03-17-2004, 03:59 AM
Unique Diablo Killers (cont.), the actual reports
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TEST BATCH ONE: Stonecleaver, Hellslayer, Wicked Axe, Cranium Basher
Stonecleaver: doing damage 32-50
Life remaining in Diablo: WIN, 1270, 1073, 1472, 1054, WIN, 390, 614, 640, 561
Hellslayer: doing damage 42-72
Life remaining in Diablo: 726, 1096, 899, WIN, 1166, 654, 642, WIN, 1183, WIN
Wicked Axe: doing damage 26-36; having -6dfe
Life remaining in Diablo: 1169, 1443, 1366, WIN, 1247, 1250, 1349, 1619, 1299, 1313
Cranium Basher: doing damage 50-64
Life remaining in Diablo: 991, 1580, 1331, 1006, 978, 1351, 1178, 1080, 1225, 1313
Test Summary: No Diablo Killers in the bunch.
Stonecleaver recorded two wins versus Diablo, while Hellslayer recorded three, showing that it could be done. However, the lack of blocking meant the Warrior could not dodge ANY of Diablo's attacks, and overall our IMer died much more often than Diablo did. The Cranium Basher, even with its huge damage, never killed Diablo. Not even once!
The Wicked Axe was a real disappointment. It was hoped that the -6dfe would somehow make the Warrior last longer in the fight. But the -10 Vitality actually made the Warrior expire faster than either of the other two axes! Each combat using the Wicked Axe was over in less than 12 seconds (even with the Warrior drinking like a fish!), while the other axes might draw the combat out to even 20 seconds! And in nine tries the Wicked Axe never got Diablo's remaining life below 1000 hit points. Sheesh!
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TEST BATCH TWO: The Grizzley, Rod of Onan, Messerschmidt's Reaver (Ah, some BIG guns!)
The Grizzley: damage done 49-73
Life remaining in Diablo in ten tests: 1530, 1456, 1380, 1087, 1054, 1238, WIN, 1380, 1550, 1125
Rod of Onan: damage done 38-54 + the summoned Golem
Life remaining in Diablo: 1500, 1250, 1666, 1373, 1070, 1474, 1600, 1188, 1561, 1484
Messerschmidt's Reaver: damage done 73 - 127
Life remaining in Diablo: sub-900, 746, 1418, 1450, 1396, 1666, 1139, 1574, 423, 1260
Test Summary: Not a Diablo Killer in the group!
Even with its tremendous damage and knockback, the Grizzley failed. When the Warrior knocked Diablo back without the ability to block apocalypse -- the Grizzley being two-handed -- this proved more of a liability than an asset, as Diablo could then damage the Warrior (via apoc) while the Warrior could not damage a knocked-back Diablo!
Even with a helper -- the summoned Golem -- Diablo shredded the Warrior who was using the Rod of Onan. The Golem never lasted longer than a single Diablo apoc attack (quite often the Golem exploded before the battle was even joined), and the Warrior was dead meat as soon as the in-fighting began. Not a single win!
But the real disappointment was the Messy's Reaver. NOT ONE WIN! Even with the tremendous damage it does, the -50 life it has makes the Warrior a paper tiger. The battle was ALWAYS over in ten seconds or less, and the Warrior was drinking every 1/2 second or so.
Bummer!
(What is really interesting is that two of the "lesser" weapons -- the Stonecleaver and Hellslayer -- were actually more successful at defeating Diablo than either The Grizzley or Messy's Reaver! The extra life made the warrior last longer, and allowed for more measured potion drinking.)
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So, curious yet? All the great two-handed Unique weapons were failures! The Diablo Killer must have been a single handed weapon, right? Have you made your prediction?
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TEST BATCH THREE: Bonesaw, Executioner's Blade, Gryphon's Claw, Lightsaber, Shadowhawk
Bonesaw: doing damage 34-45
Life remaining in Diablo in ten tests: 1243, 855, 383, 476, 812, 951, 1112, 1080, 1342, 1245
Executioner's Blade: doing damage 30-40
Life remaining in Diablo: 1520, 911, 1217, 915, 1257, 884, 1059, 982, 1430, 990
Gryphon's Claw: doing damage 28-36
Life remaining in Diablo: 1154, 1489, 1170, 1495, 1079, WIN, 1373, 1471, 1433, 1351
Lightsabre: doing 21-28 damage
Life remaining in Diablo: 1040, 1182, 1246, 1181, 1109, 1190, 990, 1089, 1215, 1175
Shadowhawk: doing 24-32 damage
Life remaining in Diablo: 1087, 1394, 1303, 1087, 1123, 1425, 1021, 1221, 1254, 1163
Test Summary: Not a Diablo Killer in the bunch.
