12-06-2003, 10:42 AM
My softcore ladder enchantress faced duriel at I believe level 22. She does not use static, and she found duriel more difficult than she had expected. Once Leharas died (who had been using a superior Malice brandistock) the tide turned against us, and when all her potions were gone she had to leave. This was in a three player game with no one else interested duriel.
She collected her remaining potions from the stash and set off to try again. This time she decided to try a melee approach rather than a bow. There was not much stuff to choose from. We had Fiend Spike, a rare crystal sword with +10% IAS, +77 AR, 1-4 cold damage, repair durability, and two sockets. A flawless amethyst went in one and a jewel of freedom in the other. This gave a 95% chance to hit duriel even if the merc were dead.
This time the battle was more even handed. Leharas might have made it through if she had been more generous with the purple potions. Be that as it may, by the time duriel's health bar was half gone, she was facing him alone. A little girl and her naked sword against the demon. Oh, it was a brave encounter! She had no more potions left to try again, but on the last pot she felled the evil fiend...too late to save Tal Rasha.
She collected her remaining potions from the stash and set off to try again. This time she decided to try a melee approach rather than a bow. There was not much stuff to choose from. We had Fiend Spike, a rare crystal sword with +10% IAS, +77 AR, 1-4 cold damage, repair durability, and two sockets. A flawless amethyst went in one and a jewel of freedom in the other. This gave a 95% chance to hit duriel even if the merc were dead.
This time the battle was more even handed. Leharas might have made it through if she had been more generous with the purple potions. Be that as it may, by the time duriel's health bar was half gone, she was facing him alone. A little girl and her naked sword against the demon. Oh, it was a brave encounter! She had no more potions left to try again, but on the last pot she felled the evil fiend...too late to save Tal Rasha.
"I may be old, but I'm not dead."