Level 8 Combo breaker + Mana Shield?
Posted: 18 Oct, 2014 14:02
Hello,
some report from my play. I picked a rogue because people said how rogues have it hard in this mod, so I wanted to see for myself.
My rogue is level 19 and has reached caves on Normal, so far. Levels 1-7 were super easy, i did not invest a single point into vitality and I died only once, on my first try on The Butcher.
However level 8 was a combo breaker. The level was filled with 7 boss mobs total + some possesed and fanatic champions. I never saw so many special creatures at one place. None of those dropped a single useful item.
Zhar The Mad was piece o' cake, however Sanctuary was not. As I didn't have any resistances except for Ring of Truth, the lightning orbs kept oneshotting me because of the way lightning works in this game.
I would not have such issues, because at this point in game I would normally use Mana Shield, and my mana is double my HP, but my only Mana Shield ever encountered was >>one<< scroll and then this spell simply does not exist!
I spent many teleports trying to get the spell OR at least some resist gear, however Griswold and Gheed apparently also like trolling and always sell items like "Full Helm of Magic +1"...
So I decided to just push on and keep trying. After like 20 deaths from the fire traps and lightning orbs, I finally got the to bosses in the Sanctuary.
Every boss was a piece of cake, only the damn lightning orbs kept owning me. I killed Creature of Flame and the mage first try, I killed Doomsomething first try, the summoned doom lord first try and even Horazon first try, no stress. The tactics is easy. Avoid ranged spells, multishot with a Composite bow of the Icicle (+cold damage, it slows the boss momentarily and its great help).
They dropped some neat uniques, but I still can't find the damn mana shield, doh!
I wonder If I will survive the later levels, because I specced into dex/mag and without mana shield my char will keep getting killed.
some report from my play. I picked a rogue because people said how rogues have it hard in this mod, so I wanted to see for myself.
My rogue is level 19 and has reached caves on Normal, so far. Levels 1-7 were super easy, i did not invest a single point into vitality and I died only once, on my first try on The Butcher.
However level 8 was a combo breaker. The level was filled with 7 boss mobs total + some possesed and fanatic champions. I never saw so many special creatures at one place. None of those dropped a single useful item.
Zhar The Mad was piece o' cake, however Sanctuary was not. As I didn't have any resistances except for Ring of Truth, the lightning orbs kept oneshotting me because of the way lightning works in this game.
I would not have such issues, because at this point in game I would normally use Mana Shield, and my mana is double my HP, but my only Mana Shield ever encountered was >>one<< scroll and then this spell simply does not exist!
I spent many teleports trying to get the spell OR at least some resist gear, however Griswold and Gheed apparently also like trolling and always sell items like "Full Helm of Magic +1"...
So I decided to just push on and keep trying. After like 20 deaths from the fire traps and lightning orbs, I finally got the to bosses in the Sanctuary.
Every boss was a piece of cake, only the damn lightning orbs kept owning me. I killed Creature of Flame and the mage first try, I killed Doomsomething first try, the summoned doom lord first try and even Horazon first try, no stress. The tactics is easy. Avoid ranged spells, multishot with a Composite bow of the Icicle (+cold damage, it slows the boss momentarily and its great help).
They dropped some neat uniques, but I still can't find the damn mana shield, doh!
I wonder If I will survive the later levels, because I specced into dex/mag and without mana shield my char will keep getting killed.