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Brandon · 12-19-2004, 05:22 PM

Once you have joined the channel, people will probably be chatting about whatever, but notice the topic of the channel. It will look something like this:

""""" ( Renegade: 8 pm est ) ( HOT:None ) ( Active:None ) ( SLOW:65) ( WALKED: 39, 53) """"" (type !hot to review topic. Other sugested channels: #trade #Chat) Please type !help to view all of the instant info

You can type !hot at any time to see the topic of the channel

There is 5 parts to the topic that you will notice.

First, it says "Renegade 8pm est." This is refering to what is called a Renegade run, or commonly known as rene. It is an organized DC Hunt where you must pay 7 softcore, nonladder SOJs to get in. Once they have everyone together that wants to join the rene, they tell you an IP they are going to pop (pop is a term that refers to when DC walks a server, such as ".51 just popped!"). Once all donors have a game on that IP, they then sell all their SOJs at once and the server is popped. The public, people not part of the rene, will be given a 15 minutes notice and the IP will be posted. They then have 15 minutes to find a server on that IP, if they don't then they are outta luck. Usually 15 minutes is not nearly enough time to get into a server, so just hope you get really lucky.

The other 4 parts are Hot, Active, Slow and Walked. Walked means the server as just popped, and it's done. Slow means the server has had some SOJS sold on it, but nobody is selling now. Active means SOJS are currently being sold on it, and should pop soon. Hot means lots of selling of SOJS on it, and it will pop any minute. If you get in a active game, you will see a count come up that says "xxx Stones of Jordan have been sold to merchants" where xxx is the current count. On average, anywhere from 2-6 servers could be popped. The only trouble is that sometimes you cant get onto the right server in time.

Now onto how to get onto a server where DC will walk.
When searching for a game, its a lot easier to have your Diablo running in Window Mode. To do this, find the shortcut to Diablo, right click on it and go to properties. Look at the target, and you will see it says something like (depending on where Diablo is on your comp) C:\Program Files\Diablo II\Diablo II.exe. TO make it run in window mode, put the current target in quotes, and add a -W to the end of it, outside the quotes. When edited, the previously mentioned target should now look like this: "C:\Program Files\Diablo II\Diablo II.exe" -W. This will cause Diablo to run in a small window, and can be easily minimized so you can easily search for the correct IP.

Then, follow these steps:
1) Create a game (always remember to password it so nobody steals your Anni)
2) Go to the start menu, click on run, and type in "cmd" and then press run
3) A black command box window should come up
4) Type in the following: netstat - n
5) You will get a list of a whole bunch of numbers; each one is a different IP address.
6) Look for the one that ends in .4000, that's the Diablo one. It will look something like xx.xxx.xxx.xx.400 (the x's are random numbers)
7) Look for the IP, it will be the 2 (or 3) numbers directly to the left of the .4000, so if you get something that looks like xx.xxx.xxx.86.4000, where the x's are all different numbers, this means you are on server .86
8) Keep creating games and typing in netstat -n until you find a game that is on the IP you want.
9) If you make more than 3 games a minute, you will get a temporary IP ban, and you wont be able to connect to Battle net for 10 minutes.

Notice: There is no way to force yourself onto an IP address. You must keep creating games until you find the right one. This is where patience comes on, remember, servers range from .30 to .180, that's 150 different servers, so essentially each time you create a game you have a 1 in 150 chance of it being the right one. Its completely random and takes patience. Sometimes you get lucky and get on the right IP in 3 tries, sometimes it has taken me 200+ games. Also, DC only spawns in Hell games created on the IP; he will not walk on a server that is a normal or nightmare game.

You mat notice that if you are in a game for a while and have not moved or done anything, Battle net will kick you out. The trick I like to use is the act5 stairs trick. Go to act5, and go up the first flight of stairs to the left of your stash. Don't go all the way up to where Malah is, stop on the landing after the first flight. Go stand in a line above the torch that is next to your stash. Then click on your stash, if you did it right, your character will get "stuck" and will move back and forth by himself, making the game think you are constantly moving. To get out of it you can just click behind.

