I have average gear dual fire frozen orb insight merc... my merc keep dying after getting hit 2 time, my sorc can't even kill a pack of.mobs eith out fucking going to townn3 time.... wtf is this shitstain update its for fucking broken 200k dmg warlock or people who spend money on gear....... useless games. I ain't gonna farm 10 000 game to find an items.

your issue is unrelated to the update

orb/fire hybrid was trash prior as well

well im not rich nor will I spend 400 hours mf running.. so how I'm I suppose to be able to progress if I can't even kill tz player 1 lollllll

I think 4 hour of pindle runs is plenty enough to get you going, you don't need to be rich or spend a lot of time, just stick to one element and use a sunder charm, teleport to reposition him out of danger if he does not have enough damage and lifesteal, or just drop him altogether if you don't need his aura.

Definitely sounds like player error, not the game. You aren't forced to farm TZ. You can just do non-Tz content until you're geared enough to do TZ or build a character that doesn't suck.
Stick to a single element and skip monsters that are immune if you don't have a sunder/infinity. People have cleared this game using the least optimized builds ever with the worst gear imaginable. It's definitely a you problem. You can definitely still farm TZ if you stick to one element... Or don't.

Also I've never spent a single cent on any item in this game and can farm TZ p8 just fine without warlock. Again, it's a you issue... You are playing the game wrong.

Crown of thieves or Tal mask + insight + eth treachery armor is more than enough to get your merc to survive p1.

This post was edited by Emiliaaa on Mar 28 2026 08:49pm

Switch to one element and then look into what zones that specific element thrives in. When a TZ with no immunity comes around run it. I’ve always just made a fire sorc, farmed Andariel until I have good gear, and then invest in minus fire res equipment (flickering flame, phoenix, infinity) and branch out to zones with immunities you can cancel. If that’s too much then start over from scratch on LOD and farm the old school sunders.

As far as your merc.. make sure he has life leach, that paired with a basic insight and treachery work great. I haven’t farmed the runes for treachery this season so I’ve been doing Hustle armor.

buddy, I have been playing this game since 2006. they built this update for warlock which cannreachn 200k dmg, I aint spending 4 hours a days farming. I want 6 7 games max and I'm done. this is undoubtedly impossible.

Sounds like a you issue then. You want the game to be pushover difficulty when it's already super easy. You could spend 1 hours a day farming and still find plenty of shit. You need to stick to a single element and then go farm areas like sewers lvl 2 or the mausoleum and only kill elite packs and minions or do what the other guy said and wait for terror zones that aren't immune to your element. There are people who play for 4 hours a week that don't have the issues you're describing... This is not a difficult game on players 1.

This post was edited by Emiliaaa on Mar 28 2026 09:00pm

Are you running strict SSF? If not, this game is made to include trading, you can farm keys and shards without doing tzs and trade for some decent gear. A light sorc with crescent moon can farm countess and arcane with ease - trade for a classic sunder and you're then set to do chaos, cows, even baal (skipping souls). Dual fire/cold is quite underwhelming, maybe go pure blizz with VoR if you insist on cold, but you'd need to trade - at this point, classic sunders aren't that hard to get.

Charged bolt + frozen nova
Youll destroy players 8 ez np