Didn't think of Phoenix, interesting option indeed. Might end up going down that road... I'm already a big fan of redemption but for that setup I'd just keep the fanat on so yeah that sounds like a good one.

st spirit for resistance (budget friendly) -> talking budget when I say I am thinking about LW haha I understand why you put it in there tho.

I guess I'll do LW and for the shield I'll try HoZ first since it's the only shield from those that I already have, and see if I wanna keep this or go Exile or Phoenix, depending on how it goes! It might make me save some runes ^^

Ty for this insight!

I'm not sure what you mean. Phoenix has redemption aura when equipped. So you'd always have fanat as your active aura on swap.

Also, I would recommend exile only if HC.

yes, I usually use redemption in front of the unravellers, so the merc focusses the unraveller and not some resurrected skeleton.
with this setup I would just smite the unraveler down while suppressing the corpses and I can keep my main aura on (which I couldnt, not that it's a big issue usually but still good comfort).

exile only HC because life tap 2 procs non needed ? defiance too defensive ?
I havent had scary moments yet since getting the BO Barb, I feel like 5.1k Life is really comfy, worse I've had was maybe half HP so far.
So yeah the more offensive options seem the good choice.

edit : also hit lvl 99 yesterday and not playing HC so I don't care too much about dying anymore, it is annoying but is just whatever if it happens.

This post was edited by Azomon on Mar 23 2026 01:57pm

Ahh, right. I usually just spin, redeem, then fanat. But phoenix does allow more flexibility.

Exile does have freeze target, so that helps get rid of corpses.
The extra lifetap & defence is safer. But if you're doing well already, go the route that does more dmg.

thx a bunch for the insights!

Since u r alrdy multi boxing, why not just swap to a warlock and finish the herald off

cuz im not ghey

wow cool. i see the damage, but doesn't the base attack auto attack speed of crossbows feel kinda slow?

sadly capped at 11 frames with this crossbow.

Cb weapon ( unique elite dagger/king slayer) and exile

I gave up hdin , terrible vs t5 herald
-10magic sunder help a lot ,but still slow vs echo warlock


This post was edited by wkf1314 on Mar 23 2026 07:09pm