Best Single Mastery to clear the game

[Zephyrox]

I was aiming to get the achievement for beating the game with a single mastery character. I found out most mages are glass canons if single mastery. I was thinking about Hunter or Melee Dream. Any suggestions?

[chris.ferrantegerard]

Originally posted by clop1000:

Are there any benefits of having only one madtery?
Or is it only handicaps?
Like self imposed challenges?

There's an achievement for completing normal with only one mastery. After normal difficulty it should just be a self-imposed challenge. Completing normal with one mastery isn't very hard at all, you can play whatever mastery you want.

General drawbacks of a single mastery build are worse stats (due to missing 32-40 mastery points spent in your second mastery), fewer build options and diversity, you'll have more skill points than stuff to spend it on long term, etc.) Every mastery should be viable for single-mastery legendary clears I think through I've only done completed a full run with Warfare single mastery. Masteries that are strong by themselves make good options (Warfare, Hunting, Dream, etc.)

[Gorilianul]

I did it with Defender. Best single mastery. I hit 40000 dmg crits with adrenaline+rally maxed out. Very important skills after shield passives. Finished normal, epic and legendary 0 deaths.

Usually I play Conqueror. The only thing I miss from Warfare is Onslaught.

I tried playing with Warfare only. I feel like I miss adrenaline+rally all the time plus all the shield active and passive skills. Very hard for me to complete with pure warfare dual wield character. A lot of running away, potions, charging with War Wind again and so on. I cannot just smash into enemies and simply brutally slaughter them in a few hits/shield hits.

I actually feel no handicap with playing defense alone. I make better use of the limited skills I have instead of trying to use a piano build.

[Deepblue]

Plus colossus form is good for fighting bosses and since you have so many spare points what with not putting them into the other mastery, you can easily max it

Originally posted by suicidal_godot:

Suffers from "toy that plays itself"-syndrome, though...

lol the only way I can play this game
Though I do usually try to keep my pets healed, and of course trying to avoid getting hit myself.