How hard is Crucible Gladiator 170?

[Mmm]

How hard is "finishing" Crucible comparing to Campaign Ultimate? Can anyone with any class with good but not super-super good build finish it within reasonable time or is it something for hardcore players?

I want to set endgame goal for my toons, but can't decide (not here yet) is Campaign Ultimate enough or not.

[Faust Wither]

you can finish it even if you not having good build, you can keep some of reward even if you failed, there also a buff and tower defense to help you finish it, so probalby you only need alot of tributes and quite descent build. you can literaly run around the tower defense while the tower deal damage for you.

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

everything is relative, if you "abuse" towers and buffs, don't care about clear time, play relatively safe "a lot of builds" can do Gladiator 170
don't get me wrong, outside high SR it's the (deliberate) hardest content in the game, and the difference between 130, 150 and the final three-two waves to get that 170 clear is pretty huge and even if a build is good it can take a tiny slip-up to end a run
suppose to say while 150-170 "is a stat check" it's not just a stat check, there will be other factors at play, for the build and, maybe even the way you play it
obviously if you build some ludicrous tanky immortal type build you can potentially just drag the fight out, but even some regular chonky builds can be overwhelmed if not careful
but in the end the biggest factor will be experience, the more you try it and get familiar with the waves and boss spawns and how to handle them will probably provide the most significant boost

some cruci vids to watch maybe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIVCz8BgGAc&list=PL-7HuL5PyGEJ1yYdwpMumvkS37F_ilj-B

[Uzul]

it is not very difficult to pass the crucible, it is more difficult to meet the timer. On the other hand, if he was strong enough to kill enemies faster than they have time to accumulate in the arena, then there is no problem with either passing or timer.

[DirtyMick]

Campaign ultimate is much much easier. You will need a pretty strong build to finish 170 gladiator. You will be fighting multiple nemesis bosses and regular bosses at once. You don't need the absolute best builds that exist, like it doesn't need to be able to beat callagadra or crate, but just something very solid and strong.