Never had the balls to try a p8 hc full clear singlepass run before. Thinking about it but not sure where to start. I wanna start with something on the easy side, but not sorc/hdin.

My main concern is that the fact that I will be forced to deal such a high amount of damage outside primary element. Example, as a trap assassin I would normally just run by most light immunes. But in this run, I would have to chase down every last soul in the Great Marsh and kill it with Fire Blast ... with P8 health.

And then there's the fact that you will spawn bosses that are immune to your 2 main elements. Example, if a Berserk barb runs into a unique that is immune to poison and physical, it would probably take like 30 minutes to wear it down with the small amounts of elemental damage I may have.

So, what would say are the top 5 easiest builds for this type of run (aside from sorc/hdin)? I'll take a look and see if any of them strike me as doable.

Summon necro.

Which do you think will clear faster: Poison Necro or Summon?

I'd rather fail by getting killed than due to boredom...

Easiest is fishymancer but a trapper is so much more fun.. holy freeze zealots are pretty safe too

it's basically impossible to die regardless of char since hitting esc pauses the game and you can just s/e whenever (unless afk). That being said, summon nec, hammerdin, trapper, and blizz sorc would take a braindead or afk person to die even with s/e not allowed outside of town. Seems like trapper would be the best bet for what you are looking for... So safe that you may as well just play softcore since you have zero chance of dying anyways so HC would make no difference, yet still fun and can build many ways.

This post was edited by Belarathon on Feb 8 2020 01:11pm

Both summoner and poison is very slow, but summoner is much faster with no reruns

I'm not that worried about dying. As my post said, i'm worried about it taking so long to kill the mobs that I abandon the challenge due to boredom.

I'll take a build that is more capable of clearing all enemy types even if it means a higher risk of death.

A build who can deal decent l damage from 3 or more elements, rather than suffering greatly every time I have to full clear an area full of lightning immunes.

This post was edited by Kayeto on Feb 8 2020 01:48pm

At this point it sounds like ur stuck with a Hammerdin..

The question is: What are the next most effective damage dealers under these circumstances after sorc/hdin.

If sorc/hdin occupy the top 2 spots, then which 5 other builds occupy spots 3-7?

Play Bowazon can be fire ice and physical all which are fairly decent damage