Of all these Unique weapons, only the Gryphon's Claw scored a win versus Diablo, and only ONE TIME in ten tries! The other weapons failed utterly -- no wins whatsoever! Although some of Diablo's attacks could be blocked and the fights were lengthy, the Demon Lord simply damaged the Warrior faster and more severely than the Warrior could in return. Rats!
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TEST BATCH FOUR: Baranar's Star, The Celestial Star, Schaeffer's Hammer, Falcon's Talon
Baranar's Star: doing damage 21-38
Life remaining in Diablo: 1340, WIN, 770, 894, 1119, 892, 1066, WIN, 931, 1220
The Celestial Star: doing damage 32-42
Life remaining in Diablo: 882, WIN, 942, 1110, 1312, 925, 1105, WIN, 1014, 1134
Schaeffer's Hammer: doing damage 20-20
Life remaining in Diablo: 883, 1356, 746, 939, WIN, 1094, WIN, 847, 110, WIN
Falcon's Talon: doing damage 23-25
Life remaining in Diablo: 147, 1081, 487, WIN, 506, 95, 403, WIN, WIN, 837
Test Summary: not a Diablo Killer in the bunch, but some interesting results.
Not bad! Baranarâs and the Celestial Star each defeated Diablo TWICE, while -- whodathunkit? -- Schaeffer's Hammer killed Diablo three times as did the Falcon's Talon!!! With both Schaeffer's and the Talon's puny, non-stunning damage, we weren't expecting this test result at all! And the Talon was the only +Dex adders in the bunch! Really gets you to thinking!
TEST BATCH FIVE: Doombringer, Gnarled Root, Civerb's Cudgel, The Grandfather. Oh yeah, the NASTIES!
Doombringer: doing 40-71 damage
Life remaining in Diablo: WIN, 1020, 1122, 847, 837, 1331, WIN, 853, 1049, 965
Gnarled Root: doing 32-44 damage
Life remaining in Diablo: 148, 260, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, 328, 168, WIN, 214
Civerb's Cudgel: doing 21-28 damage tripled
Life remaining in Diablo: 1506, 641, WIN, 1179, 240, 1277, 348, 532, 1415, 1049
The Grandfather: doing 39-56 damage
Life remaining in Diablo: WIN, 114, WIN, WIN, WIN, 184, WIN, 1039, WIN, WIN
AHA! Finally, a Diablo Killer! The Grandfather killed Diablo in 7 out of 10 tries! Gnarled Root came in close with 5 kills in 10 tries, while Doombringer succeeded twice and Civerb's Cudgel once. Surprising that the Cudgel was so ineffective. For Doombringer, the -Life is a real curse on that weapon. The Gnarled did VERY well -- look at the life remaining in Diablo in all the failed attempts! Very close -- imagine if a teammate or two were there helping out!
And finally the Grandfather. The plus to all stats and the plus to hit with tremendous damage made this a real show stopper. It certainly stopped the Lord of Terror often enough!
But where's that Ten-for-Ten Diablo Killer???
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Letâs try some armors, shall we?
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TEST BATCH SIX: Scavenger's Carapace, Demonspike Coat, Sparking Mail
Scavenger's Carapace: damage done 26-35
Life remaining in Diablo: 591, WIN, 817, 340, WIN, 507, 607, 1280, 493, 271
Demonspike Coat: damage done 29-38
Life remaining in Diablo: 1561, 643, 1154, 1321, 1204, 1296, 475, 1060, WIN, 905
Sparking Mail: damage done 26-35
Life remaining in Diablo: 1156, 1304, 1150, 1167, 1037, 1484, 1254, 1311, 1507, 1228
No Diablo Killer here, with the Scav's Carapace coming closest with two wins in ten tries. Then DSC with one win in ten tries, and Sparking Mail last without a single recorded win.
