Malmouth expansion is too difficult for ranged on Elite

[I Want Your Mom]

I'm playing as Purifier on Elite and had very few problems in base game. But in Ashes of Malmouth I'm kinda suck. Well, not totally suck, but I die A LOT from stupid aetherial titans, collossuses and their boss versions especially. Currently I'm completely stuck at the very first quest, where you have to lower the bridge, which is guarded by aetherial titan boss.

Here's my current build:

http://www.grimtools.com/calc/r2BoRkWV

I'm currently using rifle an mortars. Always thought it's a pretty nice build, but I might be wrong.

Would appreciate some advices from those, who also playn with Purifier.

[Kitsunegari]

Your aether resistance is low which is why the aether titan is hitting you so hard.

[I Want Your Mom]

Originally posted by Kitsunegari:

Your aether resistance is low which is why the aether titan is hitting you so hard.

This is what confuses me: when aetherial dudes hit you in melee, they hit you with aether or with brute force (physical damage)?

[Scene]

Originally posted by I Want Your Mom:

Originally posted by Kitsunegari:

Your aether resistance is low which is why the aether titan is hitting you so hard.

This is what confuses me: when aetherial dudes hit you in melee, they hit you with aether or with brute force (physical damage)?

It's not the just melee dmg you need to worry about but all the auras, persistent ground attacks, and aether clouds that float about in vast numbers. I'd also look at raising your HP a few thousand more as well.

[Rikkore]

your life and aether resist is too low

[I Want Your Mom]

Originally posted by Scene:

I'd also look at raising your HP a few thousand more as well.

Yeah, I thought of it already. Not sure, what to lower to free some attribute points - cunning or spirit.

[Kitsunegari]

If you can get the full purified salt component, that would allow you to have the aether aura skill (forget name) that bumps your resistance up by 20% as well. I did find it odd that you are only now putting points into Inquisitor at level ~80...I haven't played a Purifier before, but the way you've put your points almost make it a Pure Demolitionist class without much leeway into Inquisitor (You'd have 7 points left at 50/32, which means you won't get the exclusive or much else).

Edit: Since your equips shouldn't need spirit (Unless there is a specifc accessory you need), that's the first I'd drop then cap off cunning at say 20 since you are mostly modified elemental damage (could be wrong on this).

[I Want Your Mom]

Originally posted by Kitsunegari:

I did find it odd that you are only now putting points into Inquisitor at level ~80...I haven't played a Purifier before, but the way you've put your points almost make it a Pure Demolitionist class without much leeway into Inquisitor (You'd have 7 points left at 50/32, which means you won't get the exclusive or much else).

Yes, I played with pure demo first, but then I decided to select the second class, because I maxed out every line I wanted to max in Demo. So basically yes, Inquisitor is just a nice addition to pure Demo :-)

But maybe you're right and I'll respec all points and try to spend them differently, putting more to some useful Inquisitor skills. Never had such issues before AoM, was killling everyone in the base game, mostly 1-shot kills.

[Kitsunegari]

Try the purified salts before respec just to be sure that it isn't the aether damage issue (which it probably is). After elite though I would definitely look into the respec to gain more survivability.

Edit: I don't want to paste others builds so I won't, but I did just notice your devotion is in Kraken, which doesn't affect your character at all. (2h melee or 2h ranged only), it's worded poorly but the ranged is 2h required as well.

[I Want Your Mom]

Originally posted by Kitsunegari:

After elite though I would definitely look into the respec to gain more survivability.

What exactly do you mean by that?

[Kitsunegari]

Originally posted by I Want Your Mom:

Originally posted by Kitsunegari:

After elite though I would definitely look into the respec to gain more survivability.

What exactly do you mean by that?

I mean that if you plan on moving on to ultimate with this character that is when I'd respec (beginning of new game on ultimate). If it's just the resistance that caused the issue, there is no use to do so now if you can finish without some other hindrance popping up if you did respec. Respec'ing to spread your points (50/50 level) to each class will increase your survivability.

[KG]

Elite AoM is about where I'd expect a sort of ad-hoc build to start running into major trouble. With my glass cannon (well - glass popgun now - it doesn't work so well in AoM as before) Elite AoM felt a lot like late Ultimate at first. Ultimate AoM felt more like being a cat in a rocking chair convention.

It is probably time to lean back and start thinking - what do you want to do with this character? What do you want to focus on? You're currently dealing Physical, Pierce, Fire, Cold, Lightning, and Aether damage - time to cut that down a little and get some resist reduction. Look into the higher-requirement constellations for things you might be interested in (of the damage type(s) you decide to go with) and rearrange things to start working towards them while getting rid of stuff that doesn't help you much. Do the same for your equipment. (Flames of Wrath and the Demonbone Legplates are legendaries - but are they really helping? Could you replace some things with greens or faction vendor gear that might be better?)

You might consider looking around at some Purifier build guides to see what they do. They'll likely recommend gear you don't have but if the guide is good it should still suggest things you might try. You might also find a guide that has recommended gear for lower levels.

[Kerion]

lvl 82, 5k hp, 1.1k armor, low resist ... I'd say, there are mobs, that hit me for 7k+ on ultimate (3k armor, 80%+ resists)
btw your pistols augments don't work for you, it's for pets only

[coconut]

Ashes are designed with tanks in mind - just watch the trailer where the use 12k and 15k hp characters to showcase it. If you're not a tank, well good luck.

[SchnitzelTruck]

@coconut. Not true at all.

[smh]

Your build looks like a bad troll joke. It isnt even fun.