I went to legendary after the fight and the picture was ugly. No matter how i rotate my gear, i always end up with one or two of my most important resistances bellow 40%, which is unacceptable for legendary. So went through all my artifact formulas and there's not there that can help me, all small 10-20% bonuses to poison or piercing... So i'm back at epic Typhon, he's my hope for now. Time for me to show some patience again...



This post was edited by KillingIsMyBusiness on Nov 2 2020 09:27am

Level 65 - 3 points in Battle Rage...I'm running out of patience. I have decided to take my chances with legendary difficulty and Larnean Hydra. It's risky without max fire, cold and poison resistance, but with the rally skill, potion abuse and colossus form and the chance to exit before i die, it's highly unlikely to die, i would have to make a really stupid mistake for that to happen. Actually running from the fountain to the swamps can be much more dangerous as it is swarmed by the satyr/centaur army attacking Athens.



This is the best i can do for now. Hydra's strongest attack is a poison bite with all nine heads at once, that does very quick DoT, but... i have a poison resist setup, specifically for it. Hydra also has cold and fire breath attacks, but they trigger only from a distance, so the trick is to quickly jump into melee range.

I really need to sell some of these formulas, i probably have a lot of duplicates there, but i'm too lazy to sort them out.



1 skill point form killing Nessus invested in Battle Rage

The Poisoned Spring quest in Tegea now gives permanent 200 health points



The Einherjar's Fate upgraded. It raised the DPS to 1733, which is still not much at all, but it's the best i can do at the moment



I'm near the Athen's Marsh, time for the Larnean Hydra farm. One silly mistake here, will flush 80 hours of effort down the toilet

Hydra went easy on me. Even her super attack i can handle with Rally and potions, so at the moment the spot seem safe for my char. but I'll have to spend a lot of time here, probably up to level 70... which may result in more than 500-600 runs. The thing is, i don't even know what i'm aiming at gear wise. I'm hoping to get a resistance shield that drops very often here, called Priam's Gate. Talisman of the Jade Emperor crafting formula is also very often found here. Also, the strongest melee ring, Mark of Ares and the most overpowered amulet, Pendant of Immortal Rage i think can both drop here... but these items have no elemental resistance on them, so i'm not sure if i'll use them. I guess my aim is maxing resistances, increasing DA, or anything that adds to survivability, while the dps will be second priority



This post was edited by KillingIsMyBusiness on Nov 2 2020 01:32pm

I was so happy to find this item...



...then this dropped...



...but then this happened!



I guess i took that wrong step after all...

I'm still trying to comprehend what happened. I had 30 consecutive Hydra kills with no problem or danger.... i guess the game tricked me into a false sense of security, then dropped the hammer on me. I don't get it, i had all her damage types covered by my resistances, and she has dot damage, so with good resistance she shouldn't be able to drain your health faster that you can react and exit the game... but that's what happened to me. I approached, then colossus form, battle standard, started swinging and in a blink of an eye, i was dead! Oh, well, i need a break now. Shame that i have to delete this character with a ton of good and hard-earned loot. I will try a spear build (probably Defense/Hunting) next, but i'm not sure if i'll post, as i already showed the game and it'll be more of the same.

This post was edited by KillingIsMyBusiness on Nov 2 2020 03:54pm

Oh nooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!! You actually went pretty far with it man, I can barely get out of act 1 without dying.


Be proud, GG !!

I am happy with my progress. Normally i die a lot too, but that's because i always rush through the game, not carrying about defenses and resistances. This is my first self found character where i took the time to farm and gear up before jumping in higher difficulties. This death was just a bad luck, i expected to die in one of the last 3 acts and i'm kind of angry at myself, because i didn't jump straight to act 3 after that Jade Emperor formula dropped. There i could craft it and greatly improve my resistances, and just farm Typhon after that.

This post was edited by KillingIsMyBusiness on Nov 3 2020 05:40am

Made Hector II yesterday, he's a Warden class (Defense+Hunting) and wields a spear+shield - a similar style to the conqueror, except he focuses on much heavier but slower attacks, dealing mainly piecing damage. It will take a lot of time the get where i was before and it will be harder without a AoE stun and the additional dodge chance the dodge chance passive skill. Warden is not the optimal class for spear wielders, but i'm taking a safer approach again. I can hardly imagine beating the game deathless, without Defense as one of my masteries. The more popular options for spear would be Brigand (Hunting+Rogue), but he's an item dependent glass cannon. The other is Haruspex (Hunting+Dream). If that was old school TQ Immortal Throne i would definitely go for Haruspex, as they can be almost untouchable with the right gear, but sadly, the Dream tree got nerfed in Anniversary Edition.

I will drop a screenshot here and there, when something interesting drops, or when the class starts to take shape, because right now there's nothing different from my previous character. I've started with Defense and will climb that tree for about 25 levels, so it's basically a mirror of Hector I. I'm also taking it a lot slower, because i'm a bit burnt out from the many hours i invested so far in this challenge.

This post was edited by KillingIsMyBusiness on Nov 5 2020 07:46am

Looking forward to your new run, do you think you could record every main boss kill ? I'd be curious to watch !


Cheers to your new run mate !

You mean every act boss, or every 'boss tagged enemy' (the ones with red colored names)? I can do that, it will be short and easy to upload. But i'm already past a few of the act 1 normal bosses, so the next one should be Alastor in Athen's Catacombs.

This post was edited by KillingIsMyBusiness on Nov 5 2020 07:59am