TEST BATCH SEVEN: Fool's Crest, Royal Circlet, Overlord's Helm, Gotterdammerung
Fool's Crest: damge done: 26-35
Life remaining in Diablo: 656, 526, WIN, 974, 1008, 1039, 738, WIN, 1083, 1161
Royal Circlet: damage done 29-38
Life remaining in Diablo: 1188, 628, 917, WIN, 940, 1587, 1160, 1611, 485, 161
Overlord's Helm: damage done 31-40
Life remaining in Diablo: 1051, 389, 345, 1555, 830, 855, 1355, WIN, 528, 942
Gotterdamerung: damage done 31-40
Life remaining in Diablo: WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN
MAN O MAN! Check out that Gott! Everyone complaining about the negative light radius and the all resists falling to zero -- then it cleans Diablo's clocks! If any Ironman team gets this item, ID it for the final battle with the Dark Lord for sure! But the RC and the Overlord's -- what disappointments! Neither one of them seems quite able to take the Demon Lord's measure. We were thinking the Overlords would be a shoo-in, too! Ah well. And good grief -- look at that Fool's Crest! It killed Diablo twice! It faired better than either the RC or the Overlord's Helm! Go figure! (Well, that +100 life made the warrior a heck of a lot harder to kill, and made drinking a lot less hurried an affair.)
UNTESTED ITEMS AND WHY:
Blackoak Shield: merely equal or inferior to the Royal Circlet in every statistic, and the Royal Circlet failed, so . . .
Leather of Aut: see above.
Vanilla Bastard Sword: see above.
Vanilla Great Axe: merely equal to or inferior to Stonecleaver in every statistic, and Stonecleaver failed.
Celestial Axe: see Vanilla Great Axe.
Vanilla Two-handed Sword: see Vanilla Great Axe
Vanilla Great Sword: see Vanilla Great Axe
Hammer of Jholm does less damage than Stonecleaver (27-42) and has a smaller to hit adder (+15%) and no +30 hit points, so it is inferior to Stonecleaver in every way and need not be tested.
So there you have it, the test for Unique Diablo Killers for the Normal Difficulty Ironman teams and their warrior. Hope you find the info useful.
Attika and Sabra (03/2004)
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TEST BATCH ONE: Stonecleaver, Hellslayer, Wicked Axe, Cranium Basher
Stonecleaver: doing damage 32-50
Life remaining in Diablo: WIN, 1270, 1073, 1472, 1054, WIN, 390, 614, 640, 561
Hellslayer: doing damage 42-72
Life remaining in Diablo: 726, 1096, 899, WIN, 1166, 654, 642, WIN, 1183, WIN
Wicked Axe: doing damage 26-36; having -6dfe
Life remaining in Diablo: 1169, 1443, 1366, WIN, 1247, 1250, 1349, 1619, 1299, 1313
Cranium Basher: doing damage 50-64
Life remaining in Diablo: 991, 1580, 1331, 1006, 978, 1351, 1178, 1080, 1225, 1313
Test Summary: No Diablo Killers in the bunch.
Stonecleaver recorded two wins versus Diablo, while Hellslayer recorded three, showing that it could be done. However, the lack of blocking meant the Warrior could not dodge ANY of Diablo's attacks, and overall our IMer died much more often than Diablo did. The Cranium Basher, even with its huge damage, never killed Diablo. Not even once!
The Wicked Axe was a real disappointment. It was hoped that the -6dfe would somehow make the Warrior last longer in the fight. But the -10 Vitality actually made the Warrior expire faster than either of the other two axes! Each combat using the Wicked Axe was over in less than 12 seconds (even with the Warrior drinking like a fish!), while the other axes might draw the combat out to even 20 seconds! And in nine tries the Wicked Axe never got Diablo's remaining life below 1000 hit points. Sheesh!
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TEST BATCH TWO: The Grizzley, Rod of Onan, Messerschmidt's Reaver (Ah, some BIG guns!)
The Grizzley: damage done 49-73
Life remaining in Diablo in ten tests: 1530, 1456, 1380, 1087, 1054, 1238, WIN, 1380, 1550, 1125
Rod of Onan: damage done 38-54 + the summoned Golem
Life remaining in Diablo: 1500, 1250, 1666, 1373, 1070, 1474, 1600, 1188, 1561, 1484
Messerschmidt's Reaver: damage done 73 - 127
Life remaining in Diablo: sub-900, 746, 1418, 1450, 1396, 1666, 1139, 1574, 423, 1260
Test Summary: Not a Diablo Killer in the group!
