Act II 92D (or 100D) Builds for Skadi/Avoron/Nixi? (Patch 0.7.25)

[Kwanto]

I know the game is in EA and it's prone to change, but I'd still like to see if its possible to complete max Darkness runs for each character. I got Merris (caster build) and Kront (stomp build) that can do 100D consistently. With Lorien I can do 92D easily enough, but even with the "Possibility" jewel and 100% legendary blessings, I just can't get past the Insect Queen. that 60% slowdown while attacking is just to much of a burden. Now, I was wondering; Does anyone have proper Skadi/Avoron/Nixi builds for 92D (or even 100D).

- With Skadi I tried going full on status buildup, but I need the Frost legendaries (and Malady) to make it viable, I die before I even get to them (even with 100% legendary blessings)

- For Nixi, I'm doing poison buildup and relying on the 20% instakill (which at higher Darkness seems to proc less? Running with a Crit Chance/90% Experience gain setup.

- For Avaron I just try to run away most of the time, going shrine to shrine with the Flying Carpet Relic. Nothing special in the build, it just lacks DPS in the end.

I feel like being in melee range is simply a death sentence at the higher Darkness levels. And I can live with the fact that it is actually THE hardest part of the game; all the builds that I have can clear 30-60D easily =)

I've got more than enough loot to choose from by now, so if something specific is needed, I'm pretty sure it's in my stash. Thanks in advance for sharing!

[hp]

with avoron you can use the unique t1 sword equilibrium and become unkillable if you have any amount of regen

with nixi i run a poison/status build, like you've been trying with skadi, with malady and freeze. it works but it ain't good because it relies on a million legendaries

lorien, i run bask in greatness with kron/lightning/mort. kron attack, sickles, tornado and hurricane. war pact is super important and the talent that makes arrows bounce is very helpful in killing things while they're still off screen. you want to get in bosses face so you can nuke them with sickles

skadi, i'm not convinced it's even doable with her. she just doesn't have any scaling. i hope i'm wrong though

[Kwanto]

Originally posted by hp:

with avoron you can use the unique t1 sword equilibrium and become unkillable if you have any amount of regen

with nixi i run a poison/status build, like you've been trying with skadi, with malady and freeze. it works but it ain't good because it relies on a million legendaries

lorien, i run bask in greatness with kron/lightning/mort. kron attack, sickles, tornado and hurricane. war pact is super important and the talent that makes arrows bounce is very helpful in killing things while they're still off screen. you want to get in bosses face so you can nuke them with sickles

skadi, i'm not convinced it's even doable with her. she just doesn't have any scaling. i hope i'm wrong though

Nice, thanks for the tips! I think with Avoron I just didn't have a proper source of healing (while wielding the Equilibrium).

Nixi still has the issue of being super squishy, even with 72+ evasion..

With Lorien I'll be more specific with the 3 gods instead of using the jewel for all gods.

As for Skadi, I agree. You have to have specific drops really fast to have the godrun.

[mic01851165]

Lorian i pretty easy win if you optimise enough proj count/ atk crit

War for instant kill and massive damage boost
Justice for survival
Lightning for great strike skills.

[mic01851165]

Tbh Lorian and Krot are the only 2 characters I feel like the talent tree quirk makes them unique.

Other characters you pretty much just abuse a certain op gimmick like stacking cast proj count/ stacking summon% to win. Their final trait contributes very little.

[Kwanto]

Originally posted by hp:

with avoron you can use the unique t1 sword equilibrium and become unkillable if you have any amount of regen

Just got it with Avoron, I was just missing a healing source =) Mort + Justice legendaries did the trick! Thanks for the tips!

Originally posted by mic01851165:

Lorian i pretty easy win if you optimise enough proj count/ atk crit

Yeah I think my mistake was using the "Possibility" jewel instead of specializing. My blessings were many, but scattered. Gonna try again without the jewel!

EDIT: Just made a 100D run, focussed on Justice, War and Lightining =) Also very clutch bow drop at the end giving me 4 extra strike projectiles, topping me off at 12 xD

Originally posted by mic01851165:

Tbh Lorian and Krot are the only 2 characters I feel like the talent tree quirk makes them unique.

If the "-% movement speed darkness" wasn't a thing, then a lot of it would make more sense (for higher darkness). Merris actually also has a cool attack +++ projectile build, but doesn't work at 100D. Skadi would be fun as status buildup, but attacking = death. Nixi should have something in the passive tree that pushes attack speed more (like she did pre-act 2 patch).

Still, like I send in the OP, it's still early access, and I'm getting my money's worth =)

[hp]

i think nixi is in a pretty good place. d100 is very very difficult but doable, and i feel like that's how it should be

skadi and avoron i feel need some help. equilibrium makes d100 quite trivial with avoron of course, but that has to be an oversight, the healing buff probably shouldn't stack.
skadi just doesn't have anything, her statuses don't scale well and is so much work compared to everyone else. the wolves don't do anything and are at best very unreliable.
increasing a random blessing's level every 3 levels is very inconsequential because there's usually no more than 5 or so blessings you really care about, and when they are maxed out it stops contributing anything meaningful, and also it's super slow to begin with.
i haven't explored scaling with adept rarity because it sounds terrible but perhaps it's secretly strong.

