[R.I.P.] life Mjolner done right by Rico - Juggernaut version - R.I.P. thx to "balancing" policy

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Apachy wrote:

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bagos92 wrote:

Will this build work properly without a Watcher's Eye?

It depends what is "properly" for you.

I decided to try this build in a Flashback.

Even with the very shitty gear and stats (bad jewels, no Watcher's Eye, no RF, no quality jems, no cap resists etc) the build feels incredibly powerful in terms of survival and clear speed (the hightest map a had so far was T10). It just refuses to die unless I have ele reflect (again, some of my resists are not even capped).

The only downside for me in this build is the cyclone itself.
I am not a big fan of this skill (tired since D2) althought It has an amazing cynergy here.


I wish Rico could make more versions of this build but with deferent skills and acsendencies.

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RicoKGB wrote:

Erm... but I did, take a look at my inquisitor version that uses classic mjolner approach with ms + ls (link at the very top of this guide).

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Nemmerle wrote:

Rico:

First many thanks for the excellent build, and especially for the remarkable patience to stick with this thread after two hundred pages of comments. I took the trouble to read all 200 pages and you've displayed fantastic patience in assisting your fellow players.

My question: how far overcapped do you think elemental Resistances need to be to safely do all map mods?

The reason I ask is that I had a bad experience last night. The build face-rolls everything, as we all know. I do a number of my maps unidentified for that reason - load up the map, test and make sure I dont have Elemental Damage Reflection, then bulldoze. I did that on a rare Malformation T13 map yesterday. Got all the way through with nothing even scratching my armor. Stepped into the Arena - bam, one-shot by Nightmare Manifest. That flameblast effect blew me away as I took one step from the door. I have 5600 life, all the recommended skills and equipment, my Fire Resist is heavily overcapped to about 120% I think. This boss does lightning damage, iirc, no matter what the effect looks like.

My conclusion was that the hidden mods on the map were a combination of lower elemental resist and maybe elemental weakness. I didnt pay close attention to the buff icons because heck, it never matters what they say - I faceroll everything. But I got a nasty surprise yesterday, and it makes me think I need to look at map mods a little more carefully, and watch out for combined lower resists. My lightning resist is around 100 uncapped, iirc.

How high are your uncapped resists and have you had any similar experiences?

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I've been using Scold's Bridle for a while. To make use of its "Your Skills deal you 400% of Mana Spent as Physical Damage", after its nerf, we actually need to spend mana. So instead of bloodmagic i started using reduced mana gem. With it, cyclone costs 11 mana which is a problem at "can not regen" or "less regen" maps. Romira's Banquet mana leech from cyclone the only leech we have which is not enough to sustain cyclone mana cost. There is a Watcher's Eye mod "-(10-5) to Total Mana Cost of Skills while affected by Clarity" solves mana cost problem. With "-10 mana cost" now cyclone costs "1"(:D) mana which is sustainable with Romira's Banquet mana leech.(cost being not 0 is important.)

Reason i use Scold's Bridle aside from spell damage bonus is when i use a skill spending mana, i get hit by Scold's Bridle. Getting hit activates, Unflinching node, regen boot enchant and soul of gruthkul. :)

What happens if a map has "can not leech" and "can not regen" at the same time? Sigh... back to the bloodmagic gem. :(

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Lexmore wrote:

I do the same as you except to sustain mana I only use the "Regenerate x% of life and mana per second if you were hit recently" boot enchant.

With these items to can cyclone in your Hideout and generate maximum endurance charges without hitting anything.