Even with its tremendous damage and knockback, the Grizzley failed. When the Warrior knocked Diablo back without the ability to block apocalypse -- the Grizzley being two-handed -- this proved more of a liability than an asset, as Diablo could then damage the Warrior (via apoc) while the Warrior could not damage a knocked-back Diablo!
Even with a helper -- the summoned Golem -- Diablo shredded the Warrior who was using the Rod of Onan. The Golem never lasted longer than a single Diablo apoc attack (quite often the Golem exploded before the battle was even joined), and the Warrior was dead meat as soon as the in-fighting began. Not a single win!
But the real disappointment was the Messy's Reaver. NOT ONE WIN! Even with the tremendous damage it does, the -50 life it has makes the Warrior a paper tiger. The battle was ALWAYS over in ten seconds or less, and the Warrior was drinking every 1/2 second or so.
Bummer!
(What is really interesting is that two of the "lesser" weapons -- the Stonecleaver and Hellslayer -- were actually more successful at defeating Diablo than either The Grizzley or Messy's Reaver! The extra life made the warrior last longer, and allowed for more measured potion drinking.)
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So, curious yet? All the great two-handed Unique weapons were failures! The Diablo Killer must have been a single handed weapon, right? Have you made your prediction?
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TEST BATCH THREE: Bonesaw, Executioner's Blade, Gryphon's Claw, Lightsaber, Shadowhawk
Bonesaw: doing damage 34-45
Life remaining in Diablo in ten tests: 1243, 855, 383, 476, 812, 951, 1112, 1080, 1342, 1245
Executioner's Blade: doing damage 30-40
Life remaining in Diablo: 1520, 911, 1217, 915, 1257, 884, 1059, 982, 1430, 990
Gryphon's Claw: doing damage 28-36
Life remaining in Diablo: 1154, 1489, 1170, 1495, 1079, WIN, 1373, 1471, 1433, 1351
Lightsabre: doing 21-28 damage
Life remaining in Diablo: 1040, 1182, 1246, 1181, 1109, 1190, 990, 1089, 1215, 1175
Shadowhawk: doing 24-32 damage
Life remaining in Diablo: 1087, 1394, 1303, 1087, 1123, 1425, 1021, 1221, 1254, 1163
Test Summary: Not a Diablo Killer in the bunch.
Of all these Unique weapons, only the Gryphon's Claw scored a win versus Diablo, and only ONE TIME in ten tries! The other weapons failed utterly -- no wins whatsoever! Although some of Diablo's attacks could be blocked and the fights were lengthy, the Demon Lord simply damaged the Warrior faster and more severely than the Warrior could in return. Rats!
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TEST BATCH FOUR: Baranar's Star, The Celestial Star, Schaeffer's Hammer, Falcon's Talon
Baranar's Star: doing damage 21-38
Life remaining in Diablo: 1340, WIN, 770, 894, 1119, 892, 1066, WIN, 931, 1220
The Celestial Star: doing damage 32-42
Life remaining in Diablo: 882, WIN, 942, 1110, 1312, 925, 1105, WIN, 1014, 1134
Schaeffer's Hammer: doing damage 20-20
Life remaining in Diablo: 883, 1356, 746, 939, WIN, 1094, WIN, 847, 110, WIN
Falcon's Talon: doing damage 23-25
Life remaining in Diablo: 147, 1081, 487, WIN, 506, 95, 403, WIN, WIN, 837
Test Summary: not a Diablo Killer in the bunch, but some interesting results.
Not bad! Baranarâs and the Celestial Star each defeated Diablo TWICE, while -- whodathunkit? -- Schaeffer's Hammer killed Diablo three times as did the Falcon's Talon!!! With both Schaeffer's and the Talon's puny, non-stunning damage, we weren't expecting this test result at all! And the Talon was the only +Dex adders in the bunch! Really gets you to thinking!
TEST BATCH FIVE: Doombringer, Gnarled Root, Civerb's Cudgel, The Grandfather. Oh yeah, the NASTIES!
