Act 3 has been a breeze mostly. Just lots of Flayers to kill. My damage is fairly decent with Insight Partizan, which means it's just more tedious than difficult to kill due to the quantity of enemies. With Merc and Grizzly tanking in front, I just need to make sure I don't get focused much.

My low resist is still a problem though, especially when LE bosses or Souls appear. Swampy Pit was scary AF.



Generally I'm surviving because of my high LL with Feral Rage. Almost like constant rejuvs as long as I can hit.

​Later on in the act, my PI problem is almost solved. Look what dropped!



Just need a Ko though. That or either 4 more Hels or 1 Lum to cube up. Fingers crossed.

Lastly, this weapon dropped.



Looks like an upgrade to my weapon, but the low attack speed makes it unattractive. What about this over Insight for merc? Any thoughts?

I love melee. Good lick(luck), wolfie.


Yes, at least 1. Seems like OP is in lod so he has plenty of points after Fury/HoW.

This post was edited by Tarisus on May 13 2024 05:42am

Going Lycan is overkill and generally not required.

This post was edited by Tarisus on May 13 2024 06:18am

Yea, I'm skipping FC altogether. As stated in my first post, I want all my damage to be heavily reliant on weapon damage. FC would be "spell" damage which defeats the purpose.

@Tarisus, why would you say Lycan is overkill? More life = good? I'm actually about to max it already, and I'm at 1000+ HP. Not very high yet because I've invested a lot of points in Str/Dex in preparation for either Insight CA or Thresher. If I get runes for Obedience though....then that would be wasted points sadly haha.

I will likely update again tomorrow. All I can say is that I'm glad I'm playing SC and not HC hahahaha.

Update time! Going to be a "time skip" because nothing eventful really happened.

First and foremost. Meph was slain. He dropped random low stuff and a cool but useless GC.



Act 4 was really smooth. No Souls. Every monster was manageable. Izual dropped a Waterwalks which I don't think will be useful more my Fury Druid.



I suppose the best part was a Bonesnap dropping from a random chest. I upgraded it to a War Club immediately. I think it will be my main weapon until a better Insight base drop or if I can make Obedience. I doubt I will upgrade it to Ogre Maul even I can though due to the 225 Str requirement.



I reached Level 66 midway in the act. Still no 4 socket armours, so I can finally shop for Jeweller's Gothic Plate. It took me 20 minutes to finally be able to buy from Halbu. I wanted another for my Merc, but unfortunately after trying for 1.5 (!?!?!??!) hours, it never appeared again. I gave up...

https://i.imgur.com/S7rSti9.png

Forge was just terrible luck. I'll let the picture speak for itself. Annoying.....

https://imgur.com/CMBNoy3.png

Diablo wasn't much of a trouble. Just tedious, especially when my resistances are shit. Lots of running, resummoning, rehiring etc. Slowly buy surely, he was slain. The drops though...I gues Tal's Belt is usable for the MF, but I really need CBF for A5.

https://imgur.com/oeftJAS.png

I am currently in A5 Crystalline Passage. Slingers are a big pain because their javs deal elemental damage. I also read that apparently there's a bug with them in LoD, in which they ignore Merc or summons. I suppose that's why I get constantly hit by them. I have died like 5-6 times from them already sadly. It was a hit to my exp, and I hope it won't affect much later on. At some point, I just decided to play chicken and let the Merc handle them on his own.

I have decided to drop my MF Rings/Ammy for more resistance. I think I really need them. I also have my Angelic's Ring/Ammy on standby because my CtH with Bonesnap is about 80%. I think it's still ok for NM A5 though.

This wraps up today's update!

[Edit]

I don't understand why some pics don't load

This post was edited by Ducko on May 14 2024 09:03am

Can only post 3 images per post

Ah. I guess I have to limit my images then.

Anyway quick update. Anya has been saved. I have also avenged her by killing Nith. Heading towards Ancients next.

A Lum rune dropped along the way. This means that I definitely can make a Lawbringer, as I can cube into a Ko. However, I very much prefer not to, so I'll hold for as long as I can.

3 cool items dropped, but all not useful for me.

Firstly, why is this not a Jalal's???



Secondly, why is this not a LoH???



Lastly, an IK Boots.



I also registered an additional 2 deaths. Both due to Claw Vipers in the Halls. TIL that their Poison Cloud hits so many times, and it's apparentely a bug....