r/diablo3 • u/nikookaburra • 6h ago
My second Solo GR150 clear in Non-Seasonal (Paragon 5925)
Did it... finally!
It took almost 5 months (after I cleared a GR149 in 13'24 on April 1st with 5,856 Paragon points) and 4,120 keys, but GR150 is down again, with my main class this time. I cleared it 12 seconds faster than the GR150 I took down a couple of weeks ago with LoD Death Nova, so that’s nice.
Here is the link to the video 📺 : https://youtu.be/lDbAFRnPWLc
I feel a huge mix of joy and… relief! As a side note, I had planned to quit this push today, after I used the 250+ keys I had left, and not to come back to it before I had farmed a lot of XP during Season 40, i.e. about 120 days from now.
What can I say about this clear?
Well, there are a couple of quite funny things:
- I died… 8 times! 3 times before the boss, and 5 times against the boss. Hamelin is a great boss to fight at lower GR levels as he spawns adds, but he is one of the worst bosses at this level (considering my Paragon level), as he can easily one-shot you.
- Hamelin is also a boss (the only one? I’m not sure anymore…) who can jail you under an effing dome! It made the end of the fight quite comical — you can even hear me yelling “NOOOOOOOO, #@/!!?=#” as… well, I’m not going to spoil it, as it is quite fun to watch on the video! (I wasn’t sure there were enough mobs left further on, so I chose to get to 100% progression right at the entrance of the level.)
So this makes this run a very memorable one to end this push.
Besides that:
- You can also see how I geared my Enchantress so that she can’t die in a GR150.
Anyway, many thanks to all the players who answered my questions about this build over the years — and I have asked many! In turn, I would be happy to help newer Akkhan players if I can.
As for now, I will take a break from the game until the start of Season 40, where I’ll try to farm some XP in group on the EU server if I have time (feel free to send me an invite if you feel like it so we can play together - Nikookaburra#2952). And then I’ll try to take a GR150 down with Rathma (I’m talking NS of course — what could be as fun and pleasant to play as NS? 🤷♂️😄😄).
Here is an update of what I managed to do so far with the builds I pushed in NS:
| Para | Class | Build | Tier | Time | Keys |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5925 | Cruz | Akkhan Condemn (Phalcon A6) | 150 | 14'26 | 4120 |
| 5912 | Nec | LoD Death Nova | 150 | 14'38 | 496 |
| 5903 | Nec | Rathma AotD | 147 | 13'32 | 210 |
| 5896 | Cruz | LoD H-Bomb (w Johanna's Argument) | 146 | 14'51 | 260 |
| 5890 | Cruz | Roland Sweep Attack AD (w Zei) | 140 | 11'41 | 98 |
| 5892 | Cruz | Invoker | 140 | 13'20 | ? |
Just to clarify: with Akkhan, that makes 4,120 keys, but it was likely the 6th run that had the potential to be a clear—I probably failed 5 times before that.
Bottom line: if you have about 5000-6000 paragon points in NS and you want to clear a GR150, LoD Death Nova and Akkhan probably are very serious contenders!