Doombringer: doing 40-71 damage
Life remaining in Diablo: WIN, 1020, 1122, 847, 837, 1331, WIN, 853, 1049, 965
Gnarled Root: doing 32-44 damage
Life remaining in Diablo: 148, 260, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, 328, 168, WIN, 214
Civerb's Cudgel: doing 21-28 damage tripled
Life remaining in Diablo: 1506, 641, WIN, 1179, 240, 1277, 348, 532, 1415, 1049
The Grandfather: doing 39-56 damage
Life remaining in Diablo: WIN, 114, WIN, WIN, WIN, 184, WIN, 1039, WIN, WIN
AHA! Finally, a Diablo Killer! The Grandfather killed Diablo in 7 out of 10 tries! Gnarled Root came in close with 5 kills in 10 tries, while Doombringer succeeded twice and Civerb's Cudgel once. Surprising that the Cudgel was so ineffective. For Doombringer, the -Life is a real curse on that weapon. The Gnarled did VERY well -- look at the life remaining in Diablo in all the failed attempts! Very close -- imagine if a teammate or two were there helping out!
And finally the Grandfather. The plus to all stats and the plus to hit with tremendous damage made this a real show stopper. It certainly stopped the Lord of Terror often enough!
But where's that Ten-for-Ten Diablo Killer???
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Letâs try some armors, shall we?
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TEST BATCH SIX: Scavenger's Carapace, Demonspike Coat, Sparking Mail
Scavenger's Carapace: damage done 26-35
Life remaining in Diablo: 591, WIN, 817, 340, WIN, 507, 607, 1280, 493, 271
Demonspike Coat: damage done 29-38
Life remaining in Diablo: 1561, 643, 1154, 1321, 1204, 1296, 475, 1060, WIN, 905
Sparking Mail: damage done 26-35
Life remaining in Diablo: 1156, 1304, 1150, 1167, 1037, 1484, 1254, 1311, 1507, 1228
No Diablo Killer here, with the Scav's Carapace coming closest with two wins in ten tries. Then DSC with one win in ten tries, and Sparking Mail last without a single recorded win.
TEST BATCH SEVEN: Fool's Crest, Royal Circlet, Overlord's Helm, Gotterdammerung
Fool's Crest: damge done: 26-35
Life remaining in Diablo: 656, 526, WIN, 974, 1008, 1039, 738, WIN, 1083, 1161
Royal Circlet: damage done 29-38
Life remaining in Diablo: 1188, 628, 917, WIN, 940, 1587, 1160, 1611, 485, 161
Overlord's Helm: damage done 31-40
Life remaining in Diablo: 1051, 389, 345, 1555, 830, 855, 1355, WIN, 528, 942
Gotterdamerung: damage done 31-40
Life remaining in Diablo: WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN
MAN O MAN! Check out that Gott! Everyone complaining about the negative light radius and the all resists falling to zero -- then it cleans Diablo's clocks! If any Ironman team gets this item, ID it for the final battle with the Dark Lord for sure! But the RC and the Overlord's -- what disappointments! Neither one of them seems quite able to take the Demon Lord's measure. We were thinking the Overlords would be a shoo-in, too! Ah well. And good grief -- look at that Fool's Crest! It killed Diablo twice! It faired better than either the RC or the Overlord's Helm! Go figure! (Well, that +100 life made the warrior a heck of a lot harder to kill, and made drinking a lot less hurried an affair.)
UNTESTED ITEMS AND WHY:
Blackoak Shield: merely equal or inferior to the Royal Circlet in every statistic, and the Royal Circlet failed, so . . .
Leather of Aut: see above.
Vanilla Bastard Sword: see above.
Vanilla Great Axe: merely equal to or inferior to Stonecleaver in every statistic, and Stonecleaver failed.
Celestial Axe: see Vanilla Great Axe.
Vanilla Two-handed Sword: see Vanilla Great Axe
Vanilla Great Sword: see Vanilla Great Axe
Hammer of Jholm does less damage than Stonecleaver (27-42) and has a smaller to hit adder (+15%) and no +30 hit points, so it is inferior to Stonecleaver in every way and need not be tested.
So there you have it, the test for Unique Diablo Killers for the Normal Difficulty Ironman teams and their warrior. Hope you find the info useful.
Attika and Sabra (03/2004)