The Watchers all went rather well and I picked up two of the three belts. There were a few close calls past the gate where I got stuck in a pack of enemies on top of aether ground. The Herald of the Stars was easier this time. Then I rejiggered my equipment and resists to have elemental, poison, vitality, and aether all overcapped by about 30 and ran Port Valbury. I ran most of Act 1 Ultimate up to the Warden's Lab rift (turning in minimal quests) to pick up some easy shrines for the resistance nodes on Ulzaad and was pleasantly surprised that I was still able to facetank Shambler on Ultimate. Melee+damage pools on the ground is not a great time.Īfter the couple of close shaves I sat down and had a good hard look at the stats for the bosses of the other roguelike dungeons and was shocked at the amount of resistance reduction they can bring to bear. Steps of Torment was a cakewalk except for Zarthuzellan and Alkamos, both of which were close fights. I wasn't sure how these would go, and made liberal use of potions (including the +resistance potions). I'll pull points back out of Judgment/Crushing Verdict when it's time to start putting points into Celestial Presence but I think it's a better value-store than just oathkeeper mastery points for now.Īfter that I finished the Elite main campaign and set my sights on the 'elite skeleton key dungeons by level 70' challenges. It's also very good for pulling lots of light enemies into melee range, where Feral Hunger can then hit its max possible targets. So now it's much more reliable than having it attached to Feral Hunger like the build guide suggested. This is also a great skill for triggering Maul, since they have the same duration and cooldown, and Maul triggers 100% of the time when attached to Judgment. I think between the Herald and the Sentinel I started investing points into Judgment and Crushing Verdict for the DA shred.

The Sentinel was a very close thing I got stuck in between the wall and his summoned crystals, but got through it. The Guardian of Bysmiel was also a much easier fight than Dreeg or Solael had been. The Herald went fine it only summoned gazers / overseers instead of flesh hulks, so it may have been the easiest of the three heralds. The plan to do Black Legion bounties and sidequests to get rep up to Honored and open the path to the Herald of Destruction worked out fine, and left me with plenty of XP budget for all of the Herald, the Guardian of Bysmiel, and the Sentinel.

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