With pure T6 gear you should be able to slowly farm Tran Athulua on Destruction. Yes, you will die when you lure to much zons and yes you will die if you dont dodge arrowside but item-wise this is where i progressed the most. I'm not a big fan of river of flame runs, but you can try that too.
Take paragon and mo your armor pieces with reanimates, this should help too
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So I've made a lot of progress since my last post on here. I wasn't just able to get further in act 1, I was able to defeat Andariel! Which wasn't an easy task for me sadly. Now I'm entering act 2! Soon I'll be able to try out Tran Athulua, hopefully find some sacred gear. I'm still using TU gear on my amazon, I haven't found a single Sacred Stag Bow of any kind! I also am looking for the sacred DEX helmet she has. I forgot the name, but it looks like a crown.
I opted out of the fire elementals the Amazon can summon. They were great at taking a few hits for me, but they were dead in seconds and I didn't have time to respawn them as I was busy using Phalanx, Barrage, and Wyrms to clear the area. Ecstatic Frenzy has been awesome!! My atk speed is awesome.
I using TU6 Splint Mail as suggested before. The proc is nice and offers more DPS. The 10% damage reduction is also helpful! So far I've pulled together 2.5m gold for MO's, which I filled my gear with. Now it's time for act 2 and some Tran Athulua farming! Hopefully Radamant will be easier to kill than Andariel, "the Pack" was problematic on the 2nd difficulty. I can't wait to see what is in store for me.
Thanks so much for the help everyone, you're awesome!
UPDATE: Tran Athulua is wrecking me lol. That place is savage! I can get about 3-10 on average. Not giving up though
I opted out of the fire elementals the Amazon can summon. They were great at taking a few hits for me, but they were dead in seconds and I didn't have time to respawn them as I was busy using Phalanx, Barrage, and Wyrms to clear the area. Ecstatic Frenzy has been awesome!! My atk speed is awesome.
I using TU6 Splint Mail as suggested before. The proc is nice and offers more DPS. The 10% damage reduction is also helpful! So far I've pulled together 2.5m gold for MO's, which I filled my gear with. Now it's time for act 2 and some Tran Athulua farming! Hopefully Radamant will be easier to kill than Andariel, "the Pack" was problematic on the 2nd difficulty. I can't wait to see what is in store for me.
Thanks so much for the help everyone, you're awesome!
UPDATE: Tran Athulua is wrecking me lol. That place is savage! I can get about 3-10 on average. Not giving up though
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you hardly killed Andariel but want to go to Tran Athula ? 
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get better gear before even thinking about Destruction Tran unless you enjoy getting 1-shot . it's doable with a "hit and run" strategy : cast few Phakanx and run away to avoid getting hit , cast more Phalanx , run -> pick up loot -> advance-> Phalanx -> Run ->Phalanx .
if you stand and fight with the gear you got you stand no chance , so keep moving
get some minion resistances if you still use fire elementals , the cap is at 75% (mo the rings and amulet with 20% each) so that they survive a few more spells . In tran they will die very fast without minion boosting gear because the amazons deal heavy physical damage so i don't think they will be of much use there .
good luck !
have you finished the black road challenge ?
)))get better gear before even thinking about Destruction Tran unless you enjoy getting 1-shot . it's doable with a "hit and run" strategy : cast few Phakanx and run away to avoid getting hit , cast more Phalanx , run -> pick up loot -> advance-> Phalanx -> Run ->Phalanx .
if you stand and fight with the gear you got you stand no chance , so keep moving
get some minion resistances if you still use fire elementals , the cap is at 75% (mo the rings and amulet with 20% each) so that they survive a few more spells . In tran they will die very fast without minion boosting gear because the amazons deal heavy physical damage so i don't think they will be of much use there .
good luck !
have you finished the black road challenge ?
I haven't finished the black road challenge yet actually. I'm so terrible at the challenges and ubers. I am likely the least skillful diablo player you'll ever meet! It took me 3 hours to complete the death projector haha!
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spellblind will help you a lot , so why not do it first in order to get better chances at doing destruction ubers ? fighting vs debuffed enemies will make your life easier
Alright, I'm going to try the black road challenge then. From what I read, it seems very difficult. This may take a while lol. While I'm attempting that, I made a TON of progress in Destruction. Here's my latest achievement!
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on your way of doing BRC you will have high chances of finding the sacreds and the shrines needed to upgrade your gear . good luck !
You dont really need Black Road Challenge for farming TA, War Spirit and the crushing blow it gives are nice, but definitely not necessary. YOu just need to get used to the playstyle, spam wyrms, retreat, spam wyrms, retreat.
That doesnt change with a little better gear, you just kill them faster, but still get oneshot with arrowside
That doesnt change with a little better gear, you just kill them faster, but still get oneshot with arrowside
So far I've been doing awesome on black roads challenge. I'm stuck on the fauntz section. I made a staff that has blink charges, but the necrobots and flying ladies get me. Working on finding sacreds again. I really need to acquire some crafts/runewords soon.
