thanks for the help!
i'm not quite sure if i should change mystic ally though because my life drops to like 26k, maybe a little more. also, I'm pretty broke after spending 1 mil on fire/all res stack gear, so i can't afford a good LoH wep quite yet
will def give it a try though!




thanks!

then you are getting lucky with the monster type and affixes for Act2 champs, i am getting insane combos where close range = 1 shot kills... while they have 1-2 CC affixes, and 1-2 dmg affect affixes... and monster types that make it 2x more difficult (wasps, 1-hit club guys, cats, etc).
I have insanely bad luck with affixes in act2 so far...

Last night the FIRST 3 champ packs i encountered were...
- Vortex, Knockback, Desecrate, Arcane (the 1-hit club smashing guys: knockback+snare = death from 1-hit smash/arcanes/desecrates...vortex same issue... kiting was almost completely useless)
- Fast, Plague, Molten, Invulnerable minions (wasps: surrounds blankets entire area with plague/molten, only 1 target to heal LoH from... typical baby wasp attacks 2x more dangerous as champ... kiting helped but had to move so much i hit enrage)
- Frozen, Vortex, Arcane, Molten (those jumping cats: 2x CC skills to pull me back into arcane and molten on TOP of their auto attack grenades that are 2x more dangerous as a champ... didnt matter how good i kite, you get hit hard at all ranges.)

LoL, this is a reflection of like 50% of my champ affix encounters, i have to skip 50% of act2 champs... not sure how others get so lucky with easier affix combos. >_<

I've had trouble with plague desecrate arcane jail, mainly because of the AI (they throw a jail, then desecrate = gg if ur ranged and no serenity)

Also had trouble with arcane horde plague invul minions. Issue there is the single target LoH. Have to hardcore kite this and even then, its not easy. I'm probably 1 for 10 on these.

Vortex doesn't concern me as long as its not into molten desecrate or a laser fest. Pop serenity when it happens, and go crippling wave to get the LoH.

Frozen... meh I usually dodge that. If not, pop shield. Thought about using the 75% damage reduction passive for those since u take more damage frozen.

Frozen was only a problem when you got vortex'd into the ones about to explode... then arcane/molten popped right on you...screwed.

I just remembered another nasty one i got last night... i was in Ancient Tombs or something like that... small areas, not much open space... Fast, Arcane, Horde, Vortex. Doesnt SOUND all that bad...
Every single minion casting Arcane at once? lke 6-8 arcanes in a small space, vortex'd into that? Screwed without Serenity up... fast horde as well? get surrounded insanely fast with multiple arcanes around you... screwed again.

If it was an open space... maybe doable

I think both Blackthorne and Ourobouros are kind of overpriced for what they do - at least in my AH searches I haven't been able to find them at any decent prices.

I picked up a blue 14ias/600+ LoH amulet for ~4m on the AH, and used the money I saved to get better pieces elsewhere.

How is my monk?

Overgeared if you haven't beaten the game yet.

Hey looking for some help, i have 2.23 attackspeed, some loh and 678 res but im still getting steamrolled by a2 champs
these are my stats with MoE on what do you think i need to improve on?

Not standing in stuff?

Youre stats look fine for a2.

Maybe some more res or life on hit.

Kite them to the entrance or waypoint and zone in/out to reset the arcane sentries when your Serenity is down.

That's what I did when farming A3 while undergeared.



What the hell. These stats are ridiculous. Why are you still in A2?

This post was edited by irimi on Jun 13 2012 03:51pm