Note: DC will only spawn in a game created in hell difficulty. Even if you have a normal or nightmare game created on the right IP, DC will not spawn.

Part 4: How to kill Diablo Clone
This, believe it or not, is the easy part. If you made a good character, and got on the right IP, and finally get rewarded when you see the message "Diablo Walks this Earth," you have done the hard part. To find DC, you must know that he spawns as the first new Super Unique Monster you come across. You can find a list of all the super unique monsters here: http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/monsters/super.shtml but I like to use Act1 because the surrounding monsters will be weak and won't get in the way. My favorite places are to spawn him in the dark wood, as Treehead Woodfist because he is by the big tree in dark wood which is easy to find on the map, and it gives you a big open space to fight DC.

If you made a frost zealot, you just want to find him, use charge to get right up next to him, and then use zeal to keep hitting him. Make sure your belt is filled with health potions, you will need them. If you use Black, keep attacking until he is at about 1/3 his life, then switch to your 2nd weapon and finish him off. If you use Stomlash, just keep attacking until he is dead. Once you have killed him, he will drop a unique small charm, the Annihilius Charm.

If you made a concentration barb, use the same strategy as the zealot. Get right up next to DC and keep attacking but make sure your merc stays alive because you want his holy freeze aura.

If you are using a hammerdin, try to keep your distance, but also get close enough so your hammers always hit. You will want to get in a position where you are blow DC and slightly to the right. This way, the hammers have the best chance to hit DC.

BTW:There are bots that you can use for hunting diablo clone it creates checks ip and stays on the right one...

hope this helps someone...

Didnt see a smiter guide so heres my build this is not as good as the other guide with the merc and explains why too use the gear and all that but thats takes alot of time.....

Equipment

Up'd HoZ
Enigma
COA
Raven Frost
SOJ
Maras
TGods
Dracs
Gores
+4 Asterons

Skills

Smite
Fant
Holy Shield
Defiance

Left over skills i put in charge

(hope you guys like -brandon)

