Heh, frenzy is nice as well... but I have a great whirlwind setup. I steal like 27% mana on damage and gain mana from killing people. So you can whirlwind around a building killing everything at 2k shots+ and just keep going. Whirlwind can also help because you can go straight through a huge ass crowd of monsters that hurt... ie the minions of destruction (baal's final minions in the throne room).
What about a shield with 3-4 Perfect Diamonds? Don't diamonds give resist?
Update: An old friend and I have started playing the D2: LoD Hardcore ladder. He is an amazon, I am a necro. We are looking for more help because we are still struggling somewhat. Granted my freak show can tank a malarkeyload of damage.... 1 clay golem, 3 skel mages, 4 skels... yea.. i am the proud owner of a freakshow
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