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May 26 2026 05:55am
Hey guys,
Can someone suggest or link to me a build to do Colossal Ancients in Hardcore?

First time i try them, any suggestions will be appreciated!
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Do you have a build guide?
Warlock is not used anymore?
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Do you have a build guide?
Warlock is not used anymore?


Look for Uber smiter build on Max roll
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May 26 2026 11:09am
Do you have a build guide?
Warlock is not used anymore?


As warlock you risk getting nuked.
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Look for Uber smiter build on Max roll


As warlock you risk getting nuked.


Ok thanks I will go for smiter!!
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May 26 2026 11:32am
even my somewhat well geared smiter got nuked a few times on softcore yesterday when i decided i would help someone with their ancients cuz why not i could do it fine in old patch :)

half way through i remembered to take off my sunder
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even my somewhat well geared smiter got nuked a few times on softcore yesterday when i decided i would help someone with their ancients cuz why not i could do it fine in old patch :)

half way through i remembered to take off my sunder


ouch! Which build did you used?
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May 26 2026 12:48pm
Ok thanks I will go for smiter!!


Si yes also helps to know what updates were made for the ancients:

Colossal Ancients
Colossal Ancient Statues now drop from non-Terrorized act bosses at a reduced rate.
Colossal Barbarian summons continuously spawn, up to a cap of 5.
Increased the Magic Resistance of each Colossal from 50% to 75%.
Increased the damage of Talic’s Whirlwind.
Increased the damage of Talic’s Fire Twisters.
Increased the damage of Korlic’s Cold Fissure.
Increased the damage of Madawc’s Thunderstorm.
This was all a necessary change as the Colossal Ancients were a breeze before this patch. This is no longer and if your hero is not prepared, be prepared to die a lot. Stacking resistances will be very important for this fight now.

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May 26 2026 02:14pm
I did a bunch of smiter runs today on softcore. Some on p8. It would work totally safe on hardcore unless you d/c.

Grief, dracs, guilluimes um, guardian angel um, phoenix (can use spirit or hoz or exile), maras, dwarf, raven, gore, torch, anni and full of res charms.
You want almost 300 res in fire, cold, lightning because -100 from hell -100 from ancients.

Prebuff with fade, basically just for DR since your res already maxed.
Prebuff with BO of course.

Make sure you WALK, not run. Running is when they can destroy you since no defense and 1/3 block.

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