"Army of the dead" (66,6k kills) tips request

[Nexielas]

"Army of the dead" is basically the last achievment I'm missing but I have no idea how to do it. Closest I got was like 44k so I'm obvioulsy missing something...

Anybody who could share tips or even better guide how to do it?

[Ulyaoth]

Hi,

the only really important thing is to have screen clearing Abilites and use chars that synergize with those, or Sage, still broken.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3172296902

- Kugelblitz - Static Attraction < High Voltage
- Arcane Splinters - Arcane Unrest > Arcane Shivers

Those two Abilites, paired with Blood Catcher infinite scaling and you end up with 80k+ kills.
For more details, feel free to ask.

Good Luck,
Cheers!

[Nexielas]

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

Hi,

the only really important thing is to have screen clearing Abilites and use chars that synergize with those, or Sage, still broken.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3172296902

- Kugelblitz - Static Attraction < High Voltage
- Arcane Splinters - Arcane Unrest > Arcane Shivers

Those two Abilites, paired with Blood Catcher infinite scaling and you end up with 80k+ kills.
For more details, feel free to ask.

Good Luck,
Cheers!

have tried sage with Blood Catcher, archer mark, arcane and kugel. After 3 runs (alll around 63k) I still feel like I'm missing something, but at least it is a lot closer now.

[Ulyaoth]

Using the Hourglass Artifact and the additional enemies will help too.
I had more kills in 20 mins than in 30.

[Moth Master]

In case anyone still has issues with this, arcane splinters can cause the enemy spawns to break or slow down for some people. I stopped using splinters and unlocked this quest by using the following setup: Sage, archer's mark, blood catcher amulet, phantom needles (split/rift), ring blades (cyclone/piercing), kugelblitz (high voltage/static), and transfixion (amputation/incision), and 3 artifacts (Hastening Sands, Torment Banner, and Restless Wheel). I focused on range and crit upgrades, as well as a few damage ones.

[Misfit]

that was also one of my last challenges.
i did it with archer, bloodcatcher, echo ring and all attackspeed/dmg advanced gear and it was still pretty close.
did the most damage with long range aoe spells in the end, so a sage with kugelblitz, blades and needles might be even better.

[Seath]

1) Get archer
2) Get faster agony and more enemies artifacts
3) Get the projectile damage that can clear stuff beyond the borders of the sceen, so you can kill stuff right after it spawns off-screen (I've used needles, transfixion, ring blades and arcane shivers)
4) Crits, attack speed, multistrike - all you can get, the more the better
I've used wind crown, blood catcher, multistrike gloves and berserker boots (attack speed for moved distance green ones)

In the end 70k kills or something

[Tarciryan]

Originally posted by Seath:

1) Get archer
2) Get faster agony and more enemies artifacts
3) Get the projectile damage that can clear stuff beyond the borders of the sceen, so you can kill stuff right after it spawns off-screen (I've used needles, transfixion, ring blades and arcane shivers)
4) Crits, attack speed, multistrike - all you can get, the more the better
I've used wind crown, blood catcher, multistrike gloves and berserker boots (attack speed for moved distance green ones)

In the end 70k kills or something

This is good - followed this build and got 78k easy

[NamelessNP]

Man I'm having a really hard time getting this. With 7 artifacts enabled, Hastening Sands, Torment Banner, Archeologist's Thread, Restless Wheel, Malignant Mirror, Killing Gaze, and Apocryphal Curse and using an archer build that cuts through the horde like a hot knife through butter I still only got 62,000 kills

[Ulyaoth]

Originally posted by NamelessNP:

You might want to lower your Torment Rank.
Only a handfull of Artifacts give benefits to enemy spawns.

Higher Torment Rank increases enemy HP, which makes em harder to kill.

Arcane Splinters and Ring Blades are definetly MVP for this.

[NamelessNP]

The enemies die instantly, the higher artifact count increasing spawn rate should be beneficial for number of kills, and with 6 artifacts I only got like 55k kills

[Ulyaoth]

Originally posted by NamelessNP:

Higher Torment Ranks dont increase Enemy Spawns,
only Agony does.

Without more details about the build you are using, its hard to tell what goes wrong.

[Vexillarius]

I just did this twice by accident. Once on swordsman and the other on archer. Both using same build and set up. I used hastening sands, killing gaze, torment banner, restless wheel, scales of pain, archeologists thread and restless wheel. Crit rings, vision crown, bloody shirt, bloodcatcher, pacesetter and hunting gloves. I just used tranfixation and ring blades. Got well over 70k both times.

[ViewtifulGene]

I got 80K kills with Archer. +10 Force and Area from Shards, then the rest was Damage. Sage mark to hedge against scroll RNG, get more EXP, and take a flat +10 base damage on all those projectiles.

Multistrike gloves, Wind Crown for Attack Speed.

Needles, then Frisbee, then Morningstar. Kugelblitz, Transfixion, and Meteor.

Turn off Damage Flash, Damage Effects, and Damage Numbers to minimize frame drops.

[NamelessNP]

Originally posted by Ulyaoth:

Originally posted by NamelessNP:

Higher Torment Ranks dont increase Enemy Spawns,
only Agony does.

Without more details about the build you are using, its hard to tell what goes wrong.

Ok apparently I was misinformed, so I tried cutting back to half as many artifacts and it got me to 70k kills. Also I was just using the "Piercing Porcupine" build listed in your guide

[Ulyaoth]

Originally posted by NamelessNP:

Glad that it worked.