Alright, decided to check this out myself.


Players 8

DMG - 8k-15k
CoA w (2) 40ed/8str Jewels
Ariocs w Protector
Mephistos
Enigma
Mara
2x Rando 10% fcr LL/ML/Res Rings
Laying of Hands
Tri-res Boots
Arach

CTA/Spirit Swap

MERC:
Might/Pride

Inventory - 5x Eldritch Skillers
1x Bone Break 86%

Demon: Trav demon with cursed (would not bind until I put 20 pts in and lowed HP to 15ish%)


Thoughts: Cursed still procs but not nearly as often as before.
LoH BIS/Mandatory
Once enemies are amp'd its playable but as you can see way less than before.
Protector jewel bigly useful in ariocs
125fcr probably ngmi on p8
Could add a lot of STR for more damage if u have BO barb on multibox

EDIT: After some more testing -
Archon Insight seems pretty close to Ariocs so probably still BiS
BOTD didnt see that much of an improvement to justify the tradeoffs (for me anyway)
granted i only rolled a 360% ed one

Obviously room for more damage, just slapped some random stuff together. Still playable, most def nerfed hard though.





This post was edited by Silenkiller on Apr 14 2026 08:35pm

I think with the bar being set at "delete almost every mob at players 8 with 1 shot" it means any reasonable nerf will just cause sweaters to rage.

it does about 15% damage wise vs current live, factor in you no longer trigger curse every aura tick. might as well switch to fire late game

Yeah its certainly not the p8 clearspeed leader anymore in its current state thats for sure.

well, its definitely behind hammerdin and light sorc now so i think they went a little overboard, id expect they will do more tweaks

Nice footage and feedback!! Interesting to see how far the build has fallen compared to before



“Reasonable nerf”

They got that alright

thanks!
yeah i mean this setup will absolutely shred p1 still
but gonna be a rough ladder start without bone break/torch etc


This post was edited by Silenkiller on Apr 14 2026 08:34pm

arioc's? I assumed it was no longer top choice with the changes.

The reign is over

actually after i just tried it more archon insight did pretty well compared to ariocs so actually its probably still gonna be the go-to

This post was edited by Silenkiller on Apr 14 2026 08:34pm