06-02-2003, 01:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-02-2003, 01:15 AM by Enishi Yukishiro.)
Why should you get a 4-socket armor? I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you that. Put in it 4 Ber runes (I still don't know where you are going to get it from, but it's your problem). It would give you a 32% damage reduction. Combining with String of Ears (10-15% Demonhide Sash), Vampire Gaze (15-20% Grim Helm) and Stormshield (35%), you would get a 93-103% damage reduction. About the Demonhide Sash, as you will depend mostly on full rejuvenation potions, it might not interest you, but, anyway... There is an Armor that gives you 30%. It is Shaftstop Mesh Armor. Add a socket and a Ber rune, and you shall get 38% damage reduction (therefore: 99-109%). I don't know, but it should make you invincible (at least to melee). I'm almost 100% sure that faster hit recovery works for block lock. Try getting charms tha raise it. A good strategy is to get a Defensive Mercenary in ACT II Nightmare. It uses Holy Freeze Aura, and, together with your Warcry, you will have your enemies frozen and your mercenary safe. About Grim Ward, it should help you with uniques, giving time to kill them, while your mercenary kills the other monsters.
By the way, what is Deadly Strike? And Crushing Blow? Surely, if Deadly Strike kills in one attack (which I don't think is the truth), 100% of it (combined with Jah rune, which makes you hit every time) should kill monsters in 1 attack, right? Wrong. I've tried it and it doesn't happen... Maybe I got the wrong idea about Deadly Strike, it might be only a critical hit or something...
By the way, what is Deadly Strike? And Crushing Blow? Surely, if Deadly Strike kills in one attack (which I don't think is the truth), 100% of it (combined with Jah rune, which makes you hit every time) should kill monsters in 1 attack, right? Wrong. I've tried it and it doesn't happen... Maybe I got the wrong idea about Deadly Strike, it might be only a critical hit or something...