[# OG]

Originally posted by Kwanto:

I know the game is in EA and it's prone to change, but I'd still like to see if its possible to complete max Darkness runs for each character. I got Merris (caster build) and Kront (stomp build) that can do 100D consistently. With Lorien I can do 92D easily enough, but even with the "Possibility" jewel and 100% legendary blessings, I just can't get past the Insect Queen. that 60% slowdown while attacking is just to much of a burden. Now, I was wondering; Does anyone have proper Skadi/Avoron/Nixi builds for 92D (or even 100D).

- With Skadi I tried going full on status buildup, but I need the Frost legendaries (and Malady) to make it viable, I die before I even get to them (even with 100% legendary blessings)

- For Nixi, I'm doing poison buildup and relying on the 20% instakill (which at higher Darkness seems to proc less? Running with a Crit Chance/90% Experience gain setup.

- For Avaron I just try to run away most of the time, going shrine to shrine with the Flying Carpet Relic. Nothing special in the build, it just lacks DPS in the end.

I feel like being in melee range is simply a death sentence at the higher Darkness levels. And I can live with the fact that it is actually THE hardest part of the game; all the builds that I have can clear 30-60D easily =)

I've got more than enough loot to choose from by now, so if something specific is needed, I'm pretty sure it's in my stash. Thanks in advance for sharing!

I gave a few attempts, with pretty much all builds, and any combo of gear, and Avaron/Nixi/Skadi are just not fun. Kront would be right there with them if it weren't for the Warchief cheese. I actually do not have the unique T1 regen weapon for Avaron, but even if I did, I can imagine how the 20 minutes would go: slow, low dps, and frustrating.

Melee is in a bad spot, largely due to the move speed reduction. If it didn't exist, then at least you could go glass-cannon builds and dodge attacks. Glass cannon builds are why the ranged characters can even clear consistently.

[mic01851165]

Originally posted by hp:

i think nixi is in a pretty good place. d100 is very very difficult but doable, and i feel like that's how it should be

skadi and avoron i feel need some help. equilibrium makes d100 quite trivial with avoron of course, but that has to be an oversight, the healing buff probably shouldn't stack.
skadi just doesn't have anything, her statuses don't scale well and is so much work compared to everyone else. the wolves don't do anything and are at best very unreliable.
increasing a random blessing's level every 3 levels is very inconsequential because there's usually no more than 5 or so blessings you really care about, and when they are maxed out it stops contributing anything meaningful, and also it's super slow to begin with.
i haven't explored scaling with adept rarity because it sounds terrible but perhaps it's secretly strong.

I didnt do act 1 for a long time so didnt know equilibrium was a thing. Only got it recently when i try to get darkness 100 on act 1 .

I actually beat d100 with avalon LEGIT with a caster build. It is the best caster in high darkness tbh cuz it is the tankiest among the bunch. Casts only need to survive long enough until you get your casts to level 10 and get some passive, and you pretty much win.
Tankiness is all that matters for caster.

[ZeppMan217]

Originally posted by mic01851165:

Originally posted by hp:

i think nixi is in a pretty good place. d100 is very very difficult but doable, and i feel like that's how it should be

skadi and avoron i feel need some help. equilibrium makes d100 quite trivial with avoron of course, but that has to be an oversight, the healing buff probably shouldn't stack.
skadi just doesn't have anything, her statuses don't scale well and is so much work compared to everyone else. the wolves don't do anything and are at best very unreliable.
increasing a random blessing's level every 3 levels is very inconsequential because there's usually no more than 5 or so blessings you really care about, and when they are maxed out it stops contributing anything meaningful, and also it's super slow to begin with.
i haven't explored scaling with adept rarity because it sounds terrible but perhaps it's secretly strong.

I didnt do act 1 for a long time so didnt know equilibrium was a thing. Only got it recently when i try to get darkness 100 on act 1 .

I actually beat d100 with avalon LEGIT with a caster build. It is the best caster in high darkness tbh cuz it is the tankiest among the bunch. Casts only need to survive long enough until you get your casts to level 10 and get some passive, and you pretty much win.
Tankiness is all that matters for caster.

Did you use Lightning Orb as the main cast?

[mic01851165]

Originally posted by ZeppMan217:

Originally posted by mic01851165:

I didnt do act 1 for a long time so didnt know equilibrium was a thing. Only got it recently when i try to get darkness 100 on act 1 .

I actually beat d100 with avalon LEGIT with a caster build. It is the best caster in high darkness tbh cuz it is the tankiest among the bunch. Casts only need to survive long enough until you get your casts to level 10 and get some passive, and you pretty much win.
Tankiness is all that matters for caster.

Did you use Lightning Orb as the main cast?

Land Slide + Light Ray

Justice is straight op with the strongest cast on top of best passive (cast area) and survival.
Actually most of the cast combo would work. (except fire and ice lol)
Blade Cast is very strong too. Lightning orb is only like #4 tbh.

[Lenoli]

Skadi sucks so bad. Everyone else I've tried with is doing 100D. I get bounced in 50D pretty easily

[mic01851165]

Originally posted by 𝓛𝓮𝓷𝓸𝓵𝓲:

Skadi sucks so bad. Everyone else I've tried with is doing 100D. I get bounced in 50D pretty easily

What build you use with Nixi d100 then?
Poison + dirt? I dont believe strike build would work for nixi at d100 though due to squishiness. Caster-wise she has nothing for it too.

[Kwanto]

Agreed, I can't seem to finish 100D with Skadi or Nixi either atm...