echo strike was so gg and overpowered that i restarted pure demon based just on this post to see. its slow but god damn is goatman a tank. easy to find +1-3 goat books/daggers, dude does like 100 dmg per hit, has frenzy, and CB. then u can cast to make him teleport for like 2 mana per cast. so u can wreck all shamans, ghosts, archers, etc. actually makes a1 merc feel useful because u dont need a tank.
certainly not a good build, but cleared p8 act 1 without ever being in any trouble. still echo strikes build is absurdly busted, 2h weps in 1h is a dumb idea they never should have done. ebotd war pikes on basically an aoe blade sin.
Yeah it took me 6 hours to get through normal. With the act2 merc and the goats, I was super safe. The stupid telestomp ability was absically my active cast spell - I didnt die or even come close to dying during the campaign, but fuck it was slow. Act 4 and 5 get really rough - I eventually got a stronk bind demon at level 30 and then got him up to like 500 damage or smthin.
Also sucks how much you need to invest in the demon mastery thing tog et an extra demon. 10 levels to get a 2nd goat, oof.
The tainted minions are a lot better for damage, but its fire damage so immunes suck. Thoguh it is AOE, so clearing is a bit better, but you dont have enough points to do goats, tainteds, AND demon mastery, AND then eventually bind demon as well.
Honestly summon skele necro is way faster to clear bc you get the extra skeles runnin around and they have similar damage, though not as tanky.