12-19-2004, 05:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
Brandon BattleForums Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 18 Posts: 4,041	Once you have joined the channel, people will probably be chatting about whatever, but notice the topic of the channel. It will look something like this: """"" ( Renegade: 8 pm est ) ( HOT:None ) ( Active:None ) ( SLOW:65) ( WALKED: 39, 53) """"" (type !hot to review topic. Other sugested channels: #trade #Chat) Please type !help to view all of the instant info You can type !hot at any time to see the topic of the channel There is 5 parts to the topic that you will notice. First, it says "Renegade 8pm est." This is refering to what is called a Renegade run, or commonly known as rene. It is an organized DC Hunt where you must pay 7 softcore, nonladder SOJs to get in. Once they have everyone together that wants to join the rene, they tell you an IP they are going to pop (pop is a term that refers to when DC walks a server, such as ".51 just popped!"). Once all donors have a game on that IP, they then sell all their SOJs at once and the server is popped. The public, people not part of the rene, will be given a 15 minutes notice and the IP will be posted. They then have 15 minutes to find a server on that IP, if they don't then they are outta luck. Usually 15 minutes is not nearly enough time to get into a server, so just hope you get really lucky. The other 4 parts are Hot, Active, Slow and Walked. Walked means the server as just popped, and it's done. Slow means the server has had some SOJS sold on it, but nobody is selling now. Active means SOJS are currently being sold on it, and should pop soon. Hot means lots of selling of SOJS on it, and it will pop any minute. If you get in a active game, you will see a count come up that says "xxx Stones of Jordan have been sold to merchants" where xxx is the current count. On average, anywhere from 2-6 servers could be popped. The only trouble is that sometimes you cant get onto the right server in time. Now onto how to get onto a server where DC will walk. When searching for a game, its a lot easier to have your Diablo running in Window Mode. To do this, find the shortcut to Diablo, right click on it and go to properties. Look at the target, and you will see it says something like (depending on where Diablo is on your comp) C:\Program Files\Diablo II\Diablo II.exe. TO make it run in window mode, put the current target in quotes, and add a -W to the end of it, outside the quotes. When edited, the previously mentioned target should now look like this: "C:\Program Files\Diablo II\Diablo II.exe" -W. This will cause Diablo to run in a small window, and can be easily minimized so you can easily search for the correct IP. Then, follow these steps: 1) Create a game (always remember to password it so nobody steals your Anni) 2) Go to the start menu, click on run, and type in "cmd" and then press run 3) A black command box window should come up 4) Type in the following: netstat - n 5) You will get a list of a whole bunch of numbers; each one is a different IP address. 6) Look for the one that ends in .4000, that's the Diablo one. It will look something like xx.xxx.xxx.xx.400 (the x's are random numbers) 7) Look for the IP, it will be the 2 (or 3) numbers directly to the left of the .4000, so if you get something that looks like xx.xxx.xxx.86.4000, where the x's are all different numbers, this means you are on server .86 8) Keep creating games and typing in netstat -n until you find a game that is on the IP you want. 9) If you make more than 3 games a minute, you will get a temporary IP ban, and you wont be able to connect to Battle net for 10 minutes. Notice: There is no way to force yourself onto an IP address. You must keep creating games until you find the right one. This is where patience comes on, remember, servers range from .30 to .180, that's 150 different servers, so essentially each time you create a game you have a 1 in 150 chance of it being the right one. Its completely random and takes patience. Sometimes you get lucky and get on the right IP in 3 tries, sometimes it has taken me 200+ games. Also, DC only spawns in Hell games created on the IP; he will not walk on a server that is a normal or nightmare game. You mat notice that if you are in a game for a while and have not moved or done anything, Battle net will kick you out. The trick I like to use is the act5 stairs trick. Go to act5, and go up the first flight of stairs to the left of your stash. Don't go all the way up to where Malah is, stop on the landing after the first flight. Go stand in a line above the torch that is next to your stash. Then click on your stash, if you did it right, your character will get "stuck" and will move back and forth by himself, making the game think you are constantly moving. To get out of it you can just click behind. Note: DC will only spawn in a game created in hell difficulty. Even if you have a normal or nightmare game created on the right IP, DC will not spawn. Part 4: How to kill Diablo Clone This, believe it or not, is the easy part. If you made a good character, and got on the right IP, and finally get rewarded when you see the message "Diablo Walks this Earth," you have done the hard part. To find DC, you must know that he spawns as the first new Super Unique Monster you come across. You can find a list of all the super unique monsters here: http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/monsters/super.shtml but I like to use Act1 because the surrounding monsters will be weak and won't get in the way. My favorite places are to spawn him in the dark wood, as Treehead Woodfist because he is by the big tree in dark wood which is easy to find on the map, and it gives you a big open space to fight DC. If you made a frost zealot, you just want to find him, use charge to get right up next to him, and then use zeal to keep hitting him. Make sure your belt is filled with health potions, you will need them. If you use Black, keep attacking until he is at about 1/3 his life, then switch to your 2nd weapon and finish him off. If you use Stomlash, just keep attacking until he is dead. Once you have killed him, he will drop a unique small charm, the Annihilius Charm. If you made a concentration barb, use the same strategy as the zealot. Get right up next to DC and keep attacking but make sure your merc stays alive because you want his holy freeze aura. If you are using a hammerdin, try to keep your distance, but also get close enough so your hammers always hit. You will want to get in a position where you are blow DC and slightly to the right. This way, the hammers have the best chance to hit DC. BTW:There are bots that you can use for hunting diablo clone it creates checks ip and stays on the right one... hope this helps someone... Didnt see a smiter guide so heres my build this is not as good as the other guide with the merc and explains why too use the gear and all that but thats takes alot of time..... Equipment Up'd HoZ Enigma COA Raven Frost SOJ Maras TGods Dracs Gores +4 Asterons Skills Smite Fant Holy Shield Defiance Left over skills i put in charge (hope you guys like -brandon) __________________ Last edited by Brandon; 12-20-2004 at 11:41 PM.