Looking for some HC SSF build ideas/inspiration
I'm crafting a challenge for myself to do HC SSF (no alts) with a single fun, build. I have to pick the build up front and play that build the whole way through. Within reason. For example, a hammerdin cannot play holy fire through NM, he must be a hammerdin at the very least starting at 18. Additionally, after beating hell Baal, I'm hoping I enjoy the build enough that I continue and either consider pushing to 99 or starting a HC grail or something. I want to pick something that has a long runway to progress in endgame farming. So playing a fun build that doesn't have high farming potential isn't a great pick. Conversely, I'm very willing to tough out a hard playthrough (and would be excited to do it!) for a build that has big future potential.
The problem is I've been playing this game my whole life, so I've gotten pretty picky about things. I've tried and failed a bunch so far. Some things I've tried I'm willing to repeat, some I'm not. Here is where my head is at so far:
Eliminated:
- Javazon - just played it too much, sick of it
- Trap assassin - hate em
- Mosaic - no, out of principle
- Fire druid - I dunno I just can't seem to like these skills?
- Hurricane/torando - cannot stand tornado
- Necro - pretty much all eliminated for me... summoner I can't stand, poison isn't great w/o DW, they all kinda devolve into CE, etc.
- Zealot - endgame farming
- Hammerdin - HATE
- FOH - maybe shouldn't eliminate this, but it really struggles with certain areas that I'll probably want to do a lot, like cows
- Nova - I've tried and failed a bajillion times, maybe I just need to "do better" but close range + weak feels like a death sentence
- Blizzard sorc - on PS4 and don't like the controller for it
- Hybrid sorc - lame/not interested/played it a ton over the years
Maybe, with reservations:
- Bowazon - afraid it'll just be SO hard and never really get that fun. Everyone says the damage just isn't great until you get gear that I'll probably never get
- Throw barb - maybe, not sure how fun it will be trying to find new throwing weapons, also not sure how fun it will be as a farmer
- WW barb - similar logic to throw barb
- Fury druid - generally a big fan, not super excited about endgame farming though?
- Tesladin/Dragondin - ok I know this is probably stupid to even discuss. I probably will never ever create the "real" versions of either build. But they just seem so fun. Holy fire probably not, but just maxing holy shock + synergies + crescent moon, and trying to work towards a couple jah runes maybe isn't SO bad? I've tried and died 2x so far though, main concern is squishiness + AR (and obviously damage and having this end up not being fun)
- Fire sorc - always a fan, I just struggle with HC sorcs
- Lightning sorc - ehhh, maybe... kinda don't love the lightning skill though
Inspire me! Tell me why one of these builds I should be more excited about! Thanks :)