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Didn't want to give up, so I did some more countess runs. Tal runes ALL the time... I got pretty mad.
But suddenly my brain started to work again and I remebered the cube
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And finally I got my leaf. I really like it. Was a nice dmg boost.
That was about the time when I thought about my defense concept again.
Until now I just statted vitality (some points into str for reqs). Vita only (nearly) was the way I wanted to go.
But I now I think, that this won't be possible.
Some thoughts about defense:
Max Block: I will definitely go for that. Since its singleplayer, the only thing you can rely on is runewords and crafts. So I decided to aim for a Rhyme Bone Shield and craft a blocking Amu. With that I won't need to much dex to hit max block (~180 @ lvl 80). I think it's worth it.
Vita: As much as possible... obvious.
Ice Armors: I'm not sure about those tbh. I won't stat a lot into str. That's why I think my base def will be pretty low. So I think it's not worth it... Gimme your opinion about that pls.
Manashield: I've been a b.net pvm Softcore player since now... so the generel advice was: no manashield. That's just in my brain. But since I prolly won't get any dmg reduce at all I really think this could work... I don't need mana to much. Only for static and a teleport here and there. I would aim for a solid 50% absorbtion (7 hard points). Input on that?
dmg reduce: Sure, you never know what one will find but I cannot rely on that. But maybe safety crafts could be usefull? Lets say I craft a belt, gloves, shoes and helmet... that would be around dmg reeduce by 12... could that be effective?
leech: No real option since my physical dmg will be very, very, very low. Will have to pot a lot till the end I guess.
freeze enemies: I will do that
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Until yesterday I was pretty sure I'm going to use a freeze merc. But now I'm thinking of putting 1-x points into frost nova and freeze the baddies myself. This would allow me to use a might merc. Or maybe a prayer Merc with insight (if I decide to use pluggy). Might also be good, when using manashield + having no leech...
If you have any opinion or advice... lmk
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Decided to run Andy after that. Amplisa died there. Instead of resuccrecting her I decided to change merc now.
Ring was kind of good. Using it
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Currently using the leaf not just for precasting but also for fighting.
Was just overall better than the crappy shield + dagger.
+6 warmth = more static
Ral Rune = more dmg
+ Resi
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Will change when I statted dex high enough for a decent ctb ~ 50%