First death? :P I hadn't done the Crumbling Vault Act II random encounter yet and it tossed my Wizard around. I stood at the entrance for a good minute, talked to the guy a few times, changed one skill on my hotbar and jumped in, only to never come out.
This was my first hardcore character past level 13, and man was it a exhilarating. The ruleset of this tourney definitely made it challenging and a ton of fun- look forward to trying my other characters, but felt Wizard was my best shot.
I really grew to like Ray of Frost, especially Snow Blast which helped me melt single targets once I could focus fire on them. Electrocute felt pretty tame, and was sad I had to replace Shock Pulse with it. Slow Time and Ice Armor were both super helpful and used quite frequently. That left me with one skill slot which wasn't locked yet (Meteor), so I switched between using Diamond Skin and Wave of Force.
I definitely had a bad feeling entering the dungeon, considering I hadn't been in it before and saw it was timed. The level itself had a ton of mobs and narrow passages, so I got stuck on a corner, surrounded, and my cooldowns were not quite there. Up to that point I hadn't come close to death, but fights were certainly challenging. Hopefully my next characters fare better ;)
This was my first hardcore character past level 13, and man was it a exhilarating. The ruleset of this tourney definitely made it challenging and a ton of fun- look forward to trying my other characters, but felt Wizard was my best shot.
I really grew to like Ray of Frost, especially Snow Blast which helped me melt single targets once I could focus fire on them. Electrocute felt pretty tame, and was sad I had to replace Shock Pulse with it. Slow Time and Ice Armor were both super helpful and used quite frequently. That left me with one skill slot which wasn't locked yet (Meteor), so I switched between using Diamond Skin and Wave of Force.
I definitely had a bad feeling entering the dungeon, considering I hadn't been in it before and saw it was timed. The level itself had a ton of mobs and narrow passages, so I got stuck on a corner, surrounded, and my cooldowns were not quite there. Up to that point I hadn't come close to death, but fights were certainly challenging. Hopefully my next characters fare better ;)