All's well that ends well

[Shindragan]

Damn, I had to use everything! My rare potions, the blessing that you need full parties, bought like 20 new feats with gems, used tons of blacksmith scrolls and I was in despair because I couldnt do it, I couldnt get that BUD up!

I had to restart the variant like 20 times until i got my boi Zorbu (I dont play Asharra) but around level 1025 I felt the wall, I should waited for the season buffs.. but.. damn it! Ive been playing for 5 years! aaaaarrruuughhh!!

The news said you had to get past level 1050 but in the end it was 1150, they lied and this was ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ but I still won, you mothertruckers!

But I did it in the end, i wasted so much stuff I've been saving up, but I guess this is why I hoarded the stuff.. sigh.. oh my goodness ;_;

Why do i do this to myself? hahaha... anyway, sorry about the rant, I just needed to get it out there.

https://youtu.be/yWwh42v1NLI

Have a puppy AND some flowers and I wish you all a happy week!

[Hecate]

I've done it with:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3028737102

Dob was my first DM's pick (he's correct so I tried with him and it worked ; Patron's will be a lot more fishy...)

[treadbear]

I think I'll manage unearthed arcana, but there's no way this is happening anytime soon

[Hecate]

There will probably be new champions soon that help (a bit) to do it.

[JC]

Congrats!

[Hecate]

That was close, but I've done it with Mirt:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3031226259
Warduke as DPS (highest BUD: e385)
DPS from legendaries: +3.46e48%
DPS from Unaffiliated Core: +1.00e52%
DPS from pigments: +8000%

Summary of ilvl (and average legendary level & how much they are effective effects):
Bruenor: 8837 (1.00 – 4/6 effective)
Celeste: 8694 (3.50 – 6/6)
Spurt: 312 (1.00 – 3/6)
Antrius: 346 (10.17 – 4/6)
Pwent: 354 (1.00 – 4/6)
Dungeon Master: 239 (1.00 – 5/6)
Warduke: 905 (5.00 – 6/6)
Asterion: 25 (3.67 – 5/6)
Miria: 1569 (11.00 – 4/6)

I worked also with a ilvl 389 Freely as a debuffer on armored boss at area 1140 ; and I used Lae’zel after some BUD spike to shorten area time.

I should have wait for a bit of gear on Asterion it’ld had made it far easier (& also shortened the time to get 5 well fed stacks). Probably a bit more gear on Warduke & Antrius would have help too. Or more legendaries level.

I’ll now try other patrons but having Valentine available may made them less difficult for me despite their higher requirement, I’ll see.

[Hecate]

Vajra was quite easy (relatively), nothing special:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3031468482
(Legendaries +9.77e53% ; Magic Core +1.23e43% ; Pigments +72800%)

I can’t get above e391 with Stradh:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3031467552
So I’d to dismantle one of my main team: Birdsong → Nixie
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3031468018
I used Grimm as a debuffer ; I would have slightly better numbers with Nova or Miria, but Vi is so broken, I give her a try. Miria or Nova wouldn’t have be enough alone to make the difference.
(Legendaries +1.13e62% ; Magic Core +3.42e43% ; Pigments +0%)

I’ve managed to finally fish Nova for Zariel, I’ll see where I am tomorrow.
It sounds a bit short currently at area 15 (only e366 but without potions) with:
https://ic.byteglow.com/f/6_7c3e3f0940ff7a7d637b
I’ll use Grimm & Freely as debuffer & will replace them with Donaar & Hew to spike, but I’ll probably need 1 or 2 more dismantles on top of that (but I can go even up to 4, IIRC).
Target is around e410

[Hecate]

And done with Zariel's too:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3031647962
One more dismantle was enough.
(Legendaries +6.56e74% ; Magic Core +3.42e43% ; Pigments +0%)

[Wyndfoot]

Originally posted by Hecate:

I've done it with:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3028737102

Dob was my first DM's pick (he's correct so I tried with him and it worked ; Patron's will be a lot more fishy...)

How did you get Valentine into the formation? For me she is not qualified. Avren was my DM pick.

[Hecate]

She has 78 total without feat, so if you use a feat she'll be above. That disqualify her for Zariel's variant, as you need her to have the +1 STR to be eligible to Zariel, but that put her at 79 total and so unavailable for the variant. That's not a big issue because she's in same seat than Evandra that allows every Awful Ones to be eligible to the adventure (quite necessary for harder patrons).

[kab_reg]

Unequip her +stat feats.

[kab_reg]

For reference, approximate BUD requirements:

No patron - e355
Mirt - e385
Vajra - e393
Strahd - e400
Zariel - e408

https://i.postimg.cc/qMsqKMDc/20230922011645-1.jpg

No patron version was cleared without any legendary reshuffling, and with rather mediocre Modest Core. Patron versions will have to wait until the next Season because they will definitely require some reshuffling of legendary items.

[treadbear]

I have now done everything apart from anything on this variant and arcana's patron runs. Is there an optimal formation for this mess yet?

[kab_reg]

Arcana variants are relatively easy for Asharra- and Birdsong-based parties. As for All's Well That Ends Well, you are forced to rely on AO and other relatively unpopular compatible champions.

[treadbear]

Fair enough, might try them first then, because I am struggling to get all's well to 1000, nevermind 1150

[kab_reg]

You can check my screenshot of no patron version of All's Well That Ends Well. I was forced to reroll DM's choice for about 20 minutes until I got Avren. I got Dob several times in the process, but my starting BUD with him was uncomfortably low. Avren has legendary items at level 10, and Antrius and Hew Maan at level 5-7. All other legendary items are at level 1.