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Apr 28 2026 04:17am
After some more testing in editor , the smoothest setup by far was:

Enigma
Grief
Hellwardens will with protector stone
Mephisto book with ed/ias jewel
Gore rider
Loh
Gheeds wager
Highlords
Ravenfrost
Dualleech fcr ring

Inventory: torch any , eld skillers , bottom Collum 3/20/20s

Merc: might with pride coh Andy


Grief is just way way better than any two hander. Atackspeed just doesn’t come close even with all the ias possible and the fastest 2 handers there are.

Phoenix realy isn’t all that strong compared to Mephisto. Since the build actualy deals great magic damage with eld blast and hex (they both have synergy points)

With 40 ed in Mephisto you loose 250 Ed compared to phoenix but 2 skills , -20 enemy magic res and atackrating actualy are realy good for your eld blast and hex, wich are realy good on the build. You also gain close to 1.4K ed already without phoenix. So the damage loss actualy isn‘t all that much.

overall This build gives

Max ias
75 fcr on main slot
~ 80% crit
Max atackspeed
-35 enemy magic res for hex bane + eld blast
High + skills
Enough atackrating with raven Mephisto and maxed hex to run eld skillers
Huge amounts of off-weapon ED


Physical damage is awesome , magic damage from hex + eld blast is super high and applied realy fast with grief . Second highest fcr breakpoint for Tele on main switch.

Aoe damage melted everything like nothing with cleave hex and blast. Mirrored blades nukes single target super fast.

This setup felt insanely strong for overall clearing and farming .
Might try this next season . Testing was way way better than I expected :)




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Apr 28 2026 12:36pm
Doom in a twohander is worth a try

2sk, 45ias, decent dam, 20ds plus the aura
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Apr 28 2026 02:52pm
Doom in a twohander is worth a try

2sk, 45ias, decent dam, 20ds plus the aura


Like I said, I don’t think any two hander is worth it compared to grief … even botd (60 ias) in a giant thresher (-10 speed) with every ias gear imaginable + fana aura felt super slow compared to grief sadly :( … doom can’t even be made in an eth base… toombreaver with 2 shael (100 ias) also felt bad.

Realy think grief is the best, sadly… it’s boring but just feels so much better than any two hander…
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