Well, I have finally done it.
just watched the end movie, and I must say, I never new they were planning a sequel right from the start :P.
heres my Chars stats.
str :89/106
magic: 41/41
dex: 60/79
vita: 68/84
Armour: 204
To-hit: 185%
Damage:39-61
Resist: 56% all
life: 273
Mana: 68
gear:
Helm :blessed helm of giants
Amulet: amulet of precision (19)
armour: blessed plate (91%, 70 ac)
shield: blessed shield of the wolf
Rings: obsidian (37%) amber ring of vigor (19%, 16)
Weapon: king's sword of speed (a broad sword, not a bastard sword :( )
Lvl 28.
lvl 13 and 14, was mostly melee, so I made alot of gold, and saved alot on pots, made good use of stone curse on lvl 15, was mostly ranged, with a few blood knights for flavor.
Lvl 16 was treacherous but not overly difficult. I proximity pulled all the blood knights around corners, and finished them off, and then charged into the packs of Advocates, retreating when blood knights appeared. by charging around, rather than trying to stone curse, I forced the Advocates to teleport around, while they were teleporting, they couldn't hit me and I took less damage.
Laz and the other uniques where cake with a stun recovery lock from the KSOS, I would have been toast without the new weapon and res ring though. with this setup, I didn't die once, and could have been alot less careful. only thing that would have really given me trouble was lava maws.
Diablo went down in short order, I Pulled him out of his room by accident, as he came out with the first wave of Advocates. I took him around a few corners, took some big hits from him, then closed the gap, and stun locked him to death.
much easier than I thought it would have been, but then again, all the stuff that still remains out there about this game is aimed at hell difficulty.
I hope this thread will help other young warriors, find their way through this game.
Next plan is to get to 50, while I play a little bit of hellfire (this char will remain Classic (I have two installs of Diablo, one is hellfire the other is not) ) plan to get a barb to kill the end boss, and then hit him 50 as well. all going well, I may try a bard, I had a quick play around with one, but they seem a little too fragile till you get their hit rating high.