Grand Priest Zarthuzellan - need some tips

[Jari Jr.]

Whats up mates? For some reason i'm unable to beat this ♥♥♥ in ultimate difficulty. Actually, he just 1 shot me every single time. I have 80+30 fire res, plus potions. 11k life.. how I just don't get it. ATM playing as shaman but his dmg is way too much for me. I don't get what I'm doing wrong.

Sure my char sucks because I'm just learning the game and stuff (regardless my time spent in the game), but I feel there is something wrong.

Any advices? Thanks.

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

don't stand in ground stuff
and kill skeleton healers

[Troubled]

Most likely your armor is severely lacking as well as other resistances. Zarthy does more than fire damage, though it is his primary form of laying down the hurt. Also his skeletons can be a hazard if you do not get a rid of them quickly enough as they pressure you as well as heal him if given the chance.

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

Messaggio originale di Jari Junior:

my armor absorption is 70%

there's your problem, (assuming rest of your resistances are 80)
use 2x scaled hide in shoulder and legs
possibly you have other issues, like lack of circuit breakers (tho for the life of me i don't recall those being necessary on Zarthuzellan he's a pitiful wimpy skelemancer)

[Troubled]

And what level are you? It might be better for the community if you put a link to your character in the original post. Otherwise we're going to have to go back and forth for a while.

[Troubled]

https://www.grimtools.com/calc/ Upper left has an upload feature that you can use. Also a good way of checking for what items would be good for your build, what skills you may or may not want, tinker with devotions, and other features.

[Wintermute]

Most of the time the reason for "I'm getting randomly oneshot" is low DA.

[Hagrit]

Just confirming what most people have said, seeing low DA, below 2k on ultimate at level 99 is extremely low, you want to aim for a minimum of like 2600 to be considered safe. Also you are missing boot components, and using fairly poor components across the board, like the cracked lodestones on your weapon/offhand. also consider putting some points into mirror of ereoctes for some seconds of pure invincibility.

[madrigal]

Ouch, Kraken devotion only works if you have a two-handed weapon. You need to pick something else for a caster. I'd probably take Rhowan's Crown for the elemental RR. Then put a couple points into another skill you can attach it to.

[Ageni]

Yeah, as mentioned above, you ned to change devotion points. Remove Kraken, because its for 2H only.

Use some defensive - I prefer to use atleast one of them - Behemoth (nice HoT against dots), Chariot of the dead (Wayward Soul proc) or Solemn watcher (very nice armor+DA).

Put one point into mirror of eroectes for 3 sec immunity and 12/12 maiven´s Sphere of Protection for 20% dmg absorb.

Put points into Raging Tempest talent (Wind Devil skill) for -% elemental resistance, because you can stack this debuff as much as you can. So I would take 12/12 raging tempest and 12/12 maelstrom atm.

Also use 10/10 Heart of the Wild (Mogdrogen´s Pact skill) for extra 30% HP bonus.

Thats just few tips I would change. Not mentioning components.....

[林一]

Messaggio originale di Jari Junior:

Messaggio originale di gNuff!~©~gNom3™:

don't stand in ground stuff
and kill skeleton healers

I don't stand in the fire and their minions get killed as soon they respawn...

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[Wintermute]

I'd also recommend to invest some points into Mirror of Ereoctes - it's a wonderful skill overall - and change from Stormaller's pact to Star pact. SP gives cooldown reduction, which is incredibly valuable on Trozan druids overall.

To add to what others said on devotions:

Ghoul is almost completely useless to you - Trozan builds don't deal weapon damage. Behemoth, Chariot of the Dead, or both will be much better survivability choice.

You NEED either Murmur, Widow or even both if you can fit them. It's resist reduction, and it's absolutely mandatory on ultimate.

A lot of modern Trozans run full Spear of Heavens. Can't say whether it's good or not - didn't try it yet, as i really don't like getting hit on druid - but it's there.

[Ageni]

Messaggio originale di wespe___o=/:*:

Messaggio originale di Jari Junior:

Kinda, still messing around my devotions. I can take more hits now, but my dps is way lower and i'm still dying.

Lucky you.. check your updated build:
https://www.grimtools.com/calc/RVvwexGZ
++ 1k HP / 10% DA / 20%Armor / .. @20%Absorption ^^
+ enough RR
+ sexy Devotions for Caster-setup :imloveranger:
-> high survivability now.. enjoy (might feel much stronger though)

btw, belt + boots lacked Component.. -> added UgdenbogLeather, hope you have that by now (..also, didn´t touch other Components/Augments since I dunno what you have available, but shouldn´t be too hard, as almost everything is close to cap now)

You still got Kraken in devotion, which is for 2H only. Put it into Solemn Watcher. :)

[Wintermute]

BTW, wespe, Viper only procs from weapon damage. Weird choice to put it lightly.

I also checked some TSS druid builds on the site - they actually do run Ghoul. For reasons beyond my understanding.

[Hamburglar's Last Robble]

Now this is what I like to see - So many wonderful people helping someone out who isn't as knowledgeable about the game. Makes for a great community

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

Messaggio originale di modsley:

It's this crazy bent on stacking physique, devotion protection, and DA that is probably going to trigger a 'this is as far as I go' moment, but I get that it probably has to work this way.

do you ever get tired of being wrong?
you don't have to stack physique, many builds don't go "full" physique, it's just the standard advise for new players because it's easy and safe
you (far from) don't have to stack protective devotions, in fact, you'd might be surprised, most higher end or good builds stack a ton or even full offensive devotions
and if you just stack DA beyond a certain point you are an absolute moron that can't even read the ingame sheet stats; there is a cap on its effectiveness and is why it's rarely amassed much higher than 3k(for endgame - not needed for Ultimate campaign), and many offensive/glass canon builds stack a whole lot less ("if you don't get hit you don't need DA"mentality)

-wtf are you even doing in this thread (or most threads), besides spouting unrelated nonsense