Didn't want to give up, so I did some more countess runs. Tal runes ALL the time... I got pretty mad.
But suddenly my brain started to work again and I remebered the cube
And finally I got my leaf. I really like it. Was a nice dmg boost.
That was about the time when I thought about my defense concept again.
Until now I just statted vitality (some points into str for reqs). Vita only (nearly) was the way I wanted to go.
But I now I think, that this won't be possible.
Some thoughts about defense:
Max Block: I will definitely go for that. Since its singleplayer, the only thing you can rely on is runewords and crafts. So I decided to aim for a Rhyme Bone Shield and craft a blocking Amu. With that I won't need to much dex to hit max block (~180 @ lvl 80). I think it's worth it.
Vita: As much as possible... obvious.
Ice Armors: I'm not sure about those tbh. I won't stat a lot into str. That's why I think my base def will be pretty low. So I think it's not worth it... Gimme your opinion about that pls.
Manashield: I've been a b.net pvm Softcore player since now... so the generel advice was: no manashield. That's just in my brain. But since I prolly won't get any dmg reduce at all I really think this could work... I don't need mana to much. Only for static and a teleport here and there. I would aim for a solid 50% absorbtion (7 hard points). Input on that?
dmg reduce: Sure, you never know what one will find but I cannot rely on that. But maybe safety crafts could be usefull? Lets say I craft a belt, gloves, shoes and helmet... that would be around dmg reeduce by 12... could that be effective?
leech: No real option since my physical dmg will be very, very, very low. Will have to pot a lot till the end I guess.
freeze enemies: I will do that
Until yesterday I was pretty sure I'm going to use a freeze merc. But now I'm thinking of putting 1-x points into frost nova and freeze the baddies myself. This would allow me to use a might merc. Or maybe a prayer Merc with insight (if I decide to use pluggy). Might also be good, when using manashield + having no leech...
If you have any opinion or advice... lmk
Decided to run Andy after that. Amplisa died there. Instead of resuccrecting her I decided to change merc now.
Ring was kind of good. Using it
Currently using the leaf not just for precasting but also for fighting.
Was just overall better than the crappy shield + dagger.
+6 warmth = more static
Ral Rune = more dmg
+ Resi
Will change when I statted dex high enough for a decent ctb ~ 50%