Diablo Classic
03-30-04
This is the first character that I solved Diablo Classic with, finishing the game at level 45. I completed the game completely solo and only with items that this character found himself. When the Expansion Pack was released, I converted this character over and have since leveled him up to 60. However, I never was able to defeat the Hell Ancients with this character. With someone's help, I bypassed the Ancients via the Worldstone waypoint and killed Baal. I obtained the title of Patriarch, but don't deserve it until I beat the Ancients.
This build was optimized for the Classic environment, back when skeletons were not very strong. Behind an army of Revives and the Fire Golem, I casted Iron Maiden or Amplify Damage, fired high level Bone Spears until a monster fell, then it was Amplify Damage and Corpse Explosion until the battle was over.
I present to you Baron Dantrag:
Level 60 Necromancer
Stat Points (Without Items/With Items)
Strength 80 / 81
Dexterity 25 / 25
Vitality 98 / 98
Energy 182 / 182
Life 359 / 416
Mana 457 / 511
Skills:
Skeleton Mastery 1
Clay Golem 1
Golem Mastery 4
Summon Resist 1
Fire Golem 4
Revive 4
Poison Nova 4 (An experiment)
Bone Armor 1
Corpse Explosion 14
Bone Spear 19
Amplify Damage 3
Lower Resist 3
Iron Maiden 1
Decrepify 1
1 in each prerequisite: Raise Skeleton, Raise Skeleton Mage, Blood Golem, Iron Golem, Teeth, Poison Dagger, Poison Explosion, Weaken, Terror, Life Tap
Items:
Wormskull Bone Helm socketed with Thul
Prismatic Amulet
Wand with +2 Necromancer skills
Superior Breast Plate socketed with Ort Ral Tal
Tower Shield socketed with 3 Perfect Diamonds
Magefist Light Gauntlets
Rare Ring with Lightning Resist 48%, +27 Life, +23 Mana
Ring with 44% Fire Resist
Rare Plated Belt with 10% Faster Hit Recovery, +21 Mana, Cold Resist 25%, Poison Resist 5%
Treads of Cthon Chain Boots
Mercenary: Level 59 Rogue with Coronet with 15 Damage Reduction, Ring Mail socketed with Ral Ort Tal, Long War Bow with 2-23 Damage + 1-152 Lightning Damage, +3-23 Poison Damage
-James