Can't get the Sage to 150

[kerry.yakish]

I can't get to the level I need in a normal map and the monsters became nearly invincible after 40 some odd minutes at the vault. I was only level 140 after 70 minutes.

[ДЕТИ DOOM]

How many quests/achievements have you done? The more you have done the bigger the XP bonus. Also reverb his three last Dedication (Open Mind) traits that give him XP bonus (+10%, +7% and +5%). Don't pick up too many ability scrolls or chests but save them at the end after you have killed the Lord and collected all the XP gems, because every scroll and chest you discard gives you 50% worth of XP required for the next level. So if you have a bunch of scrolls and chests lying around at the end you can easily get 3 or more levels. When you have the ability and chest drop rate Blessing full you'll have so many scrolls and chests lying around you can get like 10 extra levels or even more.

[Ulyaoth]

Hello there,

under "Story: Ethereal Knowlege" the 2nd entry you may find a solution with video as well.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3029081986

If you are on "Experimental Branch", Blood Catcher might not carry you anymore,
so pumping Torment Shards into Damage is adviced.

Another resort is doing it in the Vault, but this will take some time.

Cheers!

[kerry.yakish]

I actually just found a reddit thread that really helped me: https://www.reddit.com/r/hallsoftorment/comments/1fr52tm/finally_got_the_sage_to_150/

[Sith Lord Seyz]

i got it in vault, there its pretty easy, because u have infinite time.

[se05239]

Originally posted by Sith Lord Seyz:

i got it in vault, there its pretty easy, because u have infinite time.

Same.

[Mephisto-Luzifer]

Ok im clueless. I cant manage to get this dude to 150. Im ending up between lvl 143 and 148 every time.
Tried dozens of builds and maps. The problem is even with rerolling i rarely get the +xp traits and this dude is such a pain as he lacks movement and defense. Vault is fine until 30 minutes, then there are enemies everywhere and its just a matter of time until i died my three times.
Some tips or specific builds i could try?

[Ulyaoth]

Did you tried Ember Grounds.
Someone commented in the Achievement Guide it worked there.

What Build you are using?

[Mephisto-Luzifer]

Tried so many different builds. But most of the time Transfixion, lightning, blades. Transfixion, blades, splinters. Needles, kugelblitz, lightning. I also avoid getting more than two upgrades in total to leave as much scrolls as i can for the end.

[Thrrax]

Phantom Needles, Ring Blades, Morning Star, Astronomer's Orb. Swordsman or Shield Maiden mark.

[Ulyaoth]

Hmm

No Mark (optional, maybe Mark of the Arrow for +0.10 Base Crit /Swordsman +10 Base dmg)
Wind Crown (Tailwind)
Collar of Cinfidence (Energiezed) OR Blood Catcher (Enhancement)
(havent tried which is better lately)
Wooden Ring (Boost) + Guiding Star (Enhanced) (Attack/Movement Speed)
OR Copper RIng (Boost)
Blood-Soaked Shirt (Undying)
Spike Boots (Escapist) (for Defense)
Hunting Gloves (Boost) OR Quickhand Gloves (Boost)

Torment Shards into DMG

Artifacts Hastening Sands, Scale of Pain, Torment Banner, Restless Wheel
(scrap Torment banner if you get moshed)

Weapon Proficiency - Strenghten >+ Spread --- Strenghten I Double
Proficient Stance - Concentration
Dedication - Open Mind >+Focus Mind --- Open Mind I+II Double

Ethereal Shift A/B - Equilibirium

1st - Transfixion
Spread - Accuracy - Deadliness . Accuracy - Spread -
Deadliness - Spread - Accuracy - Cadence - Deadliness
Amputation > Painful Incision
2nd - Ring Blades
Ripping - Ripping - Cruel - Ripping - Ripping -
Cruel - Ripping - Ripping - Strong - Cruel
Cyclone > Piercing Blades
3d - Arcane Splinters
Charging - Piercing - Split - Piercing - Charging -
Split - Charging - Piercing - Power - Split
Arcane Unrest - Arcane Shivers
OPTIONAL - Phantom Needles
Spin - Puncture - Pinpoint - Puncture - Spin -
Pinpoint - Spin - Puncture - Spin - Pinpoint
Phantom Split > Phantom Rift

