[Merc] Flash Grenade Melter (Easy, Cheap, Fast Clear on T16+)
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Dropping in to show support. I'm doing this on a Gemling which actually seems to help a bit with stat contention. I was able to gear reasonably for well under 10div and it runs T15+ easily. I could have saved even more but I splurged on a couple items. Initially I just dug random gear out of my stash and the build still worked fine.
It's not as fast at clearing as my sorc or witch but it feels GREAT to play. I nearly shelved the merc because xbow felt so clunky and messing with melee builds didn't really get me anything compelling. This build made 60-80 fun. Thanks for that. Any thoughts on foregoing traveling to the monk tree for more ES and going for Acrobatics instead? I'm a bit over 16k evasion at this point so it seems like it could be viable. |
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Your armour being socketed with chaos res is really terrible. Not having increased base armour/eva/es on your pieces is costing you way more than just getting a better chest to fill out your res.
600 EV 200 ES chests with res go for under 1div still. Dunno why you bought that one with no res then built around it, the PDR corrupt? You'd still get more out of increasing the base. You would only want to drop your res on chest for an INSANE base that is giving you like 1200+ evasion and 400+ES. You can sometimes nab those for cheap if they have no res. If you're gonna give up valuable suffixes, prefixes, or sockets, do it for item rarity, not chaos res. TL;DR, get res on the chest, get chaos res on suffixes, socket gear with increased EV/AR/ES runes. Instant +10k EHP, avoid death from all slams instead of most. Last edited by AverBeg7#1689 on Dec 29, 2024, 5:24:14 PM
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" I switched to the Morrior Invictus (and have 5 chaos in it, but I get +50% global defenses from it) but you still might be right that I should be slotting Iron Runes into it. I'll experiment with it. I am at 70% chaos res now which is nice, but I don't really feel like I had much of an issue with Chaos damage even at 40% res so might make more sense to just add a bunch more ES and evasion. |
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" Glad you're enjoying it! I think Acrobatics could work but you'd be opening yourself up to getting one shot when it fails. So it could be one of those things that feels great until it doesn't. But definitely experiment with it and let us know if it feels good? The only thing that causes me issues with the build right now is big boss slams and maybe a little bit of boss DPS. That's what I'm working on improving right now. |
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Hey,
right now I am playing with explosive grenade and am thinking about switching, because the delayed damage does feel weird sometimes. But I also play with friends from time to time, and they certainly won't appreciate beeing blinded all the time. I know they could use the corrupted jewel, somewhere mentioned in this thread. But its not always feasible. So, I was thinking about using Voltaic Grenade instead and to some changes (did not check exactly what to do) In your opinion can this be feasible? It has even less damage, and electrocution buildup instead of stun. But in theory it could work similar, don't you think? |
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" It could work for sure, but the fuse duration is 1.2 seconds vs. .85 seconds with flash grenade, so I do think it will feel more awkward. Like even .85 seconds feels a little long when you're fighting a single enemy. But like anything I think try it out and see how you feel? And if you play in a group who cares that the fuse time is .4 seconds longer. |
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Hi again,
I just read somewhere that Grim Feast is actually pretty strong for ES sustain what are your thoughts about it? Is it too redundant to have it along with Ghost Dance? |
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" I haven't tried it out but I will. I do think Vitality, Clarity and precision all aren't super necessary (depending on your other gear, you do want 100% chance to hit) so you could easily slot it in. It doesn't really help with bosses though, which I think is this builds only real challenge. I'm already blasting through T16 delirious breaches, but this might make it feel even more comfortable so worth a test. |
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Could still fit in Clarity and so far even with supbar gear and ES I can easily go through mid-tier maps. Would like to know though if it’s good for higher-end maps.
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Hi, you have problems doing trial of chaos with this build?
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