) War Hammer
(12) Crossbows: (2) Crossbow

Headgear:
(4) Full Helm
(6) Mask

Body Armor:
(3) Hard Leather Armor
(10) Light Plate
(13) Gothic Plate

Shields:
(3) Large Shield
(8) Gothic Shield

Gloves:
(2) Heavy Gloves
(5) Gauntlets

Boots:
(2) Heavy Boots
(5) Greaves

Belt:
(1) Sash
(4) Heavy Belt

Barbarian Helms:
(1) Jawbone Cap
(5) Avenger Guard

And if you want to go completely randomly nuts, here's your random Mercenary roll:
(3) Ironwolf -> (1) Lightning

Hmm...Berserk with one synergy? Not much else really...but hey! you will have good resistances, armor rating and speed!

Arc1212 · Oct 4, 2022

Grisu said:
Sorry about the deeds!

Here is Arc1212's random

Barbarian

Skills:
War Crys:
4: Shout
6: Battle Cry

Combat Masteries:
11: Sword Mastery
12: Axe Mastery
18: Iron Skin
19: Increased Speed
20: Natural Resistance

Combat Skills:
24: Stun
30: Berserk

Weapons:
Swords (6): Broad Sword
Axes (8): Battle Axe
(5) Maces: (3) Mace
(5) Maces: (6) War Hammer
(12) Crossbows: (2) Crossbow

Headgear:
(4) Full Helm
(6) Mask

Body Armor:
(3) Hard Leather Armor
(10) Light Plate
(13) Gothic Plate

Shields:
(3) Large Shield
(8) Gothic Shield

Gloves:
(2) Heavy Gloves
(5) Gauntlets

Boots:
(2) Heavy Boots
(5) Greaves

Belt:
(1) Sash
(4) Heavy Belt

Barbarian Helms:
(1) Jawbone Cap
(5) Avenger Guard

And if you want to go completely randomly nuts, here's your random Mercenary roll:
(3) Ironwolf -> (1) Lightning

Hmm...Berserk with one synergy? Not much else really...but hey! you will have good resistances, armor rating and speed!

Yes! This is the one, I can feel it! So if I go with berserk, no reason to get shout or iron skin right? Might as well go for blocking/resists and battle cry for defenses?

I spend more time planning these out than playing, and then I end up dying well before my plans are even needed. I think the planning and research is half the fun.

AntiRush · Oct 4, 2022

little birdy said:
Sword (7) - Long Sword
(1) Sword (4) - Falchion
(6) Polearm (6) - War Scythe
(11) Dagger (3) - Kris

Arc1212 said:
Yes! This is the one, I can feel it! So if I go with berserk, no reason to get shout or iron skin right? Might as well go for blocking/resists and battle cry for defenses?

I spend more time planning these out than playing, and then I end up dying well before my plans are even needed. I think the planning and research is half the fun.

Agreed, there's no reason to use the defense skills here. Luckily it'll leave you enough points to switch between axe and sword mastery as you find weapon upgrades. Having both masteries available is solid.

Grisu · Oct 4, 2022

Arc1212 said:
Yes! This is the one, I can feel it! So if I go with berserk, no reason to get shout or iron skin right? Might as well go for blocking/resists and battle cry for defenses?

I spend more time planning these out than playing, and then I end up dying well before my plans are even needed. I think the planning and research is half the fun.

Yeah, I also like the planning part quite a bit! Hope your careful planning pays off this time!

Oh, and it looks like I forgot they changed the synergies for Berserk from Shout to Battle Orders...so no synergies indeed. Leaves you plenty of room for masteries, Natural Resistance and the like. Maybe even go with Stun first and then respec later?

Good luck!

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