Into the jaws of madness

[Mega Angelo]

How do i get past those bugs, with their big glowing fat a$$es.. they keep healing instantly. .got past the firts floor. . But at the entrance of the second floor they sit and i cannot get past them. . .died once at level 49 on veteran. .and now 5 times in a row at level 56 .its the malmouth expantion . .the quest name is "into the jaws of madness". .im a witchblade. .they must have some kinda weakness. .first floor was big and open. .second floor is a much tighter space. .they keep cornering me. .i am willing to respec. .forcewave is doing little damage to these guys. .already tried it with summon familiar. .swapped that to eye of dreeg. .from bad to worse. .what else is decent in occultist?

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

stack more dps/dmg and RR
kill the healer bugs first (sry can't remember which one/name), it should not be unmanaeable to kill them
ex upload your char to https://www.grimtools.com/calc/ (top left arrow icon) then share the link if you want more direct build pointers

edit Bloodkeepers heal, so target them first

[Mega Angelo]

Sorry no cap left on my pc. .gonna try out sigil of consumption. .see my summon familiar was getting a bit weak. .aparently pet builds are not great for witchblade. .so after those bugs got me i very reluctantly respected to dreegs evil eye. .but then force wave is already a big damage skill and dreegs evil eye is another. .will experiment. .i saw another bug close by. .the healing one. .gonna cash his pay check first

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

you want to focus your dmg
and indeed hybrid pet builds usually dont' go so well, and less well for mixed class like Witchblade
preferably you want either a phys or a bleed build, since Soldier has massive dmg skills in that, and Occ has RR for it too -will depend on your gear ofc
i'd highly recommend considering a bleed Witchblade, blade arc spam, with maybe some Bloody Pox to spice things up. Forcewave spam aint bad either, but you need good RR for it too, in devotions too ofc, and have the line maxed, possibly even toss in some Deadly Momentum if possible. Going DEE early/without gear is one of the poorer switches you could make, as without conversion soldier don't ahve much support for acid or vit
there should be plenty of Forcewave or Bladearc builds you could look up, with skill trees that work lower lvl too regardless of the shown endgame items.
I've done a blade arc witchblade myself, so i know with how much ease that can work, but remember you want to consolidate your dmg and RR for maximum effectiveness, and ofc pick something your gear supports too, but don't go mix dmg. And if gear lacks, check vendor to help fill out gaps, specially if you have mixed dmg or low resist

[Mega Angelo]

Well i am doing lots of fire and burn dmg at the moment and then some chaos..what is rr?.
Weapon attack is phys 901 to 1212
..fire 914 to 1310. . Chaos 130 to 456.
And burn 138..
My forceeave is 6218 to 8462
Resistances all 80 except .poison 46..piercing 59. .bleeding 33 and stun 31

[Childe Roland]

Originally posted by mega angelo:

Well i am doing lots of fire and burn dmg at the moment and then some chaos..what is rr?.
Weapon attack is phys 901 to 1212
..fire 914 to 1310. . Chaos 130 to 456.
And burn 138..
My forceeave is 6218 to 8462

Resist Reduction. It means using skills or devotions to reduce an enemies ability to resist the damage you do.

[Mega Angelo]

Well i just maxed out curse of frailty and vulnerability. . That should help. . .definately some RR on those two

[frdnwsm]

That quest is a brass plated b***h. I didn't do it until I was level 65 and had a ton of gear. Also your damage seems a bit low; I went in with something like 13000 DPS, mostly fire and piercing.

[rufustfirefly42]

If using FW, just farm for an obsidian war cleaver, preferably one with % cast speed. It’s dropped by some monster type, forgot their name, in the chtonian dungeons. Like the one where you’re stuck now. You’ll kill stuff so fast it won’t matter who’s healing what. But try to focus on one type of damage and get gear/constellations with bonus to that and as much RR for that type as you can.

[frdnwsm]

Obsidian War Cleaver: Drops from Cthonian Vanguards and Tyrants in Act 4. Decent weapon, but I have seen better THWs.

[frdnwsm]

I happened to have one of the Obsidian War Cleavers in my communal inventory, so I pulled one out and took a screenshot for you as an illustration.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2062769860

[kekkuli]

Would be great if you could just upload your build to grimtools. Very hard to see all the things you are doing wrong without seeing the actual build.

[Mega Angelo]

Yeah sorry. .i ran out tof internet data for the month. .am on here with my phone. .anyway i went to bed at 3am.
.but i am up and ready to go and burst some big red throbbing fat a$$ bugs. .just .respecking my devotions a bit. .at least with my next playthrough i will be more prepared.
But thanks all for the feefback.

[Mega Angelo]

Yay. .i did it. .finished of those bugs and all the other chtonian monstrocities throughout the remainder of the quest. .was still challenging, but i fared much better than before the respec. .curse of frailty and vulnerability . .made eveything nice and squishy and veterancy got my own health regen up nicely. .rest i put in zolhan's technique. .
. .oh and i switched to troll rage as my relic

[kekkuli]

If you are using forcewave, then weapon pool skills like zolhans are totally useless. You can only proc them with default weapon attack replacers like cadence for example.

[Mega Angelo]

Should i use cadence instead of zolhance?. .but then with troll rage. .not sure it will work?