The second season of Hardcore League is approaching. Tomorrow’s update will bring the Hardcore server back with the permadeath feature.

I have two days off from work, which will get me started. I am temporarily ceasing my Pokémon Go gaming to focus on the Hardcore event. The server runs through May, so I will be able to claim a spot before flying out to England in June.

The Anniversary Event is also running, which might have been a distraction. Sensing a possible conflict, I just spent 4.5 hours grinding to get all the gear and the sentient kobold gem I needed for my second account.

I have my builds worked out for both a Favor toon and a Reaper mode toon. I will be reusing the same names as last year’s event. My reaper toon will be Lusongee, and the Favor toon is Ananzi.

Lusongee will be 3 Wiz, 3 Arti, and 14 Cleric.

Ananzi will be 2 Cleric, 3 Wiz, and 15 Paladin.

Both will use Sun Elf for race and will be mixes of familiar classes and have Animal Domain for turning purposes. 

Lusongee will need the arti levels for trapping, as I will likely play solo on her for most of the game, like last year. Ananzi will play sword’n’board, going for heavy defense and using spellsword to fill out his DPS.

I am still debating whether or not to buy an INT tome early on to boost my skill points. I’ll have to give it more thought for now.