Grab the 2nd ability ASAP and start picking the 3d when you dont have anymore Character Traits in your pool.
Use Sage's Tier V WP - Knowledge for an Ability Upgrade OR pick Dedication in hope for more Scrolls (RNG)

[Nanashi]

Originally posted by Mephisto-Luzifer:

Ok im clueless. I cant manage to get this dude to 150. Im ending up between lvl 143 and 148 every time.
Tried dozens of builds and maps. The problem is even with rerolling i rarely get the +xp traits and this dude is such a pain as he lacks movement and defense. Vault is fine until 30 minutes, then there are enemies everywhere and its just a matter of time until i died my three times.
Some tips or specific builds i could try?

I did it just now.

First map, seven artifacts (the ones increasing spawns and then anything that doesnt hurt you), get only Phantom Needles and Ring Blades. Go all in on a crit build. Don't collect any scrolls or chests until the very end. Depending on your champion luck you could increase artifacts but I got absolutely demolished when multiple casters appeared at once and threw their ♥♥♥♥ at me while kiting the blob. And this setup gives you enough EXP already.

The most important part is being fast enough to avoid enemies at the start.
I used:
- Wind Crown (piercing variant)
- Gatherer's Charm
- Echoing Band + Wooden Ring (variant doesn't matter much - I went with growth)
- Blood-Soaked Shirt (undying variant)
- Running Shoes (variant prob doesn't matter - I only have growth available atm)
- Hunting Gloves (growth variant)
- Mark of the Shield

Boots and amulett are mostly because I just couldnt avoid stuff otherwise. You could prob take 40% flat speed and switch the amulett to something more useful.

Ability upgrades (order prob irrelevant but I felt like Phantom Split early helps the most):
- Phantom Split
- Piercing Blades
- Cyclone
- Phantom Rift

As everbody else mentioned -> double the effect of bonus exp trait
Take all the crit traits for both abilities. The rest depends on how well you are able to survive. Early movement speed helped. Little bit of def and block as well. Then I focused on crit and multistrike whenever I could.

Keep one of the claw items on the ground until the boss is spawned so you can get all the exp drops you missed all at once.

With this I could have pushed to like 152 or 153 after collecting and turning all the scrolls and chests into EXP - I just stopped at 150 because I was lazy but I still had a few items to collect left over. The run ended at 70k kills and I reached 139 when the boss spawned. So it'd give you the kill achievement as well if you still need that.

[just.dont.do.it]

It's reasonably easy to do on Haunted Caverns + artifacts.
Easier than the Vault at least. 5+ artifacts plus jade amulet plus xp perks (with doubling, yeah).
As to what build to use, projectile-oriented Sage is the easiest to use by a rather large margin.

[Mephisto-Luzifer]

Thx for the tips. But im not able to do this.. Doesnt matter which build and map. Cant reach 150. Got one time to 149 now, only missed 1 scroll for xp. Its just tiring af..

[Ulyaoth]

Originally posted by Mephisto-Luzifer:

Thx for the tips. But im not able to do this.. Doesnt matter which build and map. Cant reach 150. Got one time to 149 now, only missed 1 scroll for xp. Its just tiring af..

Shard Count?

[Mephisto-Luzifer]

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

Originally posted by Mephisto-Luzifer:

Thx for the tips. But im not able to do this.. Doesnt matter which build and map. Cant reach 150. Got one time to 149 now, only missed 1 scroll for xp. Its just tiring af..

Shard Count?

120. Put all in dmg.