Pvp for sure, the 25% life on a 3 life per vita char with like 43% damage reduction is ridiculous

But I don’t wanna hear warlock and pvp in the same sentence

period

yeah ppl in here dont actually farm p8 T5 heralds i guess
they do become a danger and take forever to kill if u run obsession w lower end damage

trying to min/max to most effectively kill them without the chance of dying is something im still trying to figure out

dropping insight for ariocs is such a nice dps boost but then you run into mana issues when you deal with enemies that you can't leech from esp when they mana burn
and if u want to keep 125fcr you are sorta stuck with needing a weapon that has fcr

i thought about just having so much mana with BO that you dont need mediation but again this goes to shit when you run into big packs you cant leech from

but dropping pride to put insight on merc sucks cuz concentration is a HUGE dps increase like 20k

dropping laying of hands for trangs/mage to pick FCR back up sucks cuz you are losing a TON of damage vs demons which is most enemies.. until its a t5 herald pack that isnt a demon then you have a total wasted slot

i swapped my 2os COA for a +3 eld/20fcr 2os circ, real nice dps gain and that fcr is sweet but i actually ended up getting 2 shot by a T5 pack the other night even with 5k hp and max bloodoath and u have to fill ur inventory with resis charms
and dying sucks mega balls when uve spent awhile setting up the MF easter egg and had to get a new demon etc

This post was edited by Silenkiller on Apr 7 2026 10:41am

The only char that comes close to being as efficient as echoing lock in clearing p8 is mosaic and it's still slower based on the fact u need to redo charges if u r collecting gear and going to town inbetween.

It also takes probably over an hour to spawn a t5 herald and unless u r running big dedicated group, it's not something u do daily so it's quite a niche scenario but also extremely easily doable with an obsession setup especially with lethargy...

Let's not pretend that d2 has "challenging" end game pvm

dont think u can use lethargy if u plan to hork the corpse
there are plenty of considerations if ur trying to min/max ur t5 farm

Getting T5 herald is rather easy. I spam act 4 and act 1. I usually get 8 -12 heralds. now, you remind me to farm them again. I was being with my java.

Herald difficulty also depends on the act. Better start farming or spawning heralds in act 5 or 4 then switch to act 1-2. Heralds in act1-2 are super easy to farm.

thats a good point
does the act they spawn in have any effect on the type of sunder they can drop?

Nope, the chances are all the same with the magic one having the lowest probability. I get shitton of act4 shards. Spam them till you get to T3 at least then burn act1 one.

good to know

yeah i think my biggest issue to solve is how to manage without having insights med aura at all
without that we will always have to use pots/slow down when facing anything with mana burn/cant be leeched

imo i think insight is required no matter what so might just have to drop the pride off the merc

This post was edited by Silenkiller on Apr 7